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Newspaper
Macomb Daily By Stander
Location
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1920
Page
2
Farmers toil in the fields from dawn to dark with lantern light at night as a week of rains has damaged grain and halted cutting in many areas. Some adopt rolling binders and a threshing outfit, while local residents undertake road and well projects and visit relatives over the weekend.
Mr and Mrs Clarence P Derry return to Rock Island after visiting relatives J F Derry W A Murray and son Guy The Murray party brings a large set of farming implements including a tractor binder shocker and threshing outfit indicating a busy farming season ahead.
The notice lists ailments including stomach liver heart lungs rheumatism deafness catarrh leg ulcers nose throat nervous disorders and diseases of children and varicose veins with chronic rectal conditions. It states acute cases are not treated.
Route 2 report from Macomb area details gatherings of families on Sunday and neighborly visits. Farmers delay corn preparation due to harvest, while some plan moves for Macomb residence and a Democratic vote. Iron bridge north of Macomb is in poor shape with tar damage and a replaced weak board. portions of the route are well maintained though a Shannon place section shows chuck holes.
Route 3 reports good road conditions and ongoing grading with heavy corn sunbathing, Timothy hay to be cut in dry weather, and binders powered by tractors moving through wheat fields. Route 4 notes recovery of Francis Allison from typhoid fever, wheat harvest progressing, oats near binders, corn growing rapidly, threshing outfits on the road, and a brief car theft incident with no damage.
Omer Rigg celebrates the return of his Ford, whose disappearance was reported in The By-Stander yesterday. The recovery followed the kindness shown by Mr. Rigg in giving a ride to a stranger from Macomb.
Charles McCutcheon reports he has managed Route 6 largely with a substitute driver for most of the past week while tending his harvests. He has not learned much of recent route happenings due to the substitution.
Route 7 notes James Provine and carriers Provine and John H. Watson at the national Elks convention in Chicago. They praise the event as a high point and reaffirm the motto Best People on Earth. Floyd Morley cut oats early on Frank Haines farm. Hi Van Meter moved to Macomb, a longtime route patron.
This route usually yields abundant blackberries and raspberries but this season the harvest is light due to winter kill. Wheat along the route is expected to be fully cut by midweek and is turning out better than forecast.
A fragment notes graded road stretch west of Wiley su v in excellent shape and mentions Elva Ford of Peoria with grandfather J I suffering a weak week. The text is incomplete but conveys road and health status updates.
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