Wire Worm Infestation and Farm Bureau Efforts Report
A farmer near Henry reports a severe wire worm infestation on new sod ground planted with corn around May 10. After thorough cultivation on May 25 and again before June 3, the field recovered and now grows well, indicating effective control. The Marshall Putnam Farm Bureau seeks rail car assistance to move grain from Broadmoor Speer and Camp Grove with Illinois Agricultural Association support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Bergantz
Henry
Bergantz
Marshall-Puttnam Farm Bureau
Broadmoor
Speer
Camp Grove
Ilinois Agricultural Association
Marshall-Putnam
Burau
Magnolia
Warehouse & Storage Co
Chicago
andAnyone
Farm Bureau
Magnol
Henry News Briefs Include Local Visits and Civic Plans
Lloyd Hunter and family visited his father and Esther in Henry with a large group from Chillicothe and a band. Alden Hunter and wife attended. Plans for Yochautaddua festival in June 1923 were announced. W. H. Tarrant, Civil War veteran, visited Henry and recalled his restaurant days. Crow Creek ditch survey talks began at a Farm Bureau meeting to curb yearly floods. Illinois chiropractors case upheld law penalties against unlicensed practice. Rev. Chester McCown, professor and former pastor, leaves for travel and study before joining a World Alliance conference and a trip to Palestine and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Hunter
Esther
Alden
Lancaster
Minn
Rave
Alice “Gilpin
Phig
Normal
W. H. Tarrant
Quincy
Hennepin
Minnesota
Henry
Weis
Coan’s
Farm Bureau
Crow Creek
Johnson
Jawa
Warren Prather
William Rowe Jr
William Eckhoff
Illinois
F. D. Ramsey
Rock Island
Universal Chiropractors’ Association
Ilinois
Chester McCown
D. S. McCown
Henry M. EH
Holy Land
Pacific School of Religion
Berkeley
Calif
London
British Museum
Henry S Maxwell longtime Fulton County resident dies
Henry S Maxwell retired farmer died from paralysis yesterday afternoon at his cousin Mrs Helen Wade's home 409 South Ninth Avenue where he had lived for several years Born March 24 1849 in Pennsylvania he spent most of his life in the area He never married and is survived by a sister Mrs Elison Wood of Henry Illinois another sister Mrs George Langstaff Canton Ohio The body was conducted to Canton for burial per prearkage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry S. Maxwell
Helen Wade
Ninth Avenue
Pennsylvania
George Maxwell
Fulton County
Owl’s Nest Park
Maxwell
Elison Wood
Henry, Ill
George Langstaff
Canton
Park College praised by Mrs George Lawrence in Illinois D A R visit
Mrs George Lawrence honored during a Park College campus visit by Illinois D A R state regent Mrs John Hanley of Monmouth. She spoke of Park work and the convention report, noting a $1 000 scholarship funded in Ella Lawrence’s name and other Illinois D A R gifts to Park for special needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John ‘H. Hanley
Monmouth
Illinois
Park College
Parkside
Hfe
Urbana
Park
Paing
Ella Lawrence
Hanley
Rence
Whitefield Corners Chronicle Local Happenings
Harold Stout and wife visited relatives in Oglesby returning last Friday. Mrs. Laurette Townsend of Henry stayed with her son Fred’s family. Grandpa Benningfield left the hospital, Lorraine Benningfield improving. Over forty new Chevrolet cars passed through town en route to northern towns. Road graders repaired holes south of the corners. Local notices include decorations by the Sleators and house painting by Cr. Swift’s. A children's day program is planned for next Sunday at 8 p.m. Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. A new tool for sharpening blades was invented by H Mokier of Bradford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Reece
Harold Stout
Oglesby
Irl’s
Orin
Elton
Grandfa's
J. ‘Cook
Sheffield
Laurette Townsend
Fred
G. M. Clark
M. E. Fosdick
Lorraine Benningfield
Julia Hogate
Harris
Cr. Swift
Henry Loewenstein
Will
Rock Island
Thelma
Ray Harris
H. Mokier
Bradford
Wa Wee Thay
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Scenay, Illinois
Marshall-Putnam ‘Farm
Dureau
Umestone
Fulham County
Peoria
Bureau
Marshall.Putnam Farm Bureau
F. W. Force
Satan
Hell
Davor
Fairbury High
Henry 8S
Meler Bros
George
Be” Lawrenc
Whiteflield Corners
Ies Seo
Ees
United States
Goodrich
Fleoyd
Monier
Meyer Furnace Company
Meier Bros
Cig
TTE
Spur
Ligorrr & Myers ‘Tonacco Co
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