Seed corn for farm boys offers 520 kernels per youth
Illinois corn breeders and Farmers Institute urge farm boys under 18 to apply for 520 kernels of seed corn with variety and planting instructions. The program plans exhibits of best ears from 500 kernels, selecting representative seed from leading varieties. Contact Secretary A B Hostetter, Farmers Institute, Springfield, Ill, for details and postage costs. Mrs Geiger of Dankerton Iowa endorses Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets for stomach troubles. sold by J B Wright and F A Peterson.
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Illinois Corn Brésders’ Association
Illinois Farmers
Farmers’ Institute
A. B. Hostetter
Springfield
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Tilinnis
Fire destroys home near Kewanee. family displaced
A fire last night gutted the Jonas Tharp farm residence three miles northwest of Kewanee while Charles Borah and his family were visiting neighbors Asa Ellenwood. Rorah lost everything. eighty five dollars in bank notes burned. Insurance existed on goods, but the home and contents were a total loss.
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Asa Ellenwood
Jonas Tharp
Richard Golden
Mr. Rorah
Rotah
Herbner
Ellenwood
Goldens
Rorah
Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of
Kewanee
Kewanea Star- Courier
Whiteside Farmers' Mutual Telephone Company incorporated
The Whiteside Farmers' Mutual Telephone Company of Prophetstown is incorporated with $10,000 capital. Incorporators are Warren E Reynolds J B Mosher and Millard F Bill all of Prophetstown. Other members include A E Parmenter Amos Ott and Mr Ewing. The plan is to merge several small farmer lines Morrison Washington street and Prophetstown to Tampico for better service and easier financial handling. Hume and Tampico lines reportedly refused membership.
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Prophetstown
Warren E Reynolds
J. B. Mosher
Millard F. Bill
A. E. Parmenter
Lyndon
Amos Ott
Mr. Ewing
Morrison
Washington Street
Tampico
Hume
Three More From Bawa Join The Army
Three more Kewanee youths have enrolled in the regular army. Joseph Enslow and William C Widger will proceed to Chicago and Fort Sheridan to join the 20th Infantry, while Chester H Pearson heads to Jefferson Barracks St Louis. Since a recruiting station opened last fall nearly sixty local young men have enlisted.
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Joseph Enslow
William C. Widger
Chicago
Fort Sheridan
20Th Infantry
Chester H. Pearson
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Kewanee
Hays
Army
Kewanea
Centralized school system urged for Illinois farms
Prairie Farmer urges farmers to lobby legislators for a centralized school system to provide rural youth with better education without leaving home. It argues such systems exist in other states, offering greater educational value for the same money and enabling agricultural instruction alongside high school level studies.
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Illinois
Tax law may hit big order hard in Rock Island
Fraternal orders face local tax on assets if state law unchanged. Modern Woodmen, Knights of Pythias, and other groups weigh effects. Fraternal congress seeks legislative changes, including tax exemptions and longer response times in probate cases. Also notes about Woodmen and Chicago meetings and a burro powered treadmill project in North Sterling.
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Fraternal Congress
Chicago
Railroad cited over death of John W Dwyer at crossing
Inquest into the death of John W Dwyer held by Coroner Dr Kaalt of Princeton finds the Rock Island railroad faulted for not having an end car and for inadequate watch at the crossing. The conductor was on the third car from the end. stricter rules could have prevented the fatality. Dwyer’s family may pursue damages.
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The Sensa tional Journalism and the Law
The Atlantic Monthly discusses how sensational journalism erodes public trust in courts and the justice process. It argues that even when restrained by law the press harms readers’ confidence in legal integrity and patience for lawful outcomes.
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