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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1923
Page
6
Two Windom and Glen Allen women describe relief from bearing down pain and fatigue after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. One mother claims it helped endure ninth pregnancy and a neighbor endorses it for long-standing painful symptoms after childbirth.
Illinois notes report deaths of George H Richmond and suspensions of Roscoe C Andrews. Prohibition matters involve the distribution of $200,000 stock in Grommes Ulrich. Local tales cover wildlife in Jo Daviess County, dog found in a dry well, and cattle thirst in Rice brothers’ area. Absent council name changes, street name debate continues. Industrial notes mention Experimental milling at Decatur for corn products and meat industry expansion. Fire devastates Cardiff and nearby markets. Steel road tests, tire production, and Bloomington shops highlighted. Marital and maintenance disputes feature Grace Nasworthy Po Sage and George Hoffman. Death rate trends and birth figures cited by the Illinois health department. Women’s clubs convene in Dundee. beekeeping legislation discussed in Tanville. Infected hives suspected to devastate honey crop. inspector pay proposed.
Sen Kessinger leads crusade against parole system reforms in Kane County and surrounding counties. Lawmakers debate rolling back provisions to limit early release and ease eligibility. Strong actions pursued to preserve tougher sentencing and public safety measures.
The Illinois senate probes rehabilitation funds with graft accusations. Rock Island officials and agents face scrutiny as lawmakers question open end rehab grants and parole law impacts. A USDA bulletin explains quackgrass control, urging deep plowing, thorough cultivation, smother crops, and careful identification to limit spread.
A U S Department of Agriculture study of 237 livestock shipping associations across ten Middle Western states finds terminal charges make up about one third of hog marketing costs. Commission averages 50 percent of terminal costs, yardage 26 percent, and feed 25 percent. Shrinkage peaks August and crippling losses rise from November to March, with higher dead hog losses in spring.
Foresters and Northeastern state officials meeting in New Haven urged immediate woodlot extension work. They highlighted timber as a growing cash crop for farmers and woodlot owners and called for advisory programs. Census data show 95,000 New England farms earned 31.35 million from forest products in 1919, averaging 330 dollars per farm.
Sweet clover is hailed as the hardiest legume crop. It grows on poor soils, restores badly washed fields, and prepares ground for alfalfa by loosening and inoculating soil. It yields well even on thin soil and improves soil fertility for future crops.
A machine is not a living thing yet has problems and, like a person, needs a doctor at the proper time. The proper time for the doctor is when the trouble starts, not when life is gone, to preserve the machine’s life.
A Kansas study reported to the U S Department of Agriculture finds counties with an agricultural extension agent request about twice as many bulletins from their state agricultural college as counties lacking an agent.
Fresher eggs yield better hatch success when placed into the incubator over the hen. Limiting days inside the incubator reduces risk and promotes stronger days for the hatch.
A Detroit News item recalls a boy’s complaint to a sympathetic neighbor about his father suddenly becoming penurious. The child wonders why money for fees, crenamn, and sodas is scarce while the father claims saving. The neighbor remarks saving to buy a baby, and the boy jokes he may thwart that plan.
Mrs Arthur Shurtleff of Boston is described as the only native American woman bellringer to ring a penal during a recent England visit. She impressed veteran bellringers with her perfect mastery of the bell ropes.
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