Illinois Tax Rate Reduced by State Board
The Illinois Tax Board headed by Governor Len Small lowers the state tax rate to 30 cents per $100 assessed value for 1927, a five cent cut from 1926. The move follows two consecutive reductions in two years, with minor increases for the school, soldiers, and waterway funds, and a new one cent blind relief fund.
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State Tax Board
Len Small
Oscar Nelson
Garrett D. Kinney
Illinois
General Revenue Fund
Soldiers’ Compensation Fund
Illinois Waterway
Tax Board
General Assembly
Erway
Wy of Illinois Fund
Murder sentences cost Illinois over a billion in 1926
A state survey shows 96 murder convicts in 1926 facing 1,808 years total, with many receiving 14 to 31 year terms and two life sentences. Estimated economic loss to Illinois, including inmate support costs and lost earnings, totals about 3,354,400 dollars for the year.
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Illinois
Department of Public Welfare
Tims
Womans Missionary Society Elects New Officers
The Womans Missionary Society of the M E Church South held a year end meeting at Ina Andersons home. Officers elected include Alexander president Ethel Jer vice Letha Wasen Etta Belcher president of study Lora Altom superintendent of Child Work Eva Ballance superintendent of Publicity Blanche Willis superintendent of Study Ina Anderson superintendent of Social Service Josie Vallow superintendent of Publicity. The group plans to install officers soon and start the new year with a January meeting at Lora Altoms.
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Womans Missionary Society
M. E. Church South
Ina Anderson
Alexander
Ethel Jer
Letha Wasen Etta Belcher
Lora Altom
Eva Ballance
Blanche Willis
Josie Vallow
Ral
Fear
Fate of Illinois primary law still rests with court
Final arguments closed the session as the Illinois legislature’s latest direct primary law awaits Supreme Court ruling. The 55th General Assembly adopted a revised primary after the 1908 act failed, with prior versions struck down. the current measure stands unconstitutional per the court ruling and is now under test.
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Illinois
Supreme Court
Fifty-Fifth General Assembly
Illinois plans two electric chairs for Joliet and Chester
The Department of Purchases and Construction moved to install two electric chairs at Joliet and Chester prisons after bids for switchboards. A third chair is planned for Cook County jail for homicide cases, with executions at Joliet and Chester per transfer rules. no inmate has yet been sentenced under the new death penalty provisions.
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Department of Purchases and Construction
Joliet
Chester
Cook County
Joliett and
Illinois
Sunday School Officers Named for 1928 Year
The M. E. Sunday School selected its officers for the year 1928. S. M. Spurgeon was named Superintendent, Mrs. Allie Gray Assistant Superintendent, Martha Simcox Secretary, Mrs. Mae Simcox Treasurer, Dorothy Logan pianist, with others to be appointed and announced later.
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S. M. Spurgeon
Aliie Gray
Martha Simcox
Mae Simcox
Dorothy Logan
Ruby Cain
Fuller Brush Man in Town Seeks Customers
iR N Gray, wife and son Tom of Edwardsville visited local towns over Christmas while Fuller Brush salesperson W H Koster based in Walnut Hill Illinois advertised Fuller Brushes in town.
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Fuller
W. H. Koster
Walnut Hill
Ill
N. Gray
Tom Lof
Edwardsville
Come on Lou The Camels Race For Governor Chair
A verse reads of Egyptian Lou and a caravan band cheering his rapid rise in votes for the Governor's Chair. The poem credits a signer Sheba from Springfield Ill praising Lou and mocking rivals.
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Lou
King Tut
Tut
Lucky Lou
Local Death Toll Rises With Several Notable Obituaries
Multiple deaths sweep through the Patoka region as Joe Bates Oliver H Gray and William Thalman pass away after short illnesses. Bates longtime neighbor and farmer, Gray longtime resident, Thalman aged 63 leaves a widow and four children with seven grandchildren. Funerals held and burials scheduled in local Meador and Patoka cemeteries.
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Joe Bates
Patoka
O. H. Gray
William Thalman
Vandalia Hospital
Deker
Sailsbury Taym
Joseph C. Bates
Jose
Margaret Bates
Portsmouth
Ohio
Vernon
Lawrence Bates
Shobonier
Ill
Pannie Bates
St. Vincents Hospital
Quincy
Emma Stablein
Edina
Fannie
Maude Johnson
Harrison, Ark
Edith C. Brackett
Bellefonte
Ark
Frank Quayle
Joe
Meador
Oliver H. Gray
Thomas and
Amanda Gray
Marysville
Indiana
Marion County
Illinois
Francis Elizabeth Wadkins
W. G. Gray
Alton
Nevada Purvis
Odin
Leona Dalrymple
Bridgeport
Oliver
Christian Church
J. M. Smith
Sarah Britt
Til
Esta Outhouse
Archie Thalman
Vandalia
Lesley Thalman
Viola Thalman
Edward Thalman
John
Oscar
Edward Jr
Cabriel
Emma Whelles
Marie Franz
Nannie Tribble
Eunice
Homer
Earl
Ray
Arthur Lee
Billy Sunday at 65 Still a Powerful Evangelist in St Louis
St Louis reports Billy Sunday, famed evangelist and former White Sox star, turning 65 while preaching in Illinois and preparing for a major meeting in the city. Described as an athletic preacher who runs sermons with speed, he began at Ames Iowa in 1862 and has maintained high energy to draw tens of thousands.
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St. Louis
Billy” Sunday
Sunday
West Frankfort
Ill
Ames
Story County
Iowa
Billy Sunday
Chicago White Sox
PLEA FOR MANDAMUS HELD UNDER ADVISEMENT BY SUPREME COURT
J Bert Miller of Kankakee county seeks a mandamus to require H E Fullenwider Sangamon county state's attorney to file a test action challenging a quo warranto law passed by the legislature. The court took the plea under advisement as the state prosecutor argued against testing the law.
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J. Bert Miller
Kankakee County
H. E. Fullenwider
Sangamon County
Supreme Court
Miller
Fallenwider
Small
House of Representatives
Record Mail Cargo From Majestic Docks in New York
The U S Majestic arrived in New York after a stint of high winds and heavy seas carrying 17 661 sacks of mail the largest consignment from a single vessel in any port as described by W Irving Glover second assistant postmaster general. He noted 125 clerks and laborers on boats plus 40 from White Star Line handled the cargo with 15 truck loads of letters destined for New York post office by 6 05 a m.
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U. S. Majestic
New York
New
W. Irving Glover
Glover
Majestic
New York City
White Star Line
Christmas Program at Chance School Directed by Minnie Carman
A large local and Vernon audience attended the Chance school Christmas program led by teacher Minnie Carman. The event featured songs including Santa Claus is Coming and Santa Claus has Come to Town, recitations by Pearl Green Pearl Berry Norma Jean Thompson Ted Caldwell Kenneth Neilson Eber Bullard Francis Neilson Charles Berry Clyde Green Marian Caldwell Raymond Albert, dialogues Boyhood Friend Visitors from the City, and a vocal solo Silent Night by Mrs. Wm Danbury of Vernon, all enjoyed by attendees.
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The
Chance School
Minnie C. Carmean
Vernon
Santa Claus
My Dolly
Pearl Green
Pearl Berry
Norma Jean Thomp
Margaret Thompson
Leo Williams
Ted Caldwell
Kenneth Neilson
Eber Bullard
Francis Neilson
Charles Berry
Clyde Green
Marian Caldwell
Raymond Albert
Wm. Danbury
Boulder auctioneer visits in Patoka
William Smith of Boulder was a visitor on our streets and hurried by the Register fire without a proper stop. He appeared dressed and in a rush, perhaps unaware of the new plant home.
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William Smith
Boulder
Register
Bill
Sin Bill
Illinois eyes record road build with 1928 program
Governor Small outlined plans to push state highway work in 1928, aiming to surpass all prior Illinois totals. Hearings near Havana and Jacksonville examined State Routes 78 and 104, with 335 miles on the $100,000,000 bond issue and 643 miles built since summer 1947, including 1,000 miles slated for 1928.
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Illinois
State Highway Department
Small
Jacksonville
Havana
Mason, Cass and
Morgan
Virginia
Mt. Sterling
Brown, Morgan
Sangamon
Christian Counties
Taylorville
Springfield
Pana
Auburn
Illinois River
Meredosia
Governor Small
Local Lad Leads Centralia at St. Louis Tournament
Russell Snyder of Centralia played in St. Louis on Tuesday and Wednesday as Centralia defeated Washington University 12 to 2 in the four state tournament around the city.
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Russell Snyder
Centralia
St. Louis
Washington University
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Womans Missionary Society Meeting
M. E. Sunday School
Sheba
Madison County
Ilinois
W. A
Billy
St. Louis Coliseum
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