Community Notes From Patoka And Nearby Areas
Tuesday activity spans Patoka and Salem with visits, shopping, and business calls. Residents include Donald Peddicord, Cort Walker, and the Schmahl family. A Sunday School gathering at Temple drew twenty one attendees and local youth socialized at Irvon Bowen’s home.
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Donald Peddicord
Patoka
Chas. Bowen
Irven Bowen
Jim Palmer
Mabel
Bowen
Opal Belcher
Cort Walker
Elza
Burl
Clyde Tabor
Ruby
Nettie Schmahl
Herb Schmahl
Salem
Lon Pritchett
Herb Stone
Sarah Schmahl
Clarence Bowen
Elmer Kirgan
Gladys Bowen
Charley McHaney
Eunice
Frank Meridith
Fairman
Frances
Billy Kirgan
Rame Kirgans
Clarence
Irvon Bowen
Theodore Meridith
Salem Petit Jury Include Merritt Caldwell and Elmer Berry
Merritt Caldwell and Elmer Berry are serving on the Salem petit jury this week. Born to Mr and Mrs Loren Bul-
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Merritt Caldwell
Elmer Berry
Salem
Loren Bul
Candidate for Coroner of Marion Co Primary
Voter notice for Republican primary on April 10 1928 urging support for a coroner candidate. The author identifies as past auctioneer fruitman and asks voters to place an X next to the candidate’s name, claiming ability to carry party harmony and win in the general election.
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Marion County
Smith-Hurd Illinois
Baby girl born as Lena Albert’s child in Foster township
On March 18 a baby girl arrived for the family formerly led by Mrs Lena Albert. Foster township nominated candidates Peck Caldwell for Supervisor Guy Arnold for Supervisor Noah Thomas for Commissioner and Edwin Arnold for Commissioner.
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Lard
Lena Albert
Foster Township
Peck Caldwell
Guy Arnold
Noah Thomas
Edwin Arnold
Farm Practices Under Corn-Borer Conditions Bulletin
The U S Department of Agriculture issued Farmers Bulletin 1562-F to guide corn borer control in infested areas. It outlines varying farming responses from minimal changes to extensive stalk clearing, plowing, burning, or shredding, and notes labor costs and regional constraints for effective control. It highlights three control methods: feeding corn to livestock or making silage, plowing under, and burning stalks.
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United States
Washington
Ohio
Corn Belt Yields Little Crop Shift Amid Borer Infestation
The bulletin notes limited corn acreages in the eastern Corn Belt with no clear move to other crops. In Canada, heavy damage has prompted farmers to replace corn with oats, barley, beans, hay and tobacco, with over half the corn displaced locally. Ohio and Michigan farmers weigh corn’s feed and sale value and the practicality of adapting cultivation to reduce borers.
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United States
Bulletin
Ohio
Michigan
Corn Borer Control and Crop Substitutes Guidance
The report discusses controlling the corn borer in northwestern Ohio and southeastern Michigan. It suggests oats wheat and barley as natural substitutes though less profitable, notes alfalfa as closer in value to corn and useful on dairy farms with silos, and recommends Farmers Bulletin No. 1562-F from the Department of Agriculture for farmers likely to face infestation.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
East Fork
Marion Co
D. S
Meyer
States Attorneys Office
Wm. E. LeCroy
County Veterinary
Illinois
Board of Supervisors
States Attorney
KODAK
Benke Studio
Salem, Illinois
Centralia
General Tire
Chesterfield
Liccerr & Myers Tobacco Co
Purity Baking CO
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