Multiple Illinois News Items From a Metropolitan Paper
A stream of short notices covers a diverse set of events. The Exchange club of Galesburg backs federal action on game preserves while a fatal car crash claims Charles Walker and F R Morris. Illinois labor cautions that prosperity won’t bloom overnight amid job losses. John R Greenberg is jailed for selling counterfeit war stamps tied to a larger conspiracy. Moonshine crackdown ends in gunfire and a surrender near Chicago Heights. A quadruple funeral honors four Lombard tragedy victims including Maj William A Brewer. Williamson County officials pledge impartial law enforcement with new officers assuming duties. A historic Lovejoy gun is repaired for display at Madison County Historical Society. Lectures on Native American life and local history are scheduled for Alton meetings. A Lincoln hotel blaze forces evacuees after a cigarette's embers. Law and women jury issues spark discussion at a large district meeting.
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Elijah P. Lovejoy
Madison County Historical Simplety
Society
Alton
Armstrong
Lovejoy
Labor union classes planned in Rock Island area for winter
Tri City Federation of Labor will offer public speaking classes this winter for unionists in Rock Island and Kewanee with routes on the Whewnne and Gulfa lines. Public Service Co resumes streetcar service after over a year amid sale of holdings from Galesburg & Reliance Electric Railway.
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Tri-Cities
Tri-City Federation of Labor
Rock Island
Kewanee
Whewanne
Gulva
Public Service Company
Galesburg & Relfranee Electric Railway Company
Chicago rail crash kills woman and injures twenty five
A collision between two Pennsylvania Railroad passenger trains in Chicago left one woman dead and 25 others injured, including children. Train No 109, dubbed the immigrant train, arrived from Columbus while No 205 came from Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. the Cincinnati engine rammed into a rear coach of a stalled train before it could be halted.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
Columbus
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Elopement Ban At Bradley Institute Stirs Faculty Action
New rules at Bradley Polytechnic Institute Peoria punish elopement with expulsion college order requires marriage seekers to gain parental consent and announce plans to deans or the director. The measure stems from last years elopements and marriages.
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Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Peoria
Disillusion Boomerangs as Townsend's Jealousy Strikes
Townsend overhears Gloria Ganes on the telephone with Harry Clark and decides to end their relationship. A sudden surge of jealousy leads him to confront Gloria during a dinner, confessing his resolve to part ways, then impulsively kissing her. The next day Gloria joyfully reports the jealous scene to Clark, revealing their engagement and Townsend's erratic course.
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Tanley Townsend
Gloria Ganes
Harry Clark
Clark
Townsend
Papa
Gioria
Gloria
Tam
Glorila
President urges strict economy and tax relief plan
President Coolidge asks Congress to cut public expenditures to enable tax reductions next year. He backs adherence to international tribunals, opposes joining the League of Nations, and urges repayment of foreign debts. The message calls for economic reform, agricultural relief, rail modernization, simpler labor rules, and stronger veteran care.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
Permanent Court of International Justice
United States
League of Nations
Army
Navy
I&m
Legion
America
England's Oldest Woman Seeks Man to Care for Her
Mrs Betsy Pennick 106 years old in Tiptree England seeks a husband to provide for her in the years ahead. A debutante at Victoria's 1837 accession she remains active after illness and widowhood for eighty six years.
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England
Tiptree
Betsy Pennick
Victoria
Oldest Subject of King George Believed In England
Forty years old and believed to be the oldest subject of King George in England.
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Georges
England
Fla Hits U S Army Horses at Ft Sheridan
Shipping fever, an equine influenza, has killed two horses at Fort Sheridan. Twenty more horses are ill, and officers fear the disease may spread to thoroughbreds recently bought for the post.
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Fla
Ft. Sheridan
Fort Sheridan
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Illinois
Exchange Club of
Galesburg
Charles Walker
Walker Coal Company
F. R. Morris
Mbrrig Hat Shop
Cairo
State Department of Labor
Springfield
John R. Greenberg
Detective Bureau
Lake View Trust and Savings Bank
Ben Newmark
B. J Stacy
Greenberg
Chicago Heights
Sester
Faragot
O’connor
Nelson Lay
Jack Anello
David Rossetti
St. Paul's Church
Fiftieth Street
Dorchester Avenue
William A. Brewer
Emily Etheridge Brewer
Emily C. Powers
Sarah F. Powers
Major Brewer
Lombard
Chicago & Northwestern
Mra
Brewer
William Avery Brewer
Annie Boswell
George Hell
Williamson County
George Galligan
Traswell
Glenn Young
Herrin
Leonard Stearns
Fred Simpson
Charlies Shigrertz
Lincoln
Cartan
Quinn
Stillwater
Minn
Nathan Treger
Samuel King
Stillwater Penitentiary
Geneseo
J. E. Atwood
Hugo Kelly
W. J. Louderback
Moraine Road
Highland Park
North Shore
Elm Place Crossing
Highland Park Hospital
Harvey L. Smith
Milneis Mining Institute
Martin Bolt
State Department of Mines and Munerals
Emanuel Episcopal Church
Elm and
Catherine Streets
la Grange
Irvine Goddard
Upa
Underworld
Detective Bureau of
Falkee
Matthew Zimmer
Mississippio
St Paul
Maj BC Tran
Corps of Engineers
Major Dunn
St. Paul
Missouri
St. Louis
Normal University At Normal
Lilian Barton
Frank T. Maloney
Coles County
Mattoon
Doubleday, Page & Co
Executive
M. R. Zaegel & CO
Eighth St. Sheboygan, Wis
Resinos
Ile
Zes Ouse
Teamster
Peterson Ointment Co., Inc
Peterson
William Haase
West Park
Ohio
Fon
Lydtsa EB. Medicine Co
Re. D
Davorseat
Oke City
Okla
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