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Newspaper

The Spectator

Location

Joliet, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1939

Page

2

Townsend Groups Plan Ball Nationwide Celebration Jan 13

Townsend Movement plans nearly 2000 events across the United States on January 13 to honor Dr Townsend turning seventy two. Towns across states California Washington Wisconsin Illinois Ohio New York will host balls dinners dances oyster suppers and rallies in clubs and district centers with speakers and prizes.

United States Townsend California Long Beach Northwest Oakland Calfornia Hoquiam Wash Averyville Hall Peoria Ill Spooner Wis Badger State Truman Gordon Chippewa Falls Philadelphia Ohio Beulah Shier

Prisoners Chaperoned During Ottawa Holiday Ventilation

Seventeen inmates at LaSalle County Jail Ottawa were given a 38 hour supervised break to the Ottawa city lockup and Grundy county jail. They were moved for a complete fumigation of the Lasalle county jail which housed rats and vermin. Sheriff E J Welter organized the project and a Chicago exterminating firm handled the purification with guards posted to keep people away from poisonous fumes.

Lasalle County Ottawa Ottawa City Grundy County Lasalle County Bridewell E. J. Welter County Board of Supervisors Chicago Com

Prisoners Fumigated Before Returning to Quarters

A report notes prisoners were to be fumigated before reoccupying their antiseptic quarters after removal of pests. The incident describes termination of the previous condition along with the rats and the steps planned to ensure sanitary sleeping areas.

Illinois Five Leading Grains Hit New Highs In 1938

Preliminary estimates from federal and state agriculture departments show Illinois’ five leading grain crops for 1938 valued at 297 million dollars, down from 375 million in 1937. Corn yielded 45 bushels per acre, up from 48 in 1937, with beans and tame hay setting new acre-yield highs. The total crop output was 19 percent above the 1927–36 average.

Illinois Departments of Agriculture

The Twelve Caesars and Their Reign Dates

A brief outline lists Julius Caesar and eleven successors with reign dates. It notes Nerva’s senate chosen succession and mentions emperors from Julius Caesar through Domitian, including gaps and mistyped years.

Julius Caesar Nerva Senate Augustus Bahaa Tiberius Claudius Nero Galba Otho Vitellius Vespasian Titus Domitian Titl Caesar

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