Center of U S population shifted toward Indiana history
The 1930 census places the center near Linton Indiana in Greene County two miles northeast of Linton and 31 miles southeast of Terre Haute. The piece explains the census center as a balancing point for a 123 million population and traces its westward and southward drift since 1790 with notes on related geographic centers and the Meade ranch station in Kansas that serves as the North American Datum hub.
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Yinneen
Ind
Thhe
United States Bureau of the Census
United States
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Stockton Township
Greene County
Terre Haute
Vincennes
Indiana
Whitehall
Owen County
Census Bureau
Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
Baltimore
Kansas
United States Coast and Gendetic Survey
Ogden
Fort Riley Reservation
Smith County
Kan
Meade Ranch
Osborne County
America
Canada
Mexico
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Continent
Coast and Geodetic Survey
R. S. Patton
Washington
Lincoln Highway
Western
Union
Seventh annual State conference of Illinois YMCA ends in Springfield
About seventy young men from ten Illinois cities gathered in Springfield for the seventh annual State YMCA conference held April 16 and 17. Governor Emmerson attended the governors conference in Richmond and spoke on unemployment. The gathering ended with a White House dinner hosted by President Hoover.
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Illinois
Springfield
Young Men’s Christian Association
Louis L. Emmerson
Richmond
Emmerson
Washington
Hoover
White House
Illinois Road Contracts and Political Conventions
State public works and buildings announced two paving contracts totaling 6.4 miles on route 104 between Pawnee and Tovey and 13.34 miles on route 119 from route 48 to Fisher. Republicans set Springfield convention for May 12. Illinois Republican leaders met April 22 at the state capital to organize. 300 to 400 delegates attended the Associated Bankers of Illinois convention in Springfield April 19–20. Warden Henry C. Hill was appointed as warden of the federal penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pa. Gov. Emmerson designated Col. Frank D. Whipp to supervise Stateville and Joliet penitentiaries when Hill departs. Also, $5,000,000 in road work since January. 8.79 miles paved on State Highway 150 in Union County Aldridge to Wolf Lake. Bids due this month on 19.30 more miles paving and a bridge project on the same route. Economists from the state to discuss taxes at University of Chicago during the Illinois Academy of Science meeting. Democratic state convention held at Springfield April 22 with platform ideas for the fall elections.
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State Department of Public Works and Buildings
Pawnee
Tovey
Fisher
Springfield
Henry C. Hill
Joliet Penitentiary
Lewisburg
Louis L. Emmerson
Col
Frank D. Whipp
Stateville
Joliet
Warden Hill
State
Union County
Aldridge
Wolf Lake
Illinois lawmakers return to Springfield for last sessions tasks
Lawmakers resume work amid action on a lame duck constitutional amendment, securities regulation bill, and tax delays for Cook County. Exposition leaders push Chicago’s 1933 Century of Progress with new windshield stickers. Masons urge Illinois lodges to send delegates to Washington for the George Washington National Memorial dedication. Rates show long term electric price cuts. Modernization campaigns spread in many Illinois cities as unemployment drive grows.
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Century of Progress
George Gaw
Cermak
City of Chicago
George Washington
Ilinois
Washington, D. C
George Washington Masonic National Memorial
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Freeport
Kankakee
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Sinois
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Pekin
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Moline
Eldorado
Belleville
Morris
Effingham
Urbana
de Kalb
East St. Louis
St. Charles
Ottawa
Evanston
Waukegan
Aurora
First American Stamps The Post Office Department
The Post Office department states the first Yostage stamps were made under contract in 1847 by Rawdon Wright Howland & Edson of New York.
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Post Office Department
Rawdon, Wright, Watch & Edson
New York
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