State Highways to Boom Fair Grounds
The swift progress of Illinois highway building will boost the Kankakee Interstate Fair as Route 26 links Kankakee with Paxton Urbana Champaign Mattoon and Bloomington. Route 17 connects with Dwight and St Louis traffic. Route 44 opens to Joliet while Route 1 Dixie Highway draws visitors from Chicago and southern towns. Felt associations anticipate higher attendance due to better roads and new state movements.
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Uitnois
Kankakee
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Missouri
Kentucky
Paxton
Urbana
Champaign
Mattoon
BiMingham
Dwight
St. Louis
Niinois
Joliet
North Central
Egypt
Chicago
Road Builders to Meet at Kankakee Fair in September
Illinois highway officials plan a Hard Roads Day at the Kankakee Fair on Tuesday September 8 to launch a 100 million dollar bond drive for highway construction. Gov Len Small promoting the event invites visitors from across the state to learn about the program and discuss funding. The division of highways will answer questions while exhibits are displayed and speeches are limited.
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Kankakee Fair
Cov
Len Small
Kankakea
Division of Highways
Nfswer
Highway Division
Night fairs grow in popular favor at Kankakee fair
The Kankakee Inter-State Fair plans eight nights of enhanced programs September 8 to 12. Between 25 and 80 vaudeville and circus acts will light the platform each evening. There will also be society classes and a horse show judged nightly.
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Gaya
Fazr
Kankakee
Old Settlers Day at Inter-State Fair in Kankakee
Counties around Kankakee prepare for the Inter-State Fair to run September 8 to 12. All residents of Kankakee and adjoining counties who have lived there since 1885 and are at least 62 are invited by Guy Len Small, secretary of the fair, to attend for free on Old Settlers Day.
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Old Setuere
Maoxpeee
Kankakee
Guy
Len Small
Fortunate Date Opens Week After Indiana State Fair
Fortunate Date opens in Indianapolis the week after the Indiana State Fair and the week before the Illinois State Fair at Springfield. Many attendees from both big state fairs are expected to be at the event in Kankakee.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Kankays
Sallier Newspape r a book review by Edwin Lewis
Book review praises Sallier Newspape r by Edwin Herbert Lewis, dean of Lewis Institute, for Chicago readers. Discusses plot, characters Sallie and Jit, and Franks case influence. Notes publisher Aymon McGee Co and other poetry and drama titles on their list.
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Sallier
Edwin Lewis
Hyman-McGee Co
Successora
Covid-McGee
Chicago
Edwin Herbert Lewis
Lewis Toatitute
Seoville Avenue
Oak Park
River Forest
Forest Park
Dewn - Lewis
Lewis
Oak Leaves
Forest Park Review
Forest Leaves
Aheeta Hoe
Sullie
Seganda Daily Sun
Suille Flower
Daily Sun
Caluting
James Wlowera
Sallie
Jit
Minis
Becausy
Elacs
Daily Lving
Daily Living
Froitkes
Lewin
Aymon-MeeGee Co
Cartel-McGee
Bercovicl Konrad
Mazwel Bodenhalm
Phillip Richard Davin
Jun Fujita
Rebecca McCann
Harriett Monroe
J. A. Mewlyon
Valley of Euno
Edward C. Wentworth
Rex Cornett Broadcasts From Springfield Station WBZ
Hindman Kentucky youth Rex Cornett gained attention by speaking on the Westinghouse WEZ WBZ Springfield studio at the Hotel Kimball. He discussed radio and home life while visiting Vermont, and his on air remarks drew crowd interest alongside famous figures, with programs and schedules for August 23 and 24 outlined.
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Springfield
Mass
Rex Cornett
Hindman
Rex
Weatinghouse
WBZ
Kentucky Hills
Tex
Vermont
Westinghouse
Studie
Kimball
Kentucky
Anna J. Peterson
Hex Cornett
Mex
Congress Hotel
Joshn Dettabary
Paul Whiteman
Collegians
A. Vincant Gauthier
Pompeiian
Joskn DeBury
Vivette Gorman
Howe Economics Department
Feley
KYW
World Crier
Universal News Service
Training the Child to Virtue and Industry
The text urges shaping children to virtue and industry by teaching them to view every vice as shameful, spark ambition to be useful, and disdain poverty of knowledge. It emphasizes pursuing great, solid aims and scorn for trivial, frivolous pursuits, reflecting John Adams era sentiment.
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Johe Adama
Georgian Painters and Noted Portraitists of the Era
The reigns of George I and George II in England elevated portrait painters who defined era fashion and beauty. Prominent women and artists named include Gainsborough Reynolds Romney Beeburo and Lawrence.
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George I
George II
England
Gainsborough
Reynolds
Romney
Beeburo
Lawrence
True Poem of the Harmonious Whole by Sholeriage
The fragment presents a reflective line about poetry and the balance between parts and entirety. It suggests a poet cannot be all poetry yet must preserve remaining parts to maintain harmony in the whole work.
Waking to Music An Charm Clock Phonograph Story
A fragmented notice describes a device that wakes sleepers with music, an early charm clock phonograph. The readable bits hint at a mechanical timepiece using musical tones to rouse a sleeper, with unclear details on maker or date.
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Kankakes Inter-State Fair
West Suburban Electric Construction Co
Circle Avenue
Elgin Avenue
Electrical Contractors
Not Inc
Chas. R. Hussey
Madison S. Forest
Mountaineer
Ill
St. Chrysoatom's Episcopal Church
N. Dearmern Parkway
Norman Hutton
Ratidr
Commonwealth Edison
Radiophone
Marquette
Pana
Marquette H. Glancy
Washington
S.louis
Madison Street
Marcel
Central School
Wabash Ave
Wabash
Austin
W. Gide Branch
Lake Mt
Elmhurst
Schuttler
Chet
Wagner
Chas. F. Drechsler
Lake St
Colle
Lathrop Ave
Phane
Voor Palmer
Jno
H. Schuneman
D. C
Street Forest Park
Central "Chandelier Co
New Tien — Esa
Gicana Ave
Kimweed Ave
Phane Oak Park
Markward & Son
Dashiell. Motor Company
Dodge Brothers Motor Cars
Graham Brothers Trucks
Third Avenue
Maywood
Illinois
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