DECEMBER 13, 1939, 75 years ago.
** County tuberculosis tests for the year will be completed Wednesday, when high school seniors will discover whether they have the disease. (Quite the nice Christmas present. Hopefully they won't get the same treatment as the hogs and cattle get with hoof and mouth disease.)
** Slaughter of at least 50 sheep by dogs on the Nelson farm Monday night sent the sheriff and deputies on the trail of the killers. The penalty for a sheep-killing dog is execution.
** The program for getting electricity to Illinois farmers is moving forward rapidly. Between July 1 and October 31, the Rural Electrification Administration provided for the construction of 4,387 miles of power lines to serve 9,896 rural residences in the state.
--DaCoot
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