Milledgeville Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Church Event
Milledgeville notes Christmas and Easter gatherings as Mr. and Mrs. Carl Daebler and sons visit Thomson. Easter dinner guests include Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reitzel and Robert Weidenhamer. Brick church welcomed four new members and seven baptisms. Various local dinners and visits reported with residents from Polo Sterling Forreston Lanark Orangeville Shelbyville and Carrollton area.
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Carl Daebler
Harold and
Paul
Thomson
Harry Reitzel
Sterling
Robert Weidenhamer
Fay Reitzel
Brick Church
J. C. Lenhart
Harold Lenhart
Phyllis
Ruth Trump
Lyle Lenhart
Polo
R. A. Nye
R. R. Eastabrooks
James Hurley
Shelbyville, Mo
George Ritenour
Lanark Briefs Show Local Visits and Appointments
Miss Ruth Peters of Evanston enjoys a week’s vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Lloyd Peters. Miss Wanda Hower of Steubenville high school faculty spends Easter with her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Hower. George Dyslin, Eureka College student, visits his parents Mr and Mrs Philo Dyslin. Mrs Edgar Herman of Chicago visits at the Robert Livengood home. The Robert Downs family moves to the Snovel apartment on East Locust Street. Frank Piefer dehorning cattle in the neighborhood. Mr and Mrs Leo Blair visit relatives at Chadwick. Jesse Shidler returns to Chicago after Easter at home. Clinton Plock, Cherry Grove Farm Bureau director, attends a district meeting in Polo. Assessor W B Wayne will attend assessors meeting in Mt Carroll. Roy Lester of Sterling visits his sister Mrs Clyde Newcomer. Robert Rowland wiring at Mt Carroll’s new theater. Frank Elinor hauling lumber for new farm buildings owned by Allie Edwards. Mr and Mrs Glenn Burkholder and family of Freeport visit relatives east of town. Mr and Mrs C P Hower and Hattie Warfel attend Mt Carroll meeting. Mr and Mrs George Jones of Sterling and Mr and Mrs Will Shilling visit Ralph Burkholder home. Vila Royer home for Easter with parents Mr and Mrs Russell Royer. Royer teaches in Dakota Schools. Mr and Mrs Glenn Maders and family of Loran visit Finifrock Applegate home. Miss Gladys Dambman returns to Hammond Ind teaching post after Easter with parents Mr and Mrs Will Dambman of Freedom Township. Harry Raffensberger tunes pianos for Lanark area customers.
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George Dyslin
Eureka College
Philo Dyslin
Edgar Herman
Chicago
Robert Livengood
Robert Downs
Snovel
East Locust Street
Frank Piefer
Leo Blair
Chadwick
Jesse Shidler
Allie Edwards
Glenn — Burkholder
Freeport
C. He Roth
C. P. Hower
Hattie Warfel
Mt. Carroll
George Jones
Sterling
Will Shilling
Will Dambman
Freedom Township
Harry Raffensberger
Lanark
Poultry Produces Highest Returns for Feed in Seven Years
Iowa Farm Business Association data over 1952 to 1958 show poultry returning 178 dollars per 100 dollars of feed, ahead of hogs at 145, dairy cattle at 122, and beef cattle at 117. Expert L G Allbaugh advocates movable houses to expand flocks, noting renters can keep invested poultry assets when moving, and urges poultry to be treated as a major farm enterprise.
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Iowa Farm Business Association
L. G. Allbaugh
Town State College
Corn Belt
Middle West
Cockney Recruit's Snappy Reply to Recruiter
A small Cockney recruit meets a recruiting officer who questions the recruit's value. The man retorts that two pence a day for Napoleon is not enough and asserts his own potential.
Precocious question on Singapore fish shower tale
A young boy asks if a sky raining fish over about 50 acres near Singapore is from a mackerel sky as a parent reads the tale aloud. The line captures childlike wonder at an unusual weather event described in the text.
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Singapore
Corn Champ 3 Low It's Done Clark W Dellinger
Clark W. Dellinger of Clark County Indiana dominated as 1939 national champion corn producer with a record 180.1 bushels per acre on a five acre plot. The method used included late May planting, Johnson County white seed, fertilizer, and multiple cultivations supported by soil fertility guidance from H. R. Smalley of the National Fertilizer Association.
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Clark W. Dellinger
Clark County
Indiana
Ohio River
Dellinger
Johnson County
H. R. Smalley
National Fertilizer Association
Stover
Morrison Cave Opens as New Montana Vacation Attraction
The Milwaukee Road promotes Morrison Cave in Jefferson canyon Montana as a public state park attraction. Discovered in 1902 by Dan Morrison the cave features seven chambers including Cathedral and Paradise rooms with delicate formations and a constant 52 degree temperature year round. Visitors travel a three quarter mile walk from parking to the mouth and are guided by experts with lamps, with rail stop access via Three Forks or Gallatin Gateway Inn.
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Milwaukee Road
Jefferson Canyon
Montana
Jefferson River
America
Three Forks
Butte
Tobacco Root Mountains
Lewis and Clarke National Monument
National Park Service
Morrison Cave
Cathedral Room
Paradise Room
Jefferson River Valley
Madison
Gallatin
Yellowstone
Pacific Northwest
Morrison Caves
Gallatin Gateway Inn
Treasures Underground in Illinois
A 1939 look back at Illinois oil history highlights banner soil well drilling operations completed in the state, noting the magnitude of underground discoveries and the era’s push to finish major projects.
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Illinois
Illinois Drilled 4672 Wells With Over Twenty Percent Failures
The year saw 4672 oil and gas wells drilled, with more than 20 percent failures. Drilling occurred in 58 of 102 Illinois counties, completions averaged ten per well, and new oil pools were opened at about one every 12 days. Development in 1940 could boost production and reserves, though market conditions remain challenging.
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Illinois
A Man of His Word Caller Dialogue Fragment
A terse dialogue reads like a newsroom gag where a caller asks for truth and a manager names a reply. The fragment hints at a back and forth about keeping promises and the role of a word given in public remarks.
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Milledgeville Briefs
G. H. Thompson Fulton
Walter Electric Shop
Tri-City
Johnny Brown
Billiard Hall
Fulton Bread
Guy Welsey
Paul Davis
Paul Stroedecke
Ruth Peters
Evanston
Lloyd Peters
Wanda Hower
Steubenville O
Charles Hower
Carroll
Whiteside Counties
Walter Westendorf
FESCO
Farmers Elevator & Supply Co
Morrison
Considine’s
Friton
Lincoln Way
Mendelsohn
Florida
New
Treasures Underground
Std Ave
Clinton, Iowa
Ankeny Bldg
I, Price
Paper Store
al. Faber
Prop
Lincolnway Fulton, Ill
F.C.B
Earl Dailey
Albany, Illinois
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