Boy Scouts Court of Honor Scheduled for Feb 9
Local Boy Scouts from Savanna Mt Carroll and Lanark join nationwide observance of the Boy Scouts of America birthday. The Mt Carroll circuit court room hosts a county wide court of honor and promotion ceremony. Radio broadcasts from Greenland to Hawaii are heard between 8 30 and p m.
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Boy Scouts
America
Boy Scouts of America
Savanna
Mt. Carroll and Lanark
Circuit Court Room
Mt. Carroll
Raido
Greenland
Hawaii
Belief in Witchcraft Recalls Illinois Folklore
Federal Writers' Project interviews reveal belief in witches in Illinois less than two generations ago. A Danville man recalls farmers cursing witches when a horse’s mane tangled. Records note a Williamson county witch in 1835 said to work with Satan and cast curses. People also spoke of a protective spirit that could control witches by shooting a picture with a silver bullet.
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Illinois
Federal Writers’ Project
Danville
Williamson County
Satan
Weathering the Warm Rain Floods Hit Midwestern Rivers
Heavy rain swelled the Mississippi and Rock River basins forcing riverfront flooding and road edge damage. Web ster Timber crews cannot resume as water levels rise. Bridges and factories in Sterling and Rock Falls suspend operations as floodwaters invade basements and lower floors.
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Webster Lumber Company
Big Slough
Rock River
Sterling
Rock Falls
Wire Mill
International Harvester
Lawrence Bros
Canning Factory
PCA Elected Directors and Record Loan Growth At Meeting
More than 300 farm people attended the Blackhawk Production Credit association annual stockholders meeting at the Odd Fellows Temple in Freeport Illinois. Sherman Carter and Fay Selden were elected directors for two and three year terms respectively. Loans for 1937 reached 429633, a 28 percent rise, with dairy and feeder livestock loans expanding. Speakers included Joseph R. Cosgrove Gerard Byrne and E R Raymond. The organization now has 55 associations with 30000 farmers and over 1 million in farmer-owned voting stock. Continuous reserves exceed 600000 supporting stability of the cooperative system. An excellent Presbyterian luncheon followed.
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Blackhawk Production Credit Association
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Freeport
Ilinois
Association
Sherman Carter
Carroll County
Fay Selden
Winnebago County
D. P. Crump
Daviess
Carroll
Stephenson
Winnebago
Ogle
Financial Ledger Highlights for 1937 Year End
The report shows accounts payable for producers and haulers and accrued expenses as liabilities. It records surplus balances, adjusted net income for the year 1937, and the December 31 1937 totals for net worth and overall liabilities and net worth.
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Chadwick Co-operative Produce Association
Slippery Roads Warn Drivers To Slow For Safety
The piece urges motorists to curb speed on icy pavement and approach intersections with caution. It warns against relying on luck and explains brakes are less effective at high speed on ice. It also notes a crow destruction program by the State Department of Conservation aimed at protecting game by hunting crows.
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State Department of Conservation
Mount Carroll Cagers Roll To Three Straight Wins
Mt Carroll high school basketball beat Milledgeville 87 to 36 on their home floor as Glenn led Milledgeville with 18 points. Kulheman and Grove each had 12 for Mt Carroll, while Mt Carroll also defeated Mt Morris 26 to 15 and beat Savanna 32 to 19 in a trio of wins.
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Mt. Carroll High School
Milledgeville
Carroll
Wysox
Glenn
Milledgeville Center
Kulheman
Grove
Mt. Carroll
Paisley
Kuhleman
Hartman
Hungerford
Rhodes
Livengood
Smith
Fogel
Bott
Mt. Morris
Mt. Morris Oe
County Seat
Savanna
Carroll Cagers
Chestnut Park
Retain Traditions Of The Square Dance
In Burnt Hill Illinois the youths perform square dances as their grandparents did, discovered by Federal Writers' Project researchers. Local residents supply dance tunes free, while French charge high prices for "ec revisse" and other old crawdad lines.
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Burnt Hill
Hamilton County
Ilinois
Federal Writers’ Project
Three Unusual Celebrations Observed in Illinois
The article notes Mule Day in Enfield White and Hamilton counties held the first Saturday in October, a Hallowe en corn show and festival at Mt. Carmel, Wabash county with a market street display, a pet parade and costume contest, and a Fox Chasers Reunion in Bell s Woods east of Keensburg with fox hunting events and races. It also mentions a recent Beachwear show in New York featuring a bathing suit called Vitamins A through G.
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Illinois
White
Hamilton
Enfield
Federal Writers’ Project
Hallowe'en
Mt. Carmel
Wabash County
Market Street
Bell’s Woods
Keensburg
New York
Governor Horner Meets White House Officials in DC Visit
Governor Horner stayed overnight at the White House during a Washington trip and held talks with bureaus and department heads on state business. The piece ends with a local joke about ambition and long pants reflecting a rural county humor tone.
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Horner
Washington
White House
Capital City
Political petitions filed in Morrison DeKalb Prophetstown contest
Sterling K and Arthur L Goodenough with Arthur E Hamilton of Morrison Republicans file petitions against DeKalb Republican J Collins and Prophetstown Republican G Brydia with Henry J White of Somonauk as the sole Democrat.
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Tom
PCA
Richard Securing
Charles Joiner
W. J. Banter
Stephenson County
Charles R. Young
Stephenson County National Farm Loan Association
The
Second Presbyterian Church
Chadwick, Ilinois
Illinois Agricultural Auditing Association Co
E. Strand
Manager Certified Public Accountant
Chadwick, Illinois
Kozy
Mount Carroll Cagers
Dr.a.l. Ringuette
5Th Ave
United Cigar Co
Clinton, Lowa
Farmer
Fulton Coliseum
2Nd St
10Th Ave
Friendly Valley
John Deere
John E. Housenga
Fulton, Illinois
Graham-Bradley
Graham
Bradley
Sears
Rockwood
Sears, Roebuck And,co
Locust ST
Farm Department
Sterling, Ill
Naniga’s Hatchery
Chadwick, Ill
Mt. Carroll Black
Clinton Rendering CO
Clinton, Iowa
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