July Have ig Plant Pu Appointed
A July report notes the appointment of a plant chief and related investigations into the erection project. The fragment confirms personnel changes and ongoing scrutiny of the erection process.
07 Sep 1920
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Newspaper
Macomb Daily By Stander
Location
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1920
Page
1
A July report notes the appointment of a plant chief and related investigations into the erection project. The fragment confirms personnel changes and ongoing scrutiny of the erection process.
City officials discuss public vote in spring election on funding a municipal water system and park improvements. Aldermen consider feasibility, park beautification, and waterworks potential with Aldermen Bonham and But as speakers. Sewer taps raised to 80 dollars. several claims referred or rejected.
Chicago September 7 The campaign expenditures inquiry faced a clash over evidence as Edmund H. Moore stated Gov Cox’s team lacked proof and urged calling Col. William Boyce Thompson and other key figures. Moore unfolded a large briefcase of papers while denying he accused the committee of avoiding his testimony.
Tonight in Macomb a dance at Holmes Amusement Park raises funds to equip an independent football team for the fall season. Campbell's orchestra will play as backers urge a strong squad to wear Macomb colors on the gridiron this fall. Springfield report notes 19 men tied to a radical group are jailed after a raid, confessing a plan to wreck the Diamond Special during state fair week, found with radical literature and tools.
C. E. Gardner arrived home Saturday evening after a three week vacation in Chicago.
Rev. Plincy A. Allen, newly engaged as pastor of the local universalist church, delivered his first sermon Sunday evening. He will preach each Sunday morning in Galesburg and at 7 30 o'clock Sunday evening here. Allen is regarded as a leading denomination figure and came from Maine to Illinois for a liberal offer so his children can attend Lombard College at Galesburg where the family resides.
Tall corn at a crossing west of Bushnell obscured the view as a westbound passenger train hit a Ford sedan carrying Davis Yeast and his brother-in-law Fred Smith shortly after 3 00 pm. The car sustained heavy front-end damage but all occupants escaped injury. repairs are under way at Yeast’s Good Hope garage. The crossing is described as dangerous and was previously the site of a fatal hit-and-run involving Pete Bosier.
Mrs. Ruth Miller, an efficient clerk in the offices of City Clerk Graves, returns to her desk after a two week vacation in Chicago.
Mr and Mrs Leo Yeoman of Avon are the parents of an eight pound boy born yesterday morning.
All but one of the Moonough group charged in the La Harpe area car theft ring have been released on bonds from Carthage jail. Harley Todd remains jailed as Mrs Todd, Jess Steepleton, and Dr Geo Aldrich posted 2000 bonds each through their respective relatives. The ring allegedly stole a Ford from Arthur Shirley and a Buick from Mr Bradfield. The sheriff retrieved the Buick from Blandinsville and suspects it remains a stolen vehicle. The Ford site near Macomb was abandoned due to mechanical failure and claimed by its owner.
The cases against Misses Ethel and Anna Yocum and Kenneth Bell, all of Bushnell and under 18, were dismissed in county court before Judge Charles I Imes after the mother Mrs Sarah Yocum and State's Attorney Hainline talked with the girls. The trio may be given another chance and were released from jail. Bell reportedly spent much of the time with the girls during their absence in Vermont and Centralia. Also noted, Miss Nita Cozad and Miss Lacey Huston left for Galesburg to attend Brown's Business College.
A public notice lists individuals including LeRoy Hall and Gladys Coons from Macomb and Mildred Beck from Astoria as licensed to wed with additional unclear notes and fragmented text. The source is incomplete and lacks full details of dates or jurisdictions.
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