Illinois State Fair Leads In History Of Seventy Fifth Annual Exposition
The Capitol City discusses Illinois seventy fifth state fair in full swing with S J Stanard calling it among the most successful in state history. Improvements exceed a quarter million dollars while a record number of exhibits are on display during the agricultural exposition. Auto races opened the fair with dirt track drivers and harness and running races follow.
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Illinois
S. J. Stanard
State Department of Agricule
Illinois progresses on tuberculosis elimination and river levee completion
Federal reports praise Illinois gains in bovine tuberculosis control and note the Beardstown levee project near completion after a five year effort. Other items include WCBS radio’s continued license in Springfield, hospital building bids in Chicago, improved corn prospects, new Robertson Aircraft passenger planes between St Louis and Chicago, and upcoming Illinois deep waterway project bid openings.
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Illinois
Beardstown
McWilliams Dredging Company
WCBS
Capital
Federal Radio Commission
Charles H. Mester
Commission
Washington
Mester
Springfield
Iown
Indiana
St. Louis
Chicago
Robertson Aircraft Corporation
Illinois Waterway Contract Bids and Local Harvest News
Reports detail bids for gate and valve machinery across five locks including Lockport and Marseilles, plus a Bloomington hog shipment record of 191 head yielding a $5,579.61 check. State fair poultry exhibit features three breed pens from eight hatcheries. Sheriff serves summons in Route 165 dispute. Peach movement heavy. farmers urged local canning. Corn prospects favorable in north and central Illinois, with wider crop notes across several staples. Labor Day bridge dedication invites state leaders. Coal output rose 290000 tons in July to 3,136,914.
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Illinois Waterway
Lockport
Brandon Road
Dresden Island
Marseilles
Starved Rock
Marseilles and
Capital City
W. S. Johnson
Bloomington
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Division of Standardization and Markets
Illinois
Centralia
Joe N. Cummins
Mines in July Operate Fewer Than June Levels
The report shows twenty-two mines active in July versus 114 in June and a total of 36,424 men employed in the state's mining industry, reflecting a sharp downturn from spring activity.
Population Thousands Employed Versus Pit Workers
The record notes a population exceeding 70,000 employed contrasted with 2,332 men at work in the pits during June. This highlights a large employed population alongside a smaller extractive labor force.
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Rochester
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Pateka, Illinois
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State Department of Purchases and Construction
Chicago Research and Education Hospital
M. K. Boyle
E. B. Kiser
William B. Hoyer
Frees-Walters Company
Departments of Agriculture
A. J. Surratt
Illinois Deep Waterway
Leslie Small
William F. Mulvi
Miller
L. E. Belcher
Patoka, Ill
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Col. C. R. Miller
Frank T. Sheets
McLean County
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Colfax
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Illinois Waterway Construction
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Illinois House of Representatives
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Division of Plant Industry
O. T. Olsen
Len Small
Sam A. Baker
Missouri
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Cape Girardeau Bridge
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