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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1911
Page
3
The article outlines a 14 by 20 by eight foot milk house built of reinforced concrete. It details excavation, footing, wall formwork, wire reinforcement, a concrete roof, finishing, and interior layout with a 12 by 12 milk room and a 5 by 12 gas engine room. Total contract price was 250 dollars plus gravel and excavation costs.
The article describes swift nests harvested from the islands off Siam. Nests are built from salivary secretions and gathered in three successive cycles each season from April to September. Prime nests command 15 to 25 dollars per pound, favored by Chinese cuisine and medicine.
The article promotes pheasants for American agriculture as insect control and game birds. It notes their varied diet of over 130 insects including beetles and worms, their use against pests like the potato beetle and wireworms, and reports on crossbreeding among varieties such as the Mongolian and torquatus.
A carved jade cylindrical vase from the Robert Hoe collection sold for 3600 at the American Art Association rooms after a live amateurs’ bidding contest. A western collector named Thomas Barlow bought it, noting the seven by seven and a half inch piece from the Chien Lung period with an internal electric light enhancing its green tones.
The agricultural department is cultivating edible aroid tubers for nutrition and garden decoration. One tropical staple, the elephant's ear, is familiar to Americans as a decorative plant and is now being grown for food as well.
Guardian of Christiana Walters to sell at private sale in Sullivan Indiana on September 20 1911 at 10:00 a m all coal and minerals under portions of section 29 township 7 north range 8 west Sullivan County. Sale includes mining rights surface use rights railroad right of way and waivers of surface damage. Cash sale subject to court approval.
John T. Booker named guardian for Christiana Walters with Walter F. Wood as attorney, first insertion dated September 13, 1911.
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