Inauguration Day Fete in Springfield Draws Vast Crowd
Springfield witnesses a massive turnout for Gov Len Small and state officers oath taking. Justice Stone administers the oath as vast crowd, including lawmakers and families, fills the arsenal ceremony. Cavalry parade, ball, and joint sessions mark the day with widespread festivities and political notes across Illinois.
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Springfield
State Arsenal
Len Small
Justice Stone
State Supreme Court
Small
Fred E. Sterling
Rockford
Louis L. Emmers
Executive Mansion
Arsenal
Albert L. Culberson
Sprinzield
Lincoln Home
Hamilton Club
Chicago
Illinois News: Lincoln Flks Clubhouse Looted Amid Thefts
The Flks' clubhouse in Lincoln was looted with valuables including crush taken, value around $000. Dairymen will be honored at the Illinois State Dairy Men’s Association convention in Carbondale January 20 21 and 22 with a purebred Jersey bull. Knox college star Karl Harrison, who married Lette Brown, has withdrawn from Knox without faculty action and now lives in an apartment in Galesburg. Anton Cermak says he will veto any extra highway prohibition enforcement funding. Plans to erect a monument next summer for Victoria Swedish Methodist church site, marking world’s oldest Swedish Methodist church, following the congregation’s departure from Victoria.
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Flks
Lincoln
Hlinnis
Iinois State Dairymen's Association
Carbondale
Karl Harrison
Knox College
Lette Brown
Knox
Harrison
Galesburg
Victoria
Illinois
Mllnois
General Assembly
Witnois
Fistory
Department of Public Welfare
Department of Pubiic Welfare
Auto License Fees Jump in 1924 Totals Hit 11.5 Million
The secretary of state's office reports 1924 automobile department collections rose by 1.89 million to 11,546,206.25. Passenger car and truck fees total 10,722,206.24, chauffeurs licenses 349,766.50, transfers 148,500.65, with 1,132,641 licenses issued including 978,428 passenger cars and 140,808 trucks.
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Automobile Department
Secretary of State
Department
Louis L. Emmerson
Illinois Governor Len Small Second Inaugural Speech
Springfield reports Governor Len Small delivers his second inaugural address and state of the state speech before the General Assembly. He touts a strong budget, calls for tax reform, highway and waterway projects, and continued economy in public welfare, education raises, and military growth, while defending his administration amid critics.
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Illinois
General Assembly
Robert E. Scholes
Peoria
Justice Stone
Governor Small
Gordon
Rockford
Springfield
Len Small
House
Senate
Fifty-fourth
State of
Department of Finance
Selecting Frocks for Young Girls
A fashion writer celebrates the first party dress as a lifelong memory in New York Times tone. The piece reviews Paris designers Paquin, Chanel, Lanvin, and Vionnet with chic, age-appropriate gowns for girls ten to thirteen, highlighting short puffed sleeves, longer skirts, cloche bonnets, and ribbon embellishments in blue, pink, green, and gold fabrics.
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New York Times
England
Continent
Paris
Paquin
Alice Bernard
Chanel
Vionnet
Norma
Lanvin
New York
Hunter
Publick Occurrences Threat Ends Boston Paper
A September 25 1690 issue of Publick Occurrences in Boston promised fearless news and to publish Boston’s har people. Authorities banned the threat leading to the paper’s collapse and demise.
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Publick Occurrences
Boston
Mass
America
Publick
Scraps on Language and Society from an Old Report
The passage notes varied cultural tidbits such as a visiting card of Chinese origin, 425,920 telephones in London, Eskimos' fondness for cigarettes, unfamiliar bells among tropical tribes, officials favoring a yellow tone, and 1,758,203 widows reported in the United States in the last census.
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London
Usted States
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