Multiple events mark mid-June across Illinois
Eight hundred physicians gather in Decatur for the Illinois State Medical Society with instrument displays and a closed clinics section. The 6th anniversary of St John’s Evangelical in Freeport brings services with Chicago clergy. Monmouth teachers resist contracts over wages, sparking retrenchment. Sunday funerals vanish in several cities including Springfield and Paris. Illinois considers public water upgrades and a new urban free delivery route for rural carriers. Atony legal cases include damages to Ralph Basford in Rockford and breach of promise suit by Anna Hotchkiss of Springfield versus Eloy Innis.
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Maos State Medical Society
St. John's Evangelical Church
Freeport
Chicago
Anna Hotchkiss
Springfield
Eloy Innis
Kincaid
Davis
Trousseau
Million Wasted in Stale Bread Losses Report
New York reports that wasted stale bread costs the nation 5 to 10 million dollars annually. A Food Research Institute study at Stanford suggests non-acceptance of returns by retailers and improved delivery and output quality as remedies. The report cites 1917 flour loss from bread returns and urges reforms to reduce waste and contamination while keeping bread fresh and salable.
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Stanford University
Herbert Hoover
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Carnegie Corporation
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Discarded Fiances Form Secret Green Pea Order
On the UC Berkeley campus a new secret society called the Royal and Mystic Order of the Green Pea has formed among discarded fiances. President George Smith says its aim is to combat co eds who string men along and discard them. The constitution defines a green pea as a man jilted in love and promises the greenest member becomes president.
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George Smith
Bread Losses Reduced by Unseen Measures
Fragmentary note indicates unseen measures have aided bread waste reduction though not yet fully observed or tested. The text implies early success in lowering stale bread losses, suggesting ongoing evaluation by involved parties.
Oyster Beds in Atlantic In Danger of Extinction
Dr Thurlow C Nelson told delegates at the seventh annual convention of the Central Atlantic States Association of American Dairy Food and Drugs Officials that extinction of oysters in Atlantic coast waters is threatened by continued pollution from industrial wastes.
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Board of Shell Fisheries and State Experiment Station
New Brunswick
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Sixty Days In Jail For Two Kisses In Des Moines
Two Des Moines photographers testified that Sy Sharfman kissed two girls who described unwelcome caresses. The court sentenced Sharfman to sixty days in jail after the testimony detailing the incident and its dates.
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Des Moines
Sy Sharfman
Alaskan explorer Hudson Stuck honored in Alaska and Seattle
Alaskan Indians and friends of Hudson Stuck plan a memorial hospital four miles inside the Arctic circle near the Yukon river. Stuck, famed for Denali ascent stories, founded Fort Yukon’s St Stephens hospital and served as a missionary and explorer. A fundraising drive aims to reach 25,000 dollars with native and church backing, to preserve his legacy.
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Arctic Circle
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Brundage Loses Tilt as Budget Battle Fails
Springfield reports Attorney General Brundage lost his clash with Governor Small over an inheritance tax appropriation. The House sustained the veto on 16,000 for Cook County inheritance tax collection, slicing about 500,000 from Brundage’s next two years' budget. Brundage plans to back Barbour’s civil suit funding bill as senators revisit measures on road funding and indictments.
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Small
Cook County
Attorney General
Senate
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House
General Black
Hunter
Touty
Hartwell
Melvin Thaxton
Williamson County
Michael L. Igoe
Chicago
Thomas S Howe
Howe
Black
National Guard
Peoria Hosts Foresters Convention and Crop Outlook
All Over the State reports Peoria hosted the Grand Court Illinois Foresters of America for their annual convention. Broom corn farmers in Coles and Douglas counties plan larger plantings this season after earlier seeding. Last year broom corn sold for 300 to 400 dollars per ton baled, with demand strong enough to sell out central Illinois crops early.
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Foresters of America
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