Macomb City Faces Water Demand and Growth Forecast
A historical study outlines Macomb's water supply challenges from Crooked Creek, forecasting 1930 1940 and 1950 population and consumption. It notes rising per capita water use as the city expands and compares growth with nearby towns like Streator Jacksonville Keokuk Danville and Lincoln Illinois.
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Thender
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Macomb
Ate
Comb
Nough County
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Locati
Chicago-Kansas
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Quincy
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Streator
Jacksonville
Danville
Lincoln
Crooked Creek
Newell
Purdum Bros Take Over Logan & Son Grocery
Mart and Fred Purdum purchase the Logan and Son grocery at Randolph and Carroll streets and rename it Purdum Bros. They will assume management after stock invoicing begins Monday afternoon. Frank Logan will re-enter real estate, while Harold Logan contemplates his next venture.
County Track Meet Sparks Local Rivalries At Macomb
Warm afternoon hosts county track meet at teachers college field with nearly a hundred competitors. Macomb leads county standings at 22 points followed by Colchester 21 Adair 16 Bushnell 14 Academy 9 Blandinsville 6 Good Hope 2. Final results list winners in sprints hurdles jumps and throws with distances and times for each event.
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Teachers’ College
Macomb High School
Oach
Colchester
Adair
Bushnell
Academyt
Blandinsville
Good Hope
Zimmerman
Hummel
Lindsey
Academy
Sparks
Barker
Payne
Stover
Macomb
Badger
Pugh
Good Tope
Sausages Save Driver After Locomotive Collision
A packing company truck was struck by an electric locomotive in Los Angeles. E. R. Craddock rode 20 feet through the air and landed on sausage inside the truck, escaping unharmed though badly tangled in the links.
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Asaociated Press
Los Angeles
E. R. Craddock
Standers
Craddock
Rotary Visitors Bring Saxophone Sextette to Quincy Meeting
Macomb club members join Quincy Rotarians from Missouri Iowa and Illinois for a three state visit. The Saxophone Sextette plus A L Hainline in blackface staged highlights at the Empire Theatre. Speakers addressed boys work community spirit and public welfare as attendees shared lunches and performances.
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Quincy
tGem City
Rotary Club
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Saxophone Gextette
Empire Theatre
A.L. Hainline
Rotary
Vacation Quiet at Teachers College During Mid-Spring Break
The college will suspend activities next week as students and teachers depart for spring homes. Reopening is scheduled a week from Monday, with some students planning to start summer courses after the break.
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Teachers’ College
Macomb
Beardstown Flood Relief Gathers Momentum With Gifts
Beardstown relief efforts surge as the flood stricken area receives donations from Central Illinois Public Service Mount Sterling Knights of Columbus business leaders and others. Funds and supplies flow to aid hunger and clothing needs while engineers predict a slow water fall in the coming days as recovery begins.
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Associated Press
Beardstown
Diane Aid
Salvation Army
Ill
Wesley Perry
Springfiel
Centralllinois Public Service Company
Mount Sterling
Grand Council
Knights of Columbus
Peoria
Jacksonville
Chicago
Quincey
Rushville
Vardstown
Frederick
Ilinois
Anna L Parker Club Meets for Shakespeare Birthday Talk
The Anna L Parker Club gathers at Mrs. A Fisher home this afternoon to celebrate William Shakespeare’s birthday anniversary. Prof. B Hurst delivers an address on Romeo and Juliet.
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Anna L. Parker
Anna TL. Parker
A. Fisher
William Shakespeare
B. Hurst
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Purdum Brothers
Logan and Sons
County
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Cox
Hesh
Coats
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Turner
Shirley
Krauser
Pittenger
Stephens
Bushnel
Kraft
Gem City
Three States
Macomb Club
A. L. Hainline
Eekly
Pace Hotel
W. P. Morgan
Barly and
Hall
Raymond Milley
Earl Curley
J. M. Keefer
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