Carroll County Cow Excels at Dixon Holstein Plant
Bess Pontiac Korndyke of Walnut Row 222077, owned by Peck & Carroll of Thomson, shows strong production at the Holstein Association of Illinois testing plant in Dixon. In 69 days she yielded 5470.1 lbs milk and 221.05 lbs butter, with May production of 2505.8 lbs milk and 106.5 lbs butter, and she will be bred to bull King Colantha Aaggie Clothilde 249457.
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Bess Pontiac Korndyke
Walnut Row
Peck& Carroll
Thomson
Holstein Association of Illinois
Carroll County
King Colantha Aaggie Clothilde
Severe Sunday Storm Rips Through Village
A fierce storm Sunday brought extreme heat earlier day followed by torrential rain and lightning. High winds felled large trees and dispersed limbs around the village and farms east of town, briefly cutting power until Savanna lineman restored service by evening.
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Chas Stratton
Che Danshee
Nie Densmors
Sub-Statio
Savanna
Editor's Invoices a Year of Ups and Downs
An editor records a year of profits and losses in a humorous diary style. Entries include being broke 361 times praised public 89 times told lies 720 times told the truth once missed prayer meetings 52 times roasted 431 times roasted others 52 times washed office towel 3 times missed meals 0 mistaken for preacher 11 times mistaken for capitalists 0 got whipped 8 times whipped others 0 with cash on hand at start 1.47 dollars and ending with 15 cents.
A Sufficient Reason for Not Fighting Over There
A former socialist famed for wit, now staunchly anti, spoke at an open-air meeting about “our boys who fought over there.” A stout suffragette pressed him, asking why he didn’t fight. He replied that she was not with the Follies, a jab tied to a physical disability.
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Narrangu
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Peace
Martha Washington
Wim. Brockill
Pillsbury’s
Goodrich
F. E. Lewis
Mara Sagner
Melugin
Drs
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Agner Physicians & Sur
M. C. Rogres
Fulton, Illinois
G. E. Scheerer
Fulton
Illinois
Rts
Dixon
Bob Herrity
O.A. Torr
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