February Farmers Meeting Agenda at Eagles Hall Blue Island
The program lists two days of sessions on February 2 and 3 at Eagles Hall Blue Island. Includes talks on fertilizer experiments in Cook County, dust control for insects, vegetable production, seed selection, onion sets, roadside marketing, sweet corn as a market crop, grading vegetables, garden tractors as horse substitutes, and European corn borer impact. Speakers include J W Lloyd E P Lewis C C Compton B L Weaver M C Gillis August Geneke Frank Van Latan O G Barrett E P Lewis J W Lloyd Louis Wetterman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Lloyd
Cook County
E. P. Lewis
C. C. Compton
B. L. Weaver
M. C. Gillis
August Geneke
Frank van Latan
O. G. Barrett
Louis Wetterman
Dalton Park Board Deliberates on Crossing Traffic and Flooded Reservoirs
Dalton trustees discuss railroad crossing headway with I. H. B. and B. & O. C. T. to reduce trains on the crossing and speed traffic on Lincoln avenue. They plan park site studies with Park Board and review waterproofing of the village reservoir at an estimated six thousand dollars pending decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Illinois Central
Schubert
Riverdale
Pennsylvania
Mohr
Lincoln Avenue
Park Board
Suhr
John Wesley College in Cambria Uses Pullman Cars as Dormitories
The Illinois Central magazine notes John Wesley college of Cambria Illinois uses Pullman cars as dormitories and a railway coach as a library and reading room. Four hundred acres of land were donated by Peabody and Madison coal companies. Madison is an Illinois Central subsidiary. The Pullman car fleet was donated, mounted on foundations by students, and haulage was provided by Illinois Central System along with an extra passenger coach.
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Pullman
Illinois Central Magazine
John Wesley College of
Cambria
Ill
Peabody Coal Company
Madison Coal Corporation
Illinois Central System
Pullmar Company
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Harvey
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de Motte
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V. B
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Turivas
139Th St
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B. I
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WM. C. Zesch & Son
Indiana
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Avalon Ave
Saginaw
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Holland
A. W. Hamann
Roseland
St. Michigan Ave
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Texas
Harmis
Cook County Health Organization
Illinois Municipal League
Riverdale Fire Department
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Walter R. Stroh
Forest Avenue
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Telephone
Anthony Basile
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A. R. Harris
Big Boy
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Hammond, Ind
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Sieben Cab Service
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