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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1948
Page
2
An Iowa reader compares flock sizes and profits, noting $1598 from 353 hens, $58 from 847, and a loss on 313. Key factors: eggs per hen, season prices, and strong management. The successful farmer kept all pullets, hatched early, used high protein concentrate, skim milk, deep litter, clean houses, and targeted good egg production.
The horn fly drains blood from cattle and interferes with grazing reducing health and milk yield. Control boosts weight gain in beef cattle on good pasture. Winter lice infestations can kill calves and raise feed needs, while lice free cattle gain equally with 20 percent less feed.
H. G. Stage and Elynor Stagg are listed as issued each Thursday in Thomson Illinois. Public notice shows a second class matter entry under the 1879 act. Contact information included with a 2.00 annual price and telephone number Thomson 131.
The page lists birthdays for Friday August 27 through Thursday September 2 across Carroll County towns such as Lanark Milledgeville Mt. Carroll Chadwick Thomson Clinton Savanna and Dixon. It also mentions Bowling origins and citrus in spreads plus a note on the Railway Union Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers founded in 1863.
An article from the Forest Preserve District bulletin describes katydids, their singing, life cycle, and habitat. It explains chirping mechanics, species variety, and seasonal behavior, plus notes on other creatures like crabs, leeches, spiders, and the four-eyed fish with dual vision.
A collection of quips and jokes by Wade Guenther from the Sabula Gazette offering wry takes on politics, economics, marriage, housing, and daily life. The snippets include wordplay on opportunity, recession, and human foibles, with anecdotes about a chorus girl, a motherly joke, and a bank loan joke.
Calendar lists major state fairs with dates and locations across Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota and Indiana through September. Notable events include Wisconsin World Fair in Milwaukee Miwau kee State Fair Park and Des Moines Des Moines Iowa fair across late August to early September with entries in St Paul and Indianapolis events.
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