Lincoln monument rededication draws five musical groups
A crowded Lincoln tomb rededication features the University of Illinois band directed by Albert Austin Harding Joliet high school band led by Archie B McAllister the anniversary chorus by William Dodd Chenery the Hamilton Glee Club of Chicago and the Liberty chorus with James Mundy guiding. Gov Louis L Emmerson Lieut Gov Fred Sterling and Michael Igoe join Speaker David B Shanahan at a dinner for legislators.
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Lincoln Monument
University of Illinois
Albert Austin Harding
Joliet
Archie B. McAllister
William Dodd Chenery
Hamilton Glee Club
Chicago
Liberty Chorus
Springfield
Decatur
James Mundy
Louis L. Emmerson
Fred E. Sterling
Michael Igoe
David B. Shanahan
Shanahan
Justin Forrest
Chicago American
Reapportionment Vote Marks House Victory Amid Senate Civil Disputes
The House approved the congressional reapportionment bill 195 to 35 after a vocal roll call led by Rep. McClure of Abingdon. President Hoover attended Lincoln tomb dedications, praising the day's ceremonies. Meanwhile, labor-backed bills faced strong opposition and a late bill increasing police powers failed 57 to 75. Illinois commissions debated airline routes, veterans care expands, and state court seats see Republican and Democratic contenders emerge for July nominations.
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House
Frank W. McClure
Abingdon
House of Representatives
Illinois News Notes From Across The State
A roundup of Illinois incidents includes the death of William L. Bryant in Georgetown and suicides by Olaf Olson in Cambridge and John Moss in Macedonia. Bank closures occur in Watseka and a Harrisburg fire losses top $5,000. Notable moves include Middletown coach Harry Lee’s resignation and boating thefts near Kewanee.
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Georgetown
Teddy Ziburis
Herrin
Jonesboro
Lucille Lavold
Moline
Olaf Olson
Cambridge
First National Bank of
Watseka
John Moss
Macedonia
Ludwig A. Larsen
Rock Island
Southern Illinois Railway and Power Company
Harrisburg
Harry Lee
Middletown High School
Ralph B. Mefford
Rockford High School
Robert H. Knight
George Green
Villa Ridge
Agnes Gunn
Green
Citizens
National Life Insurance Company of
William A. Smothers
Benton
McRoy
Roy E. Peace
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Mooseheart
Marie Reed
Lon Reed
Pana
Frank Brose
Mervin Rogers
Charles Osborne
Kewanee
Ray Martin
National Forest Reserve Commission
Saline
Gallatin
Pope
Hardin
Arthur W. Charles
Carmi
Fiftyfour
State Democratic Central Committee
Illinois
United States District Court
Dunne
Millard Wiseman
George Wiseman
St. Elmo
Howard B. Pope
Dry Gods
Duquoin
Pop” Huggins
Richardson
Madison
Huggins
Arthur A. Esslinger
Dayton
Ohio
University of Illinois
Bradley University
Peoria
State University
Joliet
Jack Wiliams
Chicago
Rosenbach acquires vast Washingtoniana collection
Dr. A S W Rosenbach buys a 62 volume set of Washingtoniana headquarters papers and 20 000 manuscripts once collected by Sir Guy Carleton. The cache includes 69 Washington letters to Clinton and Howe and papers of Howe Barrington North Germaine Shelburne Burgoyne Andre Franklin Cornwallis Amherst Wright. The collection is described as the finest American manuscripts ever brought to the country and to be kept together. The loyalist letters form its strongest part and New York evacuation papers are the largest extant mass on that topic.
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America
A. S. W. Rosenbach
Philadelphia
Guy Carleton
Lord Dorchester
George Washington
Henry Clinton
Sir William Howe
Lord Barrington
Lord North
Lord George Germaine
Earl Shelburne
General Burgoyne
Maj
John Andre
William Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Amherst
James Wright
Rosenbach
Great Britain
New York
Henry Knox the Boston book seller and Revolutionary artillery chief
Henry Knox a Boston bookseller became colonel and later major general who organized American artillery from Dorchester Heights to Yorktown. He aided the siege of Boston, served as first secretary of war and navy, and his name lives in Knox College and in the Knox lineage among graduates.
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Henry Knox
Boston
Dorchester Heights
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Bostom
George Washington
Knox College
Galesburg
Knox
John Knox
Jefferson and Time's Change
St. Paul Pioneer Press reflects on Thomas Jefferson's enduring influence as a founder who valued individual rights and local self rule while recognizing the shift from an agrarian to an industrial society. It argues Jefferson’s ideals remain relevant for sovereignty, liberty, and democratic principles amid modernization.
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Monticello
Jefferson
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Monmouth Battle Anniversary Reenacted in New Jersey
May W. Mount describes a 1928 pageant marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Monmouth from Monmouth Courthouse to Old Tennent. The event highlighted Molly Pitcher and the siege bravery that boosted Continental morale after Valley Forge. casualties: British 862, American 360. officers listed. Monmouth Courthouse later renamed Freehold. Topanemus Scots' meeting house referenced.
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Monmouth County
New Jersey
Monmouth
Molly Pitcher’s Brook
Freehold
Topanemus
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