Illinois Sets August Dates for State Fair and Public Works
The state plans August 22 to 29 for the 1931 state fair pending Chicago meet confirmation. Fireproofing at the Pontiac reformatory proceeds with reinforced concrete ceilings and updated wiring. Governor Emmerson urged a one day per month wage deduction for unemployment relief across state executives and staff starting December through March.
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Chicago
Pontiac Reformatory
Emmerson
State Department
Illinois
Barney Cohen
State Department of Labor
Commission On Employment Relief
Wayne Hummer
Governor’s Commission On Unemployment Relief
Dairy cattle feeding and equipment tips from farm notes
The article discusses dairy nutrition noting Clover hay and alfalfa offer richer digestible protein than timothy, and wheat rivals corn in value as dairy feed. It warns on butterfat losses from poorly adjusted separators and stress on milk safety, plus guidance on bull housing, exercise, and pedigrees for higher prices.
Winter feeding hints for dairy production
Iowa State College dairy husbandry expert John M Shaw stresses legume hay and silage as essential for economical milk. He advises a grain mix of ground corn oats and linseed oil meal or soybeans, fed at seven pounds per one pound of butterfat, with liberal silage and hay based on 100 pound live weight.
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John M. Shaw
Iowa State College Dairy Husbandry Department
Dairymen urged to pick tried sires for better herds
Livestock expert John M Evward warns dairymen that selecting bulls with high producing parents is essential to boost fat output. He promotes the tried sire as a reliable, risk reducing choice, noting inferior sires can doom herd milk and fat production for generations.
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John M. Evward
Evward
Essential Factors for Producing Quality Milk
A dairy article emphasizes the dairyman as the key to quality milk, regardless of equipment or education. It cites three core factors: clean barns and cows, proper washing and sterilization of utensils, and prompt cooling milk to 60 degrees Fahrenheit or lower for delivery.
Lansing proposes municipal coal yard to aid the poor
Lansing Michigan moves to establish a municipal coal yard aimed at assisting the city’s needy residents. The proposal focuses on providing affordable fuel and relief to low income families during hardship periods.
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Lansing, Mich
Ognn
Historic Blaye Citadel Faces Removal From Monuments List
Paris reports the citadel of Blaye in southwest France may be taken off the historic monuments list with ruins destroyed. The piece recalls Roland and Charlemagne, the Song of Roland, and Vauban's seventeenth century fortress at Blaye as part of the ancient story.
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Paris
Blaye
France
Charlemagne
Roland
Roncesvalles
Nuremburg
Pyrenees
Hope for Restoration of Laysan Island Fertility
A USDA representative spent the summer at Laysan Island in the Pacific northwest of Hawaii. The isle once housed guano beds but was abandoned after profits declined. Rabbits stripped vegetation, wind-formed dunes grew over plant roots, and officials hope to re vegetate using transported grasses and plants. Two officers, two men, a cook and Doctor Wilder undertook the initial work.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Laysan Island
Pacific Ocean
Honolulu
South America
Laysan Islands
Lonely Islet
Laysan
Doctor Wilder
Music Critic Quote Sparks Dinner Remarks by Harkness Flagler
New York Symphony president Harry Harkness Flagler said at a dinner that music criticism is a difficult art. He quoted a risqué joke about a young man complimenting Miss Smith's technique, then correcting that it was her speed in turning the leaf that mattered.
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Harry Harkness Flagler
New York Symphony Orchestra
Miss Smith
Enough's Enough Antic Humor Warns Theatrical Critic
Heywood Broun, famed theatrical critic, notes humor can turn excessive and sour, fearing imbalance in himself or his peers as he reflects on antic jokes and their impact on the stage.
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Heywood Broun
Honeymoon Party Quarantined Over Smallpox in Emporia
In Emporia Kansas a five member group of mortarists had their honeymoon plans halted as one member fell ill with smallpox and prompted quarantine of the party.
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Emporia
Kan
Men 40 to 44 weigh and slim with Kruschen method
A weight watch ad urges men aged 40 to 44 to check their indoor-clothes weight and try the Kruschen Method for four weeks. It recommends cutting pies cakes pastries ice cream and heavy fats while eating lean meat fish salads and fruit. One half teaspoon Kruschen Salts daily with hot water is advised. An 85 cent bottle lasts four weeks and is available at drug stores worldwide.
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Agricultural Department
Chicago State Hospital
Dunning
A. L. Bowen
State Department of Public Welfare
Shenandoah
Iowa
North Central States
E. L. Walker
Pearl
Pike County
C. L. McDonald
Hardin
Calhoun County
Walker
W. R. Sowerhill
Tiskilwa
Harry Merron
P. W. Wilson
Roy Rettel
Frank Dirksmeyer
Harry and Louis Ringhauser
Joe Gross
Hamburg
Arthur P. Holt
Division of Markets
State Department of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Urbana
College of Liberal Arts and Science
Commerce
Business Administration
Engineering
Springfield
Illinois Commerce Commission
Central Ilinois Public Service Company
Mississippi Valley Association
St. Louis
Congress
Edward J. Barrett
Omer Custer
Galesburg
Harry Hill
Joliet
Stateville
Women’s Prison
Old Penitentiary
Southern Illinois Penitentiary
Pontiac
Vandalia
Chester
Illinois State Conference On
General Assembly
John Dill Robertson
The
Motorists’ Association of Illinois
Champaign
Indiana
George A. Barr
University
William J. Stratton
Hercules Natural Gas and Oil Corporation
Gillespie
Macoupin County
State of Illinois
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Cook
Louis L. Emmerson
LaSalle
Indianapolis
Edmund F. Dodge
Illinois Forestry Association
L. B. Sawyer
Extension Forester of
Illinois General Committee
L. B. Springer
Department of Conservation
W. F. Lodge
Monticello
Frederick Klappreth
Lockiebie Hotel
Tihois ‘Press“association
Busis
Journalistic Hall of Fame
Betty Ans
Betty Crocker
All
Nebraska
U.S
America
Ists
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lickdale
I. Suerman, R
Lickdale, Ps
W. Dean
Dean Bldg
Benton Harbor
Mich
Santausicians' Indemnity Co
Washington Ave
Leonard Williams
W.F. Young
Lyman St
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White Cree
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Palm Springs
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