Senator Pervier urges Illinois to boost hog production in 1918
In Putnam county and Henry, Senator Clayton C. Pervier rallied stock raisers and farmers to double hog output in 1918. He stressed breeding stock, a 15.50 dollar per hundredweight floor, and the need to meet a national meat shortage with heavier hogs and more pigs. He urged Illinois to raise 20 percent more hogs next year, leveraging the strong corn crop and federal policy.
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Clayton C. Pervier
Sheffield
Bureau County
Illinois
United States
Pervier
Putnam County Farmers’ Institute
Putnam Town Hall
Henry
Uncle Sam
Auto Fire Alarms Sparks Fight With Snow and Fire
A motorist Raymond Thomas near Putnam battled a car fire after a radiator leak from alcohol in the cooling system. Snow boosts cooled flames and he saved the Maxwell roadster from total loss though fuel and radiator parts suffered intense heat. Marshall County Stock Association meets December 26 at Lacon with programs on hog and cattle raising and emergency stock production. Knights of Pythias elect officers with installation in January.
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Jack Frost
Raymond Thomas
Putnam
Henry
Maxwell
Mr. Thomas
Fulks Bros
Marshall County Stock Association
Court House
Lacon
Elmer Quinn
H. J. Webner
W. S. Stoner
H. J. Blackburn
R. W. McKee
State Live Stock Association
The
State University
R. Forbes
John Turnbull
Ralph Wells
Lawrence Hunt
J. A. Shanklin
Marshall County
Knights of Pythias
R. S. Bayne
R. Phillips
H. W. Adams
B. R. Nichols
George H. Daniels
Eli Wright
A. B. Smith
Louis Kraus
Orr
Putnam County Farmers Institute Held in Decem ber
The Putnam County Farmers Institute met in Putnam on December 12 and 13 with a full program except for a train wreck that prevented one speaker. Mrs. J. Y. Shamel spoke on household science and emergencies while Hon. C. C. Pervier addressed livestock, food economy, soils, and agricultural legislation. The event included music, recitations, and parade of reports, and attendance was good despite bad weather and rail service.
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Putnam County Farmers’ Institute
Putnam
J. Y. Shamel
Household Science Department
C. C. Pervier
Europe
Pervier
F. C. Bauer
State Fair School
Farmers’ Institute
Income tax man to visit Marshall county in 1918
Collector H D McCabe announces the federal income tax officer will tour several towns in Marshall county from January 3 to March 1 1918 to help residents prepare 1917 returns at no cost. About 2300 taxpayers are expected. penalties for failing to file range from 20 to 1000 dollars. Residents outside the county may also visit.
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House
Illinois
Drys
Illinois General Assembly
Senate
House of Representatives
Washington
United States
General Assembly
State Council of Defense
Women's Committee
Marshall County
James Hartley
Henry
May Hich
Evans Township
Emma Karr
Wenona
Mitchell Miller
Hopewell Township
James Case
Henry Township
Glenn Harper
Belle Plain Township
Elizabeth Wilson
Lacon
R. M. Barnes
Lacon Township
Winnie Macon
Steuben Township
John van Antwerp
Sparland
Cal Starliper
Saratoga Township
Allen Gallon
Toluca
Bennington Township
Ralph McCullough
Varna
LeRoy Hill
Whitefield Township
E. G. Cromwell
Frances Smith
Alden Hunter
Walter Duke
Chicago
H. W. Adams
Internal Revenue
H. D. McCabe
Hennepin
Circuit Court Room
Court House
Granville
Granville State Bank
Spring Valley
City Library
Princeton
Federal
County Court Room
Commercial Club Rooms
Collector of
Christmas Day Reflections and Local Society Notes
A Henry Republican column covers the W C T U meeting at Mrs George Helper home with prayers and songs, Santa visits in local stores, a church congregational supper slated, and a long Christmas editorial praising the birth of Jesus and urging joy, forgiveness, and peace for readers and patrons.
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George Helper
Paskell
Wheeler
Helper
Ivan Helper
Francis Lindgren
Congress
Tipperary
Prohibition
Bella Evans
Press Cor
Santa Claus
Henry
Ottos
J. Green
Santa
Meier Bros.’ Store
Presbyterian Church
Angel Choir
Bethlehem Plains
Jesus
God
Galilee
Tudea
Prince of Peace
The
Henry Republican
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Putnam County Farmers' Institute
Ima
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North Market Street
Hazel Almeda
Sherrill H. Sanford
Milwaukee
Tilton
M. E. Church
Margaret Helper
Elizabeth Weaver
Martha Wilson
Guy Wilson
Whitefield
Bertha Wykle
Champaign
Marseilles
Hazel
Sterling
Certain-teed Products Corporation
Sanford
Wenatchee Camp
Nita
Iges Fey
George Halbleib
Government
Judge Lovett
Peoria
Evangeline Lovett
Boston
Radcliff
New York City
Wilbert QO. Broline
Camp Eynston
Fort Riley
Kan
Judson Ong
Chillicothe
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