Virginia Has Harsh Quarantine On Infantile Paralysis
An Aug 25 item from Merchants Trade Journal reports Virginia’s new quarantine to prevent infantile paralysis. No under sixteen may enter Virginia from New York New Jersey or Pennsylvania unless resid ing in state. Violations incur penalties for travelers and transporters. The piece urges broader public health actions and notes potential disease sources in sweatshops and mail order goods. Also mentions Medill McCormick barbecue plans near Byron in September for his son John Medill with 1,100 guests expected.
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Merchants Trade Journal
Virginia
Richmond
Enmon G. Williams
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Des Moines
Iowa
New York City
Chicago
Board of Health
Medill McCormick
Barton Farms
Byron
John Medill
Byron Township
Illinois
Ford Profits Over a Million a Week in Latest Year
Ford Motor Company reports a yearly total business of 206.9 million dollars with profits exceeding 49.99 million. Cash in hand and in banks stands at 52.63 million, and total employees reach 49,870 with 36,626 earning five dollars daily or more. Over 27,000 workers are based in Detroit. Henry Ford says most profits will fund expansion.
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Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Henry Ford
GAZETTE Reports Narrow Coroner Nomination Victory
In last week’s primaries Col Frank O Lowden won the Republican Governor nomination with a wide lead, Ashton backed Samuel J Whetston over incumbent George B Stephan for Coroner by 25 votes, and several state tickets drew strong support across Lee County and nearby areas.
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Gazette
Gress
Col
Frank O. Lowden
Lowden
Hull
Smith
Ashton
Lee County
George B. Stephan
Samuel J. Whetston
Steward
Dtys’ Brewer
Tampico
Carpenter
Amboy
Leech
Louis L. Emmerson
Mt. Vernon
Chicago
Medill McCormick
William E. Mason
Burnett M. Chipperfield
Canton
Andrew Russell
Jacksonville
Homer J. Tice
Greenview
Julius Johnson
Moline
F. M. Banker
Franklin Grove
Doings of the Ashton High School Opens Activities
School notes describe music lessons by Mr. Charles Drummond in the auditorium each Wednesday, student performances by Miss Helen Army, and rehearsals with Milford Wisman on drums and Ray Durston on clarinet. Agriculture class studies wheat. several graduates and students are listed as entering various colleges. Freshmen initiate into school life at the Sophomore reception with a gauntlet stunt. Royal Neighbors of America Camp 6061 announces a meeting. Chicken supper planned at the Ashton High School Auditorium with proceeds.
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Helen Army
Misa Quick
Milford Wisman
Ray Durston
Evangelical Church News Sunday Services and Rally
The Ashton chapel hosts morning and Reynolds church evening services with the theme The Man Who Went Half Way. Union Sunday school rally Sept 25 at Reynolds church features Rev G A Manshardt and a 730 lecture The Value of a Boy. Public invited to all events. Gazette $1.50 yearly.
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Ashton Chapel
Reynolds Church
Scarboro
Reynolds
Ashton
Conference Sunday School Board
G. A. Manshardt
Chicago
Democrats Ease Up On Revenue Say
The piece notes a tax cut via penny on telephone and telegram charges and war tax funds shifting to offset living costs. It reports a M H Club dinner for Miss Mildred Griffith and a gift of cut glass. Also mentions a theatre outing and a Rockford trip for a wedding anniversary celebration.
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M. H. Club
Helen Army
Mildred Griffith
Herbert Hart
Justas
Miss Griffith
Griffith
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Minnesota
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Charles Drummond
Miriam Rosecrans
Northwestern University
Orva Moore
Milwaukee
Downers
Mabel Clemans
Mount Morris
M. B. Griffith
Cornell
Lee Herwig
University of Illinois
Helen Linscott
Esther Durston
Celesta Kersten
DeKalb
Floyd Schaffer
Brown
Business College of Sterling
Alpha Attig
Ella Hart
Edna Wolf
Royal Neighbors of America
Jennie Tuck
Yorty and Sanders
Ashton High School
Matilda Pfetzing, Anna Nerstad
Harry
Eadera
The
Chicago Tribune
Evangelical Church News
C. W. Lahman
E. B. Arnould
Remi Arnould
Rockford
Charles Arnould
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