Agricultural limestone use in Illinois farms tops 868000 tons
Illinois farmers applied 868205 tons of agricultural limestone in 1940, up 58 percent from 1939, per a detailed circular from the State Geological Survey. Leading counties by tonnage include McLean LaSalle Livingston Ogle Iroquois Stephenson St Clair Macoupin Vermilion and Lee.
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Centenary camp meeting jubilee at New Lenox grounds
The Centenary camp meeting at New Lenox, six miles east of Joliet, resumes historic camp activities with Homer Rodeheaver leading opening song service at 3:30 PM and George Brewster on electric organ. Bishop James H. Straughn preaches, Dr. Charles Drake Skinner presides, and Rev. Richard W. Miller leads a youth session. A Jubilee pageant closes the day with Miriam Luecke Angus as writer/director and Clark J. Wood as general chairman.
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Centenary Camp Meeting Association
Illinois General Assembly
Otis Hardy
Abe Bliss
John Crawford
Harvey Evan
Elijah L. Brayton
Russell Seager
Joseph Lewis
John S. Jessup
John §. McGrath
Young People’s Institute
Dinosaurs Vanish as Mammals Rise in Evolution Tale
Scientists propose dinosaurs disappeared when mammals appeared and ate their eggs, reshaping early life on Earth. The claim ties dinosaur extinction to reptile reproductive vulnerability and mammal dietary shifts.
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