Thornton Town Treasurer 1928 1929 Audit and Claims Ledger
The annual report documents auditing and expenses under William F. Propper Supervisor for Thornton Illinois. It itemizes payments to James B. Ellis A. B. Dunning A. F. Webb and others for ambulance service, auto, printing notices, and thistle work with a total disbursement of 10 903 82 and a year end balance of 14 870 63. The certificate by Justices of the Peace confirms the accuracy of the accounts as of March 26 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JaMes DB. Wills
HEM Vf Janes
Harvey Prig. & Pub. Co
Prig. & Pub
A. F. Webb
James B. Ellis
Kinney-Hood Prig. Co
Jacob P. DeYoung
Legal Advisor Pub. Co
Anna Curphyr
Auto Service
Bergin Jos
Smuczynski
W. E. Kerr & Co
Benen
Joseph Nitz
Jos. Smuczynski
Joseph Czechanski
Joseph Smuczynski
Geo. Liesenfelt
W. F. Propper
Anna Curphy
Harvey News Bee
A. F. Huber
Thistle Com
S. Czechanski
City of Harvey
Fred A. Cordt
A. B. Dunning
Jos
Czechanski
Auto To Co
Henry F. Oster
William E. Smith
Francis Tisdales
Wilda Fradgley
Steno
Aph
Daniel C. Bachman
Isaac Shilling
T. T. Gowens
J. Oster
Co. Hospital
Thistle
Fred Duogular
Henry Oster
Joseph S. Czechanski
Joseph Turk
Oak Forest
Aes
Hi. F
Oak F. and Co. Hos
DeYoung Bros
Co. Hos
Geo. J. Liesenfelt
Oak Lawn Cemetery Asso
State OF
Illinois
Cook
Thornton
William F. Propper
A. D
Albert B. Dunning
Albert F. Webb
Gio. J. Liesenbelt
Whitewashed Cellar Care And Wall Treatment
The guidance recommends whitewashing cellar walls once or twice yearly as a disinfectant. If moisture appears, wash walls with a dilute hydrochloric acid solution then apply plaster of oil-mixed mortar.
Theater as a Mirror of Public Taste
A quotation explores how a newspaper survives by pleasing diverse readers, reflecting their tastes and viewpoints, and reproducing public opinions. It suggests the press unconsciously adapts to audience diversity and seeks broad appeal.
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William Winter
Withered Hanging Tree of Hall Valley Legend
A Colorado tale links a decayed pine near Hall Valley to three men hanged for alleged claim jumping. The barren clearing above the site hosts an unmarked grave. locals claim the tree and land cursed after the execution, amid a ghost-town mining past and a ruined million-dollar smelter nearby.
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Denver
Colo
Webster
Platte River
Ivo
Hall Valley
Colorado
William Ilall
Tresh
London
Rockies
Whale Park
Setttement
Dall
England
Hall
Bullion Mountain
Ifere
Code of the West
Camels Feet Protected by Tire Shards in Gabi Desert
In Mongolia camels travel the Gabi desert with pieces of old automobile tires fastened to their feet to shield them from fire burning sand and sharp rocks. The improvised protection helps reduce damage to the animals as they endure harsh desert conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabi Desert
Mongolia
Giant Redwoods to Be Preserved in West Coast Forests
Fortland Oregon reports deeper forestry plans to rebalance logging with reforestation. Companies plant ten seedlings per mature redwood and 1.5 million young trees to supply future pulp wood, ensuring long term forests and steady lumber supply.
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Fortland
Ore
West Coast
Redwood Belt
Great Woods
Pacific Northwest
Redwood
Oregon
California
Papaya Papain Spotlighted as Stomach Remedy in New Discovery
Miami horticulturist Dr. J. Peterson announces a major finding on papaya sap, papain, which acts like pepsin with quicker results. A drop of dry papain dissolves a square inch of steak in two minutes, and papaya’s use has grown in health food markets with versatile preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
J. Peterson
Central America
First Polyglot Bible Completes Publication
The Complutensian Polyglot Bible, printed under Cardinal Ximenes at Alcalá de Henares near Madrid, was issued between 1513 and 1517. It includes the Septuagint Vulgate the Hebrew Old Testament the Greek New Testament and the Targum of Onkelos on the Pentateuch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal Ximenes
Complutum
Madrid
Spain
Onkelos
Identification Cards for Nebraska Students
New students at the University of Nebraska carry cards with signatures and pictures and descriptions. Other students have cards without photographs. Credit problems in Lincoln from fraud, library losses, nonstudent football ticket purchases, and trouble cashing checks fueled inflation of the identification system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Beggars Farm Trust Organizes in Moscow
Moscow reports a beggars trust with 150 members whose monthly incomes range from 15 to 250 dollars. The trust has a president who receives a takeoff. An estimated 7,500 beggars in the city remain unaffiliated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beggars Farm Trust
Moscow
Ice Man Faces New Rival Dry Ice Pressure
New York reports the ice man now contends with a rival in dry ice produced from carbonic gas. One pound of gas compressed yields a dense block of dry ice at about 114 degrees below zero, prompting efforts to cut production costs and create smaller containment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stenographer Maps Relativity Through Aztec Calendar Signs
Kansas City stenographer Miss Virgie Vail studies astronomy to teach relativity to laymen. She created diagrams using Aztec calendar numbers, arranging zodiac signs in circular and spiral forms. After ten years, she says her code can illustrate some aspects of relativity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Virgie Vail
Miss Vail
London Police Capture Woman Poseur as Army Captain
London police arrest a suspected army captain who proved to be a woman. Identified as Capt Leslie Draker she once led the national Fascists in London and ran a west end restaurant. She served as a male reception clerk in a west end hotel when seized for contempt of court in bankruptcy cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Leslie Draker
National Fascists
West-End
Effect of Water on Wood Through Ages and Waters
The text notes wood’s average life in sea water is ten to fifteen years and two years in tropical waters. It adds sound piles from fresh water have lasted over 1,060 years, illustrating long durability in certain conditions.
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A. Ib
Dunning
Nebraska
Ice Man
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