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Newspaper
Macomb Daily By Stander
Location
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1920
Page
2
Congress faces a nearly five million dollar peace time request for fiscal 1922. Secretary Houston’s figures total 4 653 856 759 with war cost continuities and a postwar debt service nearing 922 650 000 for interest and 265 754 864 for the sinking fund.
A health ad extols Cascarets as a mild laxative and cleanser for the liver stomach and bowels. It claims they remove bile poisons and waste without griping or sickness, cost fourty cents a box, and work while you sleep.
Expenditures are estimates by departments for conduct of strictly departmental affairs. Among the items listed are the Interstate Commerce Commission at 4,574,000 dollars, the Federal Trade Commission at 1,055,000 dollars, the United States Employees Compensation Commission Fund at 2,926,840 dollars, and the Railroad Labor Board at 550,060 dollars.
The McDonough County Farmers Institute and Household Science Meetings run December 8 to 10, 1920. Sessions include corn, apple and vegetable shows at 10 a.m. and Household Science at 1:30 p.m. A program features hog feeding talks by G. C. Johnstone and other farm experts, with premiums awarded for corn exhibits and township participation.
Augustus Grosclause of Camden recalls Prairie City prices in 1861 when corn brought ten cents a bushel and many hundreds sold at 11 to 13 cents. He notes payment in script that quickly fell to 75 cents on the dollar and a 1862 fall when a dressed hog cost 2 12 cents per pound while work paid 50 cents a day.
Christmas savings at Gaites Studio with thirty day sale on all photographs. Studio offers discounted rates across the collection, inviting customers to capture holiday memories with reduced prices and limited-time terms.
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