Early English settlers find love in New World tale
Robert Heathers and William Heydon sail to the New World in 1634 to flee tyranny. They are welcomed in Boston by Rev. Doctor Cotton and meet Amos Todkill, a seasoned woodsman. Heydon courts Elizabeth Brade, daughter of a colony leader, and the pair begin colonist life together.
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Robert Heathers
William Heydon
England
New World
Boston
Doctor Cotton
Amos Todkill
Heydon
Elizabeth Brade
Todkill
William
Robert
Blaxton
Bess
Will Shakespeare
Braxton
Mabel Hartley
Earl of Warwick
America
Newtown
Phidias
Henry VIII
Love and conflict in early Boston as William enemies and Peggy clash
In 1682 Boston the young men toil in woods and kitchens while courting, debating marriage and church rules. Robert chases Peggy Weld as rival Jim Rosewell seeks her favor, amid town life, kindness from Winthrops, and a growing colony.
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Mabel
William
Brades
Bess
John Winthrop
Winthrop
Roswell Brade
Robert
Jim Rosewell
Apollo
Bob
Peggy
New Boston
Rosewell
England
Misquoted maxims and their true origins revealed
A note on misquotations from Golden Book Magazine shows how common phrases lose original meaning. It cites examples such as world loves a lover versus mankind loves a lover, accidents happen versus accidents will occur, and familiarity breeds contempt versus I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt.
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Golden Book Magazine
Emerson
Dickens
Cervantes
Braille Press Standardizes International Music Notation
Music score negotiations have progressed for years to create a universal system. The Braille Press implements a standardized notation so musicians from any nation can read each other’s music.
Island Dwellers on lm Showcased by Sea and Islands
The article notes two main routes to lm by water, via the Gote borg canal or the sea through its 75 miles of islands. Rugged seas and rocky islets attract artists and city families who own summer homes. Businessmen commute by launch and most residents own a yacht or craft, spending days on the water.
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Goteborg
Illinois senate advances come tax bills to third reading
A countrywide agenda delivers updates from Springfield on state fiscal policy and administrative plans. Senator Simon E Lantz sees come tax measures advance while Buck Buck heads a federal appointment. the Illinois fair system, archives and historic preservation receive attention alongside health and employment measures.
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Simon E. Lantz
Senate
Illinois Legislation Moves on Roads and Reforms
Senator Mills backs pay raise for small city judges and traffic control bills push through in House. Illinois reports 1930 accident deaths top 5 735 with autos leading, while probation and child welfare topics feature at Galesburg meeting. Also proposed are insurance reforms, trust administration changes, and a police staffing increase for highways.
Illinois News Notes Highlights From State Capital and Courts
Illinois notes report municipal election costs at 591 160 by Judge Jarecki. County assessors cut values in Vermilion and Logan counties while McLean and Champaign area farmers won revaluations. Deaths include Mrs. Bowser and Miss Mildred McClure. Hospital beds funded for veterans. bandits rob Mundelein bank. Mundelein plans Rome trip. indictments and prison plots surface. Mayors named in several cities. Circuit court ends with 62 convictions. Illinois Central tax injunction affects counties.
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Chicago
Edwin K. Jarecki
Berwyn
N. L. Bowser
Rock Island
Stephenson County
Vermilion County
Fred R. Lloyd
Federal
Harrison Shrum
Franklin County Coal Company
Benton
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Louis F. Ginger
Shelby County
Hoover
Clarence F. Buck
Monmouth
Internal Revenue
Illinois
Marion
North American Light and Power Company
Cardinal Mundelein
Rome
Vatican
Collegium Propaganda Fide
State Bank of
Mundelein
M. C. Mott
John Keane
Illinois Free Employment Department
East St. Louis
Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers
Iroquois County
Vera Kraft
Nettie Lou Reaugh
Teachers’ Institute
Champaign
Joliet
Stateville
Anton J. Cermak
Rockford
J. Herman Hallstrom
Springfield
John W. Knapp, Jr
Peoria
Homer L. Ahrends
Bloomington
Ben Rhodes
Danville
P. Madden
St. Louis
Frank Doyle
Freeport
J. W. Nelson
Galesburg
J. Anderson
Quincy
J. E. Wilson
Urbana
R. Harmon
Evanston
Charles H. Bartlett
Frank Novotny
River Forest
Charles F. Baumrucker
Winnetka
Wiliam B. Moulton
Chester
Illinois Central Railway
Walter Lindley
Tlinois Central
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Irving Bacheller
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Meee “Bacheller
Mrs. Hartley
United States
Otis F. Glenn
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Andy Hall
Department of Labor
Evanston Free Employment Office
James J. Barbour
Secretary of State
William J. Stratton
State of Illinois
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Morrison
Randolph and
St. Clair
Grant Homestead
Galena
A. 8. Grant
Governor Emmerson
State Fair Management
James Hamilton Lewis
House
Peter P. Kielminski
House of Correction
Division of Highways
H. H. Cleaveland
Emmerson
House Agriculture Committee
Stuart EB. Pierson
Boards of Supervisors
Ges
Solomon P. Roderick
State Department of Public Health
Epler C. Mills
Virginia
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George Thomas Palmer
Edna Zimmerman
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Fred Bestold
Lacon
Louis L. Emmerson
Utah
Idaho
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Decatur
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Elections Committee
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Buda
Fifty
William G. Thon
Insurance Committee of
Committee On Insurance
John R. Hamilton
Mattoon
Illinois Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
Sangamon County
Panhandle Illinois Pingline Company
Glenarm
Pineline Concern
Amarillo
Texas
Indianapolis
Martin R. Carlson
Moline
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Michael Fahy
Toluca
Illinois News Notes
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