Brick School and Community Notes From Odin Area
Brick school notes report threshing progress and soy bean harvests while weather delays pace farm work. Local officials handle legal business as residents visit Salem and nearby towns. Far readers and families share news of visitors, school attendance, and community events across Odin, Brinck, and surrounding farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edd Redwin
Red Top
J. G. McKees
Cetil Hicks
Justice of the Peace
Edd Kerwin
Tribute to Dr Edward Trudeau Marks 86th Birthday Observance
The Illinois Tuberculosis Association honors Dr Edward Livingston Trudeau on his 86th birthday Friday October 5 with local observances. Trudeau founded the tuberculosis sanatorium movement and pioneered bed rest treatment leading to widespread sanatoriums and a drop in mortality. Despite progress the state notes only about 1000 free beds outside Cook County for 40000 cases hindering control.
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United States
Edward Livingston Trudeau
Trudeau
Illinois
Cook County
Shahan
Drought Corn as Livestock Feed Studied at Illinois
University of Illinois researchers report drought damaged cornstalks are unlikely to poison livestock after tests show no harmful samples. Sudan grass and sorghum can be risky at times, yet no injuries were found in tested cases. Sudden diet changes also trigger illness, with horses showing laminitis from blue grass after rainfall. State relief bond votes loom in November with tax implications if rejected. Prospective US car exports to Great Britain may improve due to a lower horsepower tax starting January 1935.
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College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Robert, Graham
Graham
Cracker Neck Community Notes Mention Births and Visits
Uncle Dock Shepard reports a granddaughter born to his son John of Cracker and a grandson to son Charlie since the last note. Opal Barnes did house work for her aunt Freda Shepard in Boulder. George Goodwin drove a truckload to St Louis for sight seeing. John Stone and Theodore Stone with families visited John Shepard and family, Luther Barnes and family visited J A Shepard and wife, Wayne Barnes now tends calves and rides a Jersey bicycle to inspect them.
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Dock Shepard
John
Charlie
Opal Barnes
Freda Shepard
Boulder
George Goodwin
St. Louis
John Stone
Theodore Stone
John Shepard
Luther Barnes
J. A. Shepard
Wayne Barnes
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George Nicholson
Salem
Lon Perry
Stony Vogt
Byron Pitts
Frank Russell
Brinck School
Marion County
Institute
Allen Groff
Betty
Nelleta Durbin
William Johnson
Gus Gurtzler
G. F. Jett
Earl Harris
Odin
Tom Doris
McHaney
Opie Kretzer
Fern
J. P. Hicks
Hazel
Lois
Lawrence Heinzmann
Near Shattuc
Farmers Institute
John Haugh
Cecil Tackett
Gladys Hanna
Brick School
Bert Cruse
Sandoval
Vaughan Farm
Bud Adams
Eli Davidson
Siloam Springs Ark
C. A
Patoka
TB Association
W. P. Shahan
Illinois Tuberculosis’ Association
Adirondack Mountains
New York
Ite
U. of S. Patholoogy Laboratory
Great Britain
Stombaugh Hill
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