Illinois News Nuggets Highlights Local Politics And Crises
Mayor Herman J. Hallstrom faces a re election challenge from Burt M. Allen as director Chauncey H. Jenkins resigns welfare post amid state reforms. A judge grants a divorce to Mrs. Alfredo Appel after years of abuse. The senate passes bills funding a women’s reformatories and garnish against public employees. Chicago policing faces scrutiny over custody photography. A bank robbery suspect is tied to an actor. Health week targets diphtheria prevention with Save a Life a Day slogan.
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Herman J. Hallstrom
Burt M. Allen
Chauncey H. Jenkins
State Senate
Bsson
Roy W. Ide
Public Welfare Department
Alfredo Appel
Peru
Eldredge
William
Senate
Roberts
Ottawa
E. N. Francois
Joliet
Francois
Illinois River Valley
Illinois
Chicago
Sanitary
Downstaters
Howard H. Castle
Barrington
Berkeley
Maywood
Small
Isaac D. Rawlings
George Langford
Langford
Villa Grove
William B. Reeves
Tuscola
Samuel T. Anderson
Decatur
Cook County
Saline County Coal Corporation
Ledford
Gue Hohman
Brookport
Melinda Allen
Betsy Ross
Pistols Favored by Crooks in Changing Weapon Styles
A New York police report details how criminals select, modify, and prefer pistols and other weapons. It notes crooks favor smaller handguns such as .32 and .38, the shift from clubs to guns, and the decline of knives as crime evolves. It also describes gunmen as often weak, narcotic dependent, and prone to decisive, calculated crime.
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New York
Shoemaker
Chicago
Divorces Rising Reported in London
A brief notice notes increasing divorces in London as newspapers are restricted and access to filings is limited, signaling growing marital dissolution concerns in the capital.
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London
Inside Information On Home Sewing Food and Cooking Tips
Unbleached sheeting makes good slip on covers for mattresses. Early vegetables can be started indoors in flats or boxes including tomatoes cabbage peppers cauliflower celery and lettuce. Drop cakes spread when oven not hot enough or batter too soft. Bake on a sheet with no high sides or inverted pan. For chicken salad marinate diced chicken in French dressing for hours. For fuller flavor use chicken fat with vinegar and soak onion slices in the vinegar before mixing.
Easter goods and local notices in Patoka shop window
Local stores advertise Easter candy 10c, novelties, cards, booklets and hats. Community updates mention visits, births, coal strike effects, new shipments, farm supplies and a parish evangelist event in Patoka with many residents attending.
Chicago Election Results and County Totals Report
Chicago voters backed Big Bill Thompson in a decisive victory with about 80 000 plurality amid a tense election atmosphere. In Fayette County Democrats won nine of eleven seats, county board 15 Democrats 6 Republicans. Local results include Pope Township T T Cox Democrat defeating Ed Kidder Republican by 28 votes and Carrigan township Ralph Merten Democrat defeating Peter Bopp Republican by 26 votes.
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Chicago
Belive
Big Bill Thompson
Crowe
Thompsons
Chicago Tribune
Tribunes
Fayette County
John C. Etcheson
Levi J. Browning
Vandalia Township
Fred Donaldson
Fred von Behren
Kaskaskia
Pope Township
T. T. Cox
Ed Kidder
Marion County
Central
Merten
Candy specials and local market notes from Altoms and Wasems
Report notes ongoing sale of 2 pounds for 25 cents of assorted high grade candies at Altoms. Red Bermuda onion plants and onion sets offered at 25 and 10 cents respectively. Mention of rain on press night and a visit by John Sharp of Harvey and Tom Sharp of Seattle referencing Daddy Sharp’s burial in Vandalia.
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Walter Parks
Tom Stephens
Walter Schlinkeris
Altoms
A. L. Vallow
Clinton
Wasems
Dean F. Blankinship
F. M. Smith
Wilbur McIntire
Nason
Floyd
Archie Pugh
Jefferson Barracks
Phillipine Islands
Ill
Jasper Messenger
Portland
Oregon
Chicago
North Dakota
Elsie Harper
St. Marys Hospital
Neil Walker
du Quoin
Thelma
Louie Wasem
Raymond Schultz
Clarence Tracy
Centralia
Patoka
Eddie Vaughn
Edward Hayes
Patoka Hdn. & Furn. Co
Bermuda
Local man Ira Livesay signs to sell cars for Mott-Riley
Ira Livesay of Decatur has signed a contract to sell motor cars for the Mott-Riley Motor Car Company at Centralia and has already begun work. He has been active in the auto trade locally and is now employed by the firm in Centralia.
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Fred Cox
Clinton
I.C
Kenney
Morgan Henry
John Anderson
Shobonier
Patoka
Altoms
Martins
Jasper Messenger
Helen Chandler
Centralia
Charles Humes
Cecil Martins
Georgina Moody
Odin
Lindenwood College
Grandma Place
Dairy Feed
Evangelist J. P. Childs
Pittsburg
Temple
W. B. Chilton
Billy
Raymond Edwards
S. E. Edwards
Ira Livesay
Decatur
Mott-Riley Motor Car Company
192 Chick Delivery from Peoria Low Prices
Advertises 3 million quick service mail order poultry with fast delivery from Peoria. Lists various pure bred and hybrid chicks including Leghorns and Wyandottes, special matings, prices per chick, brooder options, and a factory direct catalogue from D. T. Farro Dept. 500 Hicke in Peoria Illinois.
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Peoria
S.C
S. C
Voters Split as Andereck Wins Tight Constable Race
In a spirited contest, Andereck a Democrat defeated seated Davidson a Republican 278 to 219 by 59 votes. The broader contest shows Republicans 312 and Democrats 217 in a party line vote.
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Constable
Andereck
Davidson
Gene Green Debuts with Sandoval in League Play
Gene Green from Sandoval, though claimed by Vernon, impressed in his first appearance last Monday. He pitched four innings for the Sandoval club against Milwaukee’s class AA lineup, allowing one hit and striking out a batter, but tired in the fifth as the game wore on.
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Gene Green
Sandoval
Vernon
Gene
Decatur
Milwaukee American Association
H. Lee Watson
Milwaukee
Brewers
Rooker
Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Marion County Illinois
The Marion County Court orders the sale of Mabin Dorris Ramsey estate property on April 19 1927 at Odin National Bank Odin Illinois. A tract of land 25 1/4 acres from Section 31 Township 3 North Range 2 East is offered to the highest bidder. Cash price due day of sale. W H Farthing administrator and W Basil Nilson attorney.
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Marion County
Illinois
W. H. Farthing
Martin Dorris Ramsey
Odin National Bank
Odin
Marion
Mabin Dorris Ramsey
W. Basil “Nilson
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Alcom
George Holland
Glen Quayle
Zobrist
Assumption
Astoms
Harry F. Metzger
Ellen Emerson
Stringtown
J. M. Emerson
Esther Chandler
Salem
Carson Chandler
J. M. Smith
Marinello
St. Louis
Hess
Bob Kelley
FE. L. DeLay
Ross Smith
Patoka Hdn
Furn. Co
W. L. Cope
Tonti
Parks
Patoka Hdw. & Furn. Co
Roy A. Pugh
W. M. Price
Vincennes
Patoka Hon, & Furn. Co
Christine Crawford
Panama
William Pilger
Ramsey
Bob Hayes
Lady Friends
Lucas Crawford
George Wasem
Murfin
Harve Cruse
Arewine Willett
Ngtown
N. Cruse
Georgia
Niles
Mich
F. L. Cox
Bob Norris
Salem Township
Young and Sweeney
Sandoval Township
Kennedy
Knight
Centralia Auto Firm
OWCI
Iree
D. T. Farro
Hicke Peoria
RED Lantern Inn
Meridian
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