Farm transfers and community notes from Odin Illinois area
Rural events include J W Alexander selling farm north of Odin to Bessie Quick of Centralia with stock and machinery, Haug family moving to Auburn Illinois, Quick to take possession, local visits, cattle and hog sale to St Louis price, and multiple social calls. Graduation at Odin gym, funeral for Mrs Fannie Fulton, visits among Hurd, Jett, Behnke families, and farmers planting corn and soybeans as sunny days arrive.
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John Haug
Odin
Bessie Quick
Centralia
Haug
Auburn
Illinois
Jim Hill
John Charlton
S. H. Hurd
St. Louis
Donald Burge
Charles Behnke
Dora Durskey
Dennis Branch
Grandma Ramsey
New Mexico
Frank Jett
Dortha
Buddy
Fannie Fulton
Carrigan
Verdy Hurd
Ida Jett
Dana Sommerville
Fredonia
Athene Nicholson
Salem
L. Perry
Viola Fatheree
Margaret Kaywood
Trece Behnker
George Holler
Elizabeth
Josephine
Donald All
Harvye, Ill
G. F. Jett
Pat
Uncle Joe Prefers Mortgage Over Deed on Paid Farm
An old African American man jokes that after paying off a small farm he would rather receive a mortgage than a deed, explaining how the bank once held the mortgage and took the farm even as he had a deed in the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Joe
Darky
Fast Nationa Bank
Your state university a vast laboratory of science
Writer argues Illinois and other state universities go beyond teaching. The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign is praised for world leading research in metallurgy, medicine, engineering, and agriculture. Highlights include limestone soil trials boosting farm profits and wide industrial, urban, and agricultural impacts benefiting taxpayers and citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
Ill
America
University of Illinois Esearch
Department of Railway Engineering
Timois
Commonwealth
Illinois
University
College of Agriculture
Billion Pounds Of Food Saved By AAA Programs
The AAA food conservation drive across Marion and other counties saved over a billion pounds of food since late summer 1935. Surplus stock purchased from farmers was distributed through the FSR C and the FERA to help needy families and stabilize farm prices. The program also supported soil fertility and farm incomes, with substantial relief and milk supply benefits in drought areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Marion
Blackburn
Extension Service
College of Agriculture University of Illinois
United States
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Chicago
Drouth
Causes of traffic accidents to children
A public service style warning highlights daily child deaths in Illinois from pedestrian and bicycle risks. It lists dangers such as crossing without looking, playing in the street, riding on moving vehicles, skating on streets, and riding after dark. It ends with a prompt to promise not to take these risks.
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Illinois
Carter
C.M. Ce
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Satterlee Motor Company
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REAT
Patoka
J. W. Alexander
Harry Kirgan
Xenia
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H. P. Hurd
Cobden
Patoka Farmers’ Co-operative
Deering
John Deere
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Elmo Scott Watson
Western Newspaper Union
Hetty
Uncle Sy
Dr. Miles
Vernon
COX & Martin
S. Locust
St. Centralia
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DR. Johnson
Morris Store
Vandalia
Field’s Barber Shop
West Side
Websters
G. H. Lensgraf
S. 5Th St
Vandalia, Il
Linton & Beery
Patoka, Illinois
C. S. Huddleston
Centralia, Illinois
P. O. Box
MAE Eagan Auto and Property Insurance
R. C. McGuire
Hoffman Bldg
Patoka Register
Congress
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