Secretary of State Emerson Breaks Illinois Fee Records in 1918
Springfield secretary Louis L. Emerson reported 1918 fee collections from domestic corporations at 493,730.70 and foreign corporations at 675,989.83, with total foreign fees nearing two decades of prior foreign collections. The 50th General Assembly required interrogatories to foreign firms, enabling state collection of 541,296.01 in foreign fees. after expenses, net profit to taxpayers was minimal.
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Springfield
Ill
Louis L. Emerson
Emerson
Fiftieth General Assembly
Secretary of State
Illinois
Illinois Election Returns and Dissolution Notice Detail
A 1918 statewide Illinois election report shows a 975 545 total votes with 562 012 for constitutional convention and 162 206 against. 898 821 votes for legislature with 661 815 for the act and 154 396 against, plus a prohibition amendment ratification discussion. Also a dissolution notice for Duke Bros filed in Marshall County records and a editor Terry Simmons mourns the death of his son Victor, 22, who served at the draft board office in Chicago.
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Louis L. Emmerson
Illinois
Duke Bros
State of
Henry
Recorder of Deeds
Marshall County
Secretary of State
Terry Simmons
Marseilles
Roosevelt Tribute and Obituary Mix of 1918 News
A eulogistic notice honors Theodore Roosevelt noting his fearless life and rugged advocacy. The piece recalls his Harvard boxing, political battles, and stance in world events, and laments his death as a great loss to the G P. It includes a Joliet obituary for Mrs. Roxy Woodward with family details and community ties.
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Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Pussyfoot
Ananias
Harvard
Roosevelt
John Brown
Roxy Woodward
Joliet
Arthur
Jonas D. Woodward
Woodward
Jessie
Kittie
Henry
George Burt
Theodore Disosway
Griswold
Richard Street
Western Avenue
Ernest
Coral
Jewell
Kan
Jessie Crissy
Kittie Buck
Coral Nicholson
Chicago
Ernest Woodward
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McNabb
Magnolia
Granville
Ed Morris
W. H. Child
Paul Helveth Henry Matern
Anton Zaegler
Oliver Gang
Janesville
Rock Island
Timothy Day
Conrad Weis
H, W. May
Andoncer
Elmer Quinn
The
Illinois Senate
Idaho
Maine
Tennessee
West Virginia Senate
William Duke
Beulah Nicholson
Ba Ra
Chamberlain
G. B. Fenwick
Shropshire
Poland
China
Jacob W. Kocher
Miles Fox
Army
U. S
Thomas C. Waterous
New York Life Insurance Co
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