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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1939
Page
4
Local items describe gas at Sweney Station and new attendants, price drops on Memler’s Blue Ribbon lines, hunting signs for sale, and Christmas shopping circulars at Johnson Arber Luc. Socials include church, club meetings, and guests from Peoria, Davenport, and Chicago. A dramatic club party and livestock feeding talk complete the town roundup.
A compact listing of agricultural and livestock sales and notices. Items include Cnoice sprig Hampshire boars and a 1 yearling boar, a young Duroc boar, several Duroc spring boars, a Shirley Temple doll buggy, a Fox terrier dog with reward, and other farm goods. Contacts include News office and Roy G. Morris.
Brimfield Elevator Co announces a state tested 10 per cent Hog Balancer made from non home grown grains. The feed will include Murphys Cut Cost Concentrate and other protein feeds as supplements. Low overhead allows selling at 40c per hundred below rivals. Grinding and milling services offered.
The roster lists students from ANA's Seniora Edith Di Re to Nichard Savage across grade levels. Named individuals include Edith Di Re Hannah Olson Bernadine Ashley Margaret Grahem Jean Marie Sloan Helen Beall Robert Dungan Edna Calef Robert Knight George Adawarca Gale Foster Gertrude Wagner Eileen Banlon Jack Welsh Ruth Hasselbacher Jo Ann Kingdon Phyllis Rook Grace Wagner Ruth Carson Barbara Riggs Ruth Ann Maher Hetty Carson Junior Johnson Clarence Luthy Clifford Hasselbacher Catharine Tumlinson Dean Shane Maxine Scarie Carl Hasselbacher Oscar Heinz Maxine McWartney Jean Camp Rolland Cat ion Betty Jane Carter Lucian?
The article notes that whole cow's milk provides about 214 calories per pound. It stresses milk as a nutrient rich food and mentions its use in diets and nutrition guidance of the period.
A Illinois public health note urges education to spot early tuberculosis signs. It cites higher deaths in eight months of 1939 vs 1938, stresses seeking examination and X rays for warning symptoms, and notes only 13 percent of sanatorium patients are in early stages. The public relies on physicians for tests and early diagnosis to curb spread.
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