Outlaw Duff and Phillip Alson tied to Cave-in-Rock legends
The article recounts the exploits of counterfeiter Phillip Alson and the Cave-in-Rock figure Duff. It traces Duff’s suspected deaths, daring escapes, and complex end near Fort Massac, amid a web of 18th century frontier crime and banditry in Illinois and Kentucky.
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Cave-in-Rock
Mason
Little Harpe
Greenville
Miss
Phillip Alson
Alson
South Carolina
Kentucky
Moat’s Lick
Duff
Natchez
Mexico
Peter
Frederick Hall
John Duff
George Rogers Clark
Fort Massac
Kaskaskia
Collins
Crittenden County
Trade Waters River
Rey
Pompey
Fort Massae
Annuities at 65 offer fixed income options for retirement
Life insurance executives outline how annuities provide predictable income, with options like lifetime payments with ten years of guaranteed payments, installment or cash refunds, and varying costs across firms. Joe N. McKinney of Southwestern Life explains a $10,000 single premium yielding several monthly amounts and refund structures. A 36 page Golden Years booklet is advertised at the end.
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Southwestern Life Insurance Company
Joe N. McKinney
Tax Bills Considered By Senate Revenue Committee
Federation backs tax measure changes and referendums on municipal ROT and OT, cigarette and tobacco taxes, and liquor taxes. Bills SB 858 859 and HR 1298 would require county funds investment rules, while SB 325 and SB 358 address garbage tax and county corporate rate limits. Peoria health tax and school district rate limits also loom.
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Senate Revenue Committee
Senate
Federation
General Assembly
T.fi
Senator Dougherty
County Highway Fund
House
City of
Peoria
Tlie
T.F.I
Hair grafting shown to regrow hair on bald spots
The American Medical Association reports scalp grafts containing two or three follicles can regrow hair in balding areas with as few as 20 and up to 500 grafts needed. Placing grafts demands meticulous care for natural coverage.
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American Medical Association
Georgia Tech
American Chemical Society
Asia
Africa
Latin America
ACS
Sidelights on branch banking limits in Illinois
PAUL SIMON opposes the Illinois legislature’s renewed push for branch banking within county borders. He argues it concentrates wealth, favors Chicago banks, risks broader expansion, and reduces local control, citing current practices of large-bank ownership and cross-community stock ownership as examples.
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Illinois
House
Cook County
Chicago
For and About Teenagers Girls Say Boys Pick On Them
A teenage advice column discusses how girls see boys teasing as attention seeking. The reply advises not to show anger, to ignore and reframe teasing as good natured, and to convince boys they are wasting time. The piece notes many teens would trade places and hints at sending questions to the Frankfort Kentucky column.
Johnson seeks farm bill with Cropland Adjustment Program
President Johnson sends the farm bill to Congress emphasizing market-driven income parity for farm families. The CAP would remove up to 40 million cropland acres through long-term contracts, with first-year savings around 35 million compared to annual programs, and aims to conserve resources and reduce water pollution.
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Johnson
Congress
CAP
America
Seedling sales rise as Illinois nurseries report strong spring
About 6,725,000 seedling trees and shrubs were purchased for spring planting. Illinois nurseries in Union County Anna-Jonesboro and Mason County near Topeka sold Scotch pine as the top evergreen, with 1,250,000 seedlings. Inventories of black walnut ash black locust oak cottonwood sycamore and southern white pine were exhausted. Foresters credit better delivery, broader seedling variety and fair prices for the rise.
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Illinois Department of Conservation
Anna-Jonesboro
Union County
Topeka
Mason County
Illinois
Crossword Puzzle Across IIllinois
African tree five letters Merganser nine fleshy fruits ten LBJ for instance twelve genus of crustaceans thirteen Roman magistrate fourteen lizard fifteen cared for medically sixteen music note seventeen outer husk eighteen Greek island poss twenty of Wight twenty four spooky twenty five poplar tree twenty six slave twenty seven giants Gr myth twenty eight bazaars thirty at home thirty one affixes thirty four mother of Irish gods thirty five farmers organization thirty six Arabian chieftain thirty seven candle thirty eight came up thirty nine Miss Astor forty not cold down one receiver of an honor two leave out three marshy meadow four equally five metal six Olympic champion seven egress eight mark on skin from whip nine punctures eleven Mr Spark thirteen God of war Gr fifteen pronoun seventeen starch for one nineteen blunder twenty one resort twenty two A development of Marxism twenty three entrap twenty five affected manners twenty seven surge twenty nine wrath ful agents abbr English baby carriage member of the family
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Farmers’ Organization
Candle
Miss Astor
Mr. Spark
Unscrambled Clues and Biblical Terms
A quick puzzle listing last week’s answers including God of love, Rom, Epoch, and Word of protest. The fragment hints at cross word style clues with brief headings and terse responses.
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Rom
Epoch
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