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Newspaper

Brimfield News

Location

Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1948

Page

5

Christmas Heritage Program At Church Promoted

The Sunday School under Miss Henrietta Memière presents Our Christmas Heritage at morning service and church school featuring a Christmas program. A New Year Eve church family supper and skating party follows.

Henrietta Mémier Church Henrietta Memiere

Christmas Program and Church Services at Laura Methodist

The Laura Methodist Church schedules worship at 9:39 a m and Sunday School afterward. Brimmed Church group meets Dec 16 at the parsonage with Mrs Garper. pot luck and secret pal gift exchange planned. Christmas program set for Dec 22 at 7 30 p m. Chas Bacper is pastor.

Garper

Danube Flows Wrong Way For Western Europe Trade

The Danube, Europe’s second longest river, flows east toward the Black Sea carrying scant commerce to western Europe, while the Rhine drains Europe’s most developed region to the North Sea and handles far more trade, with the Danube still largely boatless after the war.

Western Europe Danube Black Sea Rhine Black Forest North Sea

Weighing Pig Iron and Slag in Steel Furnaces

The process weighs empty ladles and filled ladles as they move on railway cars over a scale at four to five miles an hour. Slag is weighed similarly to ensure accurate accounting of furnace outputs and materials charged, aiding efficiency checks and product analysis.

Spring of Chosroes Rug and Its Fabled Loot

A legendary Persian carpet called the Spring of Chosroes or winter rug measured about 75 by 150 feet and illustrated spring gardens in Ctesiphon. Captured after the 637 conquest, it was hacked apart and divided among Moslem soldiers, each loot piece valued at about $2,000. Modern valuation reaches around two million dollars. Bleeding Deer instruction notes a method for deer bleeding with a kata into the stomach.

Chosroes Ctesiphon

Poor Soil Drainage Linked to Rotation and Legumes

The feature explains that clogged drainage stems from damaged soil structure and loss of organic matter due to overcropping. It notes too few deep rooted legumes in rotations degrade drainage, lowers yields, and suggests alfalfa and sweet clover as core remedies with proper nutrients and organic matter input.

Rhode Island Red Leads Nation in 1948 Egg Trials

The Rhode Island Red hen owned by George B. Treadwell of Spencer Massachusetts won top egg laying honors in the Maine test. She produced 337 eggs and scored 368.7 points, surpassing all entries from 18 official nationwide tests.

Rhode Island Maine George B. Treadwell Spencer Mass United States

Farming Among Occupations For Fatal Accidents

Safety engineers from Lumbermens Mutual Casualty in Chicago report farming ranks fourth among major occupations in fatal accidents. Last year 52 farm workers per 100 000 were killed, with mining construction and transportation more dangerous. Safer sectors include wholesale and retail trades manufacturing services and public utilities.

Safety Engineers Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company of Chicago

Early Egg Laying Cited RAs Not Good for Hens

Early pullets can start laying in the fourth month but poultrymen say it reduces long term profits as early production yields smaller, less rugged hens. Egg size remains small for a longer period as pullets are encouraged to delay laying for stronger returns.

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Chrismas Greelines St. Josephs Williamsfield Cather Thomas Garrison T. G. Bargreaves Cantor Laura Supt Paul B Noland Brimmecd Church Fred Wyman Chas Bacper Lutherer Walter Obermerer Santa Claus Dormeyer Acrand Chenille Bates Originals Xtra Demlers Christian Science Churches Churches of Christ, Scientist God the Preserver OF Man Goa Abe Alzo Mary Baker Eddy God Brimfield Motor Co Case Farm Machinery Kaiser Fraser Cars
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