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Newspaper
Macomb Daily By Stander
Location
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1921
Page
2
Rural Editor reports help from patrons and mail carriers in Macomb area. Notes on cattle and butchers, white face stock, and upcoming plowing and drageing. Union school basketball team opens season strong, defeating Willow Grove 15 to 2.
Schuyler Riggins reports capturing the biggest mink ever found on Spring Creek, its pelt measuring 36 inches long and 4 inches wide. Route travelers Lewis Anderson and Roy Waller are mentioned in fragmentary notes alongside visits from Mrs. Raundalph Tenszel and Mrs. Claude Wheeler. Local residents attend a Thiebury Grove Household Science meeting despite bad weather.
Route 2 work shows substantial sod plowing on the line. Tinion School closed briefly last week amid the mess caused by teacher W B Elder and J W Applegate this week sold.
An old advertisement promises instant relief from congestion and runny nose with Pape's Cold Compound. It claims the first dose opens blocked air passages, stops nasal discharge, relieves headache and feverishness, and costs only a few cents at drug stores.
The column notes Route 3 residents Arthur Bugg Elmer Icenogle and Route 5 carrier Joseph Little discuss road quality in Macomb Bethel township. Bridges culverts and drainage are highlighted with mixed conditions and calls for repairs. Local farms report coal timber and livestock activity and a pending bridge project near Will McCutcheon’s farm.
Route 6 notes Charles McCutcheon and Mrs. Lloyd Ingles ill at Holmes hospital, improving. Mrs O J Ehrhart stays about the fine. Ray McGaughey shipped a carload of hogs this week. Route covers 1 distance of 28.8 miles. Roads on the
Wiley school reports for the week ending Nov 4 showing 29 pupils, total attendance 559 1 2 days taught 19 1 2, average daily attendance 28. Honor rolls include Margaret Markham Keith Morley and Violet Woolen. Deputy notes mention James Provine recovering from surgery at Holmes hospital, Warner Watson shelling corn at Bardolph, roads fair but needing dragging, and local churches planning Christmas observances.
A reader from Lucasville Ohio shares a testimonial about chronic kidney trouble lasting ten years. After trying many remedies, Foley Kidney Pills reportedly improved the condition, with the writer claiming to be well now. A second name, J M Bevin, appears in the notice.
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