Illinois News Briefs Touch Many Local Topics
Northwestern Illinois Methodists plan a camp meeting August 9 to 19, 1924 in Sterling. Emma Dewitt resigns Vermilion county home adviser post to Berkeley. Northwestern Univ class of 1924 graduates 1100 with diplomas. Rockford, county boards adjust salaries and per diems. Illinois donors to U of I total $74,220 plus 200 acres in 1922-28. Jury service shifts for farmers. Litchfield judge halts jury summons. Quincy Soldiers Home reports $82,799.27 in institutional deposits. Rockford man burned by live coals in ash-pit incident. Store robberies hit small towns in Ogle County. losses exceed $25,000. Kane County rail taxes contest at Geneva involves about $30,000. Illinois Presbyterian and Calvinist synod meetings at Monmouth. Petersburg fireman Rutledge Thompson faces $5,000 suit. Springfield bank janitor Charles Kirby reflects on 81st birthday and 32 years of service. Illinois charity population rising about 1,100 annually. housing cost per bed impacts total $660,000. Chalk line mystery solved as robins carry away chalk lines in Waukegan area.
Increase Needed in Supply of Rye
The United States Department of Agriculture urges a permanent rise in rye production due to its resilience and higher yields in many areas. Rye thrives on sandy soils where wheat fails, aids winter coverage and green manure, and its demand has driven production increases since 1913, peaking after wartime foreign demand.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Mississippi Valley
Rats Favor Balanced Diet Over Poisoned Bait
American rats are finicky and poison campaigns fail when homeowners do not offer a variety of edibles. Otis Wade, a Kansas State College pest expert, explains rats prefer balanced meals and a mixture of meat, vegetable, and cereal baits with calcium carbonate poison. A teaspoon of each bait on paper aims for a three course meal, often reducing the rat population by one.
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Otis Wade
Kansas Agricultural College
Kansas
Champion Poland China Sow Captures 1922 World Title
The sow Liberator's Best If was named world champion Poland China in 1922 and farrowed twelve female pigs in April 1928. Her deep body and strong udder show a top breeder’s quality, with her litter mate also a world champion and another brother a 1922 champion. Weighing 852 pounds at the National Swine Show in October 1922.
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Liberator
Poland
China
Troublesome Weeds Are Difficult to Eradicate
Sour docks and burdocks are among our most troublesome weeds and hard to eradicate once established. A sharp spade is the best tool, cut below the sprouting line, spade out small corn field weeds, and before they seed along fences to prevent reinfestation.
Garden Exercise Worth While Cheaper Than Golf
The note compares garden exercise favorably to golf exercise, noting it is as good as or better and emphasizes lower cost. It frames gardening as a practical, affordable fitness option.
Best Time to Cut Corn for Silage Ready at kernel hardening
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station guidance says corn is ready for silage when kernels are hard, leaves brown at the lower third to fourth, and husks begin to dry. Cutting greener yields overly acidic silage. cutting riper leads to poor packing and mold pockets.
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Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Prevent Tomato Blight by Changing Location
Farmers are advised to avoid planting tomatoes in the same ground for two seasons to prevent blight. If blight appears, destroy the affected vine and spray the remaining plants with Bordeaux mixture to protect the rest of the crop.
Trees Around Chicken Run Cultivate Fruit Supply
Plant cherry trees around the chicken run and plum trees within the enclosures to ensure a steady supply of both fruits. Poultry droppings enrich the soil, boosting crop health and fertility.
Fresh eggs and butter advertised in local columns
Small ad tips readers to place a brief notice in county papers or farm papers to sell fresh eggs or butter. It stresses using local columns as an effective channel for farm products.
Spreader Proves Profitable Farm Tool
A manure spreader earns its keep by distributing compost evenly and shredding it for thorough soil mixing, making the farm operation more efficient and productive.
Stakes for Tomatoes
Tomato plants tied to stakes produce fewer fruits but larger heavier and higher quality overall, suggesting a trade off between quantity and fruit size and quality.
Soy Beans Build Soil And Provide Profitable Crop
Soy beans help build soil fertility while delivering a profitable harvest. The crop improves nitrogen content, supports crop rotation, and offers a marketable yield for farmers.
Legion Probation Plan Earns Detroit Respect for Law
Judge Thomas M. Cotter implements a Legion backed probation system in Detroit allowing former servicemen to avoid prison if they pledge to be better citizens. From 847 cases only six or seven returned on charges, with the program now adopted citywide amid bolshevik-era tension.
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Thomas M. Cotter
Recorder’s Court of
Detroit
Mich
American Legion
Cotter
From convict to colonelcy in war record tale
Kenneth F. Thomas, a Virginia convict serving a bigamy sentence, escaped during a World War I incident. He joined Canada’s forces, rose to colonel, and kept Virginia informed he would return to finish his term. After two years in a hospital, he sought pardon or parole with American Legion support for Virginia authorities.
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Kenneth F. Thomas
Virginia
Canada
Richmond
American Legion
Legion Wins Campaign to Ban German in Kansas Schools
American Legion members in McPherson Kansas won their bid to stop teaching German in a district school after attorneys general ruled it against state law. A school board meeting followed with judge approved action and county authorities issued an order halting German instruction.
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American Legion
McPherson
Kan
Kansas
Legion
Good Fishing for Legion Men Camp Planned by Philadelphia Council
The Freeland post of the Philadelphia county council of the Legion organizes a camp offering Legionnaires and their families a low cost opportunity to pursue fishing and related outdoor activities.
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Freeland
Philadelphia
Tanlac praised by Peoria woman for stomach relief
Mrs. Joe Leadman of 215 Bridge St Peoria Illinois credits Tanlac with curing severe stomach trouble gas cramps headaches and bilious attacks. She reports regained weight strength and appetite and urges others to buy Tanlac from druggists with over 37 million bottles sold.
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Joe Leadman
Bridge St
Peoria
Tanlac
Swamp-Root Promoted By Druggists In Ads
For years druggists have endorsed Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root the kidney liver and bladder medicine. It is a physician prescribed strengthening remedy sold by all druggists. Send ten cents for a sample bottle and mention this paper.
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Kilmer
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Change of Life Lifts Morning Sickness and Weakness
Greenville Pa Mrs John Myers writes of dramatic recovery after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound which she credits with easing hot flashes, weakness, and near fainting. She now handles household work for a seven member family and offers to answer letters from other women seeking guidance.
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Greenville
Lydia E. Pinkham
John Myers
Union St
Ydia KE
Pinkham
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Baske
Ogle
Kane County
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John Calvin
Monmouth
Synod of Illinois
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Rutledge Thompson
Petersburg
T. Beekman
Thompson
Charles Kirby
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