Castaways on Mopelia Coral Atoll in South Seas
The crew of a German wartime ship establishes a self built camp on Mopelia Atoll. They train natives and American prisoners, hunt, fish, and barter for supplies while preparing a miniature lifeboat voyage to escape. The story blends survival, humor, and austere military life.
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Hormon
South Seas
Noah
Mount Arerat
Joe
Mopelia
Cecilie
Leudemann
Kirchells
Kranas
Tongue Twisters and a Honolulu Boat Names
A humorous wartime reminiscence contrasts deciphering Near East terms with Hawaiian ship names. The piece riffs on mispronunciations as vessels with playful, vowel rich names like Hua lalai Himuala Haleakula Wateleele are imagined for island travelers, noting seven of nine letters are vowels.
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Pryepolye
Honolulu
Hawaii
Sandwich Islands
Hualalai
Himuala
Haleakula
Onions for Colds Prophylactic View by Louisville Courier
A Louisville Courier Journal note suggests onions may help prevent colds by their odor creating a barrier to intimate exposure. The physician’s recommendation frames onion breath as a protective measure in social contact scenarios.
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Louisville Courier Journal
Early American newspapers shaped daily life and record
A reflection on the long history of American newspapers, noting their 200 year rise as a daily fabric of home life. It emphasizes newspapers as a running record of world events, achievements, tragedy, and science across society.
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George Washington
Dangerous Coast of Guinea Brims With Powerful Atlantic Swell
The coast of Guinea in Africa features the strongest breakers where a constant cheerful swell from the Atlantic charts the shore.
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Guinea Africa
Atlantic
Plans to reconstruct New Salem as Lincoln memorial
Dr. R E Hieronymus will present plans to Gov. Emmerson for reconstructing the village of New Salem near Petersburg as a Lincoln memorial. Warren H Manning recommends restoring homes and landscape features and housing records and exhibits to attract visitors to the Lincoln collection and tomb at Springfield. Lincoln’s links to New Salem include associations with Ann Ratledge and Mary Owen and his service as store clerk and postmaster there.
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New Salem
Petersburg
Abraham Lincoln
Louis L. Emmerson
R. EB. Hieronymus
University of Illinois
Warren H. Manning
Cambridge
Mass
American Civic Association
Lincoln
Springfield
New
Ann Ratledge
Mary Owen
Chicago attorneys Burke and Williams disbarred for financial irregularities
The state Supreme Court disbarred two Chicago lawyers, Joseph F. Burke and Lester E. Williams, over financial irregularities with clients. Burke allegedly obtained money fraudulently from an ignorant client, while Williams failed to pay a client money collected on a judgment. The charges were brought by the Chicago Bar Association.
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Chicago
Joseph F. Burke
Lester E. Williams
State Supreme Court
Burke
Williams
Chicago Bar Association
Governor Emmerson Seeks Six Million Waterway Grant
Gov Louis L. Emmerson attended the national rivers and harbors congress in Washington where the mainly sought action was a six million federal appropriation to finish the Illinois Waterway. The state has already spent twenty million on the project while Lieut. Gov. Fred E. Sterling acted as governor in Emmersons absence.
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Louis L. Emmerson
Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Illinois
Emmerson
Fred E. Sterling
Illinois Fairs Dome Grow and Legislative Moves
Illinois association of agricultural fairs holds annual Springfield convention January 16 and 17 with Stillman J Stanard and Governor Emmerson addressing delegates while Michigan governor Green is to appear. Illinois leaders push to standardize race regulations and premium classifications. 1930 Illinois State Fair slated for August 16 to 23 in Springfield. Director Brandon convened state welfare staff to form a society advancing scientific welfare work and mental hygiene. Prohibition arrests in Illinois reach 3,352 last fiscal year. Petersburg sisters Nancy Grosbell and Mary Jeanette Irwin win a Paris trip for a western states clothing demonstration team contest at the National 4H Congress. Seedmen and Agriculture Dept offer two year University of Illinois weed ID scholarship. A. D. Lewis resigns as state director of mines and minerals, brother to UMWA president John L. Lewis. Illinois nursery industry expands to 702 state-supervised nurseries, mostly small side-line operations.
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IllInoia Association of Agricultural Fairs
Springfield
Stillman J. Stanard
Louis L. Emmerson
Fred W. Green
Michigan
Illinois
Chicago
Nancy Grosbell
Mary Jeanette Irwin
Petersburg
Menard County
Paris
France
State Department of Agriculture
Sheets Praised for Illinois Road Leadership in Senate
Senator Oddie of Nevada lauded Frank T. Sheets head of the state highway department for the successful completion of a 60 million road program in ne tndss and an upcoming 100 million project. He highlighted Sheets as a deep engineering student versed in economic and financial aspects, noting Illinois road quality as evidence.
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Frank T. Sheets
State
Oddie
Nevada
United States Senate
Sheets
Sto de Janeiro
Tllinois
Reception at Executive Mansion for Republican women delegates
Gov and Mrs Emmerson hosted a reception at the Illinois executive mansion for delegates and visitors to the Republican Women's clubs convention. More than four hundred women attended from counties across the state as gowns and floral decor created a brilliant, colorful display.
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Louis L. Emmerson
Ilinois
Court upholds 102A gas tax law amid litigation end
Judge F W Burton of Sangamon county Circuit court finds the 102A gas tax law valid and dismisses petitions not entering agreements to drop suit. Annual Illinois gas tax receipts exceed eleven million dollars. The Buy Illinois Made Goods campaign urges recognition of locally produced items for Christmas gifts. Thirty five county 4 H clubs paid nearly fourteen thousand dollars in premiums in 1929 with state aid expected for about three quarters. State aid for club shows will be distributed from a ninety thousand dollar fund. Perpetual inventory systems ordered to curb waste and fraud in state institutions. Clean seed rules for hay production warn against selling uncleaned grass seed with noxious weeds. Bonds for road improvements defended, citing no fiscal justification to oppose. Governor Emmerson imposes embargo on bay and cereal straw infested by alfalfa weevil. A small fire in health department offices caused minimal damage. A New Year scene recalls Harlan Moore’s troubled plans, his wish to go home, and a chance meeting with a police officer.
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F. W. Burton
Sangamon County
Illinois
Clarence F. Buck
State Department of Agriculture
Lcense
Falm
Dawnward Messenger from the Sky Opens with Chorus
A poetic fragment speaks of a messenger arriving with first light on wings of dawn. The text evokes morning imagery and a sense of arrival, hinting at a broader theme of guidance or revelation offered by the omen.
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Ewckner
The
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Iby
Howell Thom
Coral Atoll
Pacific
Mopesia
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Rhine
Ufe
Broadway
State Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Bowery
Seeadlerburg
Sena Engle
Osermans
Gulf of Mexico
la Fe
India
Mybt
Mopella
Rodney Fr. Brandon
State Department of Welfare
Public Welfare
Brandon
James M. Doran
University of Ilinois
Teachers’ of Agriculture
A. D. Lewis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Works of America
Ilinois Union
Phil 8. Haner
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Thomas H. MacDonald
Bureau of Public Ronds
United States Department of Agriculture
Emmerson H
California
Colorado
Idaho
Nebraska
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
State Department of Health
State House
Asic
Harlan Moore
Western Newspaper Union
Will D. Muse
Atlanta Constitution
Blanche Tanner Dillin
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