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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1932
Page
3
An old advertisement promotes Castoria as a gentle vegetable remedy for children with upset stomachs and poor bowels. It claims Castoria eases discomfort, restores restful sleep, and contains no harsh drugs or narcotics. The ad emphasizes prompt dosing to urge bowels to act.
Moscow reports reveal a growing labor racket as beetles lure peasants bound for one job to other sites. Rail hubs are spots of capture with vodka, cigarettes, and promises. In Donbass coal fields 11,200 Tartars enrolled. 9,820 arrived, 1,380 missing after decoys.
Beholden peasants spot a man who is wary at first but wins them over quickly. He shares better cigarettes and a bottle of vodka, then convinces them he is a friend before they return to the train with their bundles.
Mrs Charles McAlister attempted a shotgun shot at cats raiding her Enterprise Oregon farm. She tripped on the porch and discharged the weapon striking the ground. Two cats were killed and a dog was wounded as the smoke cleared.
Twin Lakes Michigan Rev Peter Kuiken, pastor of the Reform church, regains some vision after 30 years of blindness. Doctors at University Hospital Ann Arbor lifted the veil and he can see about five percent of normal vision. He notes mental pictures fade and he expects possible Bible reading within months. Flowers dazzle with color he cannot touch.
Columbus Ohio prison warden P WB Thomas studies a goldfish bowl in the Ohio penitentiary yard and claims a weather-sign system based on fish positions. Top of pool scattered means good weather, top and bunched signals rain, below top scattered signals cold, and below surface huddled fish presage a blizzard.
Gainesville Alabama Mayor P M Norwood proclaims a tax holiday for a second consecutive year. He says residents can get by without taxes this year due to a cash balance with no debts. The 1930 census lists the town population as 1,329.
Capt James Critchell Bullock and Lord Edward Montagu, famed for Arctic and African travels, plan to settle in British Columbia to enter mine development. Critchell Bullock explored remote Arctic regions with John Hornby and served in World War I in India and France. Montagu traced the African coast and eastern Europe during his travels.
Milwaukee youth Harry Pleszy, 20, 6 feet 7 inches tall, entered the state aid office barefoot citing his family's hardship. He wears size 184 shoes and needs a custom pair costing about 85.50, with a shoe maker offering a two week build.
Reno reports Pyramid Lake has fallen about 55 feet over 60 years and more than 14 feet in four years. Other Nevada lakes such as Walker, Winnemucca, Washoe, and Tahoe are also dropping fast, signaling widespread water loss across the region.
The Hebrew University establishes a Rudolph Grossman fellowship of 2500 dollars funded by the new American Friends chapter at Rudolph Sholom temple New York City.
Census figures show the average US family size in 1930 at 4.1 members, down from 4.8 in 1920 and 4.5 in 1910, with 29,980,146 families nationwide. Radio ownership exceeded 40 percent, higher in Illinois at 56 percent, as definitions of family include all unrelated persons living as one household.
In Macleod Alberta two pet collies sacrificed themselves during a police entry to a house where Mrs William Anderton aged seventy seven lived alone after her husband died three years earlier. Neighbors alerted authorities after days without contact. The dogs attacked officers prompting a shootout before entry. Mrs Anderton was found unconscious and died several hours later at a hospital.
Memphis Tennessee and Barrett Tennessee twins Martha and Mary Edwards marry Leo and Cleo Taylor both sets being twins. The couples will live under the same roof in Memphis after the ceremony.
Milwaukee letter from Ray Schroeder Nashotah Wis describes a pheasant rooster battling a large hawk near Mooselake. He claims to have captured the hawk alive with a dip net after the bird fought near the lake. The account presents the eyewitness scene as fact from a local reader.
Officials from the state game commission report that chemical waste from an oil well at Leetonia has caused numerous deer deaths. The deer reportedly died after licking the waste near the well, prompting an investigation into the contamination.
North Carolina dairy expert A. O. Kimrey says cows bred late January to February yield more butterfat if they freshen in fall. Fall freshening avoids heat stress during peak milking, allows better care, and takes advantage of higher winter butterfat prices. Aiming for fall calving could raise annual income per cow.
The article notes a dairy feed shortage in parts of the country. Dairy owners face choosing between buying feed or reducing herds. It argues against buying low and selling to poor producers, advises culling poor cows and keeping the best with improved rations.
Government reports as of July 1, 1931 show 24 million pounds more creamery butter consumed in the first half of the year than in 1930, averaging three ounces per person. If the trend continues, year end consumption may exceed 1929 surplus holdings, which had driven butter prices down 12 cents per pound. Hoard’s Dairyman credits the dairy council’s educational work.
The Minnesota Farm Bulletin urges continual fanning mill action to weed out inefficiency in dairy herds. It emphasizes keeping individual cow records to identify underperformers, the so called Blue Cows, and notes that production records from Dairy Herd Improvement associations and statewide contests are essential.
The Iowa State College of Agriculture tests show cows with free-access drinking cups produced about 6 percent more milk and 12 percent more butter fat than those drinking at troughs. Cows with cups drank about 18 percent more water from buckets and averaged about ten drinking events per day.
The withdrawal of 5000 acres adjacent to Dinosaur National Monument near Jensen Utah signals plans for a new national park. The area preserves premier dinosaur fossils and a large museum project is under consideration as part of development.
The Success, reputed as the oldest ship afloat and sole survivor of the convict transport era between England and Australia, remains in its original condition and continues to sail the world as a maritime side show.
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