Budget Omits New School Buildings at Illinois
Springfield May 8 a sub committee report rejects new building projects for the University of Illinois for 1919-1921 while approving funds for general use and repairs. It recommends funding agriculture engineering education and veterinary facilities later, and notes absence of action on a veterinary medicine program due to illness. The house adjourned after advancing several bills including language instruction limits and uniformed peddling rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Tih
University of Illinois
House Appropriations Committee
Randolph Boyd
Galva
College of Veternary Science
Reht
Sagena
Jewell
Tigoe
United States
State Sunday School Convention in June in Rock Island
Quincy plans to send a large delegation to the sixty first Illinois Sunday School convention in Rock Island on June 3 to 5, with many Quincy workers intending to attend and arrange transport by auto. Preparations are underway for 1,000 delegates, including a reception committee. The program features numerous speakers from state and national Sunday School groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Ilinois Sunday School Association
Rock Island
Harriet Edna Beard
Missouri Sunday School Association
Emma G Lenen
Indiana Sunday School Association
Charles W. Shinn
Cook County Sunday School Association
Ernest Bo Aten
Ernest Bo Aten, DD Pastor Pilerom Congregattonal Church
Oak Park
Robert Ro Biggar
Sebn TI Alexander
Young People’s
International Sunday School
International Sunday Schools Association
Revo Scouts
Reoehler
American Baptist
Secciety
Gerrit
Educational
Super Rain
Beard Herbert TP Smith
Continent
Row Tetcke
Poestor West Side Christian Church
Springfield
Ho Augustin Smith
Reston University
Hawk PY
Charges fly over reform of public utilities bills
Springfield DL May 3 Forebodings rise as Representative McCabe Lockport plans to force discharge of the public utilities and transportation sub committee amid covert charges of throttling bills He will move to discharge next Wednesday demand a roll call to record each member Senator Richardson of Edinburgh pushes a constitutional amendment to create seventeen senatorial districts in Miner County and downstate areas the measure goes to constitutional convention committees
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
McCabe
Lockport
House
Committee On
Public Utilities and Transportation
Public Utilities Commission
Richardso
Edinburg
Cok County
Constitutional Convention
Deport Aliens Urges Repression Across West Coast
San Francisco May 2. Immigrant commissioner Forward Whites announced that parties of alleged alien revolutionists are being formed in San Francisco Seattle and other coast points for deportation after receiving mailed bombs and engaging in radical activities at the points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
San Francisi
Seattle
Earthquake Hits San Salvador May 2 Report
In San Salvador on May 2, a quake dated April 21 left at least seventy dead and many injured. The disaster devastated the city and adjacent towns where houses collapsed and extensive damage occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fakta Borides
San Salvador
Quotas in Adams County Victory Loan Oversubscribed
City Chairman W A Fifer announced Quincy has gone over the top in Victory loan subscriptions with about 1 312 960 in sight. County Chairman Winters reports Adams County and Quincy have subscribed over 2 000 000, with many committees still at work and a goal of large oversubscription. Bankers favor Victory notes as strong investments and expect Liberty bonds to rise. local officials predict premiums and par-to-below-par movements in coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Fifer
Quincy
Pearce
Adams County
Winters
Frank W. Crane
State Savings, Loan & Trust Co
Jackson R. Pearce
Ricker National Bank
Liberty
Eighth District Holds Lead in National Campaign Totals
The Eighth district remains first with sales of 116,375,050 and 59.7 percent. Minneapolis rises to second, trailing St. Louis by sixteen points, as Kentucky nears the Mississippi line with Owensboro reporting over subscriptions. Illinois shows gains under Crabtree, with Adams County contributing to a rise to 16,867,800 and 32.2 percent.
Indiana Leads In State Sales Despite Slow Gain
Nine Illinois counties over top and Indiana still maintains lead as first state, but added only $658,750 to sales, aggregating $12,251,550, giving Indiana per cent mark of 87.5. St. Louis county easily keeps first place, running her total sales up to $1,156,950, and jumping up to 93 per cent. Tennessee practically marked time adding but $48,000 to sales, and Mississippi made gains so unsatisfactory to State Chairman Kretchmar that he is going to put in couple of days in the state. Extremely bad weather crippling telephone service and transportation facilities has interfered with the campus in Missouri during last few days. State advanced only one per cent in 24 hours, selling $323,250 worth of notes. State Chairman Hughes while still confident that smaller communities in Missouri are not making progress they should and are not keeping up with Missouri's larger towns. We is trying to inject "pep" into workers in outlying districts. Eleven counties have failed to send in reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Indiana
St. Louis
Tennessee
Mississippi
Kretchmar
Missouri
Hughes
Many Dead From Mobs Violence In 30 Years
New York report from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People details mob killings over 30 years. From 1889 to 1918 the North had 219 victims, the South 2834, West 156, and Alaska and other locales 15. Georgia leads in the fist with 386 victims. Fifty colored women and 11 white women were lynched across 14 states, Nebraska the only state outside the South with lynching of women. The North and West together lynched 21 persons in five years, while the South tallied 304.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
North
South
West
Alaska
Georgia
Nebraska
British Loan Planned by Government in May
The Daily Mail reports London that Britain's government plans a large new loan for May. It will be issued as consolidated stock at six percent consols equivalent, with an issue price of fifty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Daily Mail
Chicago Sunday Tribune
Sidney Smith
Chile
Penny Ross
Bobby Ma Beliiever
Frank King
Just Drove This Woman Crazy by Household Washer
An odd family wash scene describes an old hand washer and board. The speaker notes the husband’s claim that doing the laundry drove his wife to happiness with “THE EDEN.” attributed to QUINCY GAS ELECTRIC & HEATING CO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EDEN
Quincy Gas, Electric & Heating CO
Hinds dies in Washington former parliamentary expert
Janes C. Hinds, compiler of parliamentary precedents of the house of representatives, dies in Washington. The Portland death notice notes his prominent work and status as a former scholar and author connected to legislative procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asher Ve Boas A
Portland
Washington
Janes C. Hinds
House of Representatives
Congressman Clerk at Speaker's Table Announces Fire Gun
A congressman and longtime clerk at the speaker's table is reported as announcing a device described as a gun devised for fighting forest fires. The remark appears in a brief notes column reflecting on parliamentary procedure and safety equipment discussions.
Also Mentioned on This Page
New York State
Pope, Rambier
Columbia
Crown
Niehaus Bicycle and Sewing Machine House
K. of C. Building
Maine St
M.winters
Quincy National Bank
Minneapolis
Chicago
Kentucky
Gwyn
Owensborough
Davies County
Gallatin
Logan
Tinois
Crabtree
Jacksonville
Chicago Tribune
Mr. Bones
Everett Lowry
Pete Lianuza
Flarold
Carl Ed
Mamma’'s Angel Child
Bobby Make Believe
Harold Teen
By Carl Ed
Pete Llanuza
Seidler News Company
Slocum’s
Slocum
Spring St
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!