Illinois state fair premium lists ready for exhibitors
Premium lists for the Illinois state fair August 18 to 25 are being distributed. Farm Bureau officers, banks within 100 miles of Springfield, and former fair exhibitors will receive copies by mail or direct distribution. The volume shows broader offerings, new livestock and junior department classes, and extended fair grounds with improved facilities. Officials forecast record exhibits and entertainment, while cattle disease testing data indicate progress toward eradicating bovine tuberculosis. State audits report growing building and loan association resources. Racing license revenues fund premiums, with $60,000 deposited for Hawthorne track operations. Improvements near completion include dairy barns, pavilion, and new automobile entrance.
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Ilinois
Illinois
Hlinovis Department of Agriculture
Stillman J. Stanard
Stanard
Chicago Business Men's Racing Association
Hawthorne
Heighth Street
Walter Lindley
State highway bonds auction nets 4.28 percent yield
The Department of Public Works sold 13 million dollars in state highway bonds for 12,514,600, yielding 4.2825 percent. Bonds mature 1949 to 1958, with bidding led by major financial institutions. Governor Small signed the bonds. after state officers sign, funds will go to road construction.
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Department of Public Works and Buildings
Division of Highways
Pour Geoupe Benresem Tng Dp Deee
Duiber
Births Rise In US Population Margins 133065 Increase
A census of vital statistics in 138 states by the Department of Commerce reports births up 133,065 with a birth rate of 18.3 per 1000, down 0.5 percent from 1926, offset by a 61 percent drop in the state death rate. Illinois deaths reached 12,841 or 11.4 per 1000 population, versus 11.8 in 1926.
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Windin
United States Department of Commerce
Departments
Britain and France Reach Naval Disarmament Accord
London reports a direct Britain France naval agreement ending outstanding disputes on the high seas. The pact follows failures of the Geneva disarmament conference and related talks. The terms would include mutual disclosure of naval construction details, including gun elevations, with hopes other powers will accept the compromise.
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London
Austen Chamberlain
Great Britain
France
Geneva
League of Nalic
Aus
Sir Austen
Britain
United States
Ministry of Marine
France Defeats United States in Davis Cup Opener
France retains the trophy by routing the American challengers four matches to one. Henri Cochet hands Bill Tilden his first straight set defeat, winning 9-7 8-6 6-4 to deliver a crushing reverse in the Davis Cup ties.
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France
Cochet
Tilden Anteuil
Henri Cochét
Tilden
United States
Maurice A McLaughlin
New Zealand
Tolden
Bill
Episcopal Church Honors War Heroes at Mount Saint Alban
The Protestant Episcopal church displays a service flag and World War records for 105 102 Episcopalians on Mount St Alban above tombs of Dewey and Wilson. Seven cabinets with data are kept in Washington cathedral offices as Gen. John J. Pershing leads a nationwide effort to finish and endow the cathedral.
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Washington
Mount Sé& Alban
Dewey
Woodrow Wilson
Protestant Episcopal Church
Washington Cathedral
John J. Pershing
Eight Men Die in Burlington Freight Train Blaze at Guernsey
Eight unidentified men burned to death in a Burlington wreck at Guernsey Wyoming. They were riding an empty box car when gasoline-filled tank cars ignited and the line of fire spread along the Platte River. Authorities attributed the accident to road bed loosening from cloudbursts.
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Guernsey
Wyo
Burlington
Platte River
New Zealand Strikes First Dominion Japan Treaty
Wellington reports the first treaty between Japan and a British dominion. New Zealand and Japan agree to most favored nation status in commerce customs and navigation. The accord marks a historic step in mutual trade and diplomatic ties.
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New Zealand
Japan
Wellington
The Great Statesman Not Claiming Misquotation
A brief quotation evaluation notes that if the public accepts the statesman’s words, he does not claim he was misquoted, as cited by a Toledo Blade note.
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Toledo Blade
The Average Man Holds the Key to Our Future
A quotation attributes future prospects to the many ordinary people, cited as coming from Charles R. Brown dean of the Yale Divinity School, highlighting the power of the average individual.
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Charles R. Brown
Yale Divinity School
Need of Water Vital to Prevent Distress
Water scarcity threatens survival within hours. The text warns deprivation can cause death in under a day, stressing urgent need for supply to avert crisis.
Never Fails Recklessness Faces Reckoning
The phrase warns that reckless behavior invites consequences and accountability, illustrating a maxim often attributed to caution in political or social behavior. It conveys a moral lesson about consequences following reckless actions.
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Oscar Nelson
Building and Loan Associations of
Downstate
Cook County
Chicago
Marseilles Rock
Marseilles
Starved Rock
Brandon Road
William Ti. Mulvihil
State Superintendent of Waterways
Marseilles Lock
Sonny
E. Callahan Company
St. Louis
Congress 9 Construction Company of
State Division of Highways
Hamilton
Pike County
S. J. Groves & Sons
Minneapolis
Hancock County
United States Department of Agriculture
State Departments of Agriculture
Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association
East St. Louis
F. A. Laird
Doctor Laird
Division of Animal Industry
Ilinois Department of Agriculture
Oscar I. Caristrom
Frank T. Sheets
Peoria County
A. Olson Construction Company
Waterloo
Town
Kendall County
Duncan Construction Company
Ottawa
Wihil-Cook Counties
Chicago Heights Coal Company
Chicago Treights
Sako+ida
Toute TS
McCarthy Ee Company
Davenport
Towa
Episcopal Church
Boston Transcript
Conrad Rern
Indiana Ave
Riverdale
First Trust & Savings Bank
Riverdale, Illinois
Dolton
Malloy Coal CO
Lincoln Ave
Twin City Sales
Ysser
Nokos
Kelvinator Electric
Henry J. Mohr
Dolton, Ill
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