Illinois preserves nine thousand acres for sportsmen
Springfield leaders announce the state has bought a Rome View Drainage and Levee District area in Woodford County saving close to nine thousand acres of hunting and fishing grounds for Illinois. Governor Small and Director Stratton accept deeds. district dissolution follows. funding comes from hunting and fishing license revenue.
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Game and Fish News
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Woodford County
Peoria
Stratton
General Assembly
Department of Conservation
Small
Simon E. Laniz
Connerville
Ben L. Smith
Pekin
John Dailey
Robert Scholes
David McCluggage
Chas. M. Turner
Wenona
Martin B. Lohmann
Lunting
Final Special Assessment Notice for Riverdale water project
The Village of Riverdale files a certificate with Cook County Court detailing costs for the Atlantic Avenue water supply work and the lien on properties. A hearing is set for April 29, 1927 at 10:00 A M to verify the facts and allow objections and defenses.
Illinois Facts from a Bygone Era
Illinois holds one fifteenth of US car registrations with about 22 million vehicles nationwide. The state has 1409 telephone exchanges. A burr oak near Paris stands 108 feet tall with an 18 foot trunk. Chicago residents averaged 287 streetcar rides per person in 1926, well above the national average of 140.
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Illinois
United States
Paris
Chicago
Riverdale Village sewer project filing notice 1927
The Board of Local Improvements of Riverdale Illinois filed in County Court a certificate detailing the sewer construction on 138th Street and adjacent streets. The certificate lists costs, interest reserve, and collection costs, declaring the work completed per the ordinance. Objections may be filed in court before the specified day. Dated Riverdale April 18 1927.
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Riverdale
138Th Street
County Court of
Cook County
Board of Local Improvements
A. Strosinski
Chas
G. Landberg
Clarence A. Gruhlke
H. Unruh
John C. Zornow
Theo. H. Reich
Illinois
A. D
Parade through Paris to open Legion convention in fall
National Commander Howard P. Savage announced the American Legion will stage a five mile parade through Paris on the opening day of the national convention in the French capital this fall.
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Indianapolis
Howard P. Savage
The
American Legion
Legion
Paris
Aid To Farms Job For Whole Nation
New York reports a general agricultural low mood as a national economic issue. The National Commission on Agriculture, chaired by Charles Nagel, notes regional difficulties and rural bankruptcies while hearings across major cities gather 150 voices. The coming report will address McNary Haugen farm relief debates and policy context.
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New York
Business Men’s Commission On Agriculture
Charles Nagel
Chicago
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
Memphis
Atlanta
Greenville
S. C
Pacific Coast
Nagel
National Industrial Conference
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Washington Briefs on Crowder Resignation Rumor and Local Notes
The State department reportedly learned Gen. Enoch H. Crowder may resign due to ill health. Old White House nails are sold as souvenirs at three for $1. Hoover says British tariff proposals will not seriously affect US trade. Mayors from 16 Wisconsin cities petition Coolidge to set up a summer White House in the state, presented by four school children.
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State Department
Enoch H. Crowder
Cuba
White House
Wisconsin
Coolidge
Badger State
Duke Gift Endows George Peabody College Teachers
Benjamin Newton Duke of New York donates 100000 dollars from the Washington Duke fund to George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville Tennessee, supporting its programs and growth.
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Teachers’ College
Nashville
Tenn
George Peabody College For Teachers
Benjamin Newton
Duke
New York
Washington Duke Fund
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Old Holland
Oak Lawn Cemetery Association
Old Holland Cemetery
Holland
Espn
Oak Lawn
Oak Lawn Cemetery
Dearborn St
Randolph
F. E. Hanna
T. C. Jones
Wendell A. Axtell
Thornton
Continental and Commercial National Bank
Atlantic Avenue
A. Strosinki
Roseland
Nished
Earl de Young & CO
Michigan Ave
Pullman
Atlas Tc
China
Washington Briefs
Hoover
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