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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1917
Page
3
The article notes that five hours of daily sunlight are needed for a thriving garden and warns against placing shade-tolerant crops between tall plants that cast shadows. It advises reserving sunny areas for fruit bearing crops and using partial shade for lettuce spinach and kale which still need some sun.
Radish and lettuce guidance covers sowing methods by rows, spacing, and thinning. It notes winter hardiness in cold frames, quick maturing varieties, and continuous plantings every two weeks for steady harvests. It also advises planning the garden, estimating seed needs, and preparing for multiple crops throughout the season.
Gladys Hopewell aged 25 of Farmersburg dies at Crowder hospital Sullivan after a three month illness from an appendectomy operation. Funeral at Church of Christ with Elder E G Denney officiating. Interment West Lawn cemetery. William Davidson, Carlisle farmer, dies after months of illness aged 81. Survivors include six living children and a large network of relatives. Funeral at Indian Prairie Church of Christ. Harry Batchelor, Carlisle, enlists in the U S Army at Terre Haute and trains at Jefferson Barracks, marking the eleventh Carlisle and Haddon township enlistment.
The Merchants Association met at Brown's shoe store Tuesday night and set the Old Settlers Meeting date for Thursday. A fish fry will be held on Decoration Day under the Association, inviting members families and all interested residents to attend.
The Grand Army Post along with committee members M. A. Jennings John Wisener and Joe McGiorno will hold a joint Memorial and Tevoration event at the Colonial Theatre on May 27 at 2:50 p.m. Rev H C Shaw to give the Memorial sermon and Col A P Aspury chosen for the Patriotic address.
Four Carlisle high school students left Saturday for Culver Military Academy to take a two week training program offered at no charge. Other Indiana high school boys will attend Culver for the same opportunity during the period. The Carlisle participants are Dennis Winegar Fred Willis Emmett LeDune and George Cutler, sons of local families.
Jesse Sherwood, Joe Marks and Fred Landrith traveled to Terre Haute on Tuesday to enlist in the United States Army for service in the armed forces.
The national emergency food garden commission plans to enlist 1,000,000 city volunteers to grow vegetables this spring amid a looming food crisis. Led by Charles Lathrop Pack and supported by educators and philanthropists, the effort targets school children and adults with instruction from seed to harvest in urban plots.
The article notes that a star’s velocity correlates with its age, with older stars moving faster. It contrasts this with human experience, suggesting youth struggle to keep pace in the celestial realm.
Charles Lathrop Pack of the National Emergency Food Garden Commission urges widespread planting of food gardens in villages towns and cities. He cites goals to mobilize 1,000,000 new gardeners including women young people and elderly men and to increase the season's food value by over 250 million dollars through vegetables and flowers replaced by edible crops.
A damaged OCR fragment lists times 6.56 8:40 10:00 11:00 with stray characters and letters, offering unclear event or schedule details. No identifiable people places or organizations are readable.
The piece warns of lean harvests from multiple regions and urges Americans especially those with land to plant extensive vegetable gardens. It calls town leaders to identify vacant cultivable land and encourage large scale vegetable production for all, including commuters who can farm for business.
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