Whiteside county fair plans 70th anniversary harness racing
The Whiteside County Central Agricultural Society adjourned meeting set four day fair for September with two days of harness racing. Lew Rosenthal enterprises to provide entertainment including the Lets Peek Revue and eight free acts. The Dare Devils show will headline Tuesday and Wednesday events with running races scheduled for Wednesday only. Entries due by September 2 with judging starting September 3 at noon.
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Whiteside County
Whiteside County Central Agricultural Society
Vernon M. Dearinger
Lew Rosenthal
B. Ward Beam International Congress of Daredevils
Black walnuts boost soil conservation and farm income
The Illinois College of Agriculture and the U S Department push tree planting as a soil and water conservation practice. Black walnuts offer erosion protection and may yield higher yearly cash income than lumber value. Also notes 1940 license plate laws and tardy motorists risk arrest.
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AAA
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
College
U. S. Department of Agriculture
J. E. Davis
Illinois
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Missouri
Iowa
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Bright Blue Weather and Soy Sauce in Daily Living
The column extols practical kitchen tips from coffee pot care to soy sauce as a versatile flavor enhancer. It includes recipes for Banana Grape Marlow dessert, a hot grapefruit drink idea with spices, and a Brazileese cheese fritter mix using cornmeal mush and Brazil nuts.
Mincemeat Cookies and Apple Brazil Nut Short Cake
A historic cookie and cake recipe set. Mincemeat cookies mix butter sugar egg milk bran and spices, bake 12 minutes yields two dozen. Apple Brazil nut short cake halves bake 425 F about 40 minutes, fill with tart apple layers and butter and serve with cream.
Bride Weds in Father’s Wedding Gown at Greenwich Village
In The Villager Greenwich Village on Oct 12, a bride wore her mother’s wedding gown for her wedding as she was given in marriage by her father. The report notes the father’s undignified behavior during the event.
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Villager
Greenwich Village
New York
Parole Fixer and Granny Get Your Gun At Majestic Theatre
Mr and Mrs W J Schreiner of Chadwick are invited to attend Majestic Theatre Mr Carroll on Friday or Saturday nights to see Parole Fixer and Granny Get Your Gun or on Sunday Monday or Tuesday nights to see The Fighting 69th Please bring this notice with you
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W. J. Schreiner
Chadwick
Majestic Theatre
Mr. Carroll
Milledgeville Briefs and Local Gatherings Report
Milledgeville notes a sequence of social visits and family events. Fay Reitzel visits Sterling, attends events in Thomson and Thom son, and returns to Spend time with Dachler family. A Sterling initiation at the O BK chapter is reported, plus dinners honoring Mrs Senneff and the Shipman anniversary. A new daughter is born to the Imel family in Sterling.
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Fay Reitzel
Harry Reitzel
Sterling
Carl Dachler
Thomson
Ward Deets
A. B. Coyle
Edith Holly
Hazel Fogel
George Sears
Sterling Chapter
O, BK
Carl Daehler
P L. Kreider
Kreider Ohme
Preventive trimming to shield fruit trees from rabbits
Hungry rabbits damaged rose bushes and fruit trees after heavy snow. Grower advises trimming young sprouts ten to twenty feet away from trees in winter, removing needless limbs, and keeping trimmings on the surface above snow to deter feeding. protect trunks of young trees with wraps.
Emergency Crop and Feed Loans Now Available in 1940
Farmers may apply at the Farm Bureau Office via Field Supervisor Acton A. Shelton of the Farm Credit Administration. Loans target small cash needs for 1940 crops or livestock feed, with first lien on financed crops or fed livestock as security. Address: P O Box 26 Galesburg Illinois.
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Farm Bureau
Acton A. Shelton
Farm Credit Administration
Shelton
P. O. Box
Galesburg
Illinois
A Load of Ladders in City Traffic Incident
A driver bent on turning around in the block was sideswiped by a hook and ladder fire truck. A traffic cop warned of ten years while passengers argued about the cause. A backseat voice dismissed the officer, while two women traded lines about sewing and kissing.
What Uses Will Be Found for Egg White By-Products
An examination of poultry by products notes that millions of cases of eggs are processed into yolks and whites for industry. Demand favors yolks for dressings and noodles while whites seek new uses such as adhesives and bottle corks. Advancements in by product utilization could raise poultry and hog cattle values as evisceration waste offers potential applications.
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China
The American Passion Play in Bloomington Seeks Beyond Past Glories
The American Passion Play, staged in Bloomington Illinois each Easter, draws 350000 attendees over sixteen years and promises new scenes this season to deepen its spiritual message. It argues Jesus teachings uphold modern life, urging readers to attend and invite others to support religious education and culture.
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Bloomington, Ill
United States
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus
Lanark Briefs Highlight Fire Loss and Local News
Lanark residents D R Lower J T Eckman Lloyd Peters and S B Thompson from Lanark plus L A Fink of Chadwick adjusted the loss by fire on the Phillip Kradel estate farm on Friday. Private Randall Downs of the 61st coast artillery Fort Sheridan visited his parents. Roy Deets visited from Chicago to review the livestock situation and visit relatives. Dr H Roth Truman Royer and Naaman Diehl were reelected directors of the Farmers Cooperative Elevator company at the annual meeting. Lanark basketball beat Chadwick 40 to 30 on Friday night. The Kampmeier family traveling from Miami Oklahoma reported a smooth trip en route west with household goods and no delays.
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D. R. Lower
J. T. Eckman
Lloyd Peters
H. Roth
Truman Royer
Naaman Diehl
Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company
Elmer Rahn
Alvin Sword
Frank Zuck
Sam Thompson
J. F. Lower
Roy Michael
Lanark
Chadwick Boys
Frank Kampmeier
Miami
Oklo
Carroll county advances 191 corn loans since December
Carroll county farmers have taken 191 loans covering 158 566 bushels of 1939 corn as of now, announced Elver Fisseller. First loan dated December 24. Loans run to March 31 with maturities August 1 1940. Amounts paid 67 cents per bushel with 3 percent interest.
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Carroll County
Elver Eisfeller
County Conservation Office
Fisseller
Savanna to Begin Storm Sewer Work Along Avenue School
Project officials announce start of a 24 inch storm sewer line from the hill east of the Avenue school, extending south along Chicago avenue to Bowen street and connecting with the river ditch. Clearing near the railroad bridge to Marquette park is finished, with sidewalk work and 6th street widening planned pending weather.
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WPA
Savanna
Avenue School
Chicago Avenue
Bowen Street
Marquette Park
6Th Street
European Situation Update
Glen S asks about Europe while Shorty S notes they have not heard the latest news in the last half hour.
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Glen S
Shorty S
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