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Illinois Brevities highlights from 1930s news briefings
The column lists obituaries and local notes from Illinois towns. Rachael Bennet and Scott Hull die, Connie Freedlund named queen for Augustana invitational, Olin Peden dies in a truck crash, Sister Mary Regis Donahoe and Edward L. Du Bois pass away, James F. Boyd turns 100, and other items include Geneva city bonuses, sales tax probes, Joliet still indictments, traffic safety prompts, CCC enrollment plans, rail liability ruling, bank dividend, and Civil War veteran Hamilton J Barrow’s 97th birthday.
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Rachael Bennet
Lidell
Scott Hull
Dixon
Sterling
Connie Freedlund
Chicago
Augustana College
Rock Island
Olin Peden
Glenarm
Hartsburg
Resettlement Administration
Illinois
Mary Regis Donahoe
Visitation
Villa de Chantalin
Edward L. du Bois
Libertyville
Board of Education
Clarence Tomlinson
Pulask
James F. Boyd
United States
Joliet
Boyd
Will County
Geneva
State Department of Finance
Springfield
Sam L. Nudelman
Belleville
Federal
Meaary Horner
Illinois Emergency Relief Commission
Civilian Conservation Corps
Army
Illinois Supreme Court
Illnois
Franklin Coal Company
Royalton
Aetna Insurance Company
Cook County
Supreme Court
Mokine State Trust and Savings Bank
Hamilton J. Barrow
Gibson City
111Th Virginia Cavalry