Northwest Territory Exposition eyed for Cahokia site
State lawmakers consider 300000 for Northwest Territory Exposition at Cahokia near East St Louis to mark 150 years since Gen. George Rogers Clark acquired the territory. The Illinois Historical Society backs Cahokia as a prime location while the Northwest Territory Commission plans an exposition of international significance drawing national visitors.
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T. L. Fekete, Jr
Ilinois
Old Cahokia
S. Louis
Northwest Territory
George Rogers Clark
Kaskaskia
Mississippi River
Clark
Illinois State Historical Society
Alleghanies
Cahokia
Northwest Territory Commission
Paul B Carr
Commission
Illinois
Philadelphia
Wadsworth Yates Weds John Wishart Henderson in Washington
The ceremony in Washington united Wadsworth Yates daughter of Congressman Richard Yates of Illinois with John Wishart Henderson of Glen Tower Kelvin Side Scotland. Delegates from Illinois to the D A R Congress attended and President and Mrs. Coolidge were guests.
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Wadsworth Yates
Richard Yates
Yates
Illinois
John Wishart Henderson
Glen Tower
Kelvinside
Scotland
Washington
D. A. R. Congress
Coolidge
Illinois considers police magistrate salaries and crime reform
Senator Earl Searcy introduces a bill to pay police magistrates a fixed city salary, replacing fee-based income. The legislature receives crime reform recommendations from a senate committee, urges a parole board and revised arson, credit, and insanity provisions, and proposes a state flood survey in the Illinois river valley with a $10,000 study appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl B. Searcy
Ilinois
Andrew S. Cuthbertson
Jesse L. Deck
William S. Jewell
H. S. Burgess
Senate
Illinois
Bureau of Criminal Identification
Illinois River Valley
Small
Wm. F
Mulvihill
S. J. Stanard
Arge
Stanard
Cass County
Waterways study links causes to valley flooding and bids eyed
Diversion from the Chicago sanitary district, locks below Beardstown, and river narrowsids are blamed for valley flooding. Illinois contest results highlight top egg producers H Randolph and G Ferris with cups. more perfect scores noted. Beardstown sea wall bids expected in May, plans adjusted by state engineers to extend protection at similar cost. Bond vote likely within 90 days for sewer improvements.
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Chicago
H. Randolph
Buffalo
George B. Ferris
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Department of Agriculture
Randolph
Quincy
Kankakee
Guy B. Cowherd
Purdy
West Frankfort
Guy P. Cowherd
Rhode Island
Albert Pagemiller
Morning Sun
Beardstown
Leslie Small
State Department of Purchases and Construction
Division of Waterways
William F. Mulvihill
State Division of Waterways
Department of Purchases and Construction
Cornish
State approves highway contracts totaling $602 594 24
Contracts for pavement bridges and grading across Illinois total $602 594 24. Bridges on Route 47 119 B Grundy County awarded to A P Munson Marion Iowa 40585 16 Route 47 119 C Grundy Worden Allan Co Milwaukee 3855 05 Route 83 128 B Mercer Ferguson Construction Co Rockford 49306 70 Route 83 123 C Mercer Vincennes Bridge Co Vincennes Ind 13188 78 Route 162 101 B Bureau County Fred Kaney Forreston Ill 18223 72 Pavement Route 47 119 Grundy Livingston Hartman Clark Bros Peoria 178022 12 Route 70 106 Ogle Davenport Iowa 119743 27 Route 70 109 Ogle Lee MacCarthy Davenport Ia 168477 92 Grading Route 47 119 A Grundy Hartman Clark Bros Peoria 11191 52 Representative Curran seeks 3 288 000 pardon and parole board funding plus a 12 member board with more power and two cent gas tax bills spread to both chambers to raise about 9 000 000 in 1928 and growing thereafter.
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State Department of Highways
Grundy County
A. P. Munson
Marion
Grundy
Worden Allan Co
Milwaukee
Mercer, Ferguson Construction Co
Rockford
Mercer
Vincennes Bridge Co
Vincennes, Inn
Bureau County
Fred Kaney
Forreston
Ill
Grundy-Livingston
Hartman-Clark Bros
Peoria
Ogle County
McCarthy Improvement Co
Davenport
Ogle-Lee
MacCarthy Improvement Co
A. Grundy County
Tuberculosis Conference Treatise Distributed Free
A Midwest Tuberculosis conference paper reprinted as a state pamphlet in Illinois and distributed by the state department of agriculture to promote eradication. Dr H Mayo of Mayo Bros Rochester Minn ties livestock disease to The Great White Plague and presents conclusive evidence.
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Omaha
H. Mayo
Mayo Bros
Rochester
Minn
D. C. Lochead
M. D
State Department of Agriculture
House pausing appropriations totaling 28 million
The Illinois House halted bills totaling 28,334,940 for various agencies including the University of Illinois for the next biennium and the Attorney General's office along with flood relief and public land sales. The University plan had Senate approval and went to the governor. Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings reported per capita sickness costs, urging greater health funding and preventive measures. The income tax bill advanced from the Senate committee but failed in the House committee.
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House of Representatives
University of Illinois
Attorney General’s Office
Weere
Auditor
Norges
Schoos
Arnold
University
Senate
Issac D. Rewlings
State Department of Public Health
United States
Rawlings
Senate Committee On Revenue
House
Cuthbertson Proposes Eight Bills on State Criminal Code
Senator Andrew S. Cuthbertson of Bunker Hill introduced eight bills altering the state criminal code. The measures stem from a special committee investigation into criminal conditions and Illinois jurisprudence. All bills were sent to the judiciary committee.
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Andrew S. Cuthbertson
Bunker Hill
Cuthbertson
Illinois
Judiciary Committee
Illinois finance commission proposed by Senator Searcy bill
Senate revenue and finance committees favor a bill by Senator Earl B. Searcy to form a Illinois finance commission. The body would study taxing methods and include all elective state officers as members with $10 090 appropriated for their interim expenses.
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Senate Revenue and Finance
Earl B. Searcy
Illinois Finance Commission
Illinois
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Springfield
H.l.williamson
L. L. Emerson
Fred E. Sterling
William Hale Thompson
New Orleans
Senator Cuthbertson
Illnoi
First National Bank of New York
I.D. Rawlings
State Department of Health
Downstate
Illinois General Assembly
Len Small
A. E. Inglesh
Robert Scholes
Scholes
L. L. Emmerson
Garret D. Kinney
Oscar Nelson
Nelson
Oscar Carlstrom
Carlstrom
Carlos E. Black
National Guard
Camp Grant
202Nd Coast Artillery
Camp Grayling
Hamill
Iowa
Greene
Christianson
Minnesota
Zimmerman
Wisconsin
State Highway Department
Bond County
Amos Culberson & Co
Oconee
Zimmerly Bridge Co
Paris
Vincennes
Ind
McMahon Construction Co
Perry
H. A. Kribbs
Edwardsville
Nelson Construction Co
Jerseyville
Leslie H. Vogel
Southern District of Illinois
Department of Justice
Walter M. Provine
Vogel
Marks Alexander
Brown, Hay & Stephens
State Department
G. H. Husted
A. T. Dunn
Frank Barton
Illinois Agricultural Association
J. Stanard
Miss Dorothy
Oaks
Alyya
SERVI
Therby
Illinois Central System
Nllinois
Middle West
South
Illinois Central
L. A. Downs
Paas
Chamber of Commerce of
Belleville
Clinton
Col. C. R. Miller
Frank T. Sheets
Carlyle
Clinton County
Scott Field
New Baden
Germantown
Albers
Hinton G. Clabaugh
State Department of Pardons and Paroles
Parole Board
Clabaugh
Curran
Pardon and Parole Board
Hinton G.clabaugh
Assembly
Richard Meents
Ashkum
A. Otis Arnold
Meents
Frank Sheets
Hurnons
Love Brothers
Glotey
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