Illinois Chamber outlines growth drive for 1980 program
The Illinois Chamber of Commerce, led by Carleton G. Pris, unveils a 1980 growth program across key areas including industry, rail, waterway, taxation, and agriculture. Directors Buck and Buckley highlight expansion in livestock health, crop reports, dairy and poultry efforts, and new labeling laws. A spelling contest crowned Marie Denseh of Golconda champion, with Miss Emma Quon of Llayan a close second.
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Llinis
Thelinois Chamber of Commerce
Dutl
Fer
Clavenes F. Buck
Department of Agriculture
Eftts
Federal Service of
Buck
Connecion Springfield
Marie Denseb
Golconda
Emma Quon
Llayan
Margaret Grady
Farmer City
Margaret Cox
McClean County
Mary Elizabeth Stookey
Macon County
Mverett Davis
Williamson County
Colin
Colicky
Miss Quine
Lincoln Tomb Adverts And Lincolniana Collector
MiKie notes advertising excess and counterfeit style ads in Lincoln era prints. The Lincoln tomb collection features a $10,000 Emancipator duplicate and a copy of the Alexander Wey Garden Lincoln portrait, praised as the era’s best likeness. In 1929 tomb visitors dropped about 20,000 from the prior year, blamed on alterations cloaked as closure. H W Pay, custodian, owns a 20,000-item Lincolniana collection. The state tax commission may compel Franklin county to reconvene for reassessment and equalization upon sine die adjournment per advice from the state attorney general Caristrom.
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Lincoln
Lincoln Park
Alexen- Wey
H. W. Pay
State Tax Commission
County Board of Review
Franklin County
Caristrom
New University Circular Tells of Hardroad Study
A University of Illinois Engineering Experiment Station circular reports on gravel road construction and maintenance for light to medium traffic. It describes the study, methods, materials, and equipment used to build rehabilitate and maintain a mile of gravel road with local materials. Copies are available free from the station in Urbana Illinois. Malaria means bad air.
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Engheering Experiment Station
University of Ilinois
Engineering Experiment Station
Urbana
Llinois
Erie social notes reflect local church activity and travel plans
The Rev Mr and Mrs Rogers of York Wayne Indiana visit Erie with the Christian church group as Rev Rogers presides at services. A B Wimmer conducts baptisms and welcomes a new member. Local residents, students, and families travel for education and medical care, with several returning to schools in Peoria Wheaton and DeKalb while others visit relatives in Villa Park Lyndon and Moline City.
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Elli Schryver
Chandler 1
Harry Schryver
Henry Osborne
Bsen
Brie
Mes Miiss
Ruth
Jay
Moline City
Lee Center
B. Wimmer
Berwyn
Carrie Thompson
Era
Wis
Rey Thompson
Villa Park
Lyndon
Robert Pfundstein
Helen wWams
Northwestern University
Vivian Pfundstein
Erie
A.T. Bracken
Portland Township
John Russel
Moline City Hospital
Clyde Echelberger
Chicago
Neve
Louis Echelberger
Wor
Ana
Gum Adams
Chiwife
Echelbergin
Virgil Wimmer
Roy Eddy
Peoria
Bradley Institute
A. B. Wimmer
Howard Eddy
Walter Reisenbigler
Mme
J. J. Reisenbigler
Rockford
Mero
Carrol Smith
DeKalb
Iomie
Mr. Smith
Airs
Fannie Swederns
A. If. Miller
Expensive Hotels And Anvel A Silly Conversation
A humorous fragment discusses high hotel rates and a sailor misreading a neck ribbon as a garter. It also includes a quip about an angel and a wife, while noting misused terms in social hospitality and a brief aside on water’s healthful mineral content.
Old Residents Recall Sterling Railroading in 1855
Atty Walter Slater of Sterling recalls the arrival of The Pioneer locomotive in Sterling on July 22, 1855. He remembers the crowd, the barbecue on the vacant lot where the central school now stands, and the long journey from New Holland, Pennsylvania, with a Barth-like start before the train. Mrs Catherine Hankinson recounts her family's 1855 migration from Maryland to Sterling and the rough trip via Baltimore, Wheeling, and Morrison, noting the first passenger trains westward and the early rail infrastructure in Morrison and Garden Plain.
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Atty
Walter Slater
Sterling Isone
Whiteside County
Sterling
Slager
Dixon
Stenjag
New Holland
Rath
Central School
Coe
Jordan
Stephen A. Couglas
Catherine Betts Hankinson
Dani S. Betts
Maryland
Hagerstown
Martinsburg
Wheeling
W. Va
Dayton
Ohio
Chicago
Galena and
Chicago Union
Morrison
Garden Plain
Betts
Mr. Lenhart
Swegons
Eli Straizman
Mr. Betts
Fulton
Health director warns against smallpox outbreak
Health official urges vaccination to prevent smallpox spread in Carroll County. Letter directs township boards to enforce vaccination, vaccinate unprotected children, and employ staff to survey schoolchildren.Contains stray unrelated lines about Julius Caesar and Montpellier.
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Carroll
Andy Hall
Wis
Township Board ‘of Health
Grin and Bear It Jokes From A Bygone Era
A garbled collection of light humor and quips. It contains gags about family life, manners, and everyday situations, with several lines referencing a grizzly bear romance and a famous boxing match. Strong entities include names like McDowall and Nempsey Carpentier, plus references to Wyoming and Pennsylvania.
Aged Albany Lady Answers Final Summons
Obituary for Mrs. Ka Eliza Eads of Albany born February 23 185 at New Hudson New York. She married Henry Eads in 1883 and moved to Illinois then Albany area where she lived 36 years. Survived by eight children seven grandchildren and husband. Funeral held at home and Methodist church with singing and floral tributes.
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Evo
Ka Eliza End Meq
Albany
New Hudson
New York
Henry Eadslat Alleghany
N. Y
Inois
Eads
George Tleaning
Canedega
Floyd W. Clayr S All
al- Dfe
Reedy
Florence Yw. Ako
Mage Wiehe BF Atett. Courtwright
Alleghany
Luella McHiheney
Oleon
Marcie
G. H. Javall
Chacee
B. Dimond
Edgar Daw
EL Wilson
W. C. van Nest
Valles
G. T. Ewing
Piunn
Harvey [Lenmecker
Jon Drew Dolan
William
Charles Fad
Lee McCgowan
Mwart Eads and Son
Jos Vy
Lee Wherley
Per Th Morrison
Millard Toene Savanna
Fred Eads
Union Grave
Blis
Claire Meekans
Wirfield
Bertha Ditlon
Beidessa Mace
Z S Pollard
Thumsen
Sersh Phearsdort
Aleghany
A, OY
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