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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
3
The United States Department of Agriculture notes lice are common in swine and require vigorous treatment. Regular dipping kills hatchlings, while eggs cling to bristles. Proper dipping vats, wallows, and disinfectants help eradicate lice and keep hogs healthy.
An old agricultural note discusses spring questions in sheep husbandry about pests that eat profits. It highlights dipping and parasite control methods, asking whether feeding or treating with various dips yields worthwhile gains and discussing practical outcomes for flock health and weight.
California University farm tested self feeders for dairy cattle by offering alfalfa hay with unrestricted access and a beet pulp mix to compare nutrient balance. The test showed stable body weight and excellent milk yield, though high feed costs and concentrate expenses remain concerns. results may or may not translate into practical gains.
Springfield reports the legislative reference bureau under secretary Finley F. Bell will publish the most complete data on Misson election laws to aid the next general assembly in revising primary and general election statutes. The effort tracks laws in other states, costs of elections, and variables influencing reform. New incorporations listed include Acme Exterminating Chicago, F A Carpenter & Co Chicago, and Clark Coat and Coke Peoria.
Judge Thomas Taylor ruled the Illinois Public Utilities Commission lacks jurisdiction over Chicago streets traffic and street railways, invalidating the commission order of September 29 1915 to improve street car service. He notes the city and company constitutional rights and settlement ordinances limit PUC power, leaving questions about the act creating the commission unresolved.
A jury voir dire for the William Oppert murder case includes three challenged jurors. Separately, Illinois Republican party activities discuss central committee questions, district conventions, delegates to the national convention, and a temporary chairman. In Savanna a gasoline blast injures Mrs Casselberry after a basement fire yields a vapor explosion, and in Freeport Fred Yde reportedly bricks 23,786 bricks in seven and a half hours setting a record.
Illinois Governor Dunne and Adjutant General Dickson announced the three top finishers in the Illinois National Guard exam for West Point. Corporal Frank Halzer from Quincy, SergeAnt Kenneth Seymour Stice Jr. from Urbana, and Corporal Ray Barnard Stonock from Quincy will take the West Point entrance test on June 3.
Across Illinois towns such as Peoria Urbana Springfield and Kankakee readers learn about events from strikes to marriages and accidents. Molders join a Holt Manufacturing strike in Urbana while a Chicago piano dealer Charles R Gray married Gervais Hicks in Urbana. George Summers is killed by a freight train near Chicago & Eastern Illinois at age twenty. The Elgin Engleharadt-Seybold Piano plant faces bankruptcy sale appraised at $175000. Vandals empty a fuel tank in Savanna harming Witbart Co. property. Debates roll on highway engineering education and policing as state meetings and conventions unfold in Cairo Springfield Mattoon and Danville.
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