Illinois state news compacted for Bloomington and beyond
Hal M. Stone of Bloomington withdraws from the Republican primary with L C Arends of Melvin named for congress. Catherine Gordon Miller, Hoopeston’s oldest resident, dies from injuries after a fall at ninety-one. The Civil Service Commission blocks reinstatement of 12 discharged workers. Illinois vagrancy law deemed invalid, freeing several well known convicts. Roosevelt of Cleveland elected president of Peoria Mutual Life Insurance. Robert Wilson confesses bank robberies in Nauvoo Kluffs and Burnside. Four men shoot at a highway officer near Cook County, officer wounded. Supreme Court reverses order to fund county highway police salaries. A burned $10,000 bill surfaces near Joliet. value sought from Treasury. Two deputy game wardens held after shooter Rose of Peru is wounded. Central railroad sued for 20000 in franchise tax. Republican committee attacks Gov. Horner’s New Deal enforcement bill. Shelbyville crash kills Lin Hall and Lute Miller. Funeral held for Rev. John W. Borah, Civil War veteran and cousin of Sen. William E. Borah.
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L. C. Arends
Melvin
Congress
Catherine Gordon Miller
Hoopeston
Civil Service Commission
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Alterie
Maxie Eisen
James Helcastro
Jack McGurn
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Edward Parker
Michael Messina
Garfield Sullivan
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Cleveland
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Peoria Mutual Life Insurance Company
Feoria Life
Murray M. Baker
Caterpillar Traction Company
Robert Wilson
Chcago
Ilinois
Nauvoo
Kluffs
Burnside Wilson
Emil Cortez
Lloyd Lorraine
Harry Rosa
Joliet
Siness Supreme Court
Crcuit
George Fred Rush
Chicago
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Washington
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Peru
Elmer Rose
Benson
Roy Ray
Roce
Tinos Central Railroad
Edward Jo Hughes
Hughes
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Republican Central Committee
Horner
Illinois
National Recovery Administration
Lin Hall
Lute Miller
Shelbyville
Route 169
Decatur
Claude Harbert
Fairfield
John W. Borah
Ninety One
William E. Borah
Idaho
Minoia
Peter Rabbit and Rosebreast the Grosbeak Meet
Peter Rabbit hears squeaky notes from a tree and spots Rosebreast the Grosbeak with Jenny Wren nearby. Rosebreast’s bright rose red plumage and gentle song capture Peter’s admiration as Mr Wren scolds in the background.
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Peter Rabbit
Jenny Wren
Peter
Jenny
Rosebreast
Mr Wren
Mr. Wren
Welcome Ftebin
Spaghetti Zest Dishes and Story Snippet From Barnum Tale
A jumble of recipe fragments for gelatin salmon salad and fried macaroni slices sits beside a conversational fiction passage. The text mentions gelatin based salads, spaghetti muffins, and fried macaroni, then shifts to a dialogue about Rosebreast the Groshenk and a bird sighting, ending with a streetwise quip about Jenny Lind. The piece blends culinary notes with a playful narrative.
Sheep in the Rain on the hillside
A poem contrasts sheep and humans in a storm as they struggle up a hill toward shelter. The narrator notes shared powerlessness under the rain and the shepherd’s blessing to bring the sun after the tempest.
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WNU
Oldest public clock in Rye Parish England linked to 1515 service
A fragment notes a clock claimed as the oldest public timepiece in Rye Parish England with ties to a 1515 service. It mentions a Sultan of Egypt and an Emperor Fee in a Europe Asia medieval context, plus garbled references to balls and feeding mechanisms.
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Egypt
Emperor Fee
Rye
England
Bee native status challenged by Massachusetts introduction claim
The Bee laboratory reports that the common honey bee was not native to this continent and was first introduced into the United States in Massachusetts between 1638 and 1640. Earlier reports of apiculture brought by Spaniards to the Southwest remain unverified.
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Honey Bee
United States
Massachusetts
Southwest
Witty Kitty by Nina Wilcox Putnam
A humorous piece notes a girl jokes about a mentally sketchy friend unable to see the Postman’s grin over this year’s Income tax blank. Bell Syndicate.
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Kitty
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Mattress Cook Book inspired pasta and salmon dish
A fragment outlines updating meals with spaghetti and pasta in various uses from soup to dessert. It describes cooking spaghetti, preparing salmon with onion and lemon, then chilling and combining with chopped celery and seasonings. Additional steps mention pouring water over a lemon package.
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Spaghett
Alaska
London Londinium origins linked to lake town name
London Landon is said to have been originally Llyndin a Celtic name meaning town on the lake. The Romans called the place Londinium adapting the native name to a Latin form and the modern name is a subsequent corruption.
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Landon
Llyndin
Londinium
Ring plan for widower brings comfort to longing hearts
A man writes of a double ring wedding, his wife’s diamond set into his own band by a jeweler, creating a keepsake. He ponders passing the composite ring to his son, seeking whether the gesture offers solace to other lonely widowers. The columnist replies that the plan is not selfish and praises sentiment as a source of warmth.
Writing Materials Riting Paper for Men and Women
Guidance on choosing conservative stationery for men and women, detailing paper colors white cream blues grays and granite textures, sizes from single to double sheets, envelope handling and stamping styles including monograms addresses and color restrictions, with notes on business and social letter formatting.
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Mary Smith
Mary
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Primo Riverats
Jenny Lind
Barnum and Bailey's Circus
Bell Syndicate
Grand Coulee Project
The
Columbia
Grand Coulee
Columbia River
Muscle Shoals
Northwest
Public Works Administration
Bureau of Reclamation
Department of the Interior
By Anne Campbell
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Dada
Wnou Bervica
Pop
Caesar
Bal Byndicate
Stinting Stell
Bel
Syndicate
WNU Service
Mattress Cook Book
London
Mighty Rock and Mighty Thoroughbreds
Fiven
Rock of Gibraltar
Emily Post
WNT Service
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