Illinois News Roundup including Chaffee death and tax forecast
News from Illinois reports professor Chaffee of Monmouth College died entering his classroom. Shoe plant in Quincy resumes after two-year shutdown. Downstate Democrat Bruce Campbell predicts retail sales tax will shape 1934 campaign. Governor Horner accepts Mount Vernon artist Leo Gregg’s Wilson portrait. Fire destroys a Homewood barn. four horses die. Various local losses and legal actions involving state officials and tax cases are noted, with civil works in Illinois expanding and a Rock Falls mayor indicted for income tax evasion. Despondent ex-postmaster Roy Gammon shoots himself. his successor sworn in.
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BH. P. Chaffee
Monmouth College
Quincy
International Shoe Company
Bruce Campbell
East St Louis
Leo Gregg
Mount Vernon
Wilson
Horner
Homewood
Louis J Metz
Flossmoor
Metz
William GG. Lerch Sixty Two
Chicago & Great Western Railroad
Highland Park
Edward F. Leader
Danville
Michigan Central Railroad
Cicero Avenue
Matteson
Wazon
Kerner
Len Small
Fred E. Sterling
Lloyd Underwood
Herrin
Salem
Pear Kell
Raymond B. Pautler
Waterloo
Crescent Steel Company
CA. Lackey
Pantler
Herbert Crane
Fox River Valley
St Charles
Circuit Court
Kane County
Justice of the
Pesce
John T McConkey
Crane
Frank Regelbruesee
Thirth
St Charles Township
Tenois
Robert J Dunham
Hilcois Civil Works Administration
A H Daniels
University of [Lingis
Huntington
University S Department of Civil Engineering
Samuel H. Feibley
Rock Fiat's
Whiteside County
United States
Chituzooon
Stobert W Besse
Orioff A T. Stewart
William T. Sherman
Bloomington
State Department
Vicksburg
Iluka
Abraham Lincoln
Stewart
Ainsworth Station
South Chicas
Ilinois
Hoopeston
Ronald P. Cameron
Poughkeepsie
Prairie Green Township
Iroquois County
William Beggs
Thebes
Carbondale
Roy H. Gammon
Fiftythree
Maude Youart
Gammon
Boners and pedantry in exams and doctrine
A playful sampler notes humorous exam tidbits and odd pedagogy lines. It cites phrases about liberty, Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt, and the Monroe Doctrine, alongside whimsical depictions of Albanians and the Golden Gate as heaven’s gate, reflecting dated humor from a 1932 Bell Syndicate service.
Golf Putting Stance and Arc for Consistent Stroke
Instructions emphasize proper distance from the ball, relaxed posture, and eyes forward to maintain line of play. A long low arc reduces upstroke, helping the left hand travel left and promoting a flatter stroke. Also includes general baking tips about fruit cakes and cooling to avoid a moist bottom.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Western Newspaper Union
The First Good Snow Poem by Douglas Malloch
A reflective verse marks the first white hair as a cue that winter nears. It urges gathering warmth and loved ones, preparing the heart for winter's approach and the comfort it brings.
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Douglas Malloch
WNU
Serrica
Cakes Through History From Gingerbread to Lady Baltimore
A floury stroll through cake varieties from gingerbread to Lady Baltimore, noting endless options for birthdays, holidays, weddings, and gatherings. Describes gingerbread with whipped cream and preserved ginger, rich chocolate cakes, ribbon cake with dark layers, cup cakes with fillings, and chocolate cupcakes with mocha caramel filling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Baltimore
Conservation Movement Begins in United States in 1908
In May 1908 President Roosevelt convened a White House conference of governors where experts presented facts on natural resources and conservation plans were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Roosevelt
White House
Forty Famous Frontiersmen bedtime tale recap
Reddy Fox waits at the Smiling Pool for Jerry Muskrat who never returns. Reddy schemes to steal mud for a new house, convincing Jerry with a rain plan that would mislead about mud sourcing. Jerry questions Reddy’s idea, recognizing sand won’t make a real house, and Reddy leaves disappointed, pondering next steps.
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Reddy Fox
Jerry Muskrat
Reddy
Jerry
Smiling Pool
Neddy
T. W. Burgess
WNU
Ten Hour Ballad of Basque Robe and Cossack Cap
A period description notes a basque of novelty black and white crepe bordered with black Persian lamb paired with a black crepe skirt and a Cossack cap trimmed with a vivid red tassel. The attire evokes a formal, vintage ensemble likely from a fashion column.
Goodnight the Father of the Texas Panhandle trails
The account highlights Col. Charles Goodnight as a famed Texas cattle pioneer and founder of major ranches and trails. It details his early life in Michigan and Texas, Civil War service with the Texas Rangers, and his bold journeys that created the Goodnight Trail, the New Goodnight Trail, and the Palo Duro to Dodge City route, cementing his legacy as a frontier legend.
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Eeen Cee
Col
Charles Goodnight
Texas
J. A
West
Texas Panhandle
Goodnight
Michools
Mexico
Iss
Lone Star State
Charles Goodnizat
Goodnizat
Texas Rangers
Texas Plains
Abilene
New Mexico
Colorado
Wyoming
Panhandle
Danters
Fort Sumner
N. S
Raton Mountains
Almegerda
Granada
J A. Ranch
Zenith
Dodge City
Oloxel Cresap
Logah
Logan
McGuffey
Michael Cresap
Lozan
Lord Dunmore
Col Thomas Cresap
Maryland
Michael
Hil
George Washingrton
Dunmore
Ohio
Cresap
Cresao
George Washington
Cambridge
New
Postmaster General Appointment in 1753 Franklin
A fragment notes Benjamin Franklin being appointed the first postmaster general in 1753. The other line references Boston and 1693 events, but lacks clear context beyond mentions of Aum Cohen and stands as incomplete archival text.
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Cohen
Boston
Boston of ' Enbanks
Benjamin Franklin
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Illinois State News
Carrie Chapman Catt
Golden Gate
Heaven
Skylark
Gaur
St. Saviours
Eltham
England
G. H. Isaacson
By Douglas Malloch
Conservation Movement
By Thornton W. Burgess
Tve
Ocean
Inera
Cora
Bell Syndicata
WNN Service
Elmo Scott Watson
The
Glenjamin Franklin
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WNU Service
Chicago
New Zoo
Hicago
Zoological Park
Brookfield
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