Illinois House Debates Tax Reorganization and Laws
Governor Lowden backs abolishing the state board of equalization and creating a three member tax commission as reformers cite past commissions. Measures include centralizing election machinery, a woman’s eight hour bill, an elevated safety inspector post, and penalties to curb discrimination in hotels and theatres. Zion City inquiry expands to any similar religious groups.
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Lowden
State Board of ‘Equalization
Tlinois
State Board of Equalization
Ogiesby
Deneen
Dune
Fifty-first General Assembly
Hllinois
Special Elections Commission
General Assembly
Clarence F. Buck
Monmouth
Senate Committee On
Department of Public Welfare
Barr
149Th Field Artillery
Chicago
House
Senate
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Zion City
Shurtleff
Lucius
Department of Trade and Commerce
Zion
Zion Enterprises
Chicago Mayor's call to jail tax dodgers shocks assembly
Mayor William Hale Thompson urged enactment of laws to punish tax dodgers with penitentiary terms, claiming the city's financial crisis stems from their failure to file property schedules. Minority Leader Igoe proposed a bill making failure or filing false schedules a felony, carrying one to five years in prison.
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Wm. Hale Thompson
Chicago
General Assembly
Cook County
Igoe
Employment Sunday Observance Urged by Governor Lowden
Governor Frank O. Lowden appeals for May 4 as Employment Sunday urging church groups to back returning soldiers with jobs. He cites church and employment offices cooperation as vital to placing veterans in civil life, urging communities to ensure each veteran finds a job equal or better than before.
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Minoiss
Peorfe
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois Hard Roads Bill Seeks 360 Million Bond Issue
The House introduces a 360 million bond measure for a state hard roads network. Rep Meentz of Ashk__m filed the bill, after voters approved the bond at last November's general election. The total must be appropriated by the General Assembly per an attorney general opinion, with future legislatures fund unexpended proceeds. The measure goes to the appropriations committee with expected favorable action to allow bond disposal at any time.
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Meentz
Ashkaum
Ilinois
General Assembly
Appropriations Committee
Representative La Porte Seeks Safer Passenger Boats
Peoria legislator La Porte introduces a bill for annual inspections of all passenger boats for hire under the state department of trade. The measure aims to avert future disasters like the sinking of the steam Columbia at Peoria with 80 deaths. A second bill would bar boat pilots from leaving specified channels.
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Peoria
State Department of Trade
Ér Columbia
Round Up License Delinquents in Illinois City
City officials report a high number of delinquent licenses despite efforts to curb violations. The state's Office had identified the area as among the closest to compliant standards yet still shows many outstanding licenses and penalties.
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Aby
Dlinois
Rae Tee
Women in Wartime Auxiliary Service Highlighted
In 1916 10 000 women a month were recruited for the war effort joining the Women's Auxiliary for home and overseas service. Mrs Chalmers Watson was named first chief controller while British women served in Wrens and the Royal Flying Corps divisions, performing cooking laundering and stenographic work among other duties.
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Brancé
Royal Naval Service
Wrens
Royal Flying Corps
Favorite screen star mocks blobbs land-office agent
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip asks who is the favorite screen star and notes four men named Blobbs. It jokes that one leads his own company and, in fly time, does a land-office business. The line plays on fame, business prowess, and wordplay about a film figure.
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Blobbs
Birmingham Age-Herald
Peat preparation offered with two bottle sizes
A short advertisement promises a peat preparation available at drug stores in medium and large bottles. It invites readers to test the product and pay ten cents for a sample bottle sent to Dr. Binghamton, New York, asking writers to mention the newspaper.
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Eker
The Wrong Office
An absent minded professor, jobless, becomes a temporary book agent. He offers a new English dictionary to a busy lawyer who replies that he does not speak English. The professor apologizes and retreats from the call.
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Boston Transcript
Boschee's Syrup Promoted For Cough and Lung Health
An advertisement extols Boschee's Syrup as a remedy to quiet coughs soothe sore throats and inflamed lungs prevent bronchial irritation aid restful sleep and promote expectoration. It claims 52 years of American sale and usefulness in lung trouble asthma croup and bronchitis with sales in civilized countries.
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America
Adv
Glittering Highways and a Bicycle Policeman
A bicycle policeman teases a man acting 80 quirely as Sinbad the sailor amid glass strewn roadways. The officer plans to let him enjoy himself briefly before taking action, noting the man's imagined voyage through a valley of diamonds.
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Sinbad
Catarrh Cure Paraded as Internal Remedy
Local Seelicences claim catarrh cannot be cured but a medicine called Catarrh Medicine is said to act in the blood and on mucous surfaces. It is advertised as a tonic blend from top tonics and blood purifiers. Testimonials are promised, with free samples from F Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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F. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledy
Echoes in the Hall Question Voice Clarity debated
In a quiet encounter two individuals discuss whether a voice was projected clearly enough to be heard in the hall. The exchange highlights concerns about audibility and communication in a shared space.
Cheral Reflects on Effort and Perseverance
The remarks stress that some people fall by the wayside yet continue onward. It emphasizes hard work for those with little to do and notes a cat may look at prosperity without raising the stakes.
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Cheral
Te Irregularities or The Hives End for Special Caelan
A fragment mentions irregularities and the hive context tied to a person named Caelan. The readable text is sparse, offering little concrete event detail or verifiable context beyond the names and themes.
Spain Releases 2018 Harvest Totals by Crop
Official statistics for 2018 harvests in Spain show wheat 3,693,429 metric tons barley 1,970,843 oats 442,330 rye 613,225 corn 207,648 rice 116,727 chickpeas 116,727. Hearsay gossip appears amid unrelated remarks about conversation and a joking note on a teenage girl calling herself an old maid.
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Spain
Auto-intoxication and its remedies described
The piece discusses self-poisoning from poising toxins in the body due to neglect. It lists symptoms such as sleepiness after meals, facial flushing, weakness, indigestion, biliousness, and weight loss. It recommends castor oil or a pleasant vegetable laxative like Pleasant Pellets Play-apple aloes as cleansing remedies.
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