Illinois State News Highlights Farm, Health and Road Actions
The state sees large highway work plans with 88 contractors ready in 71 counties, and aims to exceed 1 000 miles this summer. Crop planting is set to rise by over 7 000 000 acres for wheat corn oats and barley. Diphtheria mortality drops sharply to 470 deaths in 1924. Tornado losses total about 1 338 689 dollars in Illinois farms across 573 properties. A seven letter word M A S K S hints at measles rising as a state concern with weekly cases around 1 000.
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Illinois
United States
Springfield
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Isaac D. Rawlings
Murphysboro
Ilinois Agricultural Association
H. C. Butcher
State Association
Red Cross
Fire destroys Kay building in Watseka downtown
Fire from a defective oil burner in the basement gutted the Kay building in Watseka's downtown business section. Watseka Gil lman, Sheldon and Milford fire departments battled the blaze to prevent spread to neighboring structures. In Chicago four bandits robbed the Ashland Sixty third State bank at opening, taking between five and six thousand dollars after overpowering the cashier and six staff.
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Kay
Watseikea
Watseka Gillman, Sheldon and
Milford
Ashland Sixty-third State Bank
Chicago
April 10 Deadline for Auto Licenses in Illinois
Secretary of State L. L. Emmerson orders arrest of motorists who drive with 1924 plates after the April 10 deadline. Last year 1,127,641 licenses issued. only 914,606 applications so far this year, signaling over 200,000 are evading the law. Investigators will tighten headlight law enforcement statewide.
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L. L. Emmerson
Illnois
Cairo high school foundation backfilled after excavation
The news notes completion of foundation excavation for a new Cairo high school, while Decatur pledges of 22000 support a 30000 athletic field. Other items include resignations, court appeals, and trials in Illinois.
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New
Cairo High School
Decatur
Oak Park High School
Franklin Wells
Lawrence Smith
Record Flawless Crystal from China Reaches New York
The largest flawless crystal sphere, nine inches in diameter and weighing 300 Troy ounces and 13 penny weights, was brought from China and cut from Burma crystal. It has a smaller companion, valued with the main piece at $50,000.
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New York
China
Burma
First American Watches In Roxbury 1850
In Roxbury Massachusetts Amercian watchmaking began when Agron Dennison and Edward How ard invented machine aided part fabrication and erected the world’s first factory for watch parts marking the start of American watch manufacture in 1850.
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Agron Dennison
Edward Howard
Roxbury
Mass
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Illinois State News
Nancy BE. Ayere
Lockport
Chicago Theological School
E. T. Kruger
First Congregational Church of
Len Small
F. A. Laird
General Assembly
House
Senate
Frank G. Sayers
First Baptist Church of
Freeport
Lieut
Eric Nelson
Allen G. Barnes
Glasford
Supreme Court
Dean Lewis
University of Illinois Medical School
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Isabella Harvey
Sheridan Road
Evanston
C. Z. Trenkle
Experiment Station
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Oquawka
John P. Looney
Rock Island
Looney
First
Rex
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
Dolton
Cornelius Fray
Grover
Cable
Victor
Cable Piano Company
Roseland Factory
Michigan Avenue
Pullman
South End Supply Company
138Th & C
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