Governor Emmerson Orders Illinois Department Checks
Governor Louis IL Emmerson begins a statewide accounting of Illinois departments. He requests reports on payrolls, duties, and salaries to map each department’s operations. Resignations come from key officials including Gus Radebaugh and Col C R Miller as budget talks push toward a ninety day Senate session.
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Louis Il.emmerson
Mbly
Janeh
Wahi
Gus Radebaugh
Department of Conservation
Col. C. R. Miller
Kankakee
Department of Public Works and Buildings
T. Barney Thompson
Rockford
State Parole Board
Geo. W. Pillow
Marion
Senate
Emmerson
Washington
Illinois measures flood the 1929 legislature
Illinois lawmakers push a broad set of bills including crime penalties tougher election rules and corporate oversight. Simons Lantz Earl Searcy and A S Cuthbertson sponsor tax and payroll bills while Barbour seeks a Chicago criminal court and mental defectives act. Governor Emmerson calls for education economy public works and a humane system. The chamber readies reapportionment study and county tax debates intensify with reassessment talk in Cook and Champaign.
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Chicago
Chocolate Sponge Cake and Meat Dish From Old Recipes
A fragment outlines a chocolate sponge cake recipe using cake flour eggs and lemon juice with a slow oven bake. It also describes preparing hamburg steak with salt pork and tomato sauce baked in a bread pan, plus a tapioca binder substitute and a sugared grapefruit dessert note.
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She Pete Ie
Decorating Advice On Rugs And Furniture Placement
A note on rug placement warns against scatter and urges aligning pieces with wall lines to preserve room form. It argues that diagonal furniture disrupts decor and creates confusion, recommending large pieces be placed against walls for a balanced effect.
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Davannort
How to Save Leftover Paint With Water
Instructions advise stirring to dissolve oil, then add water to the can. When ready to use, pour off the water and the paint should be as fresh as when first opened. Opaque letters suggest a garbled ending.
Cleaning stains and pests from household items
A guidance note advises removing white spots from furniture by rapid dampened cloth application and a final linseed oil rub. It also suggests surrounding plant containers with salt to kill bugs at the roots while providing fertilizer effect.
Local figures visit friends and family this weekend
Harvey Munger a local high school coach called on friends near Harrisburg during the weekend A Lee Vallow of Clinton visited his mother Mrs Josie Vallow Friday night before returning to work Saturday morning
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Harvey Munger
Harrisburg
A. Lee Vallow
Clinton
Josie Vallow
Visiting Spud Lake at the school house noon hour
Spud Lake visited the school house at noon last Monday with skating noted among the youth as ice proves treacherous. Asher Brummitt saw his wood saw while kneading the thawed top. a tractor slid into a ditch but no injuries or damage occurred after it was righted and the day continued. Helen Thompson of White Haven district visited Tuesday afternoon as neighbors enjoy the radio at John Lintons and Mrs Sterling remains ill awaiting recovery.
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Spud Lake
Asher Brummitt
Helen Thompson
White Haven
John Lintons
Sterling
Skating Party Turmoil Ends With Injuries
Last Tuesday night a skating party erupted into a mishap as Hal Brewer and Murl Lake collided, leaving Lake unconscious and Murl with a badly swollen face. Murl soon recovered, but the incident cut the fun short. Herschel Lawrence says he faces threats for refusing to disclose certain information.
Unclear Sport Highlights Highlight Night Game
Fragmentary sports notes describe substitutions and scoring by players including de dh burg, Patoka, Johnny Simcox, Bob Hayes, and T. P. Walker. The text mentions a disrupted airbreak and a party with Editor, Keyes, Dean Delay, and others attending from an unspecified location.
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de Dhburg
Patoka
Pater
Johnny Simcox
Bob Hayes
T. P. Walker
M. D
Bert
Lucas Wand
Viaca
Dean Delay
Keyes
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Jacksonville State Institution
Wiliam McCauley Olney
IL. Am
Lwafeiso
CRE
Association
Simon Lantz
Congerville
Earl B. Searcy
Springfield
Director of Trade and Commerce Authority
Florence Fifer Bohrer
Bloomington
A. S. Cuthbertson
Bunker Hill
Gillespie
Springfield- St. Louis
Norman G. Flagg
James J. Barbour
Assembly
John C. Garriott
House
Cook County
House of Representatives
Michael Igoe
Cook
Champaign
Louis L. Emmerson
Old Time Printers’ Association
Benjamin Franklin
Illinois
Vmane
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
H. L. Williamson
Illinois Press Association
W.P. Flint
Illinois Natural History Survey
DeWitt W. Smith
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Abraham Lincoln
Stevens Hotel
Farthing
Farthing’s Hatchery
Monarch Mutual Benefit Association
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United Illinois Protective Association
Vandalia, Illinois
New Insurance
E.w.perryman
United Illnois Protective Association
Vandalia
Addvreeos
Eigzed
Pip You
Bear Creek, Dist
Frank Robertson
Cinderella
Patoka High School
Enid Fownes
Oliver
Mae Eagan
Helen Quayle
Anna Belcher
Leslie Quayle
OUR Christmas Club
First State Bank OF
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