Cardinals Open Season with Cubs in St Louis Opening Day
The Cardinal Appreciation Committee plans a big Opening Day at Sportsman Park on April 23 when the Cardinals meet the Chicago Cubs. Civic leaders, Legion posts, and local industries back the event to carry a large turnout and boost excitement for Frankie Frischs team as it pursues a sixth pennant since 1926. Ticket books at $5.55 include world series ticket options if the Cards win the pennant.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinal Appreciation Committee
Sportsman’s Park
Red Birds
Chicago Cubs
Dizzy
Paul Dean
Stuart Martin
Sport
American Legion
St.Louis
Missouri
Illinois
Sam Breadon
Cardinals
Bernard F. Dickmann
Chicago
Cardinal
Arcade
Changes in 4-H Club Work in Marion Illinois
Marion and other Illinois counties update 4-H club work under Farm Adviser Blackburn. Twenty three subject units in foods, room improvement and clothing offer flexible paths. units finish in one season. emphasis on judging, score cards and minimum standards. Older and advanced members gain new choices and repeatable projects with new styles and competitive exhibit classes.
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Marion
Illinois
Blackburn
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Don’t Borrow a Newspaper Moralizing Cartoon
A comic tale recounts a stingy man who never reads his town paper and sends his son to borrow neighbor’s paper. Misadventures follow including a swarm of bees, barbed wire injuries, a cow’s death, a churn accident, a fall breaking teeth, and a daughter eloping with the hired man. The moral favors subscribing to the local paper.
Potts Couple Spends Gunthaw in Waovaenari
Mr and Mrs H N Potts spent Gunthaw with sensations in Waovaenari and shared local travel notes.
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H. N. Potts
Waovaenari
Farm Plan Aids Marion Fruit Growers to Curb Soil Losses
Farm Adviser Blackburn outlines Marion county soil-building measures under the 1937 agricultural conservation program. The plan offers a $1.90 per acre soil-building allowance for fruit trees and vineyards, with payments for cover crops, mulching materials, and specific grain and legume plantings. Additional incentives reward winter crops, soil incorporation before deadlines, and erosion control practices on commercial orchards and small fruit acreage.
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Marion County
Blackburn
SMP Awards 1400 to Sixty Members in Quarantine Benefits
Sanitary Milk Producers paid 1413.83 in quarantine benefits during 1936 for members whose milk was halted in the St. Louis market by health authorities due to disease in families. Sixty claims covered 54 scarlet fever cases, 4 diphtheria, 1 typhoid, 1 meningitis. The largest payment went to W J Pingsterhaus for 185.80. average per claim about 23.56 across 15 Illinois and Missouri counties.
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Sanitary Milk Producers, Cooperative Milk Selling Organization
St. Louis
M. E. Bone
W. J. Pingsterhaus
Breese
Illinois
Pinestehaus
Hugh Bracken
Effingham
Missouri
Clinton County
Hirhest
Madison County
Minois
Washington County
Aucrst
Corn Acreage Limits Set For Marion County Farmers
Marion County farmers under the 1937 agricultural conservation program receive a 5 percent boost in diversion and conversion payments due to a county corn acreage limit of 47 608 acres. The limit, aligning with statewide limits, aims to curb corn surpluses, secure feed for anticipated livestock growth, and encourage soil fertility by reducing overreliance on corn. County and community committees will adjust individual limits within the total cap.
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Marion County
Blackburn
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Furthrmore
Saving Lives Through a Drivers License Law
A National Safety Council study argues 24000 lives could be saved and about one million injuries prevented 1926 to 1935 if states adopt standard drivers license laws. It urges automatic license revocation for rulebreakers and habitual offenders.
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National Safety Council
Council
Patoka Reminiscence Treasures Dusted From Town Memory
A retrospective list recalls Patoka's past including a flour mill brick and tile mill six churches evaporator cannery sawmill Boy Scout troop corner band orchestra a four year high school daily passenger trains section foreman and crew I C O F lodge livery stable two saloons two hotels commercial hay barn copper shop candy factory stave mill and more.
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Patoka
I. C
Russell Jones Heads to Chicago for Employment
Russell Jones departed for Chicago where he has secured work, marking a new chapter in his professional life. He leaves behind familiar routines as he begins a job opportunity in the city.
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Russell Jones
Chicago
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Cubs
Ilinois
John L. Simcox
COX & Martin
Vernon
Sandoval
Farthing
Hatchery
Odin
Dodier Street
SMP
O. E
Bob
Eaglin
Eddie Cantor
Legion Hall
Lyric Theatre
Salem, Illinois
Crawford—Powell and Montgomery
Clarence
Loretta Young
Tyrone Power
Mary Roberts
Liberty Theatre
Vandalia, Ill
Edmund Lowe
Binnie Barney
Gene Autry
Ace Drummond
Micky Mouse
Sun
Mon
Bette Davis
Jean Muir
William Boyd
Federal
Rox
Centralia, Ill
Simone Simon
James Stewart
Scotland
Katharine Hepburn
Fredric Marek
Penrod and
Sam
Billy Mauc
Henry Watson
Park Avenue
George O’brien
Egypts
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