Sunfish and kin described by Illinois nature notes
The Illinois Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs outlines the sunfish family’s diversity with bluegill as a standout for flavor. It explains nesting by males, varied coloration, and omnivorous feeding, noting many young perish before maturity and highlighting sunfish as a favorite tasting catch.
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Illinois Federation OF Sportsmen’s Clubs
W. Charles ST
Champaign
Illinois
American
United States
Danville
Ill
Scissors and Shears Differences and Eye Tissue Donation
Scissors are small five inch blades for trimming while shears are larger six to thirteen inches with uneven blades for fabric cutting. Eye banks provide transparent cornea tissue for transplants, enabling corneal replacements though living human eyes cannot be transplanted. Oliver Cromwell ruled England as a commoner between 1649 and 1658.
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Better Vision Institute
Oliver Cromwell
England
Spelling Reform Advocates Highlighted By Historic Figures
The piece lists several dates and names across June in Milledgeville Lanark Thomson Chadwick and surrounding towns. It ends with notes naming Theodore Roosevelt Nikolai Lenin and Eamonn de Valera as early advocates or leaders in spelling reform and related political history.
Sabula Wit and Wordplay Across Town Skits
A Sabula Gazette excerpt blends local humor and curiosities from Iowa towns. Jokes about married life, dating, playful warnings, and regional speech depict community characters, a Savanna man’s son with a digger job, a preacher’s berry punishment, and a Cleveland infant’s dime dilemma amid broader city vignettes.
Uncle Jake Turns Eightieth Birthday Corner
A small town character celebrated his eightieth birthday with humor noting he would be dead without aging. The piece then recalls a grim telegram from an Eastern firm after a saleman was found dead in San Francisco, jokingly suggesting sending samples back by freight and searching the body for orders.
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Jake
San Francisco
New Liquor Book to Be Dull Brown Clinton Herald
A Clinton Herald headline remarks that the new liquor book will be dull brown, hinting at a tonal shift. The allusive text contrasts a party compliment exchange about fidelity with a wry note on taste, implying domestic steadiness after a night of drinks.
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Fred Houseman
Morrison
Illinois
Lee Thompson
Garden Plain
Ilinois
Jim Bull
Union Grove
Ill
Alden Lorenzo
Camanche
Iowa
Clinton Herald
Woodman Spare That Tree George Morris essay
The passage notes that scalping was a painful practice among some American Indians, usually involving a small circular patch of skin at the base of the scalp-lock rather than a fatal blow. It references George Morris as the author of Woodman, Spare That Tree.
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Woodman
George Morris
Whipping Cream Tip Adds Lemon Juice for Easier Whipping
A small amount of lemon juice mixed into cream helps prevent curdling and makes whipping easier. This quick culinary trick appears in home cooking guidance to improve texture and stability of whipped cream.
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Sunfish
Forest Preserve
Juneau
Alaska
Henry Clay
Great Compromiser
Pisa
Napoleon Was
Corsica
Canada
Maple Leaf
Thomson Review
Village Echo
Thomson, Illinois
Thomson Broadax
Doc Saunders
H. G. Stagg
Elynor Stagg
Thomson
Eens Associat On
Carroll County
Anna Jenkins
Virginia Peters
Lanark
Mason Coleman
Milledgeville
Fenton Haugh
Harold B. Hartman
Carroll
Mildred Mohrmann
DeKalb
Henry Sour
Deanna Gilson
Albert Fisher
Fulton
Willard Peters
Orville Allen
Milledegville
June Lanning
Larry Walter Pitts
Chadwick
Nolan Zugschwerdt
Maquoketa
Isabelle Goldthorpe
Elsie Cram
Marvin Wenzel
Jay Kauffman
Gayle Grim
Clinton
William Reiling
Allen Lee Smith
John Doty
W. M. Miles
Henry Livengood
Ella Warehime
Zollin Sheridan
Rockford
Clarence van Buskirk
Dorothy Lewis
Donald Robison
Mr. Carroll
Marie Baylor
Ronald Ray Wiersema
E. Bowers
Savanna
Wallace Geisz
Will Handel
Arnold Roberts
Betty Genegenbach
Ray Rupple
Floyd Hyde
Colesburg
Noel Hawkins
Sterling
G. B. Teets
Wallace Stern
Arland Bryson
Minnie Bolinger
W. E. Bailey
N. G. Chipman
Floyd LaShelle
Boyd Handel
Lloyd Handel
Paul Traum
Henry Sweitzer
Lana
Theodore Roosevelt
Nikolai Lenin
Soviet
Russia
Eamonn de Valera
Dom
Ball Brothers Co
Muncie, Indiana
Wade
Wade Guenther
Sabula
Sabula, Iowa
Miles
Cleveland, Ohio
Hrimp
Ine
Mandy
W. State St
Rockford, Illinois
Clinton Industrial
7Th Ave. So
Garden Plain, Ill
Ph. Albany
E. Schuler
A. Holstein
Fulton, Ill
Mt. Carroll
Kipnis
Mount Carroll
Guernsey
MT. Carroll Sales CO
Harry Kipnis
P. Miles
Clers
Glenn Teeter & Son
W. F
Bowling Cattle Company
C.g. W Yards
Sycamore, Illinois
Forreston, Ill
Hilbert Haack
Joe Marsh
Temperance
Tyranny
Truth
United States Brewers Foundation
MR. Farmer
Camanche Ave
Gruen
J. H. Shirk
Bathars
Fed
Gus. A. Brumer Jr
Clinton, Iowa
T. H. Herrity
W. J. Thomas
Weston
Clinton, Lowa
Tacl
Cow
Hocus
Peece A
F. J. Stransky Farms
C. V. Dame Farms
Lanark, Ill
Wilbur Reader
Thomson, Ill
Joe Loeser
E.R. Smith
Royal Blue
Bob and
Gene
Morrison, Ill
Freeport
City Hall
W. Stephenson St
Derrer
W. L. Derrer
L. W. Derrer
D. R. Miller
Lincolnway
Myron C. Rogers
East Main Street
Lawrence A. Smith
Nat'l Bank Building
Savano
Wagner
Fifth Ave
W. H. Foster
M. D
Wilson
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