Carroll County Swine Fetch High Prices At Chicago Yards
In a strong hog sale at the Chicago Stock Yards, Tom Diffendor fer of Lanark sold 63 Poland China butchers weighing about 508 pounds at 7.95 per cwt, the top for extreme weights since the wartime market of 1939. The midweek session saw prices rise to 29.00 per cwt, with Wednesday averaging 8.56 per cwt, up 59 percent from a year ago. Also on the market, Stransky and Barnhart of Chadwick offered 20 head of 1400 pound Hereford steers at 16.15 per cwt, among the day’s highest.
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Carroll County
Chicago
Tom Diffendorfer
Lanark
Stransky and Barnhart
Chadwick
Fair Haven Sports Club Chooses Officers Tonight
The Fair Haven chapter of the Carroll County Sports men's club meets at 8 p m Thursday night January 23 at the Fair Haven store. William Janssen, president, announces the meeting to elect officers for the coming year and discuss matters before Friday's county meeting in Mt Carroll.
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Fair Haven
Carroll County Sportsmen’s Club
William Janssen
Mt. Carroll
Down South With F. L. Stagg In Florida Notes
In Florida entries detail grocery prices for fruit and vegetables, local weather, fishing catches, and social events. The author mentions 2567 attendees at a Supper Club potluck for five Midwestern states, device finds for well water pumps, and a warm January with daily activities including card games, church visits, and travel to Sarasota and Ringling’s.
Dairy farm visit and fruit island trip noted in Jan record
On January 13 and 14 a local diary records visiting a dairy herd and an island with varied fruit, a potluck at Stagg's for Groharing and Kochs, 800 trailer park observations, and expenses including strawberries stamps cigars and travel. Weather warms, a baby alligator offer appears, and a Dance Club outing at Tourist Park is mentioned with a game of 500.
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Florida
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Robert Groharing
Thomson
Kardenia
Louieville
Bradenton
Boston Bees
Rob’t Groharing
Prof. Demaree
Island
Stagg’s
Groharing’s
Thomson and Koch’s
Rock Island
Weather and diary notes from January records
An entry from January 16 notes warm weather despite rain and an evening visit to a tourist club in town with people from Whiteside county. It records expenses for stamps, a season, cigars, and for January 17 mentions trousers and postage.
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Whiteside County
Stamps Tourist Club
LCUME
Gilmore Run Tops Height Of Auto Interest
The Nash Ambassador "600" wins its price class in the 1941 Gilmore Economy Run, covering 599.3 miles from Los Angeles to the Grand Canyon in strong headwinds. Andy Henderson drove the winner, logging 25.81 mpg at 42.6 mph with an average speed near 42 mph. The event tested 23 cars under AAA supervision amid winter storms and gusts.
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Los Angeles
Grand Canyon National Park
Arizona
AAA
Grand Canyon
Andy Henderson
Nash California Company
Gilmore
Courthouse Briefs: Local youths bound over on larceny charges
Darold Cook 19 of Savanna bound over to the grand jury on larceny. remanded in the county jail when $1,000 bond unavailable. Hearing by State's Attorney John L. Brearton in Mt Carroll. Cook accused of stealing a pocketbook from a car at Club Hobnob on New Year’s Day. Paul Davis 19 and Othal White 19 of Thomson held for grand jury on larceny in theft from John Smit garage near Thomson. bonds set at $1,000 each. LaVrie Landorf 17 of Savanna, parole violator, held on prior breaking and entering sentence. Davis and Landorf were arrested in Clinton. White arrested in Thom son. Arthur Sims 20, Chicago, Mt Carroll CCC enrollee, bound over on larceny. alleged theft of clothes from another enrollee.
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Darold Cook
Savanna
John L. Brearton
Justice of the Peace
Frank Schroeppel
Mt. Carroll
Cook
Savana
Paul Davis
Othal White
Thomson
John Smit
Carroll J. P
LaVrie Landorf
Davis
Landorf
Clinton
Ray Westfall
Westfall
White
Arthur Sims
Chicago
Gilmore Economy Run Speeds Through Western Route
The 1941 Gilmore Economy Run forced drivers to maintain about 12 mph faster than earlier runs to meet the time limit, eliminating cautious pacing. Cars traveled through Pasadena, San Bernardino, Barstow in California, Las Vegas, Boulder Dam, Boulder City in Nevada, and Kingman, Ashfork, Williams in Arizona, ending at the Grand Canyon National Park with refueling and check stations along the way.
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Pasadena
San Bernardino
Bargton
California
Las Vegas
Boulder Dam
Boulder City
Nevada
Kingman, Ashfork
Williams
Arizona
Grand Canyon National Park
Illinois Mines: Fuel Minerals Drive State Industry
Illinois holds a leading position in mineral production, though it produces only small amounts of lead and zinc. The state's wealth lies in coal, petroleum, and a broad array of industrial minerals such as glass sand fluorspar stone clay shale tripoli fuller's earth and aggregate. These fuels and minerals underpin industrial manufacturing and rely on nearby ore sources.
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Illinois
Deaths of Mt Carroll area residents listed in brief
Mt Carroll farmer Simon Bowman aged 89 died Sunday after a long illness. Funeral at 1:30 p m Tuesday with Rev J A Foard. interment Oak Hill cemetery. Born Oct 2 1851 in Pennsylvania. Widow surviving. John Handel 59 died Sunday at home north of Savanna. Funeral at St Peter's Lutheran Savanna 2 p m Tuesday. burial Mosquito Hill. Born April 22 1881 in Washington township. son of Fred E and Christina Handel. John Baird 90 longtime Mt Carroll resident died Thursday afternoon after a stroke. Funeral Sunday at Frank Brothers funeral home with Rev R H Leitner.
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Mt. Carroll
Simon Bowman
J. A. Foard
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Bowman
Pennsylvania
John Handel
Savanna
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Mosquito Iill
Mr. Handel
Washington Township
Fred E
Christina Handel
John Baird
Oak Hill Cemetery Hurial and Mt Carroll Notables
Hurial held at Oak Hill cemetery. Mr Baird born April 15 1450 in Pennsylvania moved to Mt Carroll at age six and became known as a crack shot hunter and champion ice skater with many medals. Surviving are son John Ird Jr of DeKalb and two stepdaughters Mrs Fred Sack and Mrs William Buck of Mt Carroll. Savanna. Fred Litchenberger died at home in Savanna after retiring from law in Chicago. Buried in Savanna Catholic cemetery. Lichtenberger born in Hannson and survived by widow two daughters four sisters and two brothers.
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Hurial
Oak Hill
Baird
Pennsylvania
Mt. Carroll
Mississippi River
John Ird, Jr
DeKalb
Fred Sack
William Buck
Mr. Carroll
Savanna
Fred Litchenberger
Chicago
St. John’s Catholic
A. E. O’brien
Savanna Catholic Cemetery
Mr. Lichtenberger
Hannon
William and
Mary Li
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