Illinois: Leader in Agriculture and State Details
Illinois covers 56 650 square miles with about 10 200 000 people. The Prairie State ranks high in wealth population and farming output. Major facts include Springfield as capital, native oak state tree cardinal state bird violet state flower and a varied climate with 48 to 59 degree mean temperatures and 34 to 43 inches of precipitation, with no recorded total crop failure.
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Illinois
State Department of Labor
Prairie State
Springfield
Ozark
Cairo
Illinois Tops Nation In Soybean and Corn Output
Illinois leads the nation in soybean and corn production and ranks highly in hogs and other crops. The state hosts several top counties, contributes majorly to the Corn Belt, and reports 1960 livestock value near 726 million dollars with 1959 crop values totaling hundreds of millions across corn, soybeans, hay, wheat, oats, and other produce.
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Illinois
United States
McLean
Champaign
Henry
Fishing and wildlife notes from Upper Mississippi Refuge report
Fishing remains good in backwaters for blue gills with minnows and worms as bait. Walleye and sauger fishing strong below Clinton, Bellevue and Dubuque Dams. beaver trapping slow due to snow. 700 goldeneyes and mergansers wintering, bald eagles near Le Claire and Bellevue will depart after ice breakup.
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Albany
Rock Creek
Camanche
Miller’s Lake
Savanna
Spring Lake
Barrow
Frentreas Lake
Clinton
Bellevue
Dubuque
LeClaire
Canada
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Carroll County Special Session notice meeting March 8 1960
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors will hold a special session at the Mt. Carroll Court House on Tuesday March 8 1960 at 10 AM. All claims must be filed with the Clerk by Thursday March 3 1960. W M Nipe Clerk.
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Board of Supervisors
Carroll County
Illinois
Mt. Carroll
W. M. Nipe
Wisconsin Firms Apparent Low Bidders On Rt. 64
Rein, Schultz and Dahl Inc and J. L. Sullivan and Son Inc of Madison were the apparent low bidders at 561 907 for a new section of Highway 64 bypassing Mt. Carroll. The bid came in well under the 708 000 estimate with eight bidders total.
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Mt. Carroll
Springfield
Rein, Schultz and Dahl, Inc
J. L. Sullivan and Son, Inc
Madison
Wis
Savanna
Fairgrounds Corner
Rein, Schultz and Dahl
Daviess County
Wisconsin State Line
Army PFC Addison Riley Jr at Winter Shield in Germany
Army PFC Addison Riley Jr from Mt. Carroll Illinois participated in Exercise Winter Shield with the 3rd Armored Division at Grafenwehr Hohenfels in Southern Germany. The winter maneuver involved 60 000 troops in Sevent Army operations. Riley is a truck driver in Headquarters Company 48th Infantry Gelnhau sen. He entered the Army in February 1958 and previously worked for Burgess Battery Company Freeport.
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Gelnhausen
Germany
AHTNC
Addison Riley, Jr
Eileen
Mt. Carroll
Illinois
3Rd Armored Division
Grafenwehr - Hohenfels
Riley
Loretta R. Cullison
Twenty-second St
Moline
48Th Infantry
Fort Hood
Texas
Polo High School
Burgess Battery Company
Freeport
Army
Democratic candidate urges flag respect and duty
Mrs Gratchen, Democratic candidate for Congress in the 16th District, spoke at a Carroll county American Legion Auxiliary meeting in Chadwick. She criticized neglect of proper flag display at the Marine Base and Rockford, urging Americans to uphold good citizenship as a key front in defending democracy.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Carroll County
Chadwick
Betty Gratchen
Congress
16Th
Marine Base
Rockford
Graden
Legion
Honor 4-H Leaders Recognized at Morrison Dinner
About 100 local 4-H Club leaders were honored at a February 17 dinner in Norrish Auditorium Morrison. Carroll County attendees included Mrs Boyd Tiante l Mrs Fred Werner and others. University of Illinois specialists led Share-the-tun activity urging members to showcase talents in a county contest with a state final.
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Norrish Auditorium
Morrison
Carroll County
Boyd Tiantel
Unadwick
Fred Werner
Muiledgeville
Mre
Menry Rose
Thomson
Orville Rosner
George Miller
Valias Williams
Walter Helle
LeRoy Getz
Sarafina
Slaine Security
Nhdawin Keim
Morrison Farmer Wins Ford Farm Efficiency Award
Morrison farmer L A Abbott received a 1960 farm efficiency award from Henry Ford II at a Dearborn banquet. Abbott was among 12 U S farmers honored, with invitees including True D Morse and other leaders, featuring expense paid trips to the Far East and South America to share proven methods.
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L. A. Abbott
Morrison
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Abbott
United States
Dearborn
Mich
True D. Morse
Far East
South America
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Robert Taylor
Seven Hawks
Sun
Mar
James Stewart
F. B. I. Story
ON the Upper Mississippi Wildlife Refuge
Tural
Urbana
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Peoria
Rock Island
Bob Wade
Iowa
Tel
Savanna's Times Theatre
Thurs
Fri
Sat
Gary Cooper
Charlton Heston
Debbie Reynolds
Glenn Ford
Rock Hudson
Bulova Sale
J. H. Potts & Son
Lyons Shopping Center
Main Ave
Samuel Johnson
G. W. Blohm
Chiropractic Health Service
4Th Ave
George Ade
Albany Legion
Albany, IM
Winchip Music CO
Strand Theatre Bldg
Clinton, Iowa
Jonathan Swift
Morrison Farmer
Ford
Abraham Lincoln
Harold L. Johnson
M. Photog
Johnson
the House of Natural Color Photography
Clinton Puone
Zirkelbach
5Th Ave
Frank
Main St
Fulton, Ir
Fatcon Tudor
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