Califo Market Reopens Under New Ownership
The Califo Market, long owned by P. B. Simeox, was sold Thursday to Robert Eagan and Clayton Beery. The new owners plan a grocery and meat market with an experienced meat cutter, continuing the shop at its east town location. Robert Eagan, a former B. and E. Cafe proprietor, recently returned from Flint Michigan. Clayton Beery, a longtime local resident and former Chicago nurse trainee, joins as partner.
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Califo
P. B. Simeox
Robert Eagan
Clayton Beery
Robert
M. Eagan
New York Fair Hall to Feature Radio and Television
The New York World's Fair 1939 will include a Hall of Communications with a ten acre exhibit zone. Grover Whalen says the pavilion will sit near the Theme Centre structures and feature a great hall a glass walled restaurant and two 160 foot pylons. Total hall length exceeds 400 feet with an estimated cost of 400000 dollars. Construction peaks next year.
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New York
Grover Whalen
The
Fair Corporation
Hall of Communications
Manhattan
Whalen
Illinois Fence to Enclose New York World's Fair Exhibit
Grover Whalen announces Cyclone Fence Company winning the fencing contract for the 389.8 acre central exhibit area at Flushing Meadow. Illinois made nine foot steel fencing from the Waukegan plant will go up with concrete footings and gates at ten foot centers, totaling 32812 dollars for about three miles along three sides and down to the Flushing River. Installations start when steel arrives as construction accelerates two years before opening.
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New York
Grover Whalen
The
Fair Corporation
Cyclone Fence Company
Lexington Avenue
Waukegan
Flushing Meadow
Flushing River
Whalen
Perisphere
Trylon
Vernon Ladies Aid Chicken Fry at High School Gym
The Vernon Ladies Aid will hold a Chicken Fry in the High School Gymnasium on Saturday evening September 18. Supper will be served cafeteria style starting at 5 o'clock. A large crowd is desired.
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Vernon Ladies Aid
Limestone boosts corn and legume yields on Illinois farms
Urbana reports higher corn yields when limestone is applied to correct soil acidity. A study of 15 corn varieties across 16 Illinois fields shows limestone raising average yields by 7 bushels and increasing stover weight, with lime also boosting phosphorus and potassium in the mulch.
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Urbana
Ill
Illinois
D. C. Wimner
College of Agricuture
University of Illinois
Musical Recital At Methodist Church Draws Crowd
An appreciative audience attended Friday evening’s recital at the Methodist Church by Mrs. C. J. Piland and eight pupils under live supervision. The program featured piano solos duets and trios with accordion and cornet numbers. Parents and pupils commend Mrs. Piland for her seasonal instruction.
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Methodist Church
C. J. Piland
Patoka Woman's Club Banquet Canceled for Month
The Patoka Woman's Club announces the annual family banquet will not be held this month. The New Year will begin with October meeting and a program will be published later.
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Patoka Woman’s Club
Patoka Womans’ Club
Stombaugh Family Busy Weekend News
Bink Stombaugh improving at Greer Hospital after a midweek stay. Roe and Donald Oliver of Anderson Indiana visited grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Merriman and others in Vandalia from Saturday to Monday. Shirley Summan stayed with grandparents J. R. and Mrs. Stombaugh Sunday night. Margaret Oberg called on Helen Daniels Sunday afternoon. T. M. Stombaugh dined with son J. R. Stombaugh and family on Sunday. The Stombaughs and relatives were in St. Elmo on Monday for business.
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Bink Stombaugh
Greer Hospital
Roe
Donald Oliver
Anderson
Ind
Herbert Merriman
Vandalia
Shirley Summan
J. R. Stombaugh
Margaret Oberg
Helen Daniels
T. M. Stomba
M. E. Church South Announces New Conference Year
The Rev. Ross Smith opens the 1937 38 program year with first appointment upcoming. Sunday schedule includes 9 30 Sunday School 10 30 preaching and 7 30 evening service with prayer Thursday. Everyone welcome to join the services.
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Rev
Ross Smith
Oil Field Workers Dined By Mojonnier Ballance Hudspeth Hosts
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Mojonnier and Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Ballance with Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Hudspeth sponsored a chicken dinner Friday at the Mojonnier home. About forty guests, oil employees and wives, enjoyed a bountiful meal as appreciation for workers on the properties.
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P. J. Mojonnier
L. W. Ballance
H. G. Hudspeth
Mojonnier
Barbecue Honors Oil Field Employees
An evening gathering honored Adams Oil and Gas Co employees after completing wells. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Nattier and Mrs. Anna Davidson and son Louie Davidson served the barbecue, creating a festive celebration for the crew.
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W. M. Nattier
Anna Davidson
Louie Davidson
Adams Oil & Gas Co
Southeast Town social visit notes and weekend gatherings
The community records a string of visits and homecomings. Families including Washburns Bowen Crothers Steele and Bowen hosted and were hosted by relatives from Carlyle Peoria Rock Island Bradford and Wisconsin with several children present and hospital returnees noted.
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Wisconsin
John Adam
Irvin Shoulbert
Freda
Onday
Idred
Dean Bowen
Irvin Bowen
Genevieve Bryant
Bradford
Andoval
Ilene Britten
City
Glenn Bowen
Albert
Peoria
Herschel Taylor
Eldon
Burl Bowen
Clifton Bowen
Bowen Visit Reported Between Families on Tuesday
Mr Wash Bowen and Mrs Bowen called on Mr Ed Belcher and Mrs Belcher Tuesday, in a social contact noted by the newspaper.
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Wash Bowen
Mrs
Ed Belcher
Grass as Nature’s Endless Benefactor in Inkgall Piece
The piece reflects on Grass from John J. Inkgall, Kansas senator, praising grass as nature’s forgiveness and force. It asserts grass heals battle fields, shelters eroded soils, shapes climates, and sustains civilizations, enduring through winter and spring to renew the world.
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John J. Inkgall
Kansas
Man questions driver after near collision at home entrance
A motorist narrowly avoids a broadside crash as a girl who has just crossed into a driveway mutters she always turns there, prompting the man to demand why she did not signal. The exchange shows tension at a residential street intersection.
The Saturation Point in Print Media
A reflection on market saturation for magazines and newspapers as readers struggle to absorb the flood of publications. Robert H. Davis extols the printing press as the enduring, universal record of humankind amid mass tastes and evolving media.
The Press Silent Voice of Today and Tomorrow
The fragment presents a bold metaphor of the press as a steel heart and iron limbs, forging voices from history to shape the era. It speaks of printing as a mother earth born craft, weaving world songs into modern journalism.
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Capital
Stombaugh Hill
M. E. Church, South
Robt. E. Eagan
Leta M. Beery
Magaine
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P. T. Barnum
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