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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1923
Page
4
One hundred property owners and taxpayers filled Sullivan City Hall Friday to urge proper contract compliance on the new sewer system. They pressed for competent inspectors and an on site engineer to ensure adherence to specifications and protect the city’s interests.
The Chicago Tribune lauds Secretary Mellon for steering a 1924 tax cut of 323 million dollars while avoiding the cost of a soldiers bonus. It notes the strong federal finances despite war debt and prior tax cuts, praising Mellon as unmatched in wartime finance and linking U S prosperity to his administration.
The Athos peninsula in northern Greece is a self governing monastic republic ruled by twenty monasteries under a five member executive and a royal guard. Visitors must pass through Karyes to reach Vatopethi monastery, where courtyards, gates, icon shrines, and a ritual tray of welcome define the famed pilgrimage site.
Mrs. 4M. A. Holbrook a stenographer and eye witness to the shooting of Capt. Wm. Coburn Klan attorney by P. E. Fox editor of the Nighthawk will be a star here when the case comes to trial.
U S Department of Agriculture report shows cows under test conditions average 60 percent more milk and butterfat but only 20 percent of the increase is explained. Box stalls vs stanchions, irregular milking, exercise costs, nipple feeding, pectin pulp versus beet pulp, and molasses effects are examined at Beltsville and Manhattan trials with Shorthorn cattle since 1915.
Four cows fed on sweet clover pasture with 1.46 acres and 177 cow days produced 6,088.6 pounds of milk and 201 pounds of fat while maintaining weight. Clover stood 37 to 2 inches high, yielded 2.75 tons per acre, and 40 percent were budding. Three cows resisted clover at first but quickly began to eat it with no bloating observed.
A two week old calf can shift from whole to skim milk by replacing equal portions. Substitution can complete in a week to ten days depending on skim milk availability. After completion, a medium calf should receive about twelve pounds of milk daily.
Advice on dairy farming emphasizes cleanliness of calves and housing, bedding, and ventilation. It warns that scrupulous sanitation, plain identification marks, stanchions, and regular feeding improve health and production, while careless care raises disease risk and costs.
In Turman township a new club named Sport Club is formed to hunt wild animals along Wabash River margins. Charter members include Highpocket Dud Emmit Duck Gun powder Rufus Abe Kenneth and Guy with honorary Croat A G. They keep ten dogs and follow named trails for fox skunk coon opossum and rabbit while families await with coffee and snacks.
The Women s Home Missionary Society met at Providence M E church on November 15. The program included devotions, readings, the topic Migrant Work, and officers elected for the year. An invitation urged all interested to join the third Thursday meeting.
The piece argues that U S debt fell from 1921 to 1923 under Republicans, praises President Harding and Coolidge for cutting routine federal expenditures to under 1.7 billion, and urges citizens to support keeping federal spending and taxes low while avoiding local pork barrel projects. It asserts tax relief comes from debt reduction and efficient governance, urging public help in maintaining minimal federal outlays.
The notice states a meeting will occur this month with Reverend and Mrs Avery. Details are sparse but indicate a scheduled gathering as announced in the public notice.
Miss Glenn Yeager, cooperative weather observer, reports the week ending November 18 had mixed conditions from November 12 to 18. Temperatures ranged from a low 32 to a high 62 with several days clear and cloudy. rainfall totaled 0.18 inches on the 15th and 16th combined.
Mrs. August Goodman of Arre Haute and Mrs. Monroe W. Oberndorfer of Norfolk Virginia were part of a social gathering noted in the brisk fragment. The snippet records two women connected by a household name and a distant Virginia link.
Sunday visitors included Mrs. Oberndorfer formerly Addie Goodman of Sullivan.
New suits include Nicholas Yeager versus Maurice V Yeager et al on note. DuPont de Nemours versus Sleepy Eye Mining on account. Ruby L Peak versus Elmer Peak divorce alimony and support. Fern Hopewell versus Herschel Hopewell divorce custody and support. Mabel Starkey versus Chester Starkey divorce and suit money. James D Robbins versus Frank J Spencer William T Spencer and Charles Spencer suit on note. Maggie P Deckard versus Alonzo F Deckard divorce alimony custody and support.
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