Illinois News Notes Highlights Across State Events
Prizes totaling 70 ribbons and 811 dollars were awarded to five Oblong high school boys for pig exhibition at Illinois fairs. Hog cholera alarms farmers in Edgar county as losses mount and disease spreads. Mrs. Mary Milesvich is jailed in Kewanee for murder of her husband in 1923, a coroner's inquest earlier ruled suicide. Daylight bank holds are suggested in Mendota noon closures. Eastern Star jubilees draw 5,000 delegates to Chicago. Illinois corn and wheat crops update. Rebekahs gather in Springfield for Odd Fellows meeting. Illinois Masons elect new leaders. A fatal crash near Evansville, Indiana injures Irving H heartman and kills a furniture buyer in the same incident. University enrollments rise at Chicago with 2,500 undergraduates and 4,819 total residents this year. Robberies hit Baltimore & Ohio stations in Carle and Sandoval, with 33 thousand dollars stolen and a mail pouch taken at Carl yle and Sandoval.
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Oblong Township High School
Illinois
State Supervisor of
Springfield
Smallpox Up in Illinois Amid Exposition Attendance
Reports to the Illinois Department of Public Health indicate a rising smallpox trend in the state. More than 150 mayors and most of Des Plaines attended the Illinois Products exposition in Chicago with Mayor Dever hosting a luncheon. Stephen A. Wilson of Danvers killed himself at his wife’s grave, found by his son-in-law.
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State Department of Public Health
Springfield
Illinois
Des Plaines
Chicago
Dever
Exposition Palace
Stephen A. Wilson
Danvers
Wolff
Edward J. Glackin
Massachusetts
Coolidge
House
Judiciary Committee
Pasture Shortage Forces Early Feeding Start Says Expert
W. J. Fraser of the University of Illinois urges dairy farmers to begin regular fall barn feeding sooner due to pasture shortages despite heavy fall rains. He notes the shortage will impact feed planning and costs for Timots and other dairy operations.
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Timots
W. J. Fraser
College of Agriculture
Urbana
Noted Illinois Swindler Case Ties to Chicago Suspect
Louis Buescher of Danvers identified Chappie Moran in Indianapolis as one of the men who swindled him last spring. The tale ties into a broader Chicago crime ring case and a similar arrest.
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Louis Buescher
Danvers
Chicago
Indianapolis
Chappie Moran
Bank of Italy to be controlled by its employees
A plan approved by the Bank of Italy board will transfer control to its 2,200 employees effective January 1. Founder Giannini will retire as president, James A. Bacigalupi becomes head, with promotions from within and a 40 percent annual control fund funded by the bank and employee salaries.
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San Francisco
Cal
Bank of Italy
A. P. Giannini
Giannini
James A. Bacigalupi
United States
Europe
Far East
L. Scatena
Value of a College Education: $72,000 in Earnings
Boston University dean reports the lifetime earnings of different education levels. The untrained man earns about 45 000 by age 60, the high school graduate 78 000, and the college graduate 150 000. The college degree yields peak earning at age 60.
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Boston
Mass
Everett W. Lord
Boston University College of Business Administration
Dean Lord
Window washer survives 40 foot fall in Topeka
Sam Hawk, a window cleaner, fell from a three story sill more than 40 feet, crashed through a skylight, and into a ventilator before crawling out. A physician later found only slight bruises.
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Topeka
Kan
Sam Hawk
Southern Politician Ends Life
William F. Cummings, 59, registrar of the U S Land Office for Mississippi under Wilson, shoots himself at his Jackson home. In Vienna reports note a 108 year old vulture and a 104 year old eagle in the records.
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Jackson, Miss
William F. Cummings
United States Land Office
Mississippi
Wilson
Vienna
Woman parachute jumper dies in fall over Houston fair
Miss Monte Le May of St. Paul Minnesota leaped from a balloon at a Houston amusement park and died when her parachutes failed to deploy. Witnesses said the third of three chutes did not open as she plummeted about 2000 feet with a crowd of 8000 watching. BE. T. Vincent, her husband, witnessed the accident.
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Houston
Tex
Monte le May
St. Paul
Minn
Miss le May
BE. T. Vincent
Editorial barred editor quits paper over Fosdick clash
Nolan R. Best resigned after editors blocked a long piece on Dr. Harry Fosdick’s resignation as associate pastor of the Presbyterian Church. He warned liberalizing church laws and warned Presbyterians would be blamed for Fosdick’s exclusion. The move signals a lasting impact on church debates and journalism.
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Nolan R. Best
Presbyterians Bar
Dr. Fosdick
New York
Harry Hmerson Fosdick
The
Presbyterian Church
Best
Fosdick
Advertising cuts consumer cost says Audit Bureau report
Stanley Clague of Chicago reports that guaranteed circulation and waste reduction in advertising save money for the consumer. O C Harn of New York notes the London convention findings that England lags the United States in scientific advertising. The bureau lists 1800 members with 700 registrations by dawn and 820 dinner reservations.
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Chicago
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Stanley Clague
Bureau
Clague
O. C. Harn
New York
London
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
England
United States
American Association of Advertising Agencies
Train Crash Kills Two Near New Milford Pa
In heavy fog a Buffalo New York passenger train on the Lackawanna Railroad collided with a slowly moving freight pusher engine one mile west of New Milford Pennsylvania. The engineer and fireman were killed and three other trainmen injured.
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New Milford
Lackawanna
Here
Ardmore Man Convicted in Ida Flogging Case
Elmer McDonald of Ida Oklahoma was found guilty by a federal court jury of participating in a June 5 1922 flogging of A Jackard then postmaster of Ida by a band of masked men.
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Ardmore
Okla
Elmer McDonald
Ida
A. Jackard
Two Held In Murder Near McLeansboro
Fred Thomason and Ernest Miller of Mount Vernon are jailed on murder charges in the July killing of Thomason’s father Jody Thomason who lived alone on a small farm about 12 miles north of the area.
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McLeansboro
Fred Thomason
Ernest Miller
Mount Vernon
Thomason
Jody Thomason
Here
Hughes urges preserving Supreme Court power and election reform
Albany Secretary of State Hughes defends judicial review as constitutional while urging a revision of presidential elections. He questions relying on House contingencies and suggests a six year term with no immediate re election, arguing for stability and adaptability in government. He calls for preserving dual sovereignty between branches and states.
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Albany
N. Y
Hughes
University of the State of New York
Supreme Court
Congress
United States
Executive
Supreme Court of the United States
Secretary of State
House of Representatives
Five Bandits Rob Bank in Springport Heist
Five men robbed the State Savings Bank of Springport Michigan taking about $75000 in cash and bonds. They locked four employees and four patrons in the vault then fled to a waiting car. August Krieger 17 raised the alarm and helped free those in the vault.
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Springport
Mich
Jackson County
State Savings Bank
August Krieger
Two Collegians Die In Auto Collision Near Urbana
Benton Harbor Mich The University of Michigan party en route to Urbana collided head on with another car. Sam Miller a freshman from Buffalo N Y died at a hospital after being unconscious since the crash The other victim Edward McGrath 24 from Marion Obie died shortly after The university party member Israel Saretsky of Benton Harbor remained unconscious but hopeful for recovery
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Benton Harbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Urbana
Sam Miller
Buffalo
N. Y
Miller
Edward McGrath
Marion
Obie
Israel Saretsky
Spokane man killed in prank auto crash at Fort Wright
In Spokane Washington F W Curran died instantly when he pulled driver Martin's cap down in a car that then plunged 30 feet over an embankment near Fort Wright. Martin and another passenger were unhurt. In Madrid Premier Primo de Rivera was named High Commissioner for Morocco succeeding Lieut General Alxpuru while retaining his cabinet post.
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Spokane
Wash
F. W. Curran
Martin
Fort Wright
Curran
Madrid
Primo de Rivera
Morocco
Luis Alxpuru
Navy Day observance praised by President Coolidge
President Coolidge praises Navy League plans to mark Navy Day on October 27, Theodore Roosevelt's birth date. He cites the Washington arms conference and a goal of reducing armaments while maintaining U S naval strength alongside other leading powers to promote peace.
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Washington
Coolidge
Marion Eppley
Navy League
Roosevelt
Naval Establishment
Navy League of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Two Killed and Dozens Hurt in Railway Collision
In Tonawanda New York a collision on the Niagara Falls Buffalo High Speed line left two dead and 75 injured. Three cars telescoped on two three car trains near Elliott Creek. The dead include Miss Florence Devery and George McCullough of Philadelphia. Several others are reported fatally injured or seriously hurt.
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Buffalo
N. Y
International Railway
Niagara Falls
Mary Rodgera
Philadelphia
Flora Fleischman
Brooklyn
Proposes to Register Nonvoters in National Elections
A broad movement aims to list all nonvoters and publish names in local communities to boost interest in suffrage and foster smarter citizenship across parties. In Idabel Oklahoma a son fined his father 214 dollars for killing a deer under state game law after reporting the incident to the game warden.
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Washington
Idabel
Okla
R. L. Beavers
Oklahoma
J. B. Beavers
Supreme Court Grants Appeal in Joliet Policeman Killing
Springfield reports the Illinois Supreme Court granted an appeal for Audrey Brantley who was sentenced to hang October 31 for the killing of Policeman Walter Weiss of Joliet on April 5, 192. The case centers on Brantley’s conviction and forthcoming execution.
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Slayer Ia
Springfield
Supreme Court
Audrey Brantley
Walter Weiss
Joliet
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