Marshall Putnam Farm Bureau Weekly News Letter
The Marshall Putnam Farm Bureau reports Peoria Producers sold livestock totaling 8161.61 last week. It notes seed corn problems, poultry care tips, and swine sanitation advances under the McLean System, with tax relief efforts and lime stone usage records across the counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall-Putnam Farm
Bureau Weekly
Peoria
Cate
Farm “Bureau
W. French
Wenona
Ducers
Farm Bureau
Cleve Swallow
Whitefield
Ship
Swallow
Dowell
J. M. Dowell
Washburn farm sold at auction for estate settlement
The John Arrowsmith farm comprising 160 acres near Washburn was sold at auction to settle the estate of B. Boyunga at a price of 178 dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Arrowsmith
Washburn
B. Boyunga
Susan Ball
Putnam
Illinois
Illinois farm acreage values rise across counties in census
The Census Bureau reports wide variation in average value per acre across Illinois counties in the latest agricultural census. McLean leads with 222 dollars per acre for crop land, followed by Livingston and Pratt, while southern counties show lower values, and dairying development boosts land values in northern regions.
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Bureau of Census
McLean County
McLean
Livingston
Pratt
Woodford
Champaign
Macon
la Salle
Douglas
Logan
Ford
Tazewell
Ilinois
Illinois
Sangamon
DeWitt
Marshall
Burau
Stark
Peoria
Putnam
Chri Knox
Mason
Shelby
DeKalb
Kane
Kendall
Henry
Lee
Grundy
Rock Island
Stephenson
Ogle
Boone
Whiteside
McHenry
Winnebago
Carroll
Jo Daviess
McDonough
Henderson
Hancock
Morgan
Scott
Schuyler
Adams
Indiana
Iroquois
Kankakee
Will
Vermillion
St. Clair County
Chicken thief abandons car after poultry owner halts theft
A south of Minoak theft ends when a Buick refuses to start and the farmer thwarts a chicken heist. Sixty two birds loaded. suspect fled after bribe rejected. John Smith 28 and Steven Francisco 14 of Rutland jailed in Ottawa with loot. Smith later confessed to further chicken thefts this fall.
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Minoak
John Smith
Steven Francisco
Rutland
Ottawa
Smith
Lester Bilts
Dana
Eilis
Francisco
Toluca
Lacon Couple Wed at Danville
Henry Johnson aged 21 and Viola May aged 18, both of Lacon, were united in marriage at Danville Thursday morning.
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Lacon
Danville
Henry Johnson
Viola May
Christmas notes and visits in Putnam area society
Local column lists Christmas visits among families from Henry Sparland Joliet and Ottawa. Includes engagements, hospital news, travel between La Salle Des Moines Peoria and Macomb. One obituary item notes Mrs. Cal Pembrook buried at Putnam cemetery with family references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dauber
Glenn Lampkin
la Salle
Mildred Long
Tiskilwa
Ray Strosnider
Elsie Henkins
Henry
James Taylor
Mae Heminghouse
Conkey
M. A. Dally
Geo. Dally’s
H. Witter
Putnam
Des Moines
Rose Dauber
Lincoln
Cal Pembrook
Lacon
Federated Sunday School
Christian Church
J. J. Ellard
Mayo Bros
Rochester
Minn
J. M. Williams
L. H. Pinnell
Peoria
Ethel Kildow
Joliet
A. L. Kildow
Willis Wheeler
Ermel Wright
John Henkins
Spring Valley Hospital
Nihon
Chicago
H. Soper
Lenora Ellis
Roy
C. R. Wheeler
Lucy Godhell
Venona
Wheeler
William Strosnider
Orland Murphy
J. E. Wherry
Elsie
Zelda
Homer Strosnider
George Efferding
William Hannum
Carrie Sparling
Evelyn Bagley
Anna Hutton
Elmer Hunt
Jemel Ketchum
Esther Johnson
Ernest
Letha
Clarence Johnson
Baby
Marvin Johnson
Thompson
Robert Droll
Springfield
Pyles
St. John’s Hospital
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County Farm Bureaus
Illinois ‘Agricultural Association
J. C. Watson
Taxation and Statistics Department
The
Illinois Agricultural Association
Frank Kuhne
Harvey Morris
Putnam County
Preachers
C.m.sellera
Whitefield Township
Sellers
T. B
Congress
Piane
Ashington
J. R. Bent
Limestone Phosphate Department
Marshall-Putnam Farm Bureau
Washburn Farm Sale
Ed W
Colo
M. W. A. Sanitarium
Sam
Santa Claus
God
San
Edward Murphy
Sandburg
Princeton
Bureau
Bureau- Princeton
Hampshire
Farrow
Janesville
Hayes
Columbus
Edison Phonograph
E. H. Child
Miles Fox
Francis Keegan
D. W. Grant
S. C
John Deere
King and Hamilton Steel
Emerson
Ralph Child
Col. E. H. Child
C. A. Phillips
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