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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1923
Page
3
The United States Department of Agriculture explains how many bushels, pecks, and pounds of staple garden vegetables a typical family requires annually. It stresses planning, variety, and canning for winter use, with calculations based on family size meals and 100-foot row yields.
Records from the Bureau of Animal Industry show that early in 1923 a total of 9 116 live stock owners enrolled in the Better Sires Better Stock campaign conducted by various states and the United States Department of Agriculture.
It is best not to pasture alfalfa the first year. Light pasturing the first fall, especially if hogs were ringed, will do no harm. Rooting would injure the stand and close pasturing would leave little or no winter protection.
The first extension agent in Fulton County found farmers discouraged by poor crops and no livestock feed. A lime and legume campaign, plus green manure, transformed farming. 1100 of 1200 farms fed livestock and hay value exceeded 360000 dollars. A 1922 survey showed widespread clover and catch crops with 3000 tons of lime used. debt repayment and home improvements followed, plus growth in purebred poultry and livestock programs.
Illinois reports on church dedication at Mount Morris and a Manchester college president will deliver the address. A sheriff raid near Rock Island uncovers a hidden still and liquor. L. N. Johnson, a Black candidate, pushes for colored representation in Aurora. A southern Illinois Teachers Association convention convenes in Springfield with notable speakers. Post office clerks convention planned for Springfield. Wabash Railroad scrapping old iron at Decatur as prices rebound. Tri City Railway to replace flat wheels with wheel-curing brakes. Bloomington teen builds a small radio receiving Hawaii signals. Alton churches unite to build a central edifice. Illinois bills target hotel room tariffs and trading stamps with licensing and penalties.
An advertisement for Cuticura Toilet Trio headlines an English play line about a woman. It promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as essential toilet preparations to cleanse purify soothe heal and powder.
The Louisville Courier-Journal describes a necklace as solid ivory and flirts with fashion praise, noting how well it suits the wearer. The piece reads like a light society item from a metropolitan paper.
An extended advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure all for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It cites sworn statements and customer testimonials, promises universal relief and offers sample bottles by parcel post with a ten cent enclosed payment. Large and medium bottles sold at drug stores.
A proverb notes that influence comes through suppression while a fool rushes ahead. a prudent grafter seeks a measured opportunity rather than attention. The adage contrasts reckless action with restrained ambition and social power.
Sharkskin leather manufacturing progresses with strong demand for finished goods. A plant processes 200 sharkskins daily while demand outpaces supply, signaling expanding output and ongoing development in this industry.
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