Illinois News Roundup of Officials and Disasters
State auditor authorized a 10 percent dividend on waived deposits. A series of deaths and legal sentences mix with public health updates and transportation tariffs. A park project begins in Libertyville around Butler Lake. Fire in Charleston injures eight and destroys five stores. Batavia publisher dies after a period of service.
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Edward J. ‘Barrett
Keysport
Wilbur A. Telford
Gilene
Etna
Harry I. Battles
Rock Island Lines
Robert W. McKinlay
Chicago
Frank V. Zintak
Dwight E. Hale
Glen Ellyn
Hale
American Poultry Association
Agricultural Council
Chicago Association of Commerce
Public Health Department
James Umstadt
Bloomington
Niagara Falls
Evelyn Switzer
Illinois Commerce Commission
Ilinois
Interstate Commerce Commission
Libertyville
A. E. Suter
Charles E. Miner
WPA
Butler Lake
Suter
Illinois
James M. Slattery
Commission
Slattery
Ralph E. Church
West Point
Annapolis
Walter W. Dillon
Round Lake
John Edward Roberts
Lake Bluff
Terence J. Pryde
Evanston
Norman K. Miller
Roland D. Jackel
Robert Gray Tower
Frank J. Reh
Naval Academy
Elizabethtown
Cave In Rock
Theron‘ Newell
Charleston
J.F. E. Marley
Batavia
Swarty and the Tax Burden That Hammers the Small Biz
The tale follows Swarty, a Washington entrepreneur and family man, who after years of thrift built a small business and home then weathered a flood of taxes. The piece links his struggles to those of large corporations like Westinghouse, arguing the tax system harms both big and small and drains profits needed to rehire workers. It also critiques federal road funds and governance, highlighting calls for a balanced budget and reduced New Deal programs.
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Washington
Swarty
District of Columbia
Real Westinghouse Carpakh
Westinghouse
Crook
Life of Animals Says Horses Mature Slowly in Farms
A 1930s study notes horses on Ontario farms aged 16 on average at death with old age causing about a third of deaths. Among 1,382 horses, average death age 23 for those dying of old age, and old age is the leading cause, with accidents and digestive troubles next. Care and management may influence lifespan.
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Ice Reg
Ontario
Corthat
Chintz Bedspread Pattern for a 54 Inch Bed
Instructions describe making a chintz bedspread and pillow cover from 11.5 yards of 36 inch fabric for a double bed. Includes cutting diagram notes, seam placement, and corded edge finishing with bias trim and prepared cord.
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Coria
Foreman
Notion Counters
Pathhy and Echoes Mark Cluske’s Long Road Back
A fragmentary report recalls Geo. W. Cluske meeting his audience day or night as he nears a half century of effort. The write up praises perseverance, cites a playful quip about age, and urges readers to keep steady in the face of time. An unrelated medicinal ad promotes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets at 60 pellets for 30 cents.
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Congress
House
Roosevelt
Capitol
Winzeler
Seven Types of Heads Found Among the Hens
A poultry specialist at Missouri State College lists seven hen head types with egg production ranges. Rugged refined heads yield 250–300 eggs yearly, refined 200–250, overly refined 150–200, crow-headed 150–200, coarse 50–150, phlegmatic 25–150, and masculine 0–50, the last linked to masculine comb growth from ovarian disturbances.
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Missouri State College
Paving Feedlots Installs Brick Floor On Prairie Farm
E T Robbins from the University of Illinois notes how a brick pavement 35 by 70 feet was laid in 1929 at minimal cost. Bricks of common size sit flat on black dirt with a surrounding concrete rim. The floor remains smooth though bricks are not tightly fitted.
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E. T. Robbins
College of Agriculture
University of
Poultry Grades Set at Chicago Conference
At the annual poultry improvement conference in Chicago two changes were adopted. A new chick grade called U. S. Verified was created between U. S. Approved and U. S. Certified. Hatcheries and dealers must submit proposed advertising literature to the official state agency before distribution.
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Chicago
U. S
U.S
Quotations on character and resolve from classic authors
A collage of aphorisms praising restraint, courage, and generosity from Montaigne, GC Simms, Whitehead, Sir Philip Sidney, and others. The excerpt blends reflections on love, humanity, delay, and agency, urging decisive action and thoughtful regard for others.
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Swift
Strawstack Tons Measured There in Varied Opinions
The passage discusses differing opinions on measuring strawstacks. One method relies on a displacement approach by staggering the stack, measuring distance from the ground to the top and applying a multiplier to estimate total tons.
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Representative Cartwright
Oklahoma
Harry Byrd
Virginia Democrat
United States
Greenbelt
Tugwell
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Ruth Wyeth Spears
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Undertaker
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