Massachusetts Colony Tales of Heathers and Heydon
In 1634 Robert Heathers and William Heydon travel from England to Boston where they meet Rev Cotton and Amos Todkill. Heydon loves Elizabeth Brade and the pair settle among colonists before romance and scandal arise with Mabel Hartley. Heydon is captured after a prison talk and Heathers with Todkill head toward New Amsterdam amid suspicion of shielding a friend.
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Robert Heathers
William Heydon
England
New World
Boston
Doctor Cotton
Amos Todkill
Heydon
Elizabeth Brade
Mabel Hartley
Robert
Peggy Weld
James Rosewell
Heathers
Todkill
New Amsterdam
Wild River Escape and Secrets in the Wilderness
In a fog bound escape, Robert and Amos reach a ridge after fleeing a pursuing raft. Robert reads Todkill's notes, realizing his departure may endanger his friend William and fearing a gallows verdict. Amos dismisses the danger, arguing the constable’s word is weak and William may avoid hanging unless Lamp’s truth is proved.
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Robert
Amos
Todkill
John Lamp
William
We’ll Take An Other Shoemaker’s Holiday Through Mohawk Lands
In rough dialogue two men weigh peril and flight from a colony toward Mohawk country and Holland. One adviser urges caution near the colony. the other longs for route via the Mohawk path toward the big lake and a ship to Holland.
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William
Amos
Holland
Robert
Heathers Fears for Friend as Drowning Rumor Spreads
Five weeks pass with the constable missing and Lamp drowned after an overturned shallop is found. Heathers escapes as public anger grows over William Heydon. Heydon writes to Roswell Brade offering Lady Bess freedom and lamenting love, while Brade seeks the truth.
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Robert Heathers
William
Heathers
Harry Vane
Bess
William Heydon
Roswell Brade
Brade
Willam
Brade Family Dares to Stay as Gallows Draw Near
The Brades face stern magistrates over William Heydon s case in colonial England where mercy is sought yet the evidence points to death. Elizabeth Brade breaks with William and sails to England while Sir Harry Vane weighs mercy and power.
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Bess
England
Harry Vane
Roswell Brade
Elizabeth Brade
Winthrop
Dudley
Perjury on the Witness Stand Through Ages Critiqued
A Manchester Guardian column cites historic judges noting deceit in court. It recalls Kerr on all men lying, Byles on a word not being a bond, and Maule’s wry widower reply to a vow of truth. The piece lampoons courtroom honesty without shaming truth.
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Manchester
Eng
Guardian
Kerr
City of London
David
Justice Byles
City of
London
Justice Maule
Maule
Absentminded Chicago Man Slept in Bathtub
In a humorous aside a Chicago man who cared for his umbrella by bed and slept in the bathtub is not a professor, since a professor would not bring an umbrella home.
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Chicago
Ann Arbor
The Real Test of Secrets and Self Control
A philosopher states that keeping one’s own secrets is a virtue, but greater is the ability to keep others’ secrets. The remark weighs on privacy and trust as a moral measure.
Chestnut Blight Leaves Tannin After Tree Death
Tanzin's Vitality Tests find chestnut trees killed by blight retain tannin for a long period, suggesting chemical persistence in decayed wood.
Downstate Students Visit Springfield for Lincoln Shrine Tours
Gov Louis L Emmerson backs field trips by downstate schoolchildren to Springfield for Lincoln shrine visits. Clyde Bacchus coordinates tours though not connected to education department. Attorney General Oscar E Carlstrom issues opinion on highway police powers with sheriffs, confirming cooperation and sheriff authority remains. Memorial resolutions in senate honor brothers of Senators Huckin O Grady and Roberts.
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Downstate
Chicago
Louis L. Emmerson
Springfield
Lincoln Shrines
Department of Registration and Education
Clyde Bacchus
Sangamon
H. KE. Fullenwider
Oscar E. Carlstrom
Senate
Frank J. Huckin, Jr
Arthur J. O’grady
Edward P. O'Grady
Richard J. Barr
Enos M. Roberts
Adelbert H. Roberts
Illinois lawmakers debate bills on guns films and public health
A bill by Senator J Leroy Adair would ban seine fishing until July 16 1933. Senator James Felts seeks life imprisonment for armed robbery. A subcommittee reviews Michel’s proposal to shift primary from April to August and restore the old convention system. Child welfare bills from Senator Bohrer progress, and Ed Ryan’s motion picture screening bill advances. Attorney General Carlstrom finds birth eye treatment bill unconstitutional. A. S. Coggeshall plans roadside museum signs to guide Springfield visitors.
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J. Leroy Adair
Quincy
House
Victor P. Michel
Peoria
Sol Roderick
Carl Jobst
Robert Whiteley
William E. Gilmore
M. S. Sullivan
Illinois Supreme Court to choose chief justice for June term
In Springfield for the June term, Justice Clyde E. Stone of Peoria will be selected as chief justice, succeeding Justice Frank K. Dunn of Charleston who has held the post for the past year.
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Illinois Supreme Court
Springfield
Clyde E. Stone
Peoria
Frank K. Dunn
Charleston
Senator Serritella bill to power city garage control
Senator Daniel A. Serritella of Chicago sponsors a bill before the senate committee on corporations and municipalities to authorize cities to direct the location and regulate construction and use of public quasi public and private garages within city limits. It would amend a section of the cities and villages act.
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Daniel A. Serritella
Chicago
Senate Committee On Corporations and Municipalities
Ill Senator Sherman In Critical Condition At Home
Friends report former Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman critically ill at his Daytona Beach Florida home. His daughter Virginia, a University of Illinois student, and brother in law Clyde Spitler of Urbana have been summoned to his bedside. The senate appropriation committee approved a bill totaling 107 800 000 for the department of public works and buildings for road construction maintenance and patrols funded from general funds and gas tax. The bill has passed the house.
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Lawrence Y. Sherman
Daytona Beach
Fla
Miss Virginia
University of Illinois
Clyde Spitler
Urbana
Senate
Department of Public Works and Buildings
House
H. H. Cleaveland
Public Works and
Frank T. Sheets
State Highway Department
Chicago
Mannheim Road
Justice
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Sanitary District
Chicago & Alton
Bina Day Deneen
Charles S. Deneen
Thomas Wiliam House
Illinois
Texas
Deneen
Edward M. House
Wilson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mr. House
Funeral Services Held for L A Minter in Springfield
Funeral services for L A Minter were held on Friday May 15 at his residence in Springfield. Minter was a Republican candidate for state treasurer in the last state primaries and had long worked in the state auditor's office.
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L. A. Minter
Springfield
State Auditor’s
Hereford Exhibition Ties to Illinois State Fair 1931
The National Hereford exhibition of 1931 will be held with the Illinois state fair August 22 to 29 in Springfield. Cattlemen say this will attract the greatest Hereford cattle show in North America this season. Four bills by Senator Joseph Mendel of Chicago to amend the horse racing act were sent to the Senate LICENSE and MISCELLANY committee. One bill would reduce racing days to ten from fifty one and the others address betting provisions.
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Ilinois
Springfield
North America
Joseph Mendel
Chicago
Committee On
Senate
Illinois Plans Prohibition of Civilian Machine Gun Use
Illinois lawmakers push a bill banning sale possession and transport of machine guns by anyone except militia navy or peace officers after Senate passage. The House also passes a bill prohibiting attaching badges to cars by nonofficials. News covers highway project around Chicago and a major marriage between Deneen and House families. Supreme Court Justice William M. Farmer resigns after 25 years on the bench.
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Illinois
Adelbert H. Roberts
Chicago
Senate
House
Rollo Robbins
Augusta
General Assembly
Supreme Court
William M. Farmer
Louis L. Emmerson
Illinois Supreme Bench
Emmerson
Farmer
Supreme Bench of Illinois
Chicago Rep Bolton Bill On Habit Forming Drugs Advances
A bill by Representative John M. Bolton of Chicago regarding the sale or administration of habit forming drugs has won favorable action in the house.
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John M. Bolton
Chicago
National Fire Protection Association Meeting Leaders
State Fire Marshal S L Legreid chaired the arson problem discussion at the Toronto meeting. He was elected first vice chairman of the state fire marshals section and named to the executive board.
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S. L. Legreid
National Fire Protection Association
Toronto
Can
Legreid
Illinois News Notes A mixed report of local events
Herrin teachers received back pay. Hubert Pearce of Johnston City was elected captain of the 1981-82 Illinois college basketball team. Dorris Woods of Litchfield died in an accidental shooting by Oram Elam of Coffeen. Banks warned about counterfeit certificates. Vandalia penal farm buildings near completion. Fort Wilburn site rediscovered. The American Legion song became state song. Williamson county grand jury indicted James Fleets and Henry Grant for embezzlement.
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Herrin
Hubert Pearce
Johnston City
Dorris Woods
Litchfield
Oram Elam
Coffeen
Illinois
Robert Maynard Hutchins
University of Chicago
Samuel W. Parr
University of Ilinois
Danville Livestock Company
Illinois Central
Forreston
Duquoin
State Penal Farm
Vandalia
Albert Trent
Tamaroa
Board of Managers
Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers
Chicago
Congress
Rockford
St. Mark's Catholic Church
Peoria
John Semith
Leon Edelman
Mary Lawson
West Point
United States Military Academy
Metropolis
Southern Illinois Milling Company
Southern Illinois
Mary Halpin
Francis Allegretti
Boy’s Court
Palmyra
National Safety Council
State Hospital
Chester
Frank Litts
Fort Wilburn
Clarence Griggs
Ottawa
George M. Reynolds
A. E. Clayberg
Illinois River
la Salle
American Legion
H. D. Yuill
Herrin Post
James H. Fleets
Marion
Henry Grant
L. H. Hobbs
Citizens State Bank
Williamson County
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New England
Irving Bacheller
WNU
James H. Felts
Florence Fifer Bohrer
House Judiciary Committee
Roger F. Little
Dennis J. Collins
John P. Devine
Thomas P. Sinnett
D. Logan Giffin
Frank A. McCarthy
William E. King
Ed Ryan
Lawrenceville
David I. Swanson
Oscar WB. Carlstrom
William G. Thon
Coggeshall
Illinois News Notes
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