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100 years ago
Aug. 14, 1924
The M.W. A. picnic at Belleview last weekend was a success in every way and large crowds were in attendance each day. The folks of Belleview are entertainers and everyone at the picnic enjoyed themselves. The meals were pleasing and there was plenty to eat. Congressman H.T. Rainey was the main speaker. Ball games and other interesting amusements helped to entertain the large crowds. The Chevrolet touring car, given away by the Camp was won by Sheriff Schleeper of Hardin.
75 years ago
Aug. 18, 1949
This year’s crop prospect is one of the best in the history of Illinois, according to the August report of state and federal departments of agriculture. Corn, king of Illinois crops, is expected to yield 61 bushels per acre for a total production of 550 million bushels, equaling last year’s record harvest. Soybeans will produce an estimated 24 bushels per acre for a total of 74,600,000 bushels, while the estimated oat crop of 172,000,000 bushels is the second largest in almost 30 years.
50 years ago
Aug. 15, 1974
For the past week a filmmaking crew from the Shell Oil Corporation has been in Kampsville shooting a documentary film on Northwestern University’s Archeology Center. The film is entitled “Man in America,” covering the prehistoric period of man in the USA from 10,000 BC to 1400 AD. The movie, in color, will give the account of Pre-Columbian Man prior to his contact with the white man. Included in the series are scenes of the students at work in the various laboratories and the Museum at Kampsville and the Koster Expedition across the river near Spanky.
25 years ago
Aug. 18, 1999
The Calhoun Board of Commissioners received two letters from the office of Governor George Ryan recently. “One’s good and one’s bad,” County Board Chair Vince Tepen said at the Monday, Aug. 16, meeting. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate had passed HB1966 on May 13, and Gov. Ryan signed it into law on Aug. 6. This law amends the Counties Code. It provides that effective Dec. 1, 2000, no State’s Attorney may engage in private practice of the law. “As of December 1, 2000, the State’s Attorneys in all the counties will not be engaged in any private practice of law. They’ll all be just State’s Attorneys,” State’s Attorney Charles Burch repeated.
