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Newspaper
Marion Evening Post
Location
Marion, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1930
Page
2
The annual homecoming celebration at the Southern Teachers College and State Normal College will be held next Friday and Saturday. The event includes crowning two football queens elected by the student body during the festivities on the local gridiron.
A 1930 Illinois public measure proposes a state wide system of conservation and forest preserves with public recreation grounds. It authorizes selling bonds up to fourteen million dollars to fund acquisition and establishment and would be decided by voters on November 4 1930.
Illinois proposes a 14 million dollar bond plan to acquire 2 000 upland acres per county and 80 000 lowland acres for a state wide conservation and forest preserves system. The act reserves 35 percent for sanctuaries and general recreation, with 65 percent open for fishing and hunting, and creates a seven member advisory board with broad expertise.
Fragmentary text discusses a summit at a location and an election with returns to be made. The readable bits indicate queries about timing and process but lack concrete names places or dates.
Samuel Heath, 26, of Rushville, was acquitted by a circuit court jury here on Saturday of the murder of Elmer Alee. Heath admitted firing during a quarrel that led to the fatal shooting.
Doctor Beadle a regular physician licensed in Illinois offers free professional services to all who call during this visit. He treats stomach liver kidneys skin nerves heart and more without surgery for selected conditions. Married women must be accompanied by husbands and only medicines may be charged.
Washington report notes Chinese audiences favor mystery thrillers with supernatural elements. Theater owners in Szechwan install specially built electric units to meet demand as most cinemas lack regular electric current according to commerce reports.
In Hammond Indiana on October 13 authorities and over a thousand volunteers conducted an all night search for 18 month old Roge Mayle Deichelbor daughter of Mr and Mrs William Deichelbor who remains missing after fears of kidnapping grew with no trace found.
Police in Ghillago report no clues in the death of a 40 year old unidentified man found near the lake of 14th Street. The body showed a twisted wire around the neck and neckwear marks were removed from the clothing.
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