Illinois News Notes Fresh disasters and political tallies across the state
An explosion at Paratol Chemical in Calumet City killed HK. L. Coalwell, twenty four. Mrs Mamie Gale Herman goes on trial in Moline December 1 for murder with self defense claimed. In Chicago Mrs James W Morrison elected president of the Illinois League of Women Voters. Burglars rob J D McGuire home in Wilmette taking silverware worth over 1000. Nine years of the state Teachers Pension fund report shows 6758 teachers joined voluntarily and 42000 by compulsory features. Three men die when an airplane from St Louis crashes near Greenfield two blocks from the town square. Victims George Walker H G Tilley Ole Hagen. Official Cook County election returns show Haas leading for recorder and Emmerson leading for secretary of state. Coolidge leading Davis and La Follette by large margins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Greenfield
George Walker
Jerseyville
H. G. Tilley
Ole Hagen
Cook County
Chicago
Joseph F. Haas
Recorder
L. L. Emmerson
Coolidge
Davis
la Follette
Tax-title expert cites Cook county delinquent taxes total
Hubert W. Butler of Glencoe told the Cook county township highway commissioners and Good Roads association at the county building in Chicago that delinquent taxes in Cook county exceed 10 million dollars. He urged collecting these taxes to solve financial strains for township road work and highway improvements.
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Hubert W. Butler
Glencoe
Cook County Township Highway Commissioners and Good Roads Association
Chicago
Cook County
Mr. Butler
Final settlement in Moline Plow case ordered in decree
A federal decree in Moline orders a $280 000 settlement to plaintiffs led by George N Peek Frank W Edlin and Charles B Rose payable in two installments starting immediately and January 15 1925 The decree upholds the management contract cited in the breach suit by former Moline Plow officials Illinois farm report notes frost maturation of corn with 58 percent fully matured 29 percent in dough or hard stage and 13 percent in milk or fodder stage Railroads protest leniency of municipal court judges in coal theft cases urging stricter measures Destruction of 15000 fowls in a Galesburg poultry house fire valued at $50000 and 25th wedding anniversary celebrated by Mr and Mrs Gustave Schloz at Pana with note of 25 years service without a day off
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Moline Plow
Federal District Court
Moline
George N. Peek
Frank W. Edlin
Charles B. Rose
Moline Plow Company
Illinois
Springfield
A. J. Surratt
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Gustave Schloz
Pana
Behblez
Sorefson to Lead Auburn St Mark’s Lutheran Parish Change
Kteyv P A Sorefson leaves Joliet First Lutheran to become pastor at St Mark’s Lutheran Auburn Indiana. Prohibition Agent Archie M Benson, famed as a dry sleuth, completes a major investigation amid Chicago nightlife crackdowns. Dowell family mourns four year old George Germanovich who choked on a blown rubber balloon after sampling candy. Census Bureau release lists 1924 city populations for Decatur East St Louis Peoria Springfield and others in the 25 000 to 100 000 range.
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Kteyv. P
Prohibition
Archie M. Benson
William Yaselli
Chicago
George Germanovich
Dowell
Census Bureau
Washington, D. C
Timots
Decatur
East St. Louis
Higin
Peoria
Springfield
Mayor Shouse Battles Sunday Worship Disruption
Danville mayor Thurman F. Shouse a former Methodist minister seeks to curb Sunday street payments and faced a shock when a steel roller and a force of men reportedly drowned out services at Grace Methodist Church his last charge before taking leave to serve as mayor.
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Thurman F. Shouse
Danville
Grace Methodist Church
Sheriff Denies Martial Law Request After Marton Visit
Sheriff George Galligan of Marton refutes rumors of conferring with Governor Small to place Williamson county under martial law after his return from an extended business trip. He reports the county quiet and suggests troops soon withdrawn.
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George Galligan
Marton
Small
Williamson County
Bull in Stockton Terrifies Village Then Captured
A large Holstein bull charged a roadside billboard, tore a ring through its nose, and demolished the sign at Stockton. It attacked a house and terrorized residents before being lured into a wedge shaped space between two buildings, where it was roped and recaptured.
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Stockton
Judge McGoorty Named Judge Advocate for Sixth Corps Reserve
Judge John P. McGoorty of the Circuit Court in Chicago was notified by the War Department of his appointment as judge advocate of the officers' reserve in the Sixth corps area. He received the commission of major and will take an active role in area affairs if reserves are called out.
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John P. McGoorty
Chicago
War Department
Sixth Corps
Farmer admits involvement in July 4 house fire for insurance
Ben Robertson of Rio told Circuit Judge Walter Frank he helped start the blaze that destroyed his home in July last year to collect insurance. His lawyers asked for probation after his guilty plea. Archie Stotts testified last week that he himself applied the firebrands and received a one year Joliet sentence.
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Ben Robertson
Rio
Walter Frank
Galesburg
Archie Stotts
Frank
Robertson
Joliet
Jury Excuses In Rock Island Looney Murder Case
H. H. Cleveland and William F. Bradley, members of the September grand jury, were excused from service in the Looney murder inquiry at Rock Island after A. W. Billbury and George Holsapple, already convicted and imprisoned for the killing, objected to their presence during testimony. Billbury and Holsapple contend the killing involved four Rock Island citizens.
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H. H. Cleveland
William F. Bradley
Looney
Rock Island
A. W. Billbury
George Holsapple
Billings
Holsapple
Poison Found in Mrs Walter Stark’s Organs
The body of Mrs Walter Stark, wife of a Lake county deputy sheriff, was found dead at home on what would have been their twelfth wedding anniversary. A note to her sister Miss Elfreda Schael of Evanston said my brain is paralyzed, and she left her personal effects and $80 to the sister. The Starks had been estranged for months.
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Walter Stark
Lake County
Elfreda Schael
Evanston
Starks
Illinois Reports Jump in Scarlet Fever Cases
Springfield weekly health bulletin shows 267 new scarlet fever cases with Cook County leading at 130 and multiple counties reporting smaller counts. Diphtheria cases totaled 157 with Cook County at 98 and Madison 5, plus 7 in Sangamon and Rock Island counties.
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Illinois
Springfield
Cook County
Adams
Franklin
Kane
Kankakee
la Salle
McLean
St. Clair
Sangamon
Will
Williamson
Madison County
Rock Island
Pontiac Carpenter Found Dead In Garaged Car
John Gass a 63 year old carpenter of Peoria was found with a bullet wound in his head slumped in the rear seat of his touring car inside his locked garage a rifle propped between his knees and his right thumb on the trigger Investigating officials cite financial worries and grief over his daughter’s suicide three months earlier as likely causes while noting the family quarrel over bobbed hair preceded the tragedy.
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John Gass
Peoria
Gass
Bank Robbery in Oakwood Yields Cash Bonds
Bandits forced employees into vaults at the State Bank of Oakwood and fled with 4000 dollars in cash and 1500 dollars in bonds. Fiarvey town awards 2000 dollar reward for being named one of the 50 cleanest cities in America. W G Morse says funds will improve parks and playgrounds as Ham manders from New York City donate 2000 dollars to each of the 50 cities.
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State Bank of
Oakwood
Fiarvey
America
W. G. Morse
Chamber of Commerce
Wi- Ham HB. Hammond
New York City
Value of Pure Bred Cattle Shown By 200 Grade Cows
W J Fraser surveys the 200 cow exhibit at the National Dairy show highlighting nine grade Holsteins from Rock County Wisconsin producing 14365 pounds of milk and 496 pounds of fat in one year. The display proves the value of graded up cattle and the role of pure bred sires in dairy production.
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W. J. Fraser
Department of Dairy Husbandry
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Rockwell & Kitterberry
Rock County
Wisconsin
Mercedes Ladd Johanna Son
Fall Treatment With P D B Controls Peach Tree Borers
Illinois entomologists report only a few five year old peach trees escape borer damage. The pest is the chief enemy but paradichlorobenzene known as P D B can cheaply control it. Borers winter in the inner bark as pale white worms and are found from ten inches above to six inches below the ground. Signs include gum masses with brown frass from injured trunks. During spring and summer the worms feed on the tree.
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Illinois
Tlinois
Vandalia
Natural History Survey
State Natural History Survey
College of Agriculture
Tie Mie Lane
Well Fed Hens Average 15 Eggs Each During a Month
Forty White Leghorn hens at the University of Illinois farm produced 590 eggs in four weeks, about 15 per hen, at a rate above 53 percent. The flock, aged two to three years, shows strong laying with careful feeding, exceeding typical Illinois averages. Six hens laid 20 or more eggs. two laid none, and two laid a single egg in the period.
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College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
L. &. Card
Illinois
Half Ton Calf Club Entry By Mason Hiltabrand
The eighth entry in the Illinois Half Ton Calf club is by Mason Hillabrand of Tonica LaSalle County. The University of Illinois College of Agriculture sponsors the event to promote breeding feeding and management for market ready calves. Entrants aim for calves to reach 1000 pounds by one year old. Hillabrand has entered a Shorthorn bull calf.
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Illinois
Mason Hillabrand
Tonica
LaSalle County
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Hiltabrgand
Real Native American Way of Slinging Language
A Dakota editor argues Eastern reporters misread frontier speech as he defends a blunt, expansive style. He says Western hardship is felt intensely and described without careful qualifiers, contrasting with English market language.
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Northwest
Our Critical Faculties Laying Aside Foreign Swaddling Clothes
The piece notes a shift in art interest among the public from a small, conventional collector base to a broader audience. It argues modern art has altered perceptions, shaken rigid views, and made art feel part of life rather than a distant discipline, while criticizing much so called modern art as a nightmare with only faint glimpses of true beauty enduring past hype.
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Buncombe
When All States Examine and License Drivers of Motor Vehicles
A editorial argues for universal driver licensing by states with exams on fitness and ongoing discipline. It contends ego and personality affect safety, supports mental and driving experience tests, and says licensing enables preissue examination and post-licensing education and removal of unfit operators.
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Illinois News Notes
Paratol Chemical Company
Calumet City
HK. L. Coalwell
Mamie Gale-Herman
Frank Andrews
Illinois League of Women Voters
James W. Morrison
Julia Lathrop
J. D. McGuire
Greenwood Circle
Wilmette
Mlllnois State Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund
R. O. Claride
Pension Board of Trustees
L. J. Benson
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Olson
L. O. Tinsman
Anne O’hare McCormick
New York Times
Frank K. Rehn
Art News
New York
R. B. Stoeckel
Connecticut
Nujol
Mobile Importing & Trading CO
Mobile
Alabama
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