Illinois Water Supply Liability Opinion and State News
Attorney General Oscar E. Carlstrom declares water suppliers not liable for damages when consumers knowingly drink unsafe water. Other items note Logan county corn winning at the Illinois State Fair, praise for former Governor Richard Yates in securing Capitol building funds, Fire Prevention Week proclamation by Governor Small, a Menominee wreath at Lincoln's tomb, and a Illinois school health survey cooperation effort led by six statewide groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar E. Carlstrom
Isaac D. Rawlings
State Department of Public Health
Capitol
Richard Yates
Springfield
Yates
M. H. Thatcher
Fifth
Kentucky
National House
Small
Illinois
Ilinois
Charles F. Dew
Marion County
Carlstrom
Peoria
Myron Mills
Cass County
Illinois Hits New High in Road Paving and Public Works
The Illinois highway division reports a new weekly paving record for August 10 to 16 at 70.6 miles, surpassing 1924 and 1928 benchmarks. One hundred paving mixers operate statewide, with total mileage this year reaching 748.1 miles by August 15, and a projected 1924 record of 1,229.48 miles likely to be surpassed in the 1928 season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Division of Highways
Ilinois
Illinois
R. B. Miller
Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal Co
Miller
M. H. Sellers
Carbondale
W. E. Doty
Benton
Mr. Mil
Yates Named Republican Candidate for November Election
The Republican state central committee selected Yates as the candidate for the upcoming regular election in November. The unexpired Rathbone term runs until next March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yates
Republican State Central Committee
Rathbone
Woman at the Bottom of It Sparks Trolley Car Alarm
Scream reports describe a distressing scene beneath a trolley car. The cynic’s remark labels the incident as another case of the woman at the bottom of it.
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Hiram Jamson
Logan County
Rentschler Brothers
Oscar Mountjoy
Atlanta
Appropriations Committee
Bad Eagle
Abraham Lincoln
G. A. R. Post
Lincoln
Dr. Baldwin, Dennist
East Broadway
Centralia, Illinois
Len Small
Ribbon Cliffe Fruit Co
Spokane
Wash
Columbia River
Entail
Bruce McKinstry
Ler
Aurora
Belle Landry
Lincol
Judge Pinney
Miss Landry
George Huskinson
Lincoln Fields
Crete
Chicago
Stanard
Department of Agriculture
State Division of Highways
Iroquois County
E. M. Melahn Construction Co
Algonquin
Gook County
Arcola Construction Co
Niles Center
DeKalb County
Stevens Brothers of
St. Paul
Minn
Knox County
Central Engineering Co
Davenport
Hancock County
S. J. Groves & Sons
Minneapolis
Jansen & Schaefer
Pekin
Effingham County
C. J. Moritz
Effingham
Cameron & Joyce Construction Co
Keokuk
A. P. Munson
Marion
Clinton Bridge Works
Clinton
Stephenson County
Balmat & Sons
Lear Lake
C. G. Hively
Freeport
W.H. Shons Company
Vincennes Bridge Company
Vincennes
Ind
General Assembly
Henry Rathbone
New Rockford Sox
Childrens
C. D. Martin
Wasem
Austin Good
Gilley Garage
Fred Gilley
Patoka
Liberty Theatre
Vandalia
Romona
Dolores del Rio
Livesay Garage
Vernon, Illinois
Oakland
Pontiac
Mulberry Grove
Cort Widger
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