Illinois Civic Development plan eyed by state chamber
Wayne Hummer president Illinois Chamber of Commerce announced in Belvidere that a state plan akin to the Chicago Plan could be developed through the new Civic Development department by fall. Governor Emmerson urged tax reform as essential while state health efforts push home pasteurization and new road and bridge specs advance with the 1930 program.
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Belvidere
Wayne Hummer
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Illinois
Chicago
Association
Hummer
Maine
California
Florence Bridge Completion Celebration Planned Near Pittsfield
Director Harry H. Cleaveland announced that the Florence bridge on state highway 36 will be dedicated after its May 10 opening. Governor Louis L. Emmerson is expected to attend with Governor Henry S. Caulfield of Missouri invited, as local communities join in celebrating the new 3,195 foot Illinois River span replacing the old ferry.
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Florence
Pittsfield
Harry H. Cleaveland
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Louis L. Emmerson
Henry S. Caulfield
Missouri
Ilinois River
Remodeling of Jacksonville state hospital after fire overhaul
Plans by State Architect C Herrick Hammond call for modernization of the administration building at Jacksonville State Hospital this summer. The project aims to remove corkscrew stairways and update interiors at an estimated cost of about 75000 dollars.
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Jacksonville State Hospital
C. Herrick Hammond
Illinois Supreme Court April docket includes 36 rehearings
The April term calendar from Clerk Charles W. Vail shows a rehearing docket of 36 cases. Leading among them is the Modern Woodmen case where the court affirmed the Cook County circuit court decree dismissing the appellants' bill for want of equity. Fifty three cases seek writs of certiorari.
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Supreme Court of Illinois
Charles W. Vail
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of
Cook County
Illinois Academy set to host annual meeting at Urbana
Plans by the Illinois Academy of Sciences section chairman aim to hold next year’s meeting at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign with the 25th anniversary of the Illinois State Geological Survey May 2 and 3. The event will draw college and high school teachers, and the public address after the banquet on May 2 will be delivered by Prof. Griffith Taylor an Australian geologist geographer climatologist explorer and author.
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Illinois Academy of Sciences
University of Ilinois
Urbana-Champaign
Illinois State Geological Survey
Griffith Taylor
Denton Cfutt portrayed by Otto Hoffman in Abraham Lincoln film
The character of Denton Cfutt the New Salem storekeeper whom Lincoln clerked for two years will be portrayed by Otto Hoffman in D W Griffith s Abraham Lincoln Edward Deering will portray Jack Armstrong the Sangamon boy who Lincoln bested in a fierce contest
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Denton Cfutt
New Salem
Lincoln
Otto Hoffman
D. W. Griffith
Abraham Lincoln
Edward Deering
Jack Armstrong
Sangamon
Mythical Sangamon County Wrestling Championship Fight
Walter Huston to play Lincoln in a feature described as a mythical wrestling championship. Stephen Vincent Benet wrote the story and dialogue. The University of Illinois Y M C A aims to raise 1 000 000 under B S Pearsall to build a campus facility on Wright street Champaign. The project includes a $340 000 building and a $300 000 maintenance fund to yield 18 000 yearly.
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Sangamon County
Walter Huston
Lincoln
Stephen Vincent Benet
University of Illinois Y. M. C. A
B. S. Pearsall
Elgin
Wright Street
Champaign
Association
Pardon Board Denies 65 Prisoners Pardon Moves
In a March 28 report to Governor Louis L. Emmerson the state pardon board announced 65 prisoners in Chester Pontiac and Joliet were denied pardons or commutations. Most applicants faced lengthy terms for murder with armed robbery second.
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Louis L. Emmerson
State Pardon Board
Chester
Pontiac
Joliet
Illinois Students Plan Land Study During Easter Vacation
A group of University of Illinois students will study state owned tracts in Southern Illinois under directors Dr. Y. E. Shelford and Dr. A. R. Cahn. They will base operations at Alto Pass in Union County during the Easter break.
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Illinois
University of Illinois
Y. E. Shelford
A. R. Cahn
Alto Pass
Union County
Illinois grade separation program plans for 1930
The highway division will spend about 2 million dollars to separate highway and railroad grades statewide with railroads contributing another 2 million. In the Chicago area combined state and railroad costs total about 2.5 million while downstate costs run around 1.458 million. Director Harry H. Cleaveland and Chief Highway Engineer Frank T. Sheets presented the plan to Governor Louis L. Emmerson.
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Chicago
Harry H. Cleaveland
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Midwest Bituminous Coal Conference at Purdue University
Producers distributors and users of bituminous coal were invited to attend a three day educational conference in Lafayette Indiana April 9 11. The event was organized by Purdue University the Coal Trade Association of Indiana the Illinois Coal Bureau with the University of Illinois and the Fuel division of the A S M E.
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Purdue University
Lafayette
Indiana
Coal Trade Association of Indiana
Illinois Coal Bureau
University of Illinois
Fuel Division
Judd Becomes Secretary of Illinois Chamber Finance Unit
On April 14 Frank Judd former ly with the Chicago Journal of Commerce assumed the duties of secretary of the newly created financial department of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. The department will promote the state’s financial wealth and prepare articles and bulletins on financial matters. Harvey T. Hill chairs the Finance committee.
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Frank Judd
Chicago Journal of Commercce
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Harvey T. Hill
Literacy Program at Joliet and Stateville Achieves Gains
The illiteracy program under Governor Emmerson and Rodney H. Brandon shows progress. Illiterate men learning to write letters. John T. Taylor named educational supervisor for the schools. compulsory attendance tied to parole policy. a women’s prison school enrolls 48 students under Mrs. John T. Taylor.
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Joliet Prison
Statesville
Rodney H. Brandon
Louis L. Emmerson
John T. Taylor
Illinois School For the Deaf
Jacksonville
Illinois
Women’s Prison
Mrs H W Whitten joins two Illinois education commissions
Mrs H W Whitten of Carthage president of the Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers has been named to two Illinois commissions. One will study illiteracy and arrange classes for illiterates, appointed by Governor Emmerson to cooperate with a national committee. The other oversees the Hancock county survey of physically handicapped children. Both operate under a state commission for a statewide survey and will report to the fifty seventh general assembly.
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H. W. Whitten
Carthage
Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers
Illinois
Illinois Committee
Louis L. Emmerson
National Committee
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Interior
Hancock County
General Assembly
Fifty Seventh General Assembly
Garden crops to rise at state charity and penal farms
Garden crops will be increased this year at farms operated in connection with charitable and penal institutions of the state to provide the wards with wholesome occupation. A. C. Everingham, farm garden and dairy consultant, says self-sustenance should be the end toward which we should strive.
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A. C. Everingham
Not Available Yet for Plain Reading
The quote notes ongoing efforts to boost both quantity and quality of vegetables grown and to test new varieties for diet. It highlights ongoing experimentation and adaptation in horticulture without providing specific events or dates.
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Kian
Caldewell
Everingham
Illinois corn acreage tied to early intentions despite delays
Illinois and federal agriculture departments report corn acreage this season will closely match last year if planting conditions allow farmers to follow their initial plans. The joint survey reflects early intentions across the state amid variable weather and field work constraints.
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Illinois
Ilinois
Federal Departments of Agriculture
Illinois Waterway Acquisition Backed for Gulf Project
The House rivers and harbors committee unanimously backs an Army Engineers plan to acquire and complete the Illinois waterway as part of the Chicago to the Gulf system. Rep William E Hull announced the move while Major General Lytle Brown urged Congress to federalize the project at an estimated cost of 7.5 million dollars to create a federal link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River inland waterway.
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House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Army Engineers
William E. Hull
Illinois
Lytle Brown
Congress
Great Lakes
Mississippi River
Tax Commission Report Urges State Statistical Department
In a letter to Governor Louis L. Emmerson accompanying the tenth annual report, William H. Malone calls for a statistical department in the Illinois Tax Commission. He notes the digest of state tax laws and discussions of administration problems, with eighteen problems listed for study to aid future tax legislation and fiscal policy.
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Louis L. Emmerson
Illinois Tax Commission
William H. Malone
Malone
Tax Commission
Illinois
General Assembly
Knox and Lombard Plan Union of Two Illinois Colleges
Presidents of Knox College and Lombard College announce a joint statement that their executive committees unanimously approved a union on mutually agreed terms. The plan aims to merge the two historic institutions under shared governance and assets, pending formal approval.
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Knox and
Lombard
Illinois
Boards of
Trustees of
Tro
Albert Britt
Knox
George G.avis
Tombarc
Measles Tops State Disease Counts in New Report
A recent report by Dr. Andy Hall lists 691 measles cases, 519 scarlet fever cases, and 326 pneumonia cases, marking measles as the state’s most prevalent contagious disease.
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Andy Hall
Bob Eagan Undergoes Tonsil Operation This Week
Bob Eagan an employee at the Lincoln Home and Colony submitted to a tonsil removal operation on Tuesday and is now on the road to recovery.
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Bob Eagan
Lincoln Home and Colony
Newsy Notes From Neoga And Patoka Area
O L Wadkins and family of Neoga spent Sunday with relatives here. Mrs Spicer of Vandalia visited friends nearby. Mildred Wickersham was seriously ill for days. Flora Maude Hatch of Vernon visited her grandparents F M Smith and wife. Patoka Hardware promotes plants, oils stoves and home goods with various offers. Black of Centralia visited his parents L M Black and wife.
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O. L. Wadkins
Neoga
Spicer
Vandalia
Mildred
Dan Wickersham
Flora Maude
Frank Hatch
Vernon
F. M. Smith
Smith’s
Jeff Smith
Patoka
Patoka Hdn. & Furn. Co
Patoka Hdw. & Furn, Co
Altom’s
Patoka How. & Furn, Co
Black
Centralia
L. M. Black
Asa McClelland
Newton Meridith
Odin
Lora Holtslaw
Flora McClelland
Central City
Thomas Holtslaw
John Kretzer
Robert Meridith
W. R. McClelland
Kittles
John
Wedney Afernoon
McClellnd
Melvin Austin
Pear
McCllland
Melvin Avecin
Paul
Hubert McClelland
Robert
John McClelland
Roslie
Doris McClelland
Claude Carter
Mason Holts
J. R. Hokslaw
Custer Geary
Glenridge
Edward Meridith
Edgar Williams
Frank Parker
Sandoval
Mr. Petrea
W. R McClelland
Bert
Lois McClelland
Gertrude
Elza Rieinger
J. R. Holtslaw
Jennie Williams
Mattie Bryant
Myers
J. R, Holtslaw
Nellie Holtslaw
Grace Heltslaw
Local Residents News and Family Moves
Joe Humes and wife plan a California trip after selling their Heyworth business. William Brokelmyer and wife, new Centralia homeowners, visited here. Bert Walker and wife moved to the Eldoris Belcher place and are welcoming friends. Mrs. Florence Simcox departed for St. Louis. A. M. Peek bought Roy Jones property and will move here from his farm in a couple months. Archie Hopkins owns a new Ford coach.
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Joe Humes
Heyworth
California
William Brokelmyer
Centralia
Bert Walker
Eldoris
Archie Hopkins
Ford
Community Tightens Ties in Odin Township News
Local social notes list numerous visits among McClelland, Holtslaw, Meridith, and related families across Odin, Central City, Sandoval, and surrounding towns. Entries record Sunday and Tuesday gatherings, hospital or visiting moments, and weekly trips to relatives and neighbors.
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Leo H. Lowe
Department of Trade and Commerce
Chicago Grain Inspection Division
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Imperial Building
South Park Street
Postal Telegraph Building
Chicago Board of Trade Building
Springfield
Medical College of the State University
Lloyd Arnold
State Diagnostic Laboratory
Medical College of the University
State Health
Ilinois Division of Highways
H. H. Cleaveland
Frank T. Sheets
Division of Highways
A. N. Talbot
Frank T. Richart
Portuity
G. E. Raines
S. Locust St
Centralia, Ill
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Automo
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