Illinois News Notes of many events and deaths
An explosion at Purnol Chemical in Calumet City cost a laborer E L Coalwell his life. Mrs Mamie Gale Herman faces trial in December for murder with self defense expected. Mrs James Morrison elected Chicago S Voters president succeeding Julia Lathrop. Burglars hit J Y McGuire home in Wilmette while family at theater. A nine year state teachers pension report says 6758 teachers joined voluntarily and 42008 through compulsory feature. Three men killed when St Louis plane crashed near Greenfield. Cook County election returns show Foleta as recorder, Bounersen as secretary of state leading heavily. Delinquent taxes in Cook County exceed 10 million. Final Moline Plow decree awards 280000 to former officials. Spring fields crop report notes 58% corn in dent, 20% dent, 13% milk stage. Fifteen railroads protest municipal court handling of coal thefts from freight cars. Fifteen thousand fowl destroyed in Galesburg fire. Gustave Schioz and wife celebrate 25th anniversary.
Prolific 1924 Illinois items mix church news and bizarre incidents
Rev P A Son resumes pastorate at Joliet First Lutheran and will lead St Mark's Auburm Indiana. Prohibition Agent Archie Ben son, hailed as a dry sleuth, tea-dresses for a state tour as officials expect crackdowns on nightlife. Dowell couple mourns a four year old who choked on an inflated balloon. Census data released for 25k to 100k cities lists Illinois entries incl Decatur East St Louis Elgin Peoria Springfield. Danville mayor frets over Sunday street parades as Grace Methodist dampens services. Sheriff of Williamson County denies contact with governor and cites maroon law fears. A Holstein bull with a beard injures a roadside sign and terrorizes a town before recapture.
Judge McGoorty Appointed Judge Advocate in Army Reserve
War department notes Judge Po McGoorty of Chicago appointed judge advocate of the officers reserve in the Sixth corps area. He receives the commission of major and will take an active role in area affairs. Other local items mention a Steele County farmer Ben Robertson kept under watch for reserve calls, and Judge Walter Frank at Gilesburg linked to a home firing incident with probation sought. The report also covers a murder indictment in Rock Island, a suicide by a carpenter named John Gass, a bank robbery in Oakwood, a public health update on scarlet fever and diphtheria in Illinois, and funding details for clean city awards including contributions from Wilhelmina Wright and a New York donor.
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Join Po McGeoorty
Chemit Court
Chicago
War Department
Sirth Corps
McGoorty
Ben Robertson
Steele Carcuit
Walter
Gilesburg
Calleer Insurance
Lawsyers
Archne Stotts
Frank
Tobertsen
Springfield
Cook County
Adams
Pranklin
Kane
Kankakee
la Salle
S. McKean
Sto Clam
Suomen
Walloo
Walliamson
Confederate White House Draws Man From Across the World
Richmond Virginia visitors and tourists flock to the Confederate White House in Richmond. The museum, celebrating twenty years as a shrine to a lost cause, hosts 10 000 to 12 000 yearly visitors from across the U S and abroad. The building, renamed District No 1, served as Davis residence and Confederate headquarters, later a federal site and public school before a dedicated Confederate Memorial Literary Society restored and expanded it with state relic rooms from all 14 Confederate states.
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Richmond
White House
Confederae
Winnie
Joe
Davis
Lee
Jackson
Godfrey Weitzel
Virginia
Confederate Memorial Literary Society
South
Confederacy
Sculpture of Queen Nofretere Unearthed at Tell BE Amara
In the pretutat state of the University of Gilengo a carved statuette titled Queen Nofretere mother of king Tat is shown. It is said to be the king's handiwork and reflects his courting of Nofretere and possibly his intended marriage. The relic, including face headdress and neck and shoulders, was unearthed at Tell BE Amara.
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Pretutat Tate
University of Gilengo
Nofretere
Tat
da Daw
Tell BE Amara
Expert dentist discovers the cause of pyorrhea
Paris reports an American dentist Dr Charles Hambly of San Francisco and Los Angeles claims pyorrhea stems from nutritional faults. He promotes an diet low in lime and rich in acidic foods like cranberries tomatoes and tomato ketchup to dissolve lime on tooth roots and curb the gum disease.
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Paris
Charles Ro Hambly
San Francisco
Los Angeles
BE. Ko Parker
Doctor Hambly
Pacific Coast
Detective Arrests His Man High Above the Delaware Bridge
Abel Jones of Norfolk Virginia sent a mock challenge to Camden detective Howard Smith atop the Delaware River bridge. Smith, climbing a workman’s elevator, reached the 850 foot tower and arrested Jones on a fugitive warrant claiming support obligations for his wife and three children.
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Camden
N. J
Abel Jones
Norfolk
Delaware River Bridge
Howard Smith
Smith
Jones
Testimony on Lydia E Pinkham vegetable compound
Mrs Bradford of Phoebus Virginia testifies after twenty years use of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She cites insomnia nervous troubles and irritability improved by the remedy and invites inquiries via her Armstead Street address. Sold by druggists everywhere.
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Phoebus
Virginia
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Julia Lathrop
J. Y. McGuire
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Jerseyville
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TI. L. Bounersen
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la Follette
Phubert
Sencoe
Butler
Moline Plow
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George N Peek Frank WS Kaltin
Charles Ro Rose
Moline Plow Company
J Surratt Federal Agricultural Statistician
J Benson
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Mitter
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Galesburg
Gustave Schioz
Cele Speed
Tana
Theoz
P. A. Son
First Lutheran Church
Joliet
St Mark's Lutheran Church
Auburm
Ind
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Archie M. Benson
Willam Yaselli
George Germanovich
Dowell
Census Bureau
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Elgin
Peoria
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Danville
Grace Methodist Church
Sherif George Galligan
Marton
Small
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Stockton
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OW Cleveland
William F Bradley
Looney
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George Holsnapple
Billings
Nolsapple
Rock Island
Poitson
Walter Stark
Lake County
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Evanston
Starks
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Harvey
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Eifel
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Winslow
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