Washington Leaders Face Budget Clash Over Auto Funds
Worn by Washington diplomacy, officials fret as Secretary Wal lace receives only 1600 for a new car while other cabinet members get 3000. Farmers and taxpayers weigh taxes and purchases amid NRA and relief debate. Roosevelt faces bonus funding, con gress tax decisions, and potential veto. Mary Pickford divorce stirs sensational chatter as tax policy and gun controls draw attention.
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Washington
Wallace
Tax Rates For 1934 Announced
County clerk records show 1934 assessments under extension and notes a county rate two cents lower than 1933 while town rates mostly rise to cover increased relief costs. The shift removes the state rate via a 2 percent occupational tax, with Elkhorn Grove as the sole township raising its rate. A continued layout of 1934 and 1988 tax figures follows.
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Elkhorn Grove
Carroll County quartet to sing in state meet at Urbana
Carroll County quartet the Fariburesay group earned a group two rating at Lanark and was chosen to compete in the state final at the University of Illinois Urbana tonight. Members Henry Irvine Willard Rahn Harry Tallman and Heyward Carris perform as part of FFA Farm and Home Week events highlighting state music and drama.
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Carroll County
Fari Buresay
Lanark
Urbana
Jocal
Henry Irvish
Willard Rahn
Harry Tallman
Heyward Carris
University of Ilinois
Corn Hog Program Simplified and County Mortality Report
The 1935 corn hog program in Carroll County is simplified with about a dozen changes. Copies of contracts and rulings will be distributed within ten days at community meetings. Notable revisions expand program operations, remove many crop and livestock restrictions, and allow unlimited feeder pig purchases from contract signers, while capping hogs for market at 90 percent of the 1932-32 base. In December, county deaths reached nine, births 27, with Cinderella Harbaugh and Hester Pittman the oldest decedents at 93 and coverage includes several birth announcements in Savanna, Lanark, Chadwick, Milledgeville, and surrounding townships.
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AAA
College of Agriculture
University of
Carrollty
Faplops
Tecfords
Cinderella Amelia Harbaugh
Lanark
Hester Pittman
Wysox Township
Farmers Sign Up for Terracing Projects in Mt Carroll
Carroll County area farmers may join soil erosion terracing programs at a Mt Carroll courthouse meeting Monday evening led by emergency conservation engineer John Nelson assisted by farm adviser MM Roske. District meetings were held in Lanark and Chadwick. more sign ups follow tonight and Saturday at 7 20 in Mt Carroll and Argo Fa church. Labor will be provided by CCC camp workers and county participation is urged to prevent erosion nationwide.
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Lanark
Chadwick
Nelson
Court House
Mt. Carroll
Yo Herne
Tin Bariner
ML Carroll
CCC
Whiteside County
Woodland Township 1934 Tax Bill Higher Than 1933
The Ideal Farmers' Club program for Wednesday January 23 1935 features community singing led by Harriot Stakemiller plus readings songs and talks by local residents. The club plans a near future production Here Comes Charlie to fund golf club premi ums for the summer picnic. Woodland township taxpayers owe 11464 58 in taxes based on the 1984 assessment, up from 11071 06 the prior year. A table compares 1933 and 1934 tax amounts.
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Ideal Farmers’ Club
Harriot Stakemiller
Harmon Stakemiller
Rentwiler
Robert Lasher
Reading
Ruth Eberly
Garrette Sterenberg
Conrad Lillie
Paul Wilt
A. P. Kenyon
Charlie
Woodland Township
Lanark Defeats Mt Carroll in Friday Night Action
Lanark tops Mt Carroll 23 18 in a defensive clash after leading 6 2 at halftime. Fritz scores 10 for Mt Carroll while Warfel ties Lanark with 10. Milledgeville, Thomson, and Mt Morris games follow as area teams play three in five days. Farmers plan countywide meetings on soil erosion and terracing at the courthouse.
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Jake B. Sturtevant
Carroll
Land
Kenyon
Chadwick High
Milledgeville
Masons
Chadwick
Laver
Traum
Schreiner
Bushman
W. Hawkins
Miltedgeville
Mt. Carroll High School
Lanark
T Fhen
Thomson
Mt Morris
Lanark-Carroll
Inds
Murder trial for Fred Blink in Morrison case
Fred Blink of Fulton faces a life trial for the murder of five people and attempted murder of three others in Morrison. William Uphoff of Savan receives six months in Vandalia from County Judge O. Mr. Grove on a tag rancy charge. Fair Haven 1934 tax bill rises slightly from two years ago amid anticipated heavier relief load. Carroll County basketball fans note several close games over the weekend as Chadwick’s rally tops Milledgeville in county play. Births exceed deaths in Carroll County for 1934 with 212 births and 199 deaths. 1935 corn hog program changes loom, Farm Adviser M F P Rorke says it will be popular with county farmers.
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Fred Blink
Fulton
Morrison
William Uphoff
Savan
Vandalia
O. Mr. Grove
Fair Haven
Carroll County
Chadwick
Milledgeville
M. FP. Rorke
Cara County
Fair Haven Taxes Are Higher In 34
December mortality and birth totals for Carroll County show twenty seven deaths and twenty births. County tax assessments proceed with an increased town tax due to a large relief load, impacting 1534 rates.
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Carrol]s
Fair Haven
Back Tax Totals Due Various Taxing Bodies in 1933 and 1934
Taxpayers in Pair Haven township face a spring bill higher than last year as totals due to county, town, school, and other districts rise from 1833 assessments. The table shows 1934 amounts per taxing body and compares them with 1933 totals, including county and district figures and the overall levy.
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Pair Haven
Town
Naaman Diehl Elected Head of Farm Bureau for Next Year
Naaman Diehl of Lanark was elected president of the Farm Bureau for the coming year at a Mt Carrell meeting. He succeeds Charles Henberger of Chadwick, who served as president last year. Ward Weidman and Julian Jack were among officers and directors selected, with Chadwick’s Carl Haag winning appointment.
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Naaman Diehl
Lanark
Aunty Farm Bureau
Mt Carrell
Charles Henberger
Chadwick
Ward Weidman
Carroll Wasce
Julian Jack Large
Feature Township
Sasanna
Carl Haag
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Birthday Balls Honor President With Charity Drive
Communities nationwide plan Birthday Balls on June 30 to mark the President's anniversary. Funds raised will fund rehabilitation for infantile paralysis victims and support the national committee for polio research.
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United States
National Committee For
Carroll County Farm Adviser Attending Urbana Meeting
Farm Adviser M. P. Roske attends the annual Farm and Home Week in Urbana hosted by the extension division of the University of Illinois College of Agriculture. The event runs Monday to Friday with courses, talks by prominent speakers, demonstrations, exhibits, and an evening program.
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Carroll County
Urbana
M. P. Roske
College of Agriculture
University of Titmois
Agricultium College
Farmers Institute A Success at Lincoln School
The annual Farmers Institute drew a large crowd at the Lincoln school in Savanna with judges praising the poster display as among the best in the state. Prizes included cash for posters and merchandise certificates from Savanna merchants for winners in both men’s and women’s divisions.
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Farmers’ Institute
Lincoln School
Savanna
J. L. Murray
Bloomington
W. FB. Black
Walnut
Births Surpass Deaths in Carroll County in 1934
Carroll County records show 212 births and 199 deaths in 1934. August had the most births, December the most deaths. Stillbirths numbered 4 in 1933 and 3 in 1934, with seven registrars recording monthly totals for districts 73, 77 and 78, led by George C. Williams in Savanna.
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Grim Reaper
Carroll Coun
Walter R. Watson
Carroll County
George C. Williams
Savanna
Fred C. Leigh
Mt. Carrell
R. D. Bray
Lanark
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