Illinois News Roundup on Roads Campaigns and Officials
Bids on state road work totaling 5.43 million dollars covered 23.8 miles of paving and 48 miles of tile drainage, mainly in Cook County and northern Illinois with extensive southern and central projects. Lincoln tomb keeper Fay issued a Christmas brochure, and plans were announced for trait grower schools with the Illinois dept of agriculture and the University of Illinois. Governors and officials announced pardons, legal actions, and unemployment measures as Horner forms a business advisory committee. The Illinois State Horticultural Society elected officers, and a county fair notice addressed gambling and state aid rules. Census data on 1929 retail distribution was released, while Emmerson reflected on his tenure and the legislature adjourned. Tuberculosis findings place the hen as a primary source in swine, and crime trends show juvenile delinquency fluctuating amid economic distress. The Illinois Teachers Association opened with Doctor Chase, and Cook County bonds were approved to relieve relief debts.
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Te State
Cook County
Minois
Ilinois
United States Weather Bureau
Junto
Rotary
Kiwanis, Lions and Civitan Clubs
American Philosophical Society
America
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Society For Political Inquiries
United States
Richard
Jefferson
France
Philadelphia Zeitung
Franklin
England
League of Nation
United Party of Virtue
Union
Sincerity shown by daily life and principle
The quote asserts that real sincerity shows when a man gives himself for a principle not just words or money. It notes that true truth takes possession of him as he exchanges his daily life and practice for a cause. It then references the first issue of the London Times, with its sole surviving copy in the British Museum.
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Lowell
London Times
British Museum
London
Pictographs and Petroglyphs Explained
Pictographs are representations painted on a surface while petroglyphs are symbols carved or etched. The terms distinguish painted figures from carved imagery in rock or similar surfaces.
Benjamin Franklin Named Greatest American in History
An anniversary piece argues Benjamin Franklin surpasses George Washington in overall greatness. It cites Franklin’s global recognition before the Revolution, his diverse inventions and contributions to science, education, public institutions, and national organization, and Washington’s own high regard for him.
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Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Franklin
Washington
United States
New York
Charles Steinmetz
Surance ‘Company
America
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Lincoln
Herbert Wells Fay
Fay
Abraham Lincoln
Millnois Department of Agriculture
The
Natural History Survey
University of Illinois
Arthur P. Holt
Department of Agriculture
State Supreme Court
Adan F. Bloch
Louis L. Emmerson
Oscar E. Carlstrom
Pany
State Department of Finance
Henry Horner
Horner
State Relief Commission
Warry A. Wheeler
Chicago
Railway Business Association
First Unionstand Savings Bank
Edward J. Barrett
Flora, DL
Illinois State Horticultural Society
Urbana
A. O. Eckert
Belleville
George F. Shoff
Peoria
George Leslie Smith
Nock Island
W. S. Perrine
Centralia
Springfield
William D. Knight
Winnebago County
Knight
John S. Fleming
Minors Farme Institute
Mr. Fleming
Ilinois Society For Prevention
Illinois
Joliet
Rocksland
Rockford
Aurora
Elgin
Evanston
Villa Park
Lewis H. Curtis
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Peter C. Kronfeld
University of Chiegzo
Audrey Ms. Hayden
Mlimuis Society For Prevention of Blindness
Nunals
Society For Prevention of Blindness
General Assembly
Pearson
United States Bureau of Census
Inashinston
B—C
Gorfouis
E._Emmerson
Mt ¥Ernen
Fifty-seventh General Assembly
House of Representatives
Fifty-eighth General Assembly
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Corn Belt
D. W. Robinson
Animal Industry Division
American Prison Association
Maude G. Palmer
Department of Public Welfare
Harry Woodburn Chase
University of Ilinois
Ilinois State Teachers’ Association
Doctor Chase
Relief Commission
Smails
Wisconsin
Frankl
Iy Elmo Scott Watson
Sr N.C
MNE
Genjamin West
Franklin's Printing Press
Poor Richard
Almanack
Sac
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Saunders
Phnom
B. Franklin
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