The Vanishing Mule in Southern Illinois and Beyond
A reflective piece traces mules and their role from the Revolutionary era to modern times. It notes Washington and Jefferson promoting mules, Spanish jacks sent to Mt. Vernon, and mules becoming vital to cotton and tobacco farming in Kentucky Missouri and Southern Illinois. It recalls mule trade, sales barns and long-distance herds, and laments the gradual disappearance of male farm animals with rural life fading.
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Maryland
DuQuoin State Fair
Cairo
Alexander County
Illinois
South
Washington
Jefferson
Spain
Mt. Vernon Plantation
Royal Gift
Knight of Malta
Justin Morgan
Kentucky
Missouri
Greenville
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Ilinois
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Illinois 150th birthday art by Robert Thom announced
Illinois Bell commissions 12 paintings by Robert Thom to illustrate key events in state history for the 150th birthday celebration in 1968. Ralph Newman says the illustrations will enrich state history literature and endure for years. Thom’s studio has a history of large historical programs and the first painting is due by year end with seven more in 1967 and four in early 1968.
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Robert Thom
Illinois
Ralph Newman
Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission
Illinois Bell Telephone
Newman
Thom
Robert Thom and Sons Historical Productions, Inc
Medicine and Pharmacy
Parke Davis
State monitors narcotics activity in August report
The Illinois Division of Narcotics Control and partners report intensified cooperation with state and federal agencies. In August inspectors arrested 26 people, opened 13 registrant investigations into physicians and pharmacists, and 49 non registrant probes. One of seven August convicts received a 15 to 30 year heroin sentence.
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Illinois Division of Narcotics Control
Joseph J. Healy
Ross V. Randolph
Department of Public Safety
Healy
Rules of the Road Courtesy by Paul Powell
A state notice from Paul Powell Secretary of State in Springfield Illinois urges courteous driving. Drivers should prefer safe polite behavior, yield to pedestrians, avoid speeding in two lane traffic, and dim headlights at night. A free copy of the Rules of the Road is available upon request.
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Paul Powell
Springfield
Illinois
Crossword puzzle last week’s answer across clues
Crossword puzzle last week presents a full list of across clues with terms like Plot young whale forego narcotic and others. The bundled clues include references to across items 1 through 46 and offer varied word lengths and definitions for a full puzzle study.
Harvest safety tips during corn harvest season at SIU
Southern Illinois University agricultural engineer J. J. Paterson urges farmers to prepare early for the coming corn harvest as moisture delays maturity and drought damaged crops raise risks. He stresses machine checks, cleaning, lubrication, and careful adjustments plus safety rules to prevent injuries.
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Abert Meyer
Southern Illinois
J. J. Paterson
Southern Illinois University
Paterson
Remembering a Montgomery County creek pool days
From C William Hunsberger Souderton Pa a reminiscence about a Green Lane Perkiomen Creek swimming hole formed by a bend water from dams fed ice in winter kids gathered afternoons and a rope swing over a muddy bank. The writer contrasts past free mud baths with modern Arizona style.
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C. William Hunsberger
Souderton
Green Lane
Montgomery County
Arizona
Going Steady With A Long-Distance Letter Romance
Teen asks about a dating situation with a girl in another town who has his ring and no letters back. Advice urges reclaiming the ring, ending the steady claim, and proposing pen pals only if the other person is willing. Suggests writing to FRANKFORT KY service for community guidance.
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Frankfort
All Clear at Kimberly-Clark Pollution System
The Coosa river newsprint plant in Alabama unveils a $2.5 million pollution control system at its Kimberly-Clark facility. The clarifier removes up to 98 percent of settleable materials from papermaking process water before return to the river.
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Kimberly- Clark Corporation
Coosa River
Ala
The Golden Years Budget and Retirement Realities
A reader questions neighbors’ spending and income in retirement. The article presents a U S Department of Health Education and Welfare budget for couples over 65 earning 2983 dollars annually, notes variability in retirement spending, and cites Census data that about 75 percent of couples over 65 have incomes under 5000 dollars. It discusses hidden income possibilities and urges evaluating without peeping, offering a 5 cent booklet request.
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U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
U.S
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