McDonough County Girds For Legislature Battles
McDonough county political action heats up as sheriffs’ race speculation surrounds candidates from Macomb Bushnell and Colchester. Incumbents such as J E Wilson and John Barclay face possible replacements while Attorney T Henry and Rev F Branie draw interest for posts including county judge treasurer and legislature. McDonough politics center on party alliances, with Bushnell backing and key figures like Carl Sperry shaping the campaign landscape ahead of the primaries.
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Liam Jones
Colchester
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C.J. Imes
Ction
T. Henry
Mill
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Tie
T. W. Everitt
Justin Stewart Colchester
H. M. Waggoner
Carl Sperry
Waggoner
Sperry
State engineers reach county line on Monmouth road survey
State engineers surveying the hard road route between here and Monmouth have reached the county line and are advancing beyond expectations. Under Engineer Foster of Peoria the team reports they are moving one and a half to two miles in the same period, with grading to start soon. The Crooked Creek area was tedious but smoother terrain north of the line allows faster progress, though rough ground north of the county line will slow them briefly. The survey began two weeks ago.
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Foster
Peoria
Hunter
Crooked Creek
Hitchcock Bankrupt Witness Blames Hitchy Koo Show
Raymond Hitchcock the comedian testified in bankruptcy court that his finances collapsed after the Hitchy Koo show. He said the Philadelphia run faltered and he pawned a watch given by Diamond Jim Brady to fund rail tickets for chorus girls.
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Hitehy Koo
Philadelphia
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Brady
McGraw Seeks Buck Weaver Return To Game
Chicago report says John McGraw offers Buck Weaver a coaching job urging judge Landis to grant permission for him to play. The 1919 World Series throwing case involves White Sox players and authorities advancing the trial.
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Landis
Wanderer case inflames Cook county officials and governor
Chicago July 30 coroner Hoffmans warning that Wanderer could spur a lasting public blow underscores a heated clash over reprieve for Carl Wanderer. Springfield and Aurora dispatches detail Governor Small touring road projects and denying wrongdoing while denouncing tax dodgers and traction profiteers.
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Chicago
Carl Wanderer
Cook County
Peter Hoffman
McCauley
Springfield
Ill
American Legion
William R. McCauley
Hoffman
Wanderer
Masons
Aurora
J .Small
Spring Islee
Elgin
Hoover 10 Demand Russian Guarantee
Hoover proposes aid to relieve famine in Russia with a condition that all Americans imprisoned there be released. Russian authorities accept and call for immediate negotiations to speed aid. In Washington Hoover says relief for starving Russian children will start 48 hours after prisoners are freed, but unconfirmed on timing.
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Herbert Hoover
Russia
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Rosta New Agency
Moscow
Washington
Hoover
Chicago Pageant of Progress Opens at Municipal Pier
Chicago’s Pageant of Progress opened this morning at the municipal pier hailed as the city’s greatest industrial exhibit since 1893 Columbian exposition Vice President Coolidge pressed a button in Boston to start the exposition in motion.
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Universalist Sunday School and Union Meeting Notice
Universalist program lists Sunday school at 9 30 and U P A meeting at 6 30 led by B F McLean with topic The Making of New Americans.
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B. F. McLean
Industry Band to Headline Baseball Showdown in Macomb
Industry's baseball team faces Macomb at the Macomb fair grounds tomorrow at 3:00 PM with an Industry band concert from 2:30 to 3:00 PM. The event features top players from afar, a large anticipated crowd, and a fifty cent adult admission with twenty five cents for children. autos enter free.
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Macomb
Macomb Fair Grounds
Industry
Inter-city Rotary Picnic Planned for Macomb
Plan announced for a September 8 Rotary club picnic in Macomb with over 400 Rotarians from Quincy Monmouth Galesburg and Canton. Morning golf tournament at Macomb Country Club followed by lunch at Holmgren Park and a day of entertainments including auto tours and games. Committee chairs include Dr George Knappenberger Hal Faulk Charles Schnarr E D Grigsby W E Mayer and others.
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Hal Faulk
Charles Schnarr
E. D. Grigsby
H. P. Kettron
J A. Miner
J. C. Peasley
Lloyd Dudman
Eee
Howell Rost
Wreck on the Q at Tennessee disrupts traffic
A box car carrying wheat dropped its end onto the tracks after overheated bearings from a hot box. The incident tied up the Q line at Tennessee for hours, delaying the 7:51 and 8:38 passenger trains and delaying No. 3 by about five hours. A wrecker from Galesburg cleared the scene near Prairie City.
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