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Newspaper
Macomb Daily By Stander
Location
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1920
Page
2
Rural carriers report on Route 1 to Route 5 with updates from Rock Island Littleton Chicago Wichita and Monmouth. Families move visit work and road improvements are noted along with school teaching assignments and local social events.
An old advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound to darken gray hair naturally. It claims the solution delivers a glossy, youthful appearance with daily applications and insists it is a cosmetic, not a disease treatment.
Miss Elsie Osbere visits Mrs. Lizzie K. Harlan on Route 3. Several families, including John Badger and Robert Colvin, move off the route as tenants. Walter Maupin returns from a 1000 mile six week auto trip through Missouri and Kansas. Mrs. Glade Connor visits East Moline. Nancy Wilhelm visits Chicago with sister Mrs. Chas Applegate. Barclay brothers replace hedge with woven wire. W A Moore installs more woven wire. Joe Lynn dies at his brother Fred’s home. praised by friends. Roy Dean pastures about thirty acres of corn, predicting sixty bushel per acre.
Elmer Ieenogle reports Route 4 combing Schuyler county last week with storm damage from flat corn to downed trees and blocked roads. Teachers listed for Route 4 include Fairmont George Dunn McNair Ruth Wilson Ebenezer May Mainline Camp Creek Faye Hudson Center Point Tima Dunn. Camp Creek school closed two days due to Mrs Hudson illness. Mrs Jones death noted at County Home. residents mourn. Two inch rain fell Saturday night. Grover Martin grades three mile stretch east from Ebenezer. route regrading nearing completion. Ebenezer Missionary Society meets Sept 23 at 2 PM with program including China’s Challenge and The Truth Shall Make You Free.
The Saturday storm caused considerable damage with blown down corn and fruit, and several large trees. J W Wayland recovered forty blueberry bushes to sell in Macomb. Robert Brown improves with vapor baths. William Bennett from Gooding Idaho visits the Allisons. Carrier McCutcheon adds a pure bred boar to his herd from Ray Chipman. Route patrons strip coal to stock winter supply. S C Bainter hosts a birthday party for Miss Mary Bainter with her Sunday school class attending.
James Provine and Supervisor John Wiley attend the regular fall board meeting in Macomb. Mr and Mrs J W Watson visited relatives in Chicago last week. Ralph Runkle suffers severe finger injury. Frank Hollar builds a large double corn crib and other outbuildings. Frank Mowry hosts about 250 guests at a picnic at Tunni cliff lake. Mrs Charles Douglas rests in Holmes hospital after an operation with her mother and sister by her side.
A druggist touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as restoring gray or faded hair to a dark lustrous shade. Millions buy the product annually for natural, even darkening and a more youthful appearance, with the note that it is a toilet preparation not a medical cure.
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