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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1925
Page
2
The United States Department of Agriculture urges orchardists to watch for field mice this season. Mice girdle trees and damage fruit and wood, with cycles of abundance and decline. Observers report varying mouse numbers by region and advise prompt prevention to avoid future losses.
Pruning the three to five year old orchard trees requires light corrective cuts to shape height scaffold distribution and remove bad crotches. The growth period dictates pruning intensity with thinning to promote a strong framework and early bearing while avoiding narrow crotches and weak branches.
Kansas State Agricultural College specialists advise strawberry bed mulching to prevent frost damage reduce weeds retain moisture and keep berries clean. They favor cheap mulches with few weed seeds that resist wind, are easy to apply, and ensure plant safety. best options include marsh hay prairie pins straw and corn fodder.
The article questions the value of whitewashing fruit trees for disease and pest control. It notes only slight benefit for winter bark protection and doubts the practice pays off, finding the claimed advantages not well substantiated.
The passage explains that prunes are a subset of plums, with dried fruit mainly produced in warmer, drier climates. It notes that Pacific, Tenant, Agen, along with German and Italian prunes, are all varieties of plums used for drying. The term prune arose from plums suitable for commercial drying.
Fort Ringgold Texas sits near Rio Grande City facing past and present border duties. The article tracks its origins from Davis Landing to Ringgold Barracks and Fort Ringgold with figures on leases battles and notable figures such as Robert E. Lee Ulysses S. Grant and Pershing serving there, plus units posted over time.
New Market Virginia reports a new chamber in the Endless caverns surpassing prior discoveries in beauty. A geologist expedition notes entry by a rope descended 80 feet through a narrow opening. The chamber features diverse life and spectacular rock formations unseen in earlier sections.
The National Portrait Gallery collects photographs of distinguished British figures across fields. Two thousand sitters have posed, with many from earlier eras. only one monacle wearing man is named Austen Chamberlain.
Washington reports that more than 250000 men underwent some level of intensive training supervised by the War Department last summer. Training ranged from two weeks to three months, mainly in National Guard camps, with 33083 at camps for thirty days and 41000 qualified applicants, about 10000 left out. The Defense Day test highlighted the benefits of unit training within the organized reserve corps.
Women in Cannes, Monte Carlo, and Nice embrace hand painted and pyrograved shoes as prom season begins. Mauve satin footwear with gold and gray detailing and gray satin models with hand painted roses highlight a lively Riviera trend.
Springfield Dit Nois shows citizens may vote on two referendums if plans pass. A child labor constitutional amendment referendum is favored by many legislators. A second proposal would place the state search and seizure act to a referendum vote. Additional measures include a new automobile headlight dimmer law and tail warning for horse drawn vehicles.
Patrick Sullivan an official of Electrical Workers' union No. 134 was elected president of the Chicago Building Trades council at a central body meeting in Union Park temple, Chicago. The report notes 4,044 minors aged 10 to 20 enrolled in boys club work across 75 counties in 1924, with 3,372 completing projects and submitting no final report. the year is deemed a success.
M O Williamson of Galesburg 85 recounts with 15 others opening Lincoln's casket on September 20, 1902 before sealing it again for eternity. The event occurred as Lincoln's son Robert Lincoln consented to the pre-seal viewing. A separate note reports Edgar County Poultry's Paris incubator capable of 11 000 eggs per hatch, funded by local members.
Fred L. Brewer of Chicago, an engineer for the Rock Island railroad, who in 1899 set a Chicago to Rock Island record that has never been equaled, has been pensioned after nearly fifty years of service.
A local resident, calling themselves the town oracle, comments on a crowded field of candidates for office. They mention some are new, and describe a speaker as one of the all-time runners, though they cannot confirm tenure, claiming only thirty years in the town.
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