Compromise talks falter at constitutional convention
Springfield reports that Chicago and downstate delegates failed to reach an agreement on limiting representation. Debate pauses as committees consider plans to cap both houses, with downstate and Chicago groups oscillating between concessions and resistance.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Wnstate
Lee Mighell
Aurora
Litton
Ily
Chicago Law and Hr League
Sted
Kenzo
Euten
Dtu
Cau
Oscarstom
Aledo
Carlstrom
Death Notice for Crawford in Bushnell at 69
Death record states Crawford died in Bushnell on Monday at 4:15 pm with interment on the upper Mound of, age 69 years and 14 days. Survived by husband Pula and daughter. Cause listed as gangrene after a stroke.
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Ws Crawford
Bushnell
Pula
Unclear Text Fragment Noted for Record
Fragmentary OCR notes reference an appearance, charges, and jail, with multiple garbled phrases about a person and public reckoning. Details are not decipherable enough to identify names, places, or events.
Knife edge case delays Cohen before magistrate
The suspect Cohen was due for an appearance in Police Magistrate Reardon's court for a preliminary hearing but was not brought up this morning, leaving the case in suspense.
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Cohen
Police
Reardon
First Baptist Church Midweek Service Tonight
First Baptist Church urges members to attend the midweek service at 7 30 p m. The Women’s Missionary Society will meet Friday at 229 West Jackson Street with Mrs Oscar Thompson hosting and Mrs Frank Von Rospach as lesson leader and other officers assisting.
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First Baptist Church
No Appointment For City Council
The vacancy in the city council after the death of Alder man Capt. Geo. W. Reid of the third ward will not be filled now and will remain until the April election when a new councilman from that precinct is chosen by voters. The seven of eight seats will be occupied on meeting nights. Reid's third term would have expired in April. his successor will be named then.
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Geo. W. Reid
Captain Reid
Macomb
McDonough County
Good Hope
Colchester City
Community High School Board of Education
Community High School Board
Supreme Court
Colchester
Board of Education
Board of Education of District No. 115
Seventeenth Bank Closed in North Dakota
Fargo N D Nov 30 The Farmers and Merchants State Bank at Gogswell closed marking the seventeenth suspension due to depleted reserves. Farmers inability to meet notes amid low grain prices tightens state liquidity. none of the closed banks belong to the Federal Reserve system.
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Fargo
N. D
Farmers and Merchants’ State Bank
Gogswell
Federal Reserve System
Adair Again Lacks Restaurant After Closure
R Keller and son shut their restaurant in the Bobbitt building ending months of activity. Adair now has one eating place left, the Dinklager, which is usually crowded and provides meals when the crowd is large enough to require it.
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Adair
R. Keller and Son
Bobbitt
California Couple’s Daughter Hinted At Morning Event
Mr and Mrs Clade Gilfrew face an indefinite stay after a morning incident involving their daughter Tet in Paw Tas Anentes. Authorities state few details are available at this time.
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California
Clade Gilfrew
Anentes
Cal
Community High School proposal debated in Colchester
Voters in Colchester and parts of Hire Tennessee Chal mers and Emmet townships face a decisive vote on establishing a Community High School. Opponents argue rising taxes and past mismanagement. supporters contend the plan offers better education and long term savings.
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Colchester
Hire
Tennesse
Chalmers
Emmet
Alverson Maintains Innocence in 1920 Murder Case
Dr. Geo W. Alverson, jailed in Macomb for the Lawrence Clugston killing at Bushnell, writes Sheriff E L Sapp asserting his innocence. The Joliet resident, dated November 29 1920, mentions contact with Sam Danley and asks for publication continuation.
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E. L. Sapp
Geo. Alverson
Lawrence Clugston
Bushnell
Alice Clugston
Geo. W. Alverson
Collins Street
Joliet
Til
Bankers Meet to Promote Co operation Across Ten Counties
County bankers from Fulton Knox Logan Marshall Mason McDonough Peoria Stark Tatwell and Woodford met at Union National Bank assembly rooms to boost cooperation among Illinois Bankers Association members. Discussion included burglary and holdup protection with M A Graettinger and Wayne Hummer among the attendees.
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County Federation
Illinois Bankers Association
Banking Association
Union National Bank
M. A. Graettinger
Wayne Hummer
LaSalle
The
Fulton
Knox
Logan
Marshall
Mason
McDonough
Peoria
Stark
Tatwell
Woodford
State See
Chicago
Wayne Hammer
Burnham's Studio Opens for Winter in Masonic Building
Cardon V. Burnham returns from Chicago lyceum work to lead winter sessions at the Burnham Studio of voice in the Masonic building. The studio plans repeat popular Ilinois theatre concerts, welcomes beginners and advanced pupils, and will form chautauqua groups. Marguerite S. Parks and Mary Elder, Burnham pupils, are already engaged in lyceum gigs.
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Burnham Studio
Masonic
Cardon V. Burnham
Lyceum
Chautauqua
Chicago
Ilinois Theatre
Burnham
Marguerite S. Parks
Mary Elder
Cars Collide on Cemetery Hill in Seio ta
Two cars, a Buick belonging to Tomer Gills of Seiota, and a Ford, collided on Cemetery Hill on North Lafayette street Monday evening. The Buick suffered major damage while the Ford only lost a fender. The mishap was blamed on a misunderstanding about turning into the cemetery drive.
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Ford
Cemetery Hill
Lafayette Street
Tomer ‘Gills
Seiota
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