High Road Bids Laid Before Lowden
Springfield Ill Feb 27 Governor Frank O Lowden conferred with Frank I Bennett and Thomas G Vennum on rising road costs. Bids show road building at 500 miles of contracts for summer, with prices around 50000 per mile. Advisers may decide to abandon the 1920 program if costs do not fall.
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Springfield
Ill
Frank O. Lowden
Frank I. Bennett
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Thomas G. Vennum
Lowden
Mesages
Board of Highway Advisers
William G. Edens
Chicago
Robert V. Clarke
Peoria
Harry S. Shade
Lexington
J. M. Page
Fresh Proposals Flood Illinois Constitutional Convention
Delegates at the Illinois constitutional convention rush to present ideas before a rule cuts off unlimited floor proposals. A total of seventy three proposals were introduced covering wide topics from sidewalk snow removal to a general assembly plan with fifty one senators and 172 representatives, detailing Cook County representation and district allocation.
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Springfield
Ills
William I. Cruden
Chicago
Andrew H. Mills
Decatur
Cook County
Illinois constitution debate on initiative and referendum
Judge C S Cutting of Chicago proposes adding an initiative and referendum article to the new constitution mirroring Massachusetts. Eugene Eckhart of St Clair County, head of the Illinois Grange, notes farmers favor full suffrage and English instruction in elementary schools but oppose the initiative and referendum in any form.
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Cook County
C. S. Cutting
Chicago
Massachusetts
Agriculture Committee
Eugene A. Eckhart
St. Clair County
Illinois Grange
Join the Marines for Adventure and Service
A dated recruiting piece extols Marine life as a roaming, sea-filled vocation with overseas postings from Guantanamo Bay to France. It highlights travel, training, and transferable skills, urging men to seek opportunity, pass medicals, and contact the St. Louis recruiting office or the Quincy postmaster for a booklet.
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Tull
Marine Corps
Marines
U. S. Marine Corps Recruiting Office
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