Emmerson Signs Bills Expanding Bonding Power and Relief Aid
Gov. Louis L. Emmerson approved The Meents bill allowing counties to issue bonds up to five times their gasoline fund receipts for relief and a companion bill to permit using the fund to retire bonds. He also signed bills granting certain townships authority to issue supplemental levies for pauper aid. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation added 4,935,078 to Illinois for December relief, with lawmakers eyeing a state sales tax in January. Illinois soybean producers lose lower shipping-rate bid as ICC hearings proceed. Forty convicts denied clemency at July Pardons Board meeting.
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Louis L. Emmerson
Richard J. Barr
Rogers Little
Champaign
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington
Board of Pardons
Oscar E. Carlstrom
General Assembly
Illinois and Midwest talks touch jobs and law reform
Articles discuss Buyllinois gift promotion to ease unemployment, Illinois Bar Association bill to modernize pleadings, Hunter road commission hearings in Springfield, and an Illinois Commerce Commission ruling on lighting bills. Also note dedication of a 5730,000 bridge between Savanna and Sabula, and Emergency Relief allocations and tax commission reassessments. Illinois governors and governor elect Horner’s views awaited.
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Harry N. Gottlieb
Illinois Bar Association
Civil Practice Act Committee
Ilinois
Hunter Road Commission
Minnis General Assembly
Springfield
David Hunter
Rothford
Mississippi River
Savanna
Sabula
Iowa
Ofllinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Chicago
State Tax Commission
Henry Horner
Chocolate Milk Story of a Chicago Boy’s Country Ride
Four year old Francis Quinn visits his uncle James Vardon in Fairmount. He learns about farms and animals on his first country life experience and proudly notes a brown cow provides his morning chocolate milk. The tale appears in the Indianapolis News.
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Francis Quinn
Chicago
James Vardon
Fairmount
Indianapolia News
Illinois Social Welfare Conference Opens At U of I
Rodney H Brandon was elected president of the Minois conference on social welfare at its annual meeting in Urbana Champaign from November 28 to December 1. Governor Emmerson spoke on welfare progress and remaining challenges amid revenue curtailment.
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Rodney H. Brandon
State Department of Public Welfare
Minois Conference On Social Welfare
University of Minois
Champaign-Urbana
Emmerson
Louis J Petit Milwaukee Capitalist Dies at 76
Milwaukee businessman and sportsman Louis J. Petit, age seventy six, died in a hospital following an emergency operation. A Wisconsin resident since 1877, he came to Milwaukee to represent eastern salt companies and built a notable commercial and athletic presence.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Louis J. Petit
Milwaukee Capitalist and Sportsman
Petit
Wisconsin
Cabbage King Kenosha Landowner Found Dead in Somers Shed
Kenosha county's largest landowner and known as the cabbage king, Matt Rasmussen aged fifty six, was found dead in a shed on a farm in the Village of Somers. A revolver lay nearby with a bullet wound in his right temple. Deputy Coroner Ernest Ravetiler ruled it death by own action.
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Kenosha
Wis
Matt Rasmussen
Kenosha County
Middle West
Somers
Ernest Ravetiler
Population growth in Japan raises government concerns
Japanese government statistics show about four babies born every minute while only two die, adding roughly two new recruits to the empire's subjects every 60 seconds. Population rises by nearly 1,000,000 annually, with Japan proper at 64,417,724 by end of 1930, signaling grave policy challenges.
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Japan
President forms cabinet to guard his china
A cabinet is organized to protect the President's precious china. The move signals emphasis on preserving state china and ceremonial pieces.
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China
Fragmented historical snippets on Braddock Franklin and Boston Tea Party
A collection of archaic statements mentions General Braddock with horses shot and a fourth through his clothes, Franklin virtues, and a civil case definition. It then absurdly claims the Boston Tea Party was hosted by Mrs. Washington for General Lafayette, a clearly misattributed note from an old Bell Syndicate/WNN Services source.
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General Braddock
Boston
Washington
General Lafayette
Bell Syndicate
WNN Servics
The One Road by Douglas Malloch
Poem about a single road that leads to home and love though many paths exist. It reflects on travel, longing, and the spiritual pull toward a beloved and enduring friendships across distance. The piece affirms a universal journey toward intimate connection as the true destination.
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Rome
Fellowship of Friends
Douglas Malloch
WNU
Kitty McKay by Nina Wilcox Putnam
The girlfriend notes that sob scenes at the talkies lose their charm if the audience quits crying and simply watches the leading lady. Published in 1932, syndicated by WNU Service.
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WNU
Salmon Loaf and Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe Summary
Salmon loaf combines salmon with crumbs lemon juice butter parsley and pepper then steamed and served with a white sauce spiced with paprika or chives. Tomatoes are hollowed and filled with salmon mixture topped with whipped cream mayonnaise pistachio and served as a chilled entrée.
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Simon
Western Newspaper Union
Renewed federal map keeps pace with shifting towns
Col lier's Weekly notes that towns and villages appear and vanish so quickly in the United States that the federal government must publish a fresh official map every two weeks to reflect changing geography.
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United States
Collier’s Weekly
Johnny Chuck and Sammy Jay Discuss a Long Winter
Johnny Chuck debates overeating to store fat for a long hard winter while Sammy Jay notes other animals preparing for cold weather. They agree the winter may be severe, citing Jerry Muskrat Paddy the Beaver and others, and predict a hard season ahead before Mistress Spring arrives.
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Johnny Chuck
SmMnmy
Jay
Johnny
Sammy Jay
Spring
Jerry Muskrat
Sammy
Paddy the Beaver
Paddy
Jerry
Buster Bear
Green Forest
Reddy Fox
Billy Mink
Little Joe Otter
Pondering Polly Quips On Wet Weather Thirst
Polly muses on words about being wet noting a man could mean standing in rain or having thirst. Quotation reflects playful weather banter from 1932 Bell Syndicate.
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Polly
Bell Syndicate
WNT Service
Creole Salmon Recipe Uses Faked Salmon Or Equivalent
Step by step Creole salmon method calls for two tablespoons fat one chopped onion one green pepper and half a pimiento chopped cooked five minutes then half cup strained tomato add salmon serve on hot platter with rice for a border.
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Minois
Miinois Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cedar Rapids
Centerville
Buyllinois
E. Ts
Eugene D. Funk
Buy Ilpois Products Commission
Illinois Emergency Relief Commission
Cook County
Downstate
William J. Stratton
Sidney S. Gorham
Ilinois Committee
Stuart E. Pierson
Illinois State Department of Agriculture
Pierson
Milton E. Jones
Winois
Milwaukee Capitalist
Riverside Cemetery
Asheville
N. C
The
American Legion
Franklin
By Douglas Malloch
Ev'ry
Cear
Kitty McKay
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Augie Kieckhofer
Clyde Storer
National Billiard Association of Amerca
By Thornton W. Burgess
Johnnie Chuck
T. W. Burgess
WNN Service
Gatun Dam
Panama Canal
Chagres
Gatun
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