Resignations reshuffle Illinois state agencies and coal price moves
A. M. Shelton of Crystal Lake resigns as director of the state department of registration and education after seven years. M. F. Walsh replaces him. S. J. Stanard also resigns as director of the department of agriculture. Governor Emmerson names former State Senator Clarence Buck to succeed him. Southern Illinois coal operators cut prices to spur summer orders with egg and lump coal at 2.25 versus prior 2.90 to 3.00. Kentucky operators push to reclaim Illinois trade amid Buy Illinois Coal campaigns.
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A. M. Shelton
Crystal Lake
State Department of Registration and Education
M. F. Walsh
Harvard Herald
Independent
Civil Service Board
Lowden
S. J. Stanard
Springfield
Department of Agriculture
Emmerson
Clarence Buck
Monmouth
Stanard
Southern
Mllinois
Kentucky
Illinois
Illinois Legislature Watch Ends in May and Budget Debates
Governor Emmerson hopes the current session ends May 25 with a ten day sine die period after. Senate bill 366 would put amateur boxing under state boxing commission oversight except school and college bouts. A joint resolution memorializes Washington to press Canada for quick waterway completion to the Atlantic. Federal funding for Tingis and road improvements remains uncertain. Various measures include tax moves, welfare, and salaries for assembly members. House committees advance tree planting, boundary changes, and license requirements for mechanics. Pierre Menard Fort Gage land purchased for 7500 dollars in Randolph County. Relief aid requested for storm-damaged Williamson County areas.
Illinois leaders urge continued Near East relief work
Former Governor Frank O Lowden appeals to Illinois state committee and Eastern Missouri Near East relief handlers to stay with the cause until completion. He recently toured Greece to inspect orphanage work. A flood aid bill in Adams County seeks 240000 dollars, with 175000 for Adams and 65000 for Indian Grove drainage.
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Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Illinois State Committee
Eastern Missouri Committee For
Near East Relief
Lowden
Greece
Mississippi
Adams County
Mary Co. McAdams
Quincy
Indian Grove
Illinois House News and Public Health at Peoria Meeting
Six exhibit booths will be occupied by the state department of public health at the annual Illinois State Medical Society meeting opening in Peoria on May 21. Legislation covers improvements at state normal schools, road electrification, police magistrate practices, and pension law changes, with resignations and to be debated measures in progress. News notes include gasoline tax funds, road safety rules, and a coal production uptick in Illinois.
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Washington
Good
Kerre Menard Homestead
Fort Gage State Park
Carlstrom
Beadney H Beandon
Department of Public Welfare
House Committee On Roads
Henry M. Dunlap
Savoy
State Department of Public Works and Buildings Authority
State Department of Public Health
Ilinois State Medical Society
Peoria
Andy Hal
James LL Foster
Macomb
Skill Required for Fattening
United States Department of Agriculture discusses fattening beef calves versus mature cattle. It notes calves grow more than fatten and outlines advantages of calves, feed efficiency, and market timing, along with when not to fatten. It highlights bulletin 1416 F Fattening Beef Calves and how to obtain it.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bulletin
Washington, D. C
Difference in Alfalfa Seed Due to Qualities
The article argues that alfalfa seed quality determines field performance and stand maintenance. It cites experiments where two seed lots sown in the same field show stark differences in killing out and disease, attributing these differences to heredity and inherent seed qualities.
Farm Advice Highlights Smart Seed and Crop Care
Farmers are urged to treat seed grain for smut and to plant trees on idle land as smart long term practice. Good forestry, careful hay cutting, sliced large potatoes to prevent choking, early thinning for yield, barley as livestock feed, beets for hogs, and the value of a quality fanning mill for efficient crop processing.
Unthrifty Seed Is Never Recommended
K. H. Fernow of the New York State College of Agriculture warns that poor seed won’t yield good potato crops regardless of fertilizer and labor. Seed should be virus free, true to variety, and in good condition, with health certified by field inspections and careful seed plots using virus control methods.
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K. H. Fernow
New York State College of Agriculture
State College
Vegetative Propagation Used for New Varieties
Michigan horticulturists report that new commercial fruit varieties may arise from bad sports on trees. Branches showing fruit differences are propagated by top grafting and many variations are being tested. Some sports breed true to type, though most are inferior. a few may prove superior and become new varieties.
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Michigan Experimental Station
Wheat Based Feed Plans For Growing Turkeys
The article outlines a feeding regimen for turkeys after six weeks including clabber cheese dry bread or rice soaked in sweet milk with onion tops. It advises a light sprinkle of black pepper and a gradual transition to grain. Middlings with corn meal and skim milk provide a morning feed while wheat or other grain serves the evening meal.
Pigs Follow Steers In Beef Feeding Strategy
A historical note suggests placing pigs with steers in feed lots to consume scattered grain, boosting profits from steers. It advises with 100 to 140 pound pigs as the best size, warning smaller pigs struggle among steers, and recommends selling fat pigs for market and replacing with leaner ones.
Feeding Chicks Ageing And Care For Newborns
Feeding chicks begins when they are thirty six to forty two hours old. Very sparing portions of well baked corn bread crumbled with hard boiled eggs and a little coarse sand are advised. Over feeding causes bowel trouble. They will pick up clean in three or four minutes. Provide clean water finely crushed oyster shell and a dry mash of bran with a little beef scrap kept constantly before them.
Plenty of Sunshine for Hog Houses and Health
The article urges modern hog house designs to admit ample sunshine and fresh air. It warns against drafts and closed poorly ventilated pens, noting sunlight helps flow through floors daily to destroy disease breeding organisms and improve hog welfare.
Pigeon Causes Havoc Then Returns Home to Philadelphia
Robert Ransford, returning from vacation, finds his Philadelphia home in disarray with lamps overturned and belongings disturbed. Police search the lower floor but uncover only a tired pigeon asleep on a bedpost in a back room, likely seeking shelter in the fireplace and unable to exit.
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Philadelphia
Robert Ransford
Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin’s Early Laxative Claim
In 1892 Dr. Caldwell began practice and promoted Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild safe liquid laxative for women children and elderly. It claimed to relieve headaches biliousness flatulence indigestion loss of appetite and sleep problems and marketed via drug stores and free trial bottles from Monticello Illinois.
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Monticello
Illinois
Chinese Journalism School Plans Year Long Country Tour
A Shanghai based Chinese journalism school plans a year long program for its students. Mornings will cover classes while afternoons are spent gathering copy. Students will study local customs meet notable figures and learn economic conditions to prepare for roles on Chinese newspapers and gain first hand country knowledge.
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Shanghai
Frankness as the modern girl's long suit joke
The line notes a witty exchange about frankness being a modern trait and humorously adds that it may be the only long suit she possesses, sparking amusement over style and attitude.
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