Navy Pier memorial planned amid Chicago landmarks
Navy and Marine veterans will be honored with a large group sculpture at the proposed Navy Pier foot of Randolph Street Chicago. A memorial hall and community center are planned for the end of the pier with designs invited through the Naval Memorial Association.
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Navy Pier
Randolph Street
Chicago
Central West
Memoe
Naval Memorial Association, Inc
Wacker Drive
Railroads seek 15 percent mail pay raise
A recommendation to the Interstate Commerce Commission urges railroads to receive a 15 per cent retroactive increase in mail transport payments dating from July 1925. Frank E. Mullen, examiner for the commission, led the joint railroad complaints, after which railroads would be compensated for mail service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Frank E. Mullen
Commission
Veterans Deaths and Civil War Service Noted in Illinois Area
The article records two veterans dying, one who served in the One Hundred Seventeenth Infantry and spent four months in a government hospital, and John Price of Owaneco born in 1842 who enlisted in Ohio volunteers at the Civil War outbreak. It also mentions agricultural notes on hog production records, a record test train by Chicago and Northwestern, university seniors ball at Illinois, and Route 111 work order from Modesto to Godfrey in Macoupin county.
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Illinois
Small
Robert Scholes
Emmerson
Dunlap
University of Illinois
Edward Hughes
Cook County
State Department of Public Works and Buildings
Union County
Washington County
Fulton County
Will
Stephenson
Illinois River
Pekin
Marshall County
Trometer & Sons
Peru
Grafton
Peoria
Chicago
William F. Mulvihill
Illinois Waterway Construction
Mississippi
Warrier
Congress
Deneen-Denison
Ohio River
Valley Forge
Post Office Department
Washington
One Hundred
John Price
Owaneco
Mr. Price
Ohio
Ohio Volunteers
A. J. Surratt
Agricultural Statistician
Federal Departments of Agriculture
Surratt
United States
Southern Division
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
South Pekin
Newson
Radener Hill
Southern Illinois
Modesto
Godfrey
Macoupin County
Willy's disappearance sparks a small town tale
A local child named Willy falls into a broad creek and is missing for over a week. Willy's mother laments his spoiled nature while neighbors share quips and humor about romance and storytelling as search efforts continue.
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Willy
The Workhouse Suggestion and Witty Vagrant Exchange
A judge taunts a vagrant about finding work and trade skills while the vagrant jokes about options like a correspondence course. The text reflects a mood of bleak humor as melancholy days arrive and discusses stubborn men who resist acceptance and those who do not try.
Hallway Decor Sets Welcoming First Impression
The hall greets visitors with bright pictures and a central mirror or a large picture with a mirror opposite. Alternatives include lamp brackets, a hall table, color prints, or a wall hanging to frame candle sticks and a pottery bowl vase. First impressions guide hospitality at home.
Packing Picnic Salad Next Time You Plan A Long Drive
A playful note offers a reminder to pack a bright salad for long trips. It suggests preparing a fresh mix to keep meals light, convenient, and tasty during travel.
Keeping things fresh with ice in an enameled bucket
A suggestion describes placing a small bottle of cracked ice in the center of an enameled ware bucket to maintain freshness and coolness. The method emphasizes simple vessels and direct cooling.
Keeping Butter Without Ice
The article explains a method to keep butter hard without ice by placing the butter dish in cold salt water. Do not let the water rise over the dish rim.
Notice to breeders on stallions price after June
Notice to breeders: season on my stallions at ten dollars after June fifteenth under same terms as bills. Signed by Chas H Koehne Boulder Ill.
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Bills
Chas
H. Koehne
Boulder
Ill
Vernon and Shobonier Tel Co Stockholders Notice
Notice to Vernon and Shobonier Telephone Company stockholders to pay assessments immediately to Arewine Willett Jr. for dues or charges.
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Vernon and
Shobonier Tel. Co
Arewine Willett, Jr
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ATE Capit
Gs News
Ion Jama
State Department of Purchases and Construction
J. L. Simmons Company
Bloomington
Lindstrom
C. R. Cento
Decatur
Garrett D. F. Kinney
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Chicago Association of Commerce
State Division of Highways
Richland County
Charles W. Clark
Terre Haute
Moultrie
L. R. Harshman
Sullivan
Harry C. Holmes
Macomb
Hancock-Mc-Donough
Kankakee County
Duncan Construction Company
Ottawa
A. C. Dalton
United States Shipping Board
Washington,d. C
Ella van Huesen
Galveston
Texas
Beardstown
Quincy
Illinois Department of Agriculture
R. C. Rapple Hatchery
Harry Wisdom
Brandon Road
Nelson
Carlstrom
Green & Sons Company
State Department of Public Health
Issac D. Rawlings
Association of State and Provincial Authorities of
North America
St. Paul
Minnesota
Matthias Nicholl, Jr
Albany
New York
Twin Cities
Rawlings
American Medical Association
Rockford
Stockholm
Bert Hassell
Will H. Hays
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
Hays
America
Fiures
Garrett D. Kinney
General Revenue Fund
Ilinois
J. S. Gorman
Auburn
Mr. Gorman
Richard G. Finn
Jean Grove
Finn
Phi Kappa Fraternity
Tom
Bill
Mickie
W. B. Caldwell
Aewell
Galdwell
de Wome
Glee Tlm
Monticello
Minois
Dr. Caldwell
Artimus
Cheretta
First State Bank
Patoka
Bankers of
Prairie Farmer
Love Brothers
Glore Ler. CO
Vernon, Ili
Miles” Neeirvine
Miles
Nervn
Jour
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