Illinois News Brevities Chronicle Wide Range Events
The Illinois roundup notes Patten’s vast wealth, Chaney named acting postmaster at Ohlman, and Illinois motor deaths rise to 2068 in 1928. Other items record fatalities in Duquoin and Rock Island, court actions, pensions, tax receipts, and engineering bids.
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J. A. Patten
Chicago
Chaney
Ohlman
I. A. Sparks
Illinois
H. Schneider
Sandoval
Centralia
Williams Summers
Yeddo
Ind
Danville
Perryville
David Fannin King
Greene County
Roadhouse
Charles E. Woodward
Ottawa
United States
Adam C. Cliffe
Sycamore
James Bird
Kansas
M. A. Pierce
Terre Haute
Emmerson
Archie L. Bowen
Illinois States Journal
Department of Public Welfare
Henry Martin
Mississippi
Rock Island
John W. Hayes
Hayes-Custer Stove and Furnace Company
Bloomington
Galesburg
William A. Hough
St. Clair County
Portland Avenue
Belleville
State Department of Public Health
Morris Mansfield
Peoria
Louis Gherarini
Christopher
Benton
Gherarini
Ray Allen Thornton
First National Bank
Georgetown
United States District Court
Illinois House of Representatives
Senate
Jefferson County
R. L. Edmison
Walter C. Arthurs
Mount Vernon
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Wisconsin River
United States Engineer Corps
D. M. Otis
Springfield
Allied Base Hospital
Liverpool
England
Tony Madjer
East St. Louis
Illinois Chamber of Men of Illinois
Department of Pubey
Pete Ce
Illinois Officials Push Conservation and Public Safety Efforts
Springfield updates show Ralph Bradford of the conservation department advancing game bird and fish stock for Illinois streams and woodlands. Governor Emmerson offers a silver cup to top commercial student as lawmakers debate taxes, rail travel by airplanes, and safety patrols amid broader biennial university inspections and cigarette tax proposals.
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Ralph Bradford
State Department of Conservation
Illinois
Louis L. Emmerson
Emmerson
Portance in the Commercial Welfare of the State
The fragment notes the significance of commerce to the state's welfare. It emphasizes economic activity, trade, and fiscal health as central to regional prosperity. No further readable details are available.
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Illinois
Birthday Dinner in Moweaqua for Two Fathers
A. L. Irvin and Mrs Ballance’s father, and the father of Mrs Ballance, were honored at a birthday anniversary gathering hosted by Mrs. F. P. Huffman in Moweaqua last Sunday. Attendees included A. L. Irvin, T. EB. Irvin and families, R. L. Walton and wife, F. B. Ballance and family, Misses Alice and Lucille Nicols, and Harold Chance. The group spent a pleasant day and returned home wishing for many more such celebrations.
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A. L. Irvin
T. EB. Irvin
R. L. Walton
F. B. Ballance
Alice
Lucille Nicols
Harold Chance
Moweaqua
F. P. Huffman
Patoka News Notes Span Local Visits and Gossip
Roy Jones and wife and Wes Martin and wife visited Ira Martin’s family in Cowden but found them away and returned home by Ford. Many locals from Vernon, St. Paul, Decatur, Chicago and beyond were in Patoka for work, visiting kin, or shopping. A new Ford truck arrived for Armand Wasem, and several residents reported health updates, sales corrections, and small ads for syrup and onions.
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Roy Jones
Wes Martin
Cowden
Ira Martin
Ira
Earl Graham
Vernon
du Comb
Henry Ehlert
Fred Aukamp
St. Paul Prairie
Patoka
G. W. Willett
Stringtown
James Griffin
Stanley Wasem
C. T. GC
Stan
Wilmot Gibson
Arthur
Stanley
Elizabeth Simcox
Decatur
Carlyle
Martin Banfield
Chicago
Clara Moran
Johnny
Frank McConnell
East St. Louis
Crosby
Harry Hayes
St. Louis
George Stephens
Frank Miller
St. Elmo
Claud Matheny
Hillsboro
Bruce Holland
William Bruening
Ruth Nattier
John Cleary
John
Register Office
Annie Rawcliffe
West Shobonier
Keith
Kenneth Purcell
Earl McCadden
Clinton
George Purcell
B. F. Wickersham
Sandoval
Rollin Cox
Rollin
Otto Marohl
Pion Setteleton
Clk Simcox
Adams
Annie Wheeler
Joe Hopkins
Salem
Alcom’s
Leo French
Fairfield
United States Navy
Ed Hartley
Sparta
Altom’s
Janette Dean
Sumner
Leah Delassus
James Wasem
Lee Crawford
Jimmy
Walter Berthoux
Henry Malan
West Frankfort
U. S. Berthoux
Potts
O. H. Gray
Walter Adams
F. G. Shimp
Pacific Coast
Denver Adams
New Athens
Jess Pugh
Centralia
W. J. Jones
John Jennings
Wood River
Archie Thallman
Vandalia
Springfield
Charles Cox
South Locust St
T. A. Green Missing From Patoka Area
T. A. Green left Patoka a week ago and his whereabouts remain unknown. Last seen in Salem with Roy Wagstaff, initial lead suggested Dover Kentucky, but that visit was ruled out due to the brother’s illness. Anderson Green drove down, returning Wednesday, but no further information has emerged.
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T. A. Green
Patoka
Salem
Roy Wagstaff
Dover
Anderson
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W. C. Chynoweth
Committee On Public Utilities
Frank D. Whipp
State Department of Public Welfare
Claude L. Rew
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Illinois Commerce Commission
University of Illinois
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James J. Barbour
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Pinckneyville
Buy Illinois Products Commission
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