Illinois motorists urged to pay correct 1935 licensing fees
Secretary of State Edward J. Hughes warned Illinois motorists about overpayments and urged proper handling of 1935 license plates. He explained fee changes by horsepower class, who must obtain titles, and that plates go on sale December 6 by mail or over the counter in Springfield and Chicago.
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Illinois
Edward J. Hughes
Hughes
Springfield
Chicago
Ashland Avenue
Christmas Seal Sale Opens County Drive for TB Prevention
The Twenty eighth annual Christmas Seal Sale begins in the county November 30 led by Dr H N Heflin president of the Illinois Tuberculosis Association. The penny sticker sale funds 88 local associations and is statewide in 2084 tuberculosis groups. The drive marks the fiftieth anniversary of the first US tuberculosis sanatorium with a state goal of 175000 in donations equal to five cents per Illinois resident.
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H. N. Heflin
Illinois Tuberculosis Association
United States
Heflin
Nuts that keep a car together and one that can undo it
A concise saying notes that 1500 nuts can hold a car together while a single nut can cause its failure, illustrating fragility and redundancy in mechanical design.
Sugars, Taffy, and Baking Powder Remarks
A humorous note on sugar usage and candy making. It claims 110 pounds of sugar yearly per person and hints that taffy capacity is higher. It adds a quip that pace powder may catch a man, but baking powder keeps him.
Streamline Train Ordered for Ill. Central System
The Illinois Central will operate a new electric diesel powered streamline between St. Louis and Chicago. Built by Pullman, the 5 car, 150 seat train weighs about 250 tons and stretches 330 feet. It will run under Cor Ten alloy, be air conditioned, and cost around $400,000 funded by a Public Works Administration loan. Delivery is expected in spring with a daily round trip possible.
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Illinois Central Railroad
St. Louis
Chicago
L.A. Downs
Illinois Central System
Pullman Car and Manufacturing Corporation
Public Works Administration
Methodists Old Folks Home to Observe Twenty Fifth Anniversary Pilgrimage
The Methodists Old Folks Home at Lawrenceville Illinois marks its twenty fifth anniversary with a pilgrimage from Southern Illinois to the home. Pastors are urged to bring carloads of Methodists and friends for a pot luck dinner at noon and to tour the facility housing forty nine residents including two retired ministers and a widow.
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Lawrenceville
Illinois
Pia
Chicago
Greenlee Calvert
H. O. Hiser
Cecelia L. Rees
Southern Illinois Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
H. H. Smith
Smithboro
Abbott
MERVILS OF DRINK QUOTE FROM IRISH PREACHER
A concise excerpt presents an Irish preacher’s warning that drink is the country’s greater curse, provoking quarrels with neighbors and complicating landlord relations. The fragment emphasizes social harm and violence linked to alcohol.
Local Woman Solves Car Squeak Riddle
Mrs Petunia Bigee finds the squeak in her car traced to her husband’s request for slower driving. She reports the rear seat squeak began after his demand.
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Petunia Bigee
Brick Schoolteacher Escapes Injury in Wheel Failure
Mrs Glen Hicks, driving to Barr school, had a rear wheel come off west of her home Wednesday morning. She was taken to her school after the mishap, aided by her brother, while rain made the incident especially disagreeable.
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Glen Hicks
Barr
William Galbreth
Loyal Friends
Walter Parks
East of
Centralia
G. F. Jett
John Charlton
Midland
Michigan
Alvira Fradenburg
Harry Beggs
St. Louis
Hurd
S. H
Gus Gutzler
Mildred Malzahan
Ora Nichols
J. G. McKee
Frank Galbreth
Carl Moore
Odin
Hazel
Lois Hicks
Car 1
Benton
Cabbage Chapel
J. P. Hicks
Carl Groff
Wo Nettles
Beryle Durbin
Allen Groff
Calvin Tarter
Wm. Johnson
Mildred
Donald
George Robinson
Pearl Durbin
Vandalia
Beryle
Clifford Kretzer
Kritzer
Major Zipp in a Staring Hurry Blocks Road Rock
Major Zipp of U S A hurries to pass a rock blocking his car as convicts argue over time and affection in a tense roadside scene. The convict replies he has twenty years to move the rock, while a domestic misrepresentation unfolds in the exchange.
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Zipp
U.S. A
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Patoka
G.O. J. Wasem
Great United Mutual A> Mutual Benefit Association
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Ilinois
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Vaia
Ling
Kell
John A. Rhodes
Ramsey
Donnerman
Nashville
Ill
Harlan Garrard
Palestine
Stephen Landreth
Vergennes II
J. R. Gunn
Terre Huate
Ind
Huldah Forrester
Norris City
Martha Coleman
Frankfort
LaHarpe
Jessie Brewer
Franklin, Ill
Tober
Wm. Roberts
Cora Meyers
St. Elmo
Henry Duckworth
Dix
Larrie Dawson
Sims
Laura Bell
Lane
George Poignee
O’fallon
Nellie Carr
Janesville
Wis
Tempa Howard
Anna, Ilinois
C. E. Webb
Effingham
Sol Spears
Fillmore
OQ. H. Henson
J. Altom & Son
Patoka, Ill
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Methodists
OLD Folks Home
Mervils
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