Topeka Home Bureau meeting and local visits recap
The Topeka Unit of the Home Bureau met Thursday at Mrs. Carpenter's home with safety lessons by Dorothy Smith and health guidance by Mabel Schierbeck. Members shared accessories ideas, enjoyed refreshments, and heard closing creed. Nearby gatherings included birthday celebrations and visits among residents, with multiple families hosting and attending church and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Home Bureau
Richard Carpenter
Dorothy Smith
Mabel Schierbeck
Evelyn Sarff
Mabel Schier
Stanley Noll
Sallee
Dorland Smith
Sranley Hibbard
Harold Schierbeck
Chas Rountree
Hercy Atwater
Dean Bowman
Floyd LeSourd
Linda Rose
Jack Sarff
Virgil Himmel
Danny
Henry Strube
Sackett
Carpenter
Residents and visitors share weekend notices and funeral
Mrs Walter Pidgeon of Chicago visited for a few days with Mr Pidgeon joining on Saturday. Ethel Drake spent Saturday in Pekin. Local 4 H teams competed for a championship. Behrends family mourns B K Behrends death at St Francis Hospital Peoria. Funeral held Havana Lutheran Church. Canton relatives visit. Havana residents host Peoria guests and family news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Strube
Harmon Wendt
Chas Willard
Chuck
Walter Pidgeon
Willard
Battie
Mr. Willard
Ethel Drake
Edwin Carpenter
Doris Ann Deverman
Graham Hospital
Canton
Ira Rakestraw
Chas. FE. Willard
Peoria
Rakestraw
St. Francis Hospital
John Renwick
Denver
Colorado
Joyce
Janice Markert
Wm. Gathman
Lutheran Church
Bishop
A. H. Stockert
Iowa
Chas E. Willard
Chicago
Mr. Pidgeon
Chuck Willard
Pekin
East
Chas Kidwell
Lorrene
Ross Decker
B. K. Behrends
Behrends
Franklin
Edward Behrends
Havana Lutheran Church
J. H. Beiderwieden
Everett Kroell
John Wulfert
Raymond Mowder
Havana
Herman Strube
Mary Bender
Minnie
James Bender
Mason City
Walter Bender
Illinois General Assembly Not a Do Nothing Body
The 66th General Assembly has handled 1699 bills introduced through June 16, with 265 House and 259 Senate committee meetings and 209 bills passed by June 10. The Taxpayers Federation notes many bills are technical and far reaching, affecting business, farmers, local governments, and taxpayers, and urges ongoing careful review as major proposals remain pending.
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House
Senate
Illinois
Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois
General Assembly
Taxpayers’ Federation of
Ilinois
66Th General Assembly
Chicago
Danger as 66th General Assembly may do too much
The passage argues that careful consideration protects public interests, warning that haste yields bad law. It emphasizes that the risk is not underactivity but overreach by the 66th General Assembly, urging deliberate, prudent action to avoid excessive legislation.
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66Th General Assembly
Illinois State Fair premium list sets new records for prizes
The 1949 Illinois State Fair premium list, with 299667 dollars in prizes, is ready for exhibitors. Livestock entries close July 20, all other departments July 31. A single 2.50 registration covers all entries. Governor Stevenson proclaims June 25 as Chicago Railroad Fair Day marking the fair’s rail transport exposition reopening with pages on rail history and modern travel. The fair runs through October 2. Field men report fishing conditions across Illinois with notes on Racoon Lake, Goose Pond, Senachwine Lake, Spoon River, Twin Lakes, Beaver Dam Lake and stocking efforts, predicting good bass fishing this season.
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Henry J. White
Springfield
Adlai E. Stevenson
State Department of Conservation
Illinois
Racoon Lake
Centralia
Goose Pond
Putman County
Senachwine Lake
Spoon River
Fulton County
Bernadotte Dam
Twin Lakes
Edgar County
Family and friends share visits across towns in area
Mr and Mrs Ray Fletcher of Rushville spend a week with the Shelabargers in Spring Lake and plan more eastern state sightseeing. Billy Shelabarger visits siblings in Astoria and Bath while Marie Meyer from Bishop visits her sister in Spring Lake. Various relatives attend Father’s Day Lawn Party and showers, with reunions planned at Pekin Park June 26.
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Ray Fletcher
Rushville
Cleve Shelabarger
Spring Lake
Marie Meyer
Bishop
Harold Gilmore
Dean Meyer
Burton Guengerich
Kenneth Dean
Delores Fiigard
Pekin
John, James
Larry
Harry Brown
Victor Thrall
Robert Hilling
Brown
the Lake
Illinois builds spillway roads docks and new safety tests
Sixteen district safety inspectors completed a three day Springfield course to strengthen enforcement of the Illinois truck act. They oversee 900 testing stations for about 300000 trucks undergoing semi annual safety tests. Psychiatric treatment for alcoholics is now offered under a vocational rehabilitation program with medical attention job training and placement rights. Alcoholics Anonymous and Portal House in Chicago assist in the initiative.
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State Division of Motor Carriers
Springfield
Illinois
State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Noble J. Puffer
State Department of Registration and Education
Puffer
Alcoholics Anonymous
Portal House
Chicago
Card of Thanks for Wm Graff bereavement
The Graff family expresses deep appreciation to those who extended kindness during our bereavement for Wm. Graff.
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Wm. Graff
Classified Lost License Plate and For Sale Stove
Lost license plate No 1817 863 belongs to Reuben Hoerr box 38 Manito IN. For sale used Westinghouse electric stove Gaile Tal bott Manito zipd
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Reuben Hoerr
Manito
Westinghouse
Manito and Pekin Social Roundup At Air Show And Visits
A large Manito group attended the Pekin Air Show including Mr. and Mrs. George Hubbard and son Alan and other locals. Mrs. Ida Leibens of Pekin died after a five week illness with funeral held at Grace Methodist. Public health authorities warn 79 million Americans drink unsafe water. cemetery fund donations total forty four dollars with requests for more.
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Manita
Pekin
Ida Leibens
Grace Methodist
Seibens
Manito
Try It Yourself Advertising Cost Phrases
An item listing claims advertising does not cost or that it pays, inviting readers to try an advertising approach themselves. The fragment suggests promotional content with a focus on cost savings and self-service tips for placing ads.
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Veda E. Strube
Beck
Ralph Vanderveen
Leta Trimpe
William
Dexter
Dexter ‘Twin
Dexter Twin
America
Pekin Refrigerator Co
W. J. Comisky Phone
Illinois State News
Beaver Dam
Macoupin County
Carlinville
Department of Conservation
LAMAR
Marjorie Main
Percy Kilbride
Sun.-Mon
Jane Wyman
Lew Ayres
Johnny Belinda
News and Cartoon
Thurs
Ray Milland
Nick Beal
Billy Shelabarger
Mildred Montgomery
Astoria
Dorothy Kramer
Bath
Johnny Fischer
L. J. Sutter
Lexington
Henry Fischer
Louis Talbott
Mary Ann
Grace Friedrich
Roy Friedrich
Lucy Bushman
Green Valley
Eleanor Scobie
Glassford
Tom Reynolds
Carl Stuart
Chandlerville
Frank Reynolds
the Reynolds
Pekin Park
John Fischer
Colo
Seneca
Kansas
Louise Smith
Florence O’shea
Ruby Smith
Austin Mason
Miami
Fla
Wistehoff
Kelly
San Jose
Kelly Seed CO
San Jose, Ill
Glen Tackman
Bob Talbott
Raymond Jacobs
Ill
Clarence Farnam
Lester
Manila, Ill
Hines Howe
South Pekin
Fli
Schureman Howe
Swift
Manila
Rickett Grain & Feed CO
Forest City
Clarence Palmer
Joseph Sparks
Anna Maloney
Etta Cox
Ida Hodkinson
Emma Pollard
Louise Heckman
Laura Seelye
Christine Johnson
Clarence Breese
Burman Havens
Curtis Stevens
Warsaw
Cemetry
Stered
Russell McClintIck
R. L. Mahr Manito, Ill
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Singley and
Fischer
Calif
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