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Newspaper
Macomb Daily By Stander
Location
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
2
Rural carriers on seven Macomb routes report harvest activity and crop yields with wheat generally average, rye fair, and corn good though rains hinder plowing. Rain kept farmers from a celebration and improved road work. mailbox setups were discussed to ease mail delivery.
Route 1 notes George C. Cole home from Fourth with family and updates on neighbors. Keith Sticklen enjoys a new Shetland pony and grain ripening, with illness improvements and school lunch efforts discussed. Route 2 covers corn hauling, rye cutting, road work, field conditions, and Helen Black's return from Washington.
Farmers on Route 3 report harvest progress with corn nearly laid by and timothy hay nearing completion while roads improve under Commissioners Aten and Provine. A concrete culvert is installed north of the William Watson farm with Harry Holmes as contractor. Route 5 carriers note wheat cutting and rye ripening, a lightning fire destroyed John Raymond’s barn and sheds, with insufficient insurance, and berry crops show mixed results after recent rains.
Mrs Ella E McMillan sails for a month visiting relatives in Kansas and Colorado. Francis Allison illness typhoid fever. Greer Walker first in his wheat field on this route. reports heavy headed bunt not thick.
Miss Clara Logsdon, a nurse specialist in confinement cases, listed in Macomb with phone 705 Blue.
James Provine notes Wade Watson and Mrs Watson as parents of a daughter born last week. Mrs Watson is NM Applegate. The route’s residents report good crops and quality land. Carrier Provine attends a major national convention in Chicago this week. Carrier Geo Stendrichs represents the route.
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