Fire destroys farm buildings near Coleta after lightning strike
Lightning struck the Isa dore Frank farm three miles west of Coleta early Thursday, causing a blaze that leveled a barn and corn crib. Loss estimated around 12000 dollars. Seven young cattle, hay, a grain elevator, feed grinder, milking machine damaged or destroyed. One milk cow killed. Telephones out, Coleta and Milledgeville fire departments fought the fire.
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Coleta
Isadore Frank
Milledgeville
Chicago Dairy Show to dramatize new milking methods
The International Dairy Show and World's Championship Rodeo in Chicago will feature a modern milking parlor with live cows in elevated stalls and transparent pipes so spectators can watch milk flow. The event runs Oct. 10 17 at International Amphitheatre and will highlight milk and health themes, including a weight control film from Michigan research.
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Chicago
International Amphitheatre
Michigan
State College to Exhibit Health Ads and Rodeo Features
State College will show dairy and health association films including Achieve your Proper Weight and Keep it. Illuminated dairy visuals and posters will highlight nutrition. The 8 day World's Championship Rodeo, produced by Leo Cremer, features Rex Allen and events like calf roping and bronco busting. Women’s events include city tours, a fashion show, and a crowning ceremony on Oct 11-12.
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State College
Leo Cremer
Big Timber
Mont
North
South America
Rex Allen
Bond Issue Sought to Add Mt Carroll Grade School
Mt Carroll Community Consolidated district 150 directors call a December 12 1953 special election on 295000 bonds to finance an addition to the grade school building. The district says current space is inadequate with kindergarten in a church basement and other classes in the high school. The bond would cover new addition and remodeling of existing parts.
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Mt. Carroll
Mt. Carroll Community Consolidated School
Edwin Keim to Exhibit at First International Dairy Show
Edwin Keim of Mt. Carroll will show at the first International Dairy Show to be held October 10 to 17. Officials announced entries from Chicago to Carroll county, the 32nd Illinois county to submit. Keim, a purebred Brown Swiss breeder and exhibitor, will enter in multiple classes.
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Chicago
Carroll County
Illinois
Edwin Keim
Mt. Carroll
Lutherans Plan Overseas Food Relief Campaign
An Illinois appeal led by rural Lutheran churches to support overseas relief runs October 16 to November 15. Co chairs are Rev. Harlan Wendler and Clifford E. Dahlin. Area 1 co chairs include Rev. L. H. Cooperrider, Rev. Erwin Wiedbusch, and Rev. Alexander Youck. Commodities such as corn and soybeans will be processed for shipment as oil or syrup and small grain milled into flour or cereal.
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Illinois
Peoria
Lutheran World Relief
Harlan Wendler
Harvel
Clifford E. Dahlin
Lutheran Council of Greater
Reduced Staff At Savanna Depot Hits Fifth Army Projects
Fifth Army in Chicago orders immediate personnel cuts at Savanna Ordnance Depot funded activities. Some divisions face 35 percent and others 25 percent reductions, cancelling 72 positions including Post Engineer and Ammunition Storage Division drivers. Distribution workers to transition through Lutheran World Relief aiding needy, with two carloads of corn targeted by Area 1 churches in Illinois.
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Fifth Army
Chicago
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Lutheran World Relief
Area 1
Illinois Area 1
Galena
Guilford
Hanover
Nora
Shopville
Stockton
Warren
Elizabeth
Freeport
Kent
Lena
McConnell
Pearl City
Rock Grove
Chadwick
Lanark
Milledgeville
Mt. Carroll
Wheat Acreage Guidance for 1954 Allotments and Penalties
Farmers should plan wheat acreage carefully under 1954 allotments and marketing quotas. Exceeding allotments endangers price support eligibility and triggers marketing quota penalties, with exact penalties and rules explained for various acreages and mixed crops.
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Ed. L. Dauphin
PMA
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