Obituary Sketch of Northwestern University Lawyer and Judge
Sunday night. A long obituary sketch details the life and career of a Northwestern University law graduate who joined the bar in Chicago in 1914. He served as a constitutions official and later as a judge in Cook County Circuit Court. He was appointed by Governor Lowden and held court roles in the Crest County area.
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Cutcago
Regivisture
Tus Cers
Cheinman
Tts
Gev
Sven Lowden
Cook County
Oek County
Man Who Carves Out Gavels Is Guest of Scouts
An unclear OCR reads about a craftsman who carves gavels and hosts or visits a scouting group. Mentions working wood like tree trunks and walnut, and plans involving carving and organization efforts. Many phrases are garbled but indicate a rural or community event centered on wood carving skills.
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Erentrees
Regt Brothers Attend Invitation and Tickets for Moemisy Show
Fragmentary text notes Regt Brothers receiving invitation and tickets to a show opening in a forest area near Chi ang. Boat dealers plan to attend and steer Marek S rhad bar, with references to Gown state and testing Howes. Overall the prose is garbled and lacks clear events or outcomes.
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Mar i Chiang
Howes
Death notices from St Mary and Lady of Grace parish
The death of Father Mullaly is reported as sudden after serving at the church. Funeral services for Feather Mul tely are planned with a wake at the parish house and burial at St. Mary church. The note mentions prior service in Pycamerend and a respected presence in the county seat.
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Chicago
St. Mery
Sycamere
Tetenen
Nikkeewny Avenue
Salen
Woman jury at inquest in Chicago manslaughter verdict
Mrs Viola Miller, 42, faced a jury of women in a homicide inquest. They returned a manslaughter verdict after finding the death of her sweet heart cousin George Gieichaus possibly accidental. Miller claimed the shooting was unintentional with the revolver she believed was not loaded. Her mother and others criticized the jury’s handling, while testimony detailed a lovers’ dispute and a struggle over the weapon.
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Chicago
Viola Milter
George Gieichaus
Dire Bmillier
Gleichaus
Mary ‘Travis
Lawrence
Tesse
Mra
Biller
Gieichaus
Mra Miller
Gietchaus
Stores to be Open Here on New Year Eve
City stores will stay open on New Year Eve due to midweek holiday timing. All will close New Year’s Day except prevision stores which remain open until 7:00 PM on regular post office schedule.
Dead Cells Made Alive By Scientific Savant
Dr Crile presents details of experiments that reportedly revived dead cells, hinting at primitive cancer-like traits and signaling potential medical breakthroughs. The disclosure, once secret, circulated nationwide as the artificial creation of life, with cautious notes on continuing research and safety implications.
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Crile
Gun trace links gang leader to Herbert murder case
Authorities renew search for evidence tying Joseph Shestokes to Deputy Sheriff Wilkinson slaying in Herbert after a bullet from a can found on Shestokes at arrest in Rockford. Maj Edwin Goddard provides verdict that Shestokes can killed Wilkinson, with a written report to follow.
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Beene
Joseph Shestekes
Rockford
H.W. Wilkinson
Herbert
Shestokes
Nockford
Edwin Goddard
Wilkinson
Victor Zambrowski
Goddard
Butler General
Sa Oe
Wilkinson Son
W. H. Hatch
Mr. Cutler
Maniac Slays Teachers In Oklahoma Case At Large
An insane man believed to be W T Capeheart fled through Oklahoma City after slaying two Blackwell teachers, Miss Jessie Griffith and her sister, near Tonkawa. He appeared at a Salvation Army Mission and at Rashbach Hotel pleading and fleeing in fear as police and crowds pursued him. Capeheart, once inmate at the Norman state hospital, was allegedly from Cleveland prior to recent admission.
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Sbema City
Okla
Twe Blackwell
Oklahoma City
W. T. Capeheart
State Hospital For the Insane
Salvation Army
Rashbach Hotel
Vation Army
Capeheart
State Hospital
Norman
Cleveland
Jessie Griffith
Tonkawa
Jessie Grimt
Blackwell
Ktled Ty
Battle Over Prohibition Fights Set in Congress
Washington reports indicate prohibition will be a live issue after recess as the Wickersham commission prepares a January 6 report. Debates over the $2,000,000 prohibition bureau funding and hiring 500 agents promise a bitter, dry versus wet clash in the House and subcommittee sessions.
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Washington
Congress
Wickersham Commission
White Mouse Wets
Prohibition Bureau
Commission
House Against Prohibition Appropriations
Appropriations Committee
House
Justice, State, Commerce and Labor Department
Prohibition
Amos W. W. Woodcock
State Attorney Latham Castle Attends Convention
State Attorney Latham Castle attended the convention, representing the office and participating in discussions on legal and administrative matters during the gathering.
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Latham Castle
Weather forecast for Illinois shows milder tonight
Forecasters warn that temperatures will be less cold tonight across the north and central portions of Illinois with a gradual warming trend tomorrow as conditions improve and clouds move through the region.
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Porons
Will Appoint Committee On Scout Merger
Arthur Fairlund president of the Chief Shabbona area for Scout council was authorized to appoint a committee to represent this area in negotiating with the Fox Valley area over a merger plan. The authorization came at a meeting of the Chief Shabbona area council in the board of education rooms. The Fox Valley council has a similar committee and a merger meeting is anticipated soon.
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Congress
Woodcock
Tinkham
Mass
Rep
Oliver
Dem
Arthur Fairlund
Shabbona Area For Scout Council
Fox Valley
Shabbona Area Council
Board of Education
Fox Valley Council
Card Issued With License Must Be Kept
DeKalb motorists with 1931 license plates are warned to keep the accompanying card. The card serves as strong identification for the owner and is required for driving into Canada, Mexico, or Cuba. Officials use it to verify ownership and check for stolen vehicles. Some DeKalb owners have already received their 1931 plates.
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DtKalb
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Custos
DeKalb
Tax Rate Boosted By State Board For 1931 Revenue
Springfield December 2 UR Members of the state tax rate board led by Governor L L Emmerson met to set the spring 1931 tax levy. With current rate 39 cents per $100 and up nearly one third from last year, the delay in Chicago tax payments prompted the rise. Officials expected to announce the new rate this afternoon.
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Springfield
State
L. L. Emmerson
Omer Custer
Oscar Nelson
Emmerson
Chicago
Imagined land stock exchange joke on tax season sales
Hollywood humor notes extend two days to sell stock for tax loss harvesting then buy back Friday. The writer laments farmers and salaried workers lacking similar options and proposes a land and house exchange to swing prices like grain markets.
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DeKalb Chronicle
Hollywood
Cal
Stock Exchange
Grim fight is splendid Joffre clings to life in renewed struggle
Dr Rene Fontaine Pars reports Marshal Joseph Joffre remains gravely ill after 72 hours between life and death. He has been given last rites and revived enough to speak and take food, though in a state of coma. Doctors compare his fight to his Marne counters.
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Pars
Joseph Joffre
Ife
Marne
Rege Fontaine
Joffre
Rene Leriche
Raoul Boulin
Rene Fontaine
Fontaine
Posses Busy In Salem as Fugitives Sought
In Salem Indiana on December 39 an extensive search by deputies and war veterans stretched across townships for two fugitive feudist brothers Dan and Alonzo Gibson. Police led a trap on Jade Collins farm near the Kentucky line failed at dawn, with the feud dating back decades between rival families.
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Salem
Ind
Indiana
Dan
Alonzo Gibson
John O ‘Weir
Jade Collins
Kentucky
Alonzo
Tennessee
School can save child and curb crime separation
Springfield Ill Dec 33 UE Correction of delinquency in the school room can do more to stem increased crime than any other single thing. Mrs George Thomas Palmer state probation officer told delegates to the annual convention of the State Teachers Association. She urged teachers to observe children and report early signs of delinquency and mental disorders to probation officers. She argued it is better to prevent crime in school than reform after prison. The convention featured remarks by Mrs Florence E Allen and reports from officials.
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Springfield
Ill
George Thomas Palmer
State Teachers’ Association
Palmer
Florence E.alien
Ohio State Supreme Court
Allen
Robert C. Moore
Major East Railroads Agree On Consolidation Plan
New York December reports indicate four large eastern lines the New York Central Pennsylvania Baltimore and Ohio and the Chesapeake and Ohio reached a tentative accord after a full day meeting in New York. Washington officials prepared an official statement while the Interstate Commerce Commission will decide if the plan serves public interest.
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Timore & Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hoover
New York
New York Central Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio
Last Richt
Washington
Financial District
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Chesapeake & Obies
Whitehall School Boy Wins Spelling Contest
Ward Randall a Whitehall eighth grader won the state spelling title in a 58 word final against Will Lewis. Randall, son of a laborer from White Hall Greene County, edged Lewis son of County Judge Everett Lewis of Franklin County. Gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded at the opening session of the annual convention of the Tinos State Teachers Assocs.
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Ward Randall
White Hall
Greene County
Will Lewis
Everett Lewis
Franklin County
Ward
Randall
Lewis
Ban- Gall
Dorothy
Kappa
Woodford County
Pike Ounnee
Elie
Tinos State Teachers Assocs
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Deloung
Izie
Meitham
George
Gaim Buller
Shestekes’ Gan
Atick
Belvidere
Cutler
Hatch
Porte
Zambrow‘ski
Grant Hichway
Pingree Grove
Zambrowski
St. Joseph's
Ottawa
Ont
Will Wood
Marcel Labbe
Louis Barthour
Barthour
Gibson Brothers
New
Patton Gibson
Ten— Messee
Sparrocks
Patton
Sparocks
Ture
Eastern Railroads
Biz
P. E. Crowley
A. H. Harris
W. W. Atterbury
A. J. County
Elisha Lee
Whitehall
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