Looking Back 2/13/2025
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Feb. 12, 1925
Members of the Calhoun County Farm Bureau held a meeting in their office at Hardin last Saturday afternoon and the matter of testing cows for tuberculosis was discussed. It was decided at this meeting to take a poll of the county, through the schools, to ascertain whether or not the citizens of the county favor the testing of cows for TB. Farm Adviser Allison informs the News that so far out of about 40 percent of the cows tested in this county, five percent show TB existing. This is a matter that should have the earliest attention of every citizen in the county.
Feb. 16, 1950
The first carload lots of storage apples ever shipped from Calhoun County itself were loaded out at the East hardin Railroad Yard Thursday and Friday. There were four carloads of the apples and they were bought by the government from H. T. Bach’s new storage plant at Hardin under the plan of the Production and Marketing Association which purchases surplus apples for the use of state institutions. All these apples were consigned to Illinois institutions.
Feb. 13, 1975
A feature story on the long association of steamboats and Calhoun County, and the passing of that era, is the lead story in the current issue of Outdoor Illinois Magazine now available at several area business places. The story, Passing of an Era, was written by Calhoun Countian Larry Underwood, of Meppen, dean of students at Brussels High School and a rising free-lance author in his spare time. Profusely illustrated with photographs of the steamboat era in Calhoun County, the article is one of several on the area which will appear in coming issues of the magazine.
Feb. 16, 2000
Registered letters from the Illinois Department of Transportation were sent to sing owners along the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Byway. The letter informed the sign owners that IDOT intends to resolve the advertising sign issue. The signs for the Illinois Riverdock Restaurant, Joe Ringhausen Orchard, and Tom Ringhausen Orchard and Roadside Market all advertise their places of business. Even though these signs were erected prior to the designation of the scenic byway, they are in an area where advertising is not permitted.
