The Cowboy Songs Behind Broadway Green Grow the Lilacs
The essay traces the Southwest origins of songs in the Broadway play Green Grow the Lilacs. It links cowboy and folk ballads such as The Lone Prairie and The Cowboy’s Lament to earlier English and American tunes, noting Lomax’s field work and Maynard’s Colorado origins while recounting bartown legends and the Dodge City/Laredo settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Gotham
Tin Pan Alley
New York
South
America
Baldry
Paul Bunyan
Ecos Bill
John Henry
Southwest
Oklahoma
Lynn Riggs
Sam Hall
London
W. G. Ross
Maiden Lane
Covent Gardens
Back Kitchen
Pendennis
England
Cimarron
Oklahoma Range
John A. Lomax
Texas
Lomax
Fannie Moore
Bhart Heated
Lone Prairie
W. H. Saunders
G. N. Allen
W. O
H. 8. Perkins
Dilson
F. H. Maynard
Colorado Springs
Colo
Tom Sherman
Great Bend
Dodge City
Wichita
Mr. Maynard
Laredo
Kan
Unios
Illinois House Bill Seeks Labor Dept Division and Data
A bill introduced by Rep R G Soderstrom Streator calls for a division of statistics and research in the Illinois Department of Labor to collect and report labor market data and diffuse related information as recommended by Gov Louis L Emmerson. The measure passed second reading. Illinois owns 338303 acres federal and state lands statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.G. Soderstrom
Streator
Louis L. Emmerson
General Assembly
Statistics and Research
Department of Labor
Tabi Agate Toring Industries
House of Representatives
David Shanahan
House
Fred Sterling
Senate
Illinois General Assembly
Illinois League of Women Voters
Anna Wilmarth Ickes
Florence Fifer Bohrer
Bloomington
Josephine Perry
Chicago
William G. Thon
William H. Jackson
Toulon
Jackson
Springfield
St. Nicholas Hotel
Illinois
United States
Foreclosure probe urged and cement contracts urged in Illinois
Representative Raymond T. O Keefe sponsors a house joint resolution to form a committee to study foreclosure conditions and potential profit among lawyers and receivers. LaSalle county leaders push for cement contracts with Illinois plants backed by 7 000 petition signers. The article also notes office relocations in the agriculture division and a Decatur high school basketball championship visit to the legislature amid other Illinois events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond T. O’keefe
Chicago
House
Committee On Judiciary
LaSalle County
N. M. Mason
R. G. Soderstrom
C. E. Benson
Edmond P. Conerton
Louis L. Emmerson
Illinois
Frank Bryzgot
LaSalle
al Hasse
Peru
Charles Spurr
Oglesby
Decatur High School
W. C. Chynoweth
Decatur
Gay Kintner
Charles E. Lee
Senate
Delinquent Girl Unfit for Reform School Warns General OsearK
General OsearK Carl a Sthem states that a sixteen or seventeen year old delinquent girl cannot be sent to the state women's reformatory as she has not been convicted of any crime.
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Oseark
Carla Sthem
State Women's Reformatory
Bailey proposes deep waterway commission for Great Lakes link
Senator Martin B. Bailey of Danville introduces a bill creating a deep waterway commission to study feasibility and value of connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Seaboard via the St. Lawrence river for Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin B. Bailey
Danville
Deep Waterway Commission
Illinois
Great Lakes
Atlantic Seaboard
St. Lawrence River
Illinois Fair Horsepilling Contest Highlighted by Rep Corzine
Representative Roy Al Corzine of Stonington chairs the house agricultural panel and promoted success at the Illinois State Fair horsepilling contest. Fair officials note spring is training time for draft teams. Arbor Day aims to plant two million trees nationwide with school participation and alumni memorials. The Illinois Supreme Court calendar for April 7 lists 44 certiorari petitions and 35 rehearing requests from February term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy al Corzine
Stonington
House Agricultural Committee
Illlmoige
Lewis B. Springer
Division of Forestry
Illinois Supreme Court
Charles W. Vail
Sixtieth wedding anniversary marks civic parade
The 60th anniversary of Editor and Mrs. Joseph M. Page of Jerseyville was celebrated with a lengthy parade and a home gathering that drew more than 1,100 congratulators from across the state. The article also notes legislative actions, state fair poster contest progress, and public service announcements from Illinois officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Page
Jerseyville
Illinois Obituaries and Local Crime in Brief Notes
Died at Danville retired Patriarchs Militant commander Dr Joseph Fairhall aged 78. Woodhull’s A G Andrees celebrates 81st birthday remains active in his 1873 blacksmith shop. Officials estimate 1000 horses will be stabled for the opening Illinois turf season May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Fairhall
Patriarchs’ Militant of
Illinois
Military Odd Fellows
Danville
A. G. Andrees
Woodhull
Exposition Park
Aurora
Chicago
Mike Golish
Pittsburgh
Marion
Federal
John J. Perucca
Grundy County
Illinois Live Stock Association
East St. Louis
Presbyterian Home For the
Evanston
Farmers' State Bank
Westervelt
Frank Hooper
Watseka
Nolia Hyrich
Joseph Hyrich
Milford
Mary Taylor Wellman
Taylor
Virginia
Zachary Taylor
United States
Champaign
Rock Island
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
James R. Meredith
Peru
Warren County
Marshfield
Pendleton
Josiah Treharne
Joliet
Izaak Waltom League of
Lake Michigan
Waukegan
Wisconsin
Browning Robinson
Green River
Benton
Illinois State Baptist Convention
J. S. Holcomb
Dayton
Ohio
Irving Park
Erdmann Smith
Austin Baptist Church
John W. Nicholson
Hinsdale
Springfield
Christian County
John Turfitt
Pana
Paul Jakes
Carlyle
Martha
J. D. Erlinger
Glenn Nichols
Austin J. Corray
Harmon Corray
State Bank
Allerton
Harry Barlow
Johnston City
Herrin
England
E Coal Company
St. Louis
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Iptor
Sally James Farnham
St. James Hospital
Manas
Aur
T. Spee al Soatezer
Uncle Sam
Rodney H. Brandon
State’ Department of Public Welfare
Camp Grant
United States Naval Training Station
Fort Sheridan
Rock Island Arsenal
Chanute and
Scott Aviation Fields
A. W. Dally
Department of Purchases and Construction
H. D. Sparks
Shelbyville
Elbert Waller
Tamaroa
Charles J. Kribs
Prairie du Rocher
DeKalb
Normal
Pike County Board of Supervisors
Cook County
A. W. Schimmel
Oscar E. Carlstrom
Stuart E. Pierson
Department of Agriculture
Centennial Annex
Statehouse
Division of Foods and Dairies
Division of State Fair
Fair
Homer J. Tice
T. J. Barrett
Downstate
Edward J. Barrett
Stark County
Knox County
Burrrett
Abraham Lincoln
Cyrus Hall McCormick
C. J. Doyle
Francis G. Blair
Sportsmen's Mutual
C. F Mansfield
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