Agency calls for unified university service to aid small towns
H. Clay Tate urged at an Illinois Rural Life conference that one agency combining all university services should guide small communities. He warned against duplication by state, federal, and private groups and urged professional planners to help towns save themselves. A Cir 683 guide notes five steps aiding local towns in McLean county.
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United Agency of University Services
H. Clay Tate
Bloomington
Daily Pantograph
Illinois Rural Life
University
Tate
Stanford
Colfax
Lexington
McLean County
Memories of the long ago medicine shows at town fairs
Reminiscences recall old time medicine shows offering tooth extractions and painless dentistry on stage while snake oil and patent medicines sold between acts. It notes era curiosities like flying machines, electric lights, and the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair Ferris wheel later moved to St Louis and scrapped.
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Chicago
St. Louis Fair
Remembering changes from past decades and objects
The excerpt recalls Sunday field work building homes, old time pocket watches, car licensing uproar, wax candles on Christmas trees, and a nostalgia for earlier practices. It ends with a wanted notice seeking more subscribers for the Manito Community Express.
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The
Manito Community Express
Brotherhood Week and the duty of American democracy
Catherine Edwards urges reflection during Brotherhood Week starting with Washington's Birthday. She emphasizes equal opportunity and resisting discrimination, compares democracy to a clock that runs only if all parts work together, and urges self checks on prejudice toward neighbors of different colors, religions, or origins.
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Washington
Truman
Manito Residents Attend Family Events and Travel
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bishop were Saturday callers of Mr. and Mrs. Byron Budke. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Beebe of Peoria and Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Beebe attended the funeral of their nephew Donald Beebe in Toledo, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Bender and
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Lawrence Bishop
Byron Budke
G. A. Beebe
Peoria
C. A. Beebe
Toledo
Ohio
Donald Beebe
Local families visit for weekend and events
The Bender family hosted Sunday dinner for the Theodore Benders and relatives. Frank Cranwill and his son from Peoria visited Mani to Tuesday and Wednesday. Len Halter and son Jack from Peoria were Sunday guests of Mrs. J. E. Corbett. Dan Jenkins and C. A. Beebe attended a gift show at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago Thursday and Friday.
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Theodore Bender
John Bender
Frank Cranwilland
Peoria
Mani
Len Halter
Con
Jack
J. E. Corbett
Dan Jenkins
C. A. iBeebe
The
Merchandise Mart
Chicago
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