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Newspaper
Sterling Semi Weekly Gazette
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
9
The State Board of Health has begun a campaign of education to save babies. Officials emphasize parental guidance, prenatal care, and infant safety measures as part of the new program.
The Illinois State Board of Health released a public guidance circular on infant feeding to reduce mortality. It explains feeding care, artificial formulas, milk safety, and dairy practices, emphasizing practical steps for mothers and dairymen and offering free copies via the secretary in Springfield.
Community notes from Lyndon and Yorktown detail visits by Adeline Smith and others, travels of Harvey McKerg, wedding at Prophetstown, and upcoming events including an Epworth League ice cream social. Strawberry harvest activity and notable berry-picking records are reported along with several short visits and homestead updates.
A June 26 release outlines Illinois crop conditions with updates on soil moisture, drought impact, and planting progress. Reports highlight corn and soybean status, treatment needs, and anticipated yields for farmers across counties.
North Western line offers excursion tickets starting June 1 to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Salt Lake City Hot Springs Deadwood Lead Custer and more good to return by October 31. Ideal vacation chance with several dams along the route. Tickets available daily April to agents Chicago North Western railway.
Regional weather notes report dry conditions easing in central and southern districts with scattered showers. Oats and rye nearing harvest, wheat ahead in central areas, and corn in promising condition. however some localities still need rain and fruit crops show mixed yields across districts.
Announcement from a western concern plans a cheap self motor vehicle priced at 400 dollars complete. The piece argues the machine will appeal to those who can afford horse and buggy, noting improvements have made autos useful in cities and countryside alike and predicting wide, lasting popularity.
The trail at the Portland fair features a theater and Biograph moving pictures depicting Russian and Japanese soldiers in siege and battle. Viewers see Port Arthur siege scenes, Mukden fighting, and a battery charge as Japanese infantry push Russian guns. A famed English war correspondent found the depictions horrifying.
In Toledo December 6, 1886 Frank J Cheney sworn to certify his firm Cheney & Co will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized affidavit notes sale of the remedy with claims of internal use and system-wide effects.
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