Empty cupboards hit Illinois as Brundage assumes office
Illinois Attorney General Brundage finds the state treasury bare after the Democratic administration and large appropriations. He asks the General Assembly for an emergency bill to provide credit while taxes are collected. Officials report an era of extravagance and a looming money crunch with about 50 million needed for the next two years.
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Brundage
Illnois
Mother Hubbard
General Assembly
Iitnois
Springfield
Olinois
Gov. Dunne
Attorney General’s Office
Mlinors
Silly Taxation Talk and Government Waste
The piece likens federal spending to a drunken sailor, criticizing repeated appropriations for useless projects. It notes a looming deficit of about 300 million dollars yearly and mocks proposed taxes on stored farm products, arguing such measures reflect imprudent policy and mismanagement.
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Congress
Treasury
Storage as Economic Policy for Surplus Food
The author argues against taxing stored food during plenty, noting storage stabilizes prices and supplies. He cites hogs, eggs, butter, and vegetables as examples of how canning and preserving surplus foods keeps markets steady and prices fair. A broader fix urged includes trimming government waste and avoiding unnecessary public projects.
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Tropics
Blizzard's Ford A Memory By Dud Lyall
A reflective reminiscence of summers past at Blizzard's Ford near home. The speaker recalls boyhood days with friends Bates Dutch Bill Pin and Jim Riley, the track, tobacco, and the old swimming hole three miles north, imagining June warmth in a winter memory.
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Bates
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O' Homa
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Riley
Peace Costs Us on Mexican Border Fatalities Report
Annual report by the chief surgeon of a southern department, U S Army, records 274 American soldiers dying on the Mexican border in the last seven months. Forty seven were killed by Mexicans, nine were accidental, and nineteen died by their own hand. One hundred six died of disease, forty four from pneumonia.
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Tha Sannual
U. S. Army
Great Business in Rabbits in Mt Carmel Producers Buy 25000 Rabbits
The Republican notes two Mt Carmel produce companies bought nearly 25 000 rabbits this season at an average price of 12 and a half cents. The United States produces about two thirds of the world's corn supply.
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Mt. Carmel
United States
New Cash in Advance Plan Details for Subscriptions
The Herald reports readers have renewed or should renew subscriptions under a cash in advance system. To be fair, no cuts occur before February 1, after which unpaid or outstanding accounts will be discontinued and collected.
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Herald
The Life of a Forest by Silas Walker Excerpt
Mrs. Silas Walker reads a paper on silvicultural character and forest dynamics. The essay explains how species traits and environmental factors govern distribution growth and inter-tree relations in native forests.
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Silas Walker
Terre Haute Star and Marshal Herald Compare for County News
A vintage notice extols the Terre Haute Star as a metropolitan daily with AP news and farmer routes, and the Marshal Herald as Clark county’s leading paper offering extensive home news and strong local content. It touts a liberal subscription deal pairing Herald with a weekly Marshall County option at a reduced price.
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Terre Haute
Associated Press
Daily
The
Marshal
Herald
Clark County
N Elty
Bereid
Marshall
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