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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1924
Page
3
A. J. Renee of the Department of Justice notes the 600000 fingerprint records are the nation's largest collection. The archive was removed from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Washington, consolidating federal custody of the files.
The Christian Science Monitor notes Faneuil Hall in Boston has been restored with exterior sand blasting brickwork replacement and repainting, a new steel canopy, dome gilding, and fireproofing. Interior renovations include concrete floors, upgraded refrigeration, sprinklers, waterproofing, and renewed paintings. The hall remains a market and public meeting place per Peter Faneuil’s gift, with total renovation costs around 315000 dollars.
A letter written March 13 1864 by Civil War soldier James Fisk at Fort McHenry Baltimore reached Medina where his sister Mrs Sarah Smith now 84 receives it. The delay traces to censor holding the missive with army records.
The Duke of Alba claims Columbus did not discover America, a view supported by Chief Buffalo Long Lance during a Canadian visit. The tale recounts Columbus as a poor wanderer who learned of a distant land from a dying sailor, funded three ships, and later died in modest circumstances.
Horace prompts readers to reflect on aging with gratitude forgive friends grow gentler and wiser as years advance in this reflective item.
The Havana high school opened a new gym priced at 40000 dollars. Springfield police chief John B. George resigns after one year without pay at the urging of Mayor Bullard. Waverly Brown 17 of Mode dies from shotgun wounds in hunting accident.
More than one seventh of 2502 women enrolled at the University of Illinois will live in the new women’s residence hall, with bids opened recently. The hall, housing 150 students, will be ready next September. At present 762 undergraduates live in sorority or organized houses on campus.
Hiram T. Gilbert is urged to stop seeking more fees after collecting about 275000 in ten years as La Salle Street Trust and Savings bank receivership head. His request for 35000 more was opposed by the Chicago Title and Trust company counsel before Circuit Judge Hugo M. Friend. The report notes the joint trial at Mount Vernon of Lawrence M. Hight and Mrs. Wilford Sweetin for alleged poisoning.
In the official canvass of the November 4 vote completed at Springfield the canal lease proposal and the gateway constitutional amendment were defeated. The canal lease failed by 269000 votes while the constitutional amendment failed ratification by 585000. The $100000000 road bond issue carried by 465572 votes. Democrats gain one seat across the General Assembly with 14 Senate members and 59 in the House. Republicans hold 87 senators and 94 representatives. Illinois delegation to Congress: 22 Republicans and 5 Democrats. President Coolidge’s lead over Davis was 876364 and within 10000 of Harding record plurality.
State's Attorney Arlie Boswell and Coroner George Bell assumed office in Williamson county and pledged impartial enforcement. Sheriff George Galligan has two years remaining. the rest of the officer corps is largely new to power.
Hugo Meyer manager of the Illinois Athletic club writes to Chicago officials urging traffic stoppages within a block of every school during opening and closing hours to improve safety.
Lem Searls of Amboy, age seventy, fined $500 on two counts for liquor manufacture and sale. State’s attorney urged waiving jail time due to age. Contract let for a $50,000 addition to Rockford Home for the Aged run by the Order of the Eastern Star to house 30 more residents, boosting capacity to 110.
Mrs. Bertha Hendrickson of Rochelle files a $10000 suit against Matilda Wood for alienation of her husband Lester's affections. The action follows a divorce suit recently filed by Lester Hendrickson against Mrs Wood. Miss Wood resides in Dekalb.
Lincoln college at Lincoln and Mil likin university in Decatur will receive equal shares in a $74 000 gift of real estate presented jointly by United States Senator William B. McKinley. The properties include 40 town lots and 261 acres of farm land near Westville valued at $36 993 and land around Danville worth about $37 049.
Damage estimated at 100000 dollars swept through Emanuel Lutheran Church at Elm and Catherine streets. The massive stone building, landmark of La Grange, housed notable memorial windows installed over 25 years. Rev Irvine Goddard serves as pastor.
A Pennsylvania railroad collision in Chicago between two passenger trains produced one death and injuries to 25 people including children. Train No. 109 from Columbus and Train No. 205 from Cincinnati and Pittsburgh collided. the Cincinnati engine plowed into the rear coach of a stalled train before stopping.
New regulations at Brad ley Polytechnic Institute Peoria punish elopement with expulsion. Students must obtain parental consent and announce marriage intentions to their dean or the institute director. Rules arise from difficulties after several elopements and marriages last year.
Maj. B. C. Dunn of the corps of engineers reports the upper Mississippi river preparation for traffic as far north as St. Paul is 60 percent complete. The river is in better condition than for many years, with work centered at Rock Island.
Chicago figures show 279,960 cases disposed in municipal criminal courts with 156,161 dismissed. Of remaining cases 56,027 were fined, 14,186 sent to the bridewell, 74 to county jail, 4,768 placed on probation and 8,686 held to the grand jury.
Edwin E E Slosson told a University of Illinois audience in Urbana that the world is a crossword puzzle whose lines of endeavor intersect. He said every fact fills a square and ideas cross disciplines, urging an analytic view and the ability to reassemble the clock after taking it apart.
The Illinois Supreme court convened in Springfield for its December term to tackle community aesthetics versus private property rights, zoning challenges from Aurora, and cases involving school laws and labor disputes. About 400 cases await action with 252 on advisement.
County highway police captured two men after a revolver exchange at a rural farmhouse south of Chicago Heights. Authorities seized a 100 gallon still 20 000 gallons of mash and 400 gallons of alleged moonshine.
Clifford Teach twelve from Morrison dies after being struck below the eye by a horse weed during a game with friends. The weed’s poison caused the fatal flesh wound.
Brooklyn reader recounts severe eczema on her baby with itching and sleepless nights. After trying several remedies she used Resinol Ointment and reports dramatic skin improvement and normal sleep. Signed testimonial from Mrs Rose Goersdorf of Furman Avenue. All druggists sell Resinol Soap and Ointment.
Professor Heath notes New Orleans blacks mix French and Spanish with Latin forms in speech while levee dwellers struggle to understand deckhands from the Red River region. McIntyre adds that Alabama Negro speech remains closest to African-rooted terms.
The prompt asks whether those who perform show sufficient gratitude to the audience and onlookers, exploring the dynamic of performance and appreciation in public or ceremonial settings.
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