Illinois Briefs Highlight Deaths and Local Upheaval
Captain Frederick Mosher of Sandwich dies at eighty four. Chicago hosts a crossing signals conference with officials from railroad, city, county and civic groups. Clinton Conlin remains missing after leaving Decatur for the county jail. Masonic temple work resumes after a jurisdictional dispute. A call for sterilization legislation surfaces at Dixon. Illinois welfare leaders urge prevention over cure at Champaign. Iowa finalities note James Whitfield’s injury in Urbana scrimmage. Milmine men Schultz and Born die in train collision near Bement. An unidentified couple dies at Danville after a train incident. President Coolidge proclaims Educational Week November 16 to 23. A duck hunter’s rifle across the Mississippi claims Frank Litsch. Vernon Cheater plans a world trip by power boat. Chicago police and firemen push for higher pay. Ferries and bridges total 33 ferries and 19 bridges aiding river traffic. Bank robberies in eight counties down 62 percent in six months due to town guards and rewards. Chicago heart disease tops deaths. Illinois cancer deaths rise sharply. Uncle Joe Cannon reportedly in good health at 89. Illinois corn yield estimated at 278,982,000 bushels in 1925, down from 293,680,000 in 1924.
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Frederick S. Mosher
Sandwich
Chicago
Clinton Conlin
Decatur
Union
Masonic Temple
West Randouph Street
Ilinois
Northern Dental Association
Dixon
Illinois Conference of Publice Welfare
Champaign
Sherman W. Searle
Springfield
James E. Whitfield
University of Maois
Urbana
Thomas Schultz
Milmine
Henry Born
Bement
Danville
H. F. Dorman
Freeport
Coolidge
Frank C. Cross
National Americanism Commission
Mississippi River
Frank Litsch
Valmeyer
Vernon Cheater
Chicago Yacht Club
Wilmette Harbor
Chicago Patrolmen's Club
Firemens Association
Louis Lotshaw
Elgin State Asylum For
Ralph T. Hinton
Lutshaw
Mississippi
Wabash
Ohio
State Highway Division
Illinois
Bwietin
Herman N. Bundesen
Comfort
State Department of Public Health
Two Essentials of Sweet Clover
Two essential benefits come from sweet clover used for soil building organic matter and nitrogen. Willard of the Ohio Experiment Station notes maximum organic matter in the second year at bloom and peak nitrogen around May 1, with nitrogen shifting from roots to tops during spring growth. Plow under a good stand in April to add about 175 pounds of nitrogen, aiding a 100 bushel corn crop. fall plowing risks weedier regrowth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Willard
Ohio Experiment Station
Willard
Harvesting and Storing Navy Beans for Winter
Navy beans should be harvested and threshed as soon as ready. If infested with bugs, fumigation with carbon bisulphide at about one ounce per bushel in a tight container at 75 degrees or higher is effective. Keep away from flames due to flammability. Heating at 125 to 130 degrees for an hour also kills insects. Store seed by mixing one part air-slaked lime with two parts seed.
Birds Control Insects in Garden and Orchard
A USDA letter promotes using birds for pest control noting 2000 nests supplied to Baron von Berlepsch estate in Germany and leaf-roller defoliation avoided on other estates. The message says increasing birds on property yields satisfaction rather than regret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Baron von Berlepsch
Germany
Fall cutting boosts alfalfa winter hardiness and yields
Fall cutting lets alfalfa reach at least one foot height before winter, providing winter protection and food reserves in the roots. This practice, supported by farmer experience and experimental data, underpins the sound method for growing and harvesting alfalfa for maximum next year’s hay.
Manure Application Guidance for Limited Supplies
The article advises saving manure and applying it economically. With limited supply, apply four to six tons per acre across the whole field rather than heavy application on a small area. Efficiency per ton improves with smaller, spread-out applications.
Cleaning Machines Remove Most Weeds
The Vermont experiment station notes in a recent bulletin that cheap seed often carries weed seeds and purity labels are not exact. Tests show seed purity close to the stated percentage, though some errors occur. Modern cleaning methods remove most weed seeds, leaving seed comparatively clean, as shown by a nationwide sampling study.
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Vermont
Trimming Bull's Feet to Prevent Various Evils
Bulls kept in close quarters with little exercise often grow long hoofs causing pain and foot troubles. Trim to prevent breakage and disfigurement using chisels, pincers, saws, and rasps. Tie or throw the animal as needed to reach sole and dewclaws. dewclaws trimmed closely. Farmers' Bulletin 1412.
Harvest Soy Beans for Seed and Hay Crop
Soy beans are cut for seed when most leaves have fallen and pods near ripe. At ripe stage a grain binder can harvest with satisfaction. earlier cuts reduce binder efficiency. For hay, cut as lower leaves yellow and pods about half full, best with a mower. Full Iowa State Bulletin 238 from Ames details Soy Beans for Iowa.
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Iowa
Ames
Farm notes on seeds, tractors, and paint
Seed corn should not come from lodging plants and manure loses value with weathering. Of 107 weed seed varieties buried twenty years, 52 grew when planted. The tractor stays, but draft horses remain essential as tractors cannot fully replace them. Legumes or alternatives can salvage plant food, and many farmers note painted houses now. Soybean coarse stems won’t feed cattle but suit horses, per farmer experiments. Ohio reports 24,595 strong farm club members across 12 clubs statewide.
It Pays to Spray and Prune Apples
A practical orchard guide outlines annual pruning and a six to seven spray program. It covers lime sulfur applications in fall or early spring, a spring spray with lime sulfur and arsenate of lead, nicotine sulfate for lice, and subsequent sprays timed after petals fall, with Bordeaux mixtures for blotch or extreme heat, emphasizing thorough coverage and correct concentrations.
Spraying Plan Urged To Combat San Jose Scale
Entomologists urge New York fruit growers to spray for San Jose scale as infestation rises. Early spring use of lime sulfur solution will control the pest. marked heavily infested trees require extra spraying and careful attention during bud swell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
State Agricultural Experiment Station
Geneva
New York
Mulching Strawberries For Winter Protection And Yields
The article urges strawberry growers to mulch patches with straw after ground freezes, in late November or December, to prevent alternate freezing and thawing. Mulch stays until spring, then is moved to the ground between rows to conserve moisture and keep fruit clean, with care to avoid plant smothering.
Protect Strawberries Through Fall Care and Mulch
Thorough cultivation and fertilization in fall with heavy mulching of straw or leaves conserve moisture. Strawberry plants then suffer less in drought, a critical factor as crops often face stress when berries ripen, notes C. Newman, chief of horticulture at Clemson College.
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C. €. Newman
Clem- Bon College
Old Festival Rites in Honor of Ceres
The Eleusinian mysteries marked the annual rites for Ceres at Eleusis. Legends say Ceres visited Eleusis in search of Proserpine and taught Triptolemus the use of grain, inaugurating two-part rites that began on Broedromion's fifteenth day. historian R H Tingley notes their central role in ancient mystic life.
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Ceres
Eleusig
Chambers
Proserpine
Eleusis
Callichoars
Rharian
R. H. Tingley
Chicago Journal
Graveyard of Books Tour to Seychelles Island
A London library discards unread volumes to second-hand stalls and paper mills, while the most adventurous titles are sent to the Seychelles. Yet ants eventually consume these voyages, leaving nothing for ordinary readers in the end.
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London Library
Seychelles Islands
Indian Ocean
London
Eyes of the Great Colors in Famous Eyes Revealed
The Washington Star notes that most famous individuals show blue gray or blue eyes. It lists Dante, Caesar, Paganini, Goethe, Leigh Hunt, Voltaire, Gladstone, and others as brown or blue eyes. Gray eyes include Byron and Napoleon. blue eyes include Wellington and Dickens. Some are blue gray like Frederick the Great and George Washington.
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Washington Star
Dante
Julius Caesar
Paganini
Goethe
Leigh Hunt
Voltaire
Gladstone
Pope Leo XIII
Beethoven
Raphael
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Byron
Coleridge
Chatterton
Napoleon
Bismarck
Nansen
Explorer
Audubon
the Duke of Wellington
Richard Coeur de Lion
Wolsey
Dickens
Ruskin
Moltke
Duke of Marlborough
Swift
Edison
Frederick the Great
J. Russell Lowell
Rossetti
George Washington
Shakespeare
Stopped in Time Defendants deny overspeeding at hearing
Each defendant insists they were not speeding as the car slowed to 20 miles an hour, then 15, then 10 at a hill and crossroads. The third says they were nearly at a standstill when the officer arrived. The justice: I’ll stop this now. Ten dollars fine.
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Justice of the Peace
Bloody Sweat of the Hippopotamus Explained
The hippo’s thick skin holds a large oily secretion that oozes from pores when excited or in pain. The fluid darkens to a red tint and is known as the animal’s bloody sweat, though scientists say the color is not from blood. Pathfinder Magazine.
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Pathfinder Magazine
This Week's Story This Week's Short Story
A nervous man covertly prepares a powder to mix with water then drinks it in a desperate bid to sleep. He frets about needing a specialist if the draught fails. The tense scene hinges on fear and a drink likely intended to induce sleep.
Pocketbook In Hotel Exchange Sparks Court Scene
A hotel clerk and a guest exchange a quick moment over a dropped pocketbook as the guest indicates relief at having finished with it, prompting a judge to remark on the exchange in court.
Demand Bayer Aspirin Warning Ad vying for genuine Bayer
A brief ad urges buyers to insist on Bayer on the aspirin package or tablets to ensure authenticity and safety, noting 25 years of physician endorsement and warning that imitations may be dangerous. The text also mentions fruit fly control by boiling fruit from infected trees and burying it, and a general maxim about material success requiring energy.
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Bayer
Adyv
Australia
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