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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1930
Page
4
Sandoval community news records visitors and locals in Effingham and Patoka, with returns from Colorado and Seattle. It lists residents and guests from Chicago, St. Louis, and nearby towns, plus a long tally of road projects and contractor payments across multiple Illinois routes and counties.
The usual business meeting was followed by an interesting program. Mrs. C. C. Sellamy received honors, with other prizes awarded to various groups. Refreshments were served. Mrs. MaL Toothaker of Montgomery attended, and officers were present. Next meeting led by Miss Thomas Fay is planned.
Friday July 4 doors of the dhe Sandoval Post Office will be open from 7 30 a m to 9 30 a m only. Rural residents urged to plan needs accordingly and note abbreviated service period.
State highway department awards contracts totaling 1 999 009 33 for 138 03 miles of pavement and several highway bridges. The list shows routes in Saline Madison Knox Whiteside and other counties with bidders such as Dungey Cochran H W Pipp Frazier Davis Rock Island Hayes & Son Yates Guy and others. Amounts range from 5 731 85 to 27 355 35 with completion details.
The Illinois State Fair announces a Veterans Day program with a $3,000 budget, featuring drum and bugle corps classes, drill teams, glee clubs, clown bands, and extensive fireworks. Cash prizes total $1,000 for top finishers across categories, with evening fireworks and a strong push for early entry and reservations.
George Plackett a Ford county tenant farmer purchased two tons of limestone to prove lime soil treatment pays for both parties He demonstrated on a 40 acre field to appeal to his landlord as part of the limestone legume project steered by the University of Illinois extension service His lime trial showed a good stand of clover and oats after liming indicating improved yields and soil health
On the limed acre the crop was cut separately and made three loads to the acre while the rest of the field averaged two tons per acre. The landlord ordered the two carloads of limestone after the striking contrast. Limestone increases stand and yields, with acre gains of about a ton according to Linsley.
Anti vivisectionist activists claim University of Chicago sleep deprivation studies on puppies and dogs degrade science and stain the university. Nathaniel Kleitman’s essay is cited to illustrate alleged cruelty, with accounts of chained dogs, forced awake tests, and multiple puppy victims raised by Illinois Anti-Vivisection Society leader Meg A. Gross.
The writer denounces vivisection as satanic torture of helpless animals and mocks the claim that experiments involve humane treatment. The passage expresses anxiety over any promised discoveries and labels the practice as cruel and indefensible.
Governor Louis L. Emmerson approves a major landscaping plan for the fair grounds featuring an arboretum to house a full set of indigenous Illinois trees and imported species suited to the climate. The project also includes a game preserve on neglected land and a burst of annual flowers during Fair week August 16 to 23 under landscape designer John Tippley.
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