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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1950
Page
4
Readers ask about weathers suitable for pests and horse speed and whether rain makers work. Answers note chiggers prefer warm dry vegetation, rain cycles signal rainfall, and higher barometric pressure may aid racing. A Cloud Card by Prof Selby Maxwell lets locals learn to forecast weather.
The Will County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis elected Dr. John F. Carey as chairman and Willis J. Murdock as vice chairman at a noon meeting at the Louis Joliet hotel. Officers also include Mrs. William D. Hickey secretary and Sherman J. Scheidt treasurer with an executive committee and plans for the March of Dimes campaign next winter led by Fred Mastin.
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