Fifty-Second General Assembly Ends After Busy Session
The fiftieth general assembly completed work with 120 senate bills and 36 house bills, total 156 enacted. Adjourning June 29, lawmakers kept overall appropriations near 3 million with cuts to many state sums, while Governor Lowden plans a comprehensive revision of election and primary laws and an empowered investiga tion commission. War measures included state defense councils, updated military code, and increased troop pay. road bills and tax changes were also enacted.
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High School District Validating Act Passed in Illinois
The Illinois General Assembly approved a validating act for Marshall and surrounding counties to confirm the creation of several high school districts. It preserves prior district lines, authorizes boards of education, and abates pending actions while taxes may be collected if the act stands up to court review.
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Looking Into the Future Vision of a Just World
The passage envisions a future where monarchy and slavery fade, science controls nature, and humanity prospers. It imagines lightning, wind, frost, and flame aiding the human race while art and love flourish. It foresees peace, equality, abundant work, and the end of exile, prison, and disease, under a guiding universal hope.
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Patriotic Sunday Schools Urged to Support Relief Agencies
Eighteen million Americans in about 150000 Sunday schools are asked to observe July 1 as Patriotic Sunday. Institutions will collect for Red Cross and other relief groups, with calls for enlistment and Red Cross nursing, plus patriotic messages from Washington Lincoln and Wilson.
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The Cow and Civilization Rests on One Creature
A fervent defense of the dairy cow's impact on society, noting how every part of the animal serves human use from milk to glue to fertiliser. The piece argues halting cattle would devastate meals, economy, and even western landscapes, urging support for home canning and war relief.
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