Proposed laws spark Senate votes and statewide reform bills
Senator Canaday's bill abolishing capital punishment passes the Senate amid debate. Mulcahy proposes a freight train length limit of half a mile. Benson seeks to ban gambling devices and paraphernalia. Lyon eyes maternity insurance for Illinois, Barbour targets liquor in dance halls. Labor pushes anti injunction and contempt trial measures, while women workers press for an eight hour day.
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Illinois
Barbour
Organized Labor
House Judiciary Committee
Frank J. Loesch
Dudley Taylor
John H. Walker
State Federation of Labor
House
Coleman
Fahy
Jacobson
Hit Or Miss By LirrLere Reflects on War Era Politics
The column mocks wartime politics and presidential decisions, mentioning Wilson, Roosevelt era figures, and diplomatic moves. It notes public reactions to elections, party loyalty, and national policy while teasing political names and episodes from the period.
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Lodge
Wilson
Mexico
Ninth Ward
California
Calfornia
la Follette
Wisconsin
Sheri dan Road dedication set with state officials
Ex governor Charles Deneen will lead the April 14 dedication of a new concrete stretch on Sheridan Road. Three ceremonies are planned in Kenilworth Wilmette and New Trier Township with cadets from the Naval Training Station and local officials attending. Young ladies from each village will christen the pavement and 10 year old girls will open traffic by cutting the ribbon.
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Charles 8. Deneen
Kenilworth
Sheridan Road
F. O. Lowden
Edward F. Dunne
Cook County Board
North Shore
Wilmette
New Trier
Sheridan Road Improvement Association
Chicago
Milwaukee
U. S. Naval Training Station
New Trier Township
Irgh School
City rail line progress on State Street crossing
A gang works on State Street at the 111th Street railroad crossing to raise tracks for car line connection while others prepare the road bed at 95th and Michigan for curves enabling No. 4 cars to swing onto State Street. Alderman Van derbilt pushes to finish the long promised short line in days, likely under thirty.
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State St
111St St
95Th
Michigan
Vanderbilt
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