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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1933
Page
1
A large crowd gathered in Bowen Tuesday evening for a free picture show sponsored by local businessmen in Liberty Park. Saturday nights feature a band concert, inviting the surrounding community to attend these free programs and patronize the sponsoring firms.
A list of common jelly problems and causes from I H Co with fixes. Soft jelly from excess sugar, add more juice or pectin and reboil. Tough jelly from insufficient sugar, adjust balance.
Keeping laying hens at proper weight during the pullet year boosts future egg output. If pullets lose weight, increase mash consumption and adjust grain rations. Mark a few pullets for weekly weight checks to guide feeding and ensure mash availability and exercise.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Sliger and son Hubert and O C Rice traveled to Mt Sterling Sunday for a surprise basket dinner honoring Mrs H L Fristoe. Others present were Mr and Mrs E C Garner and Mr and Mrs C S Scofield and daughter of Quincy.
Be not deceived God is not mocked for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap. July 30 Sunday services at 9:45 and 11:00 with 7:30 evening. Aug 2 mid week service 8:00. Bible study on Personal Soul Winning to begin. Evangelists Dorothy Botkin and Lena Habel of Fairview, Ill. oversee during Rev. Wood’s absence. Weekly welcome offered.
The Peterson Department Store opened Wednesday in the west half of Mr. Peterson's building near the park. Freshly decorated with green accents and pongee curtains, the store features a large fitting room, new stock in yard goods, notions, apparel, hosiery, lingerie, and a full line of shoes. Miss Lessie Hough will serve as clerk as the business seeks a successful start.
Congregational church hosts mission festival with services next Sunday at 11 00 am and 745 pm. Pastor J R Westphal outlines a message on awakening zeal for mission work and welcomes all to attend. Rev H Timm of San Jose, Sil speaks in the evening. The pastor urges Christians to spread the Gospel.
Hancock county reports show its potato crop the smallest in years with nationwide shortfalls. Government estimates place a 50 million bushel deficit in the national harvest and retail potato prices in major cities have tripled.
Mrs. Harry Futhey and her son Bruce traveled to Iowa City to arrange Bruce's enrollment at the University of Iowa for the coming fall semester.
Dow Witt showcases a new two ton International truck with a sleeper cab, two comfortable seats, and a trailer-type bed with high rack for varied hauling. The ad notes readiness for long hauls and relief driver rest.
Dale Smith, employed by Sears Roebuck and Co, is in Kewanee Illinois for a few weeks of rest due to a general run down condition. He will stay with his uncle Dr. Harry Veach for about two weeks then visit Bowen with his wife and daughter at his parents Clyde and Mrs. Smith home before resuming work.
Edson R. Waite argues the American standard of living may decline due to lower wages unemployment and slow business recovery. He cites overproduction versus consumer buying power and urges expanding payrolls better prices market development and increased newspaper advertising to stimulate demand.
Mrs. W H Blair received word on Monday that her father G W Marks of Mansfield Ohio has died.
The article explains how to distinguish woodbine from poison ivy by leaf count and describes how contact or indirect transfer via fur clothing or smoke can cause poisoning. It outlines symptoms from burning and itching to blisters, notes variable severity, and advises washing hands, avoiding contact, eradicating ivy by cutting, and seeking medical help in serious cases.
A Sunday outing at Glenwood park Macomb featured a basket dinner and swimming. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gooding and Jack, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kemble and daughters Jean and Marguerite, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Crossland and son Eugene, Dr. and Mrs. Orin Crossland and family, Mrs. Lois Thompson and family, Misses Marjorie Darlene and Katherine Harrison and Miss Ruth Crossland.
The Woodard store has been improved with a new dark green paint on its front. Mr and Mrs Woodard keep a clean orderly shop and provide courteous efficient service in all lines of their business.
A refreshing Sunday rainfall delayed threshing until Tuesday while boosting corn beans pastures and other crops. The rain was heavy but not violent and arrived at a much needed time for the region's farming areas.
The secretary of state announced Saturday that Illinois passenger automobile registrations fell about 9 percent for the year ending July 1. At month start 1,112,556 licenses were issued, down from 1,203,750 a year earlier.
Illinois experiments show millions of tons of straw can boost yields and lower costs. At Ewing and Toledo fields, straw plus lime, sweet clover, and rock phosphate improve corn and wheat yields. straw as bedding with manure enhances soil value and supports diversified cropping.
Keith Shoopman, son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Shoopman, fell off a porch near Bowen last Wednesday and struck a bucket cutting his forehead. He required two stitches to close the wound.
Leonard Scott, driving a car that stalled on a hill near the Everett Stevens farm in the Texas neighborhood, had to be helped out as the vehicle rolled back and overturned off an embankment. Scott walks with a cane due to leg injuries sustained in the crash. H. T. Cain accompanied him but both escaped serious damage.
Severe price drops at the Chicago Board of Trade led to a holiday and market adjustments. Wheat fell sharply forcing a halt and reopening with limits, while oats corn and rye faced fixed or limited trading and many buyers quit due to capital strain. Local bids and prices stood around oats 27 cents wheat 80 cents and corn about 37 cents.
Frank Gorby, a farmer two miles south of town, was struck by lightning last Friday afternoon while helping load hay and died instantly. The item spans several local notes including marriages, a birth, a buggy wheel accident, and a new artificial eye replacement.
Japanese pearl industry relies on cultivating oysters in coastal waters. Thousands are employed as pearl oysters are placed in steel cages on rafts across more than 40 000 acres. Seed pearls are inserted into oysters and gradually grown into valuable gems.
Mr and Mrs Lyle Hottel who lived upstairs at the Ralph Magill home in the south part of town have moved to the Oscar Magill house formerly occupied by James Elder in the north part of town. They moved Monday. Augusta Eagle.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Sutherland of Canton Missouri announce the birth of a seven pound daughter Virginia Faye on Sunday July 23 An eight and one half pound daughter Mary Joan was born Tuesday July 25 to Mr and Mrs Lyndell Adams at their Bowen home This is their second child and daughter
A Sunday picnic in South Park at Quincy honored Mrs Clyde Switzer and Mildred of Visalia California spending the summer here. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Edward Hester and family Mrs Sarah Cecil Mr and Mrs Joe Cecil and Raymond from Bevier Missouri Mr and Mrs Otis Brown of LaGrange Missouri Mary Sponamore Mrs Ida Herrmann and Lola Cecil of Quincy and Mr and Mrs Ed Cecil of Visalia California.
Sunday School at 9 45 a m with John R Veach as superintendent Worship at 11 a m Evening service at 7 45 p m at the Christian church Standard Bearers meet Thursday at 7 80 p m Woman s Missionary Society meets with Mrs David Cunningham in Chili Friday at 2 30 p m Pastor Carol V Lanius announces church activities.
Dr. and Mrs. Roland A. Slater of Carthage, former China and Philippines missionaries, will present an illustrated lecture at Bowem Christian Church next Sunday evening at 7 45 with special music. Slater narrates foreign-field needs and accomplishments while Mrs. Slater, a former girls’ school teacher and graduate nurse, will share additional insights. Admission is free and all are invited.
The Sunday School class of the Congregational church taught by S A Baker enjoyed a picnic and swimming at Lake View Club near Hamilton last Wednesday. Attending were Mr and Mrs S A Baker and sons, Mrs Corliss Rand and children, Arlo Rand and daughter, Mr and Mrs Richard Faler, Mr and Mrs Carl Smith and family, Edna Lessman, Carlene McGinnis, Beatrice Kimble, Howard Nash, Raymond Veach of Plymouth, and Berniece Kimble of Macomb.
Everett Poling Everett Baker John R Veach W J Carlin Claude Cannon and A A Holmes attended a Carthage Kiwanis meeting last Thursday evening. After dinner Chester Thompson Congressman spoke on the application of the 3 8 billion dollar Roosevelt rehabilitation plan in Hancock county.
Mrs W R Todd and her son Harry travel by motor to Dayton Ohio to visit Marlin and Howard Todd. They will leave the car in Dayton and return home by train after a short visit.
Practical tips for selecting vases and arranging cut flowers. Include green foliage, varied stem lengths, and minimal water to extend life. Submerge stems under water, avoid full submersion for iris and gladiolas, dip ends in paraffin for shipping, and plant flowers or shrubs alongside vegetables for easy cultivation. Victor Hugo links beauty and usefulness.
Excavators at Pompeii uncover a boy's body beside a dog in a house ruin from Vesuvius. The dog, teeth in the boy's cloak, wore a tarnished silver collar bearing a Latin inscription stating the dog saved his master thrice, from fire, water, and thieves.
Thrilling romance and adventure unfold on the China Sea as readers are invited to begin the serialized novel in The American Weekly. The feature appears in the magazine distributed with Next Sunday’s Chicago Herald and Examiner.
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