Illinois State News Highlights Inquiries and Obituaries
A roundup from Illinois notes the death of Steve Kapish in a mine pond at Christopher, and others: J Perrin Wilson at 80 in Danville from a heart attack. Fred Grundy at 88 in Morrisonville famed for poultry writings. Henry Warren Shenk found hanging after a dog’s howl prompted a search near Leaf River. Randall Murdock, ex mayor of Monmouth, dies of heart disease. Theodore G. Dickinson, cement company founder, found dead at his Libertyville estate. Mount Trelease in Colorado honors William Trelease of Illinois. The Graham-Gunning dental bill passes the House banning price advertising and enforcing ethics codes. War veterans’ care adjustments keep 11 state hospitals open. 210 staff to run a new sales tax with $1,850,000 appropriation. A bench warrant for Garrett Kinney readied him for surrender. Kinney shoots himself. Resignations from Illinois Commerce Commission. Lindheimer to carry Horner’s program. 13 miles of branch lines sought for abandonment by Illinois Traction and Illinois Terminal. Mrs. Mattie Winters dies at 72 after a fall. Robbery at Springfield Oprheum yields $1,850. Norbert Overbeck dies after injuries. Theodore Cousins, mining figure, dies in Duquoin. Charles de dies in Carini after ingesting paris green. Paul Reynolds and son drown in the Wabash at Rich-land. Governor Horner’s appointees assume education and registration duties. Northern Illinois livestock show and Cook County fair slated for July 28 at River Road grounds.
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Steve Kapish
Christopher
J. Perrin Wilson
Vertilion County
Danville
Fred Grundy
Morrisonville
Leaf River
Harley Shenk
Henry Warren Shenk
Randall RK. Murdock
Monmouth
Theodore G. Dickinson
Allarquette Portland Cement Company
Libertyville
Clear Creek County
Colo
Guy E. Bonney
Division of Veterans’ Service
Ilinois
Hines Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Department—Of Finance
Springfield
Garrett de Forest Kinney
Methodist Hospital
Peoria
Emmerson
Kinney
Frank W. Lichtweiss
Benjamin F. Lindheimer
Horner
Ilinois Traction Company
Illinois Terminal Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois
Hillsboro
Litchfield
Ridge Farm
Georgetown
Mattie E. Winters
Effingham
Orpheum Theater
Norbert Overbeck
St. Francis Township
Effingham County
Theodore S. Cousins
Duquoin
Charles de
Carini
Paris Green
Paul Reynolds
Westville High School
Paul, Jr
Wabash
Richmond Boad
Department of Education and Registration
John J. Flallihan
East St. Louis
Eugene R. Schwartz
Naperville
Senate
Northern Illinois
Cook County
River Road
North Avenue
Peter Rabbit Encounters Short Tail the Shrew in Old Brush Patch
Peter Rabbit returns to the dear Old Brier Patch and talks with Mrs. Peter about Short Tail the Shrew. He muses on Short Tail’s nature, then visits Jerry Muskrat at the Smiling Pool to learn more, while Mrs. Peter chides him to stay home.
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Peter Rabbit
Brier Patch
Peter
Short-Tail the Shrew
Mrs. Peter
Miner
Reddy Fox
Jerry Muskrat
Hee
Sun
Jerry
Ice Box Cookies And Delicate White Cake Recipes
Food feature presents two dessert recipes from 1933. Ice Box Cookies details a no bake prep with sugar maple syrup butter eggs vanilla and nuts, chilled then sliced and baked as needed. Delicate White Cake outlines a tender two layer cake using pastry flour baking powder butter sugar milk vanilla and egg whites.
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Western Newspaper Union
Randis Ouimet Promotes Sand Trap Practice For Better Golf
Randis Ouimet, famed for recovery shots, urges adding practice sand traps to courses to curb high scores. He favors the explosion shot, lifting the clubhead through sand to avoid driving the ball, and cites Ouimet’s success at blasting opponents’ hopes with bunker blasts that sometimes reach the cup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randis Ouimet
Ouimet
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Nonsense Snippet From A Miscellany Page
A fragmented 1933 WNU Bell Syndicate item bundles varied quips about an octoroon spider remarks on Lincoln Shakespeare and Lindbergh faintly linked to a barber shop line and odd math musings. The tone mimics a playful column of tidbits with scattered phrases and no single cohesive event.
Hold Fast In Pasture A Lesson On Patience
A 1933 verse by Douglas Malloch, via WNU Service, recounts a farmer chasing a colt, losing it, and learning to hold fast to what one has. The poem urges sticking with the task or asset until a better opportunity or solution appears, comparing effort to securing a horse halter and halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Malloch
WNU
Overcoming Jealousy in Children Through Love and Service
A reflective piece on jealousy as a damaging trait in children and the healthy approach of compassion. It urges explaining the issue to the jealous child, modeling helpful actions, and guiding him to replace envy with service, stressing that love grows with giving and that mental hygiene may ease the affliction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillie
Mealtime chaos in troubled family dinner table
A narrator describes chronic family mealtime turmoil with two unsettled children aged eight to fourteen. A mother faces defiant eating, while a younger boy cries for attention, prompting paternal intervention. An older woman suggests stern parental limits to restore peace.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU Servica
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Illinois State News
Hildren
Thornton W. Burgess
T. W. Burgess
Francis Ouimet
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WNU Service
Roners
Abraham Lincoln
Romeo
Lindbergh
New York
Olivia
Girugags
Helen
Jack
Hollywood
Helen Twelvetrees
Jack Moody, Jr
Peck
Paba
Bell Syndicatea
By Douglas Malloch
Holt
Westinghouse
Oour— Children
By Angelo Patri
Crex
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