Heart disease rise outpaces tuberculosis in Illinois report
Dr Isaac D Rawlings, state health director, says heart disease now drains resources and 20 percent of deaths occur under age 40. He cites infections as a common cause and urges prevention and care. Springfield leads Illinois cities in May building permits at 41430.60 with Decatur, Joliet, Peoria following.
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Springfield
Illinois
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Decatur
Joliet
Peoria
Illinois goat show to highlight national dairy breed awards
Milk goats from across the country will compete for national honors and cash prizes at the Illinois state fair in Springfield August 18 to 25. About 150 to 200 specimens representing four recognized breeds will be exhibited, with Will L. Tewalt urging breeders to participate. Contracts for highway projects across several counties are listed, and Illinois adjourns its third special session with three tax bills approved, effective July 1. Springfield opens a new police station costing about 177000, touted as a top modern facility with strong security features.
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Peoria
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Small
Cook County
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Danville
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Lady Crescent
Indiana
Illin
Ois
Wisconsin Agricultural’ Colleges
Four foreign engineers tour U S improvements in Springfield
Four engineers from Romania Brazil Costa Rica and Ceylon arrived in Springfield as guests of the state health department and the Springfield sanitary district. They travel to study outstanding state and municipal projects, meeting officials and touring cities to inspect modernization efforts.
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State Department of Public Health
Springfield
Bridge project to span Mississippi at Meyers Bay
The state will build a memorial tool bridge across the Mississippi between Quincy and Marion county Missouri. Bids were opened by the department of purchases and construction for a bridge at Meyers Bay McHenry county with Matthews Tonyan Company of West McHenry as apparent low bidder at 14168. Construction is planned for 120 days as part of the state waterway plan.
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Quincy
Marion County
Missouri
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McHenry County
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West McHenry
State court rules beauty culturists under state supervision
Chicago case notes state ruling that beauty culturists fall under state supervision not municipal. Registration for the state fair better babies conference nears capacity at 229 with prizes for twins triplets and families of six undersubscribed.
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State Supreme Court
Chicago
Issac D. Rawlings
Illinois State Fair progress on dairy barns and pavilion
At the Illinois state fair grounds work advances on six dairy cattle barns and the dairy cattle exposition pavilion. Concrete foundations are done and brick masonry proceeds rapidly, with dairymen praising the plans to provide spacious quarters for exhibition cattle, ending the need for tent overflow.
Quincy Wins 1929 Convention Recognition
Education group met in Springfield and awarded Quincy the 1929 Convention, signaling a regional honor for the city.
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Education
Springfield
Quincy
A Novel in the Making Lines from a Work in Progress
A fragmentary fiction sketch presents a scene in a small town where an alarm wakes Horace and a general is greeted with a formal remark. The passage hints at a deadly silence and a moment of social encounter amid a distant memory of a train named Limited stopping for a passenger.
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Limited
the Illinois Council of Religious
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