Winter Quarters Activity and Local Trades Highlight Neck News
The piece notes several locals returning from northern corn shucking, coal hauling for home use, and shopping trips to Patoka. It mentions Floyd Carter’s Monday Neck visit, Lon Belcher and George’s Patoka errands, and Gladys Barnes gifting early Christmas for Grandma Shepard. George Kinney sells a batch of turkeys Tuesday morning.
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E. L. Sharp
S.cooper
Floyd Carter
Bill Alexander
Patoka
Lon Belcher
George
Gladys Barnes
Grandma Shepard
Gladys
Hubert Murray
Decatur
Murray
Shady Grove
George Kinney
Illinois Weekly Industrial Review highlights town by town infrastructure
Grayville Central Illinois Public Service extends lines Watseka builds sewer system Earlville bridges Indian Creek Pittsfield paves road Granite City installs new whiteway system streets repaired Bowen installs 250 candle power light Madison construction contract let for $15,000 church Casey railroad builds new double track Mt Olive paves Route 16 Glen Ellyn Bell Telephone lays underground wires Stacy Avenue improvement Waterloo cornerstone laid for St Pauls Church Marley extends electric lines Isne Be Lacon Tymesville sewer contract let Niles Center railroad signals at Oakton Lincoln Moline new fire station Lyons paving bids Clinton remodeling Blome building State highway access Bridgeport paved roads Clinton Weld tract subdivision McHenry bridge Fox River McHenry salesroom Elks building Chicago & North Western signaling Barrington Englewood new police station Aurora Elks building Murphysboro cigar machine plant Johnston City Ben No 18 mine resumes Waverly road graveled Windsor Park paving Exchange Ave Hillsboro new high school gym Sparta Rayon silk factory $30,000 Armada potato crop Princeton paving Princeton Mt Carmel Lovington Simpson Brothers service station Barrington N W railroad signals Englewood police station Bloomington city street work Mt Auburn Ozark pipe line through sec Chicago Rock Island signals Loomis Ada Waukegan $4,000,000 Chicago Standard Cinemas Mounds Illinois Central yard machines Quincy shops move Bloomington Chestnut subway reconstruction Western Ave Community House West Deerfield bridge Chicago bond issue $15,000,000 road widening Decatur roads oiled Herrin Jones Electric moves to new building 207 N 14th St.
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Granite City
Bowen
Madison
Casey — Pennsylvania Railroad
South Central Avenue
Mt. Olive
Staunton
Glen Ellyn—I
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Glen Ellyn
Stacy Avenue
Waterloo
St. Paul’s Evangelical Church
Marley
Public Service Company
Isne Be ‘Lacon
Tymesville
Niles Center
Chicago & Northwestern ‘Railroad
Oakton St
Lincoln Ave
13Th St
Lyons
Clinton
Blome
Bridgewort
New
McHenry
Fox River
McHenry — Hettermann Brothers
Aurora
Elks
Murphysboro
Haggerty Cigar Machine Company
Johnston City
Waverly
Auburn-Waverly
Windsor Park
Exchange Avenue
Hillsboro
Lovington
Simpson Brothers
Barrington Chicago & North Western Railroad
Main
Cook Streets
Englewood
Bloomington
Mt. Auburn
Ozark Pipe Line Company
Chicago—Rock Island Railroad
Loomis
Ada Street
Waukegan
Holdridge
Lewis Avenues
Chicago Standard Cinemas Corporation
Oat Production in the United States Peaks in 1917
A study shows oats output rose steadily for over 30 years before World War I, peaking in 1917 at 1.593 billion bushels. Since then production declined slightly, with 1925 at 1.502 billion bushels.
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United States
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Illinois Weekly Industrial Review
Grayville
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Watseka
Earlville
Indian Creek
Pittsfield
Barry
Mounds
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Quincy
Chicago, Burlington and Quincey
Chestnut
Western Avenue
Locust St
Deerfield
Chicago
Cook County
Herrin—Jones Electric Company
14Th St
Enney Wo
Inc. Department Stores
Broadway
Centralia
Illinois
Economi
Cal
TOY
DEPT
Aluminum
Penco Flyer
Tricycles
SELEC
TION
NM Goulds
Jeanette
Scooters
Pit
Rock
Rumme
Bradley
la Velie
Hollywood
Buddy Toys
U. S. Oats
Mickie
the Miss
Women
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C. D. Martin
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