Illinois Questions and Answers: History and Facts
A compiled Q and A style overview covers the Illinois movement for a state editors association begun in 1863, the first Illinois Territory newspaper in 1814, the University of Illinois journalism founder, wartime finance under Lincoln, the National Bank Act of 1863, a 1926 royal visit by Marie of Roumania, Joliet’s river naming, Peoria’s Indian name, the 1826 Kaskaskia Library founding, the 1860 Lady Elgin tragedy, and last year tobacco production figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Movement
John Withnal
Bureau County Republican
Princeton
Illinois Territory
Matthew Duncan
Kaskaskia
Tlinois Herald
University of Tlinois School of Journalism
Thomas A. Clark
Lincoln
Congress
National Bank Act
Illinois
Marie
Roumania
Victoria
England
Joliet
Illinois River
St. Louis
Gayman
Peoria
Peouarea
Kaskaskia Society Library Association
Lake Michigan
Highland Park
Track records in sight at Torrence Speedway midget night
Wally Zale aims for track record at Torrence Speedway 169th Street and Torrence Avenue with a 18.6 second lap fastest in the Middle West. Zale wins last week’s handicap race after a dramatic finish as Emil Andres and Jimmy Snyder return for a follow-up night promising another bangup program with fire and nerve on display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torrence Speedway
169Th Street
Torrence Avenue
Middle West
Wally Zale
Jimmy Snyder
Zale
Emil Andres
Chicagoland
Marshall Lewis
Zaile
Wally
Pat Warren
Paul Russo
Warren
Snyder
Andres
Moonlit Lane No Light Sparks Hammond Romance
In Hammond during the 1990s Aunt Phoebe and Uncle Fred stroll Harrison Park's moonlit lane and carve initials in trees. Mayor Frank R. Martin, backed by Irving Chayken and Paul Bacon, opposes lighting the lane citing romance and Providence. park board leaders Rev John Hestines and Irving Hill support illumination for poolside use and safety.
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Phoebe
Uncle Fred
Harrison Park
Hammond
Frank R. Martin
Irving Chayken
Paul Bacon
Park Board
John Hestines
Irving Hill
Martin
Saturday Daily News
State automibile department links theft reports nationwide
Secretary of State Edward J. Hughes announces a new system to speed car theft recovery in Illinois. Each police department must send theft or recovery notices within 24 hours to Hughes office using provided forms. A 24 hour service in the department’s file room gives police access to automobile and title records any hour including Sundays and holidays. License data also goes to state highway police stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
All
State Automobile Department
Edward J. Hughes
Ilinois
Hughes
Automobile Department
Local and Personal News Roundup from Dolton Riverdale
Miss Lydia Hoffman returns from Estes Park and Colorado Springs after a three week vacation with horseback riding. Dozens of Dolton and Dalton residents are listed visiting relatives, attending weddings, and sharing travels from Michigan to Wisconsin, with notes on shops, civic events, and a fire department prairie-fire patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Hoffman
Riverdale
Estes National Park
Colorado Springs
Cumady
Lydia
Bert Propper
Dalton
Michigan Lake Beach
Ind
Ronald Gordon Diekman
Flint
Mich
A. S. Diekman
Dolton
Herbert Abraham
Owassippi
Bertha Olson
Mildred Nerche
Michigan
George Hendricks
Aurora
Ill
Merrill Brackett
Edna Lund
Mary Burgess
Winnipeg
Canada
Alma Lund
Dale Meeder
Grand Rapids
Harriet Reich
Chicago
Peter Vermeunan
South Dakota
John Zweirs
I. B. Blanchet
Lyle Dorman
Argos
Lottie Sanders
Virgil Hendricks
Virgil
Edward Gebauer
Lester Albrecht
Ben Berger
Danville
Chas. Berger
Lloyd Burke
Cleveland
Ohio
A. P. Cauley
Norman
Billie
Mesdames P. Ohlsen
G. Hendricks
F. Wesse
C. Heidenrich
J. Wilcoxen
E. Fadke
F. Maxwell
Duluth
Minn
Felix Schabloske
Lincoln Avenue
R. K. Riddle
Aspinwald
Russell Haskins
Riddle
Taskin
Harold Rampke
Charles Tomky, Jr
Aix
Conglin
Kankakee
Tomky
George Franceau
Herman Anders
Robert
Mary
Ardath
Yellowstone National Park
Cheyenne
Wyo
Landon Gardiner
Isimer Erffmeyer
Eloise
Ludington
Mills Tourtellotte
Springfield
Thorspon
Gov
Horner
Thornton Township
Washington Park
William Propper
Julius Nelson
Lake Noquebay
Crivitiz
Wis
Jack Reinke
Chapman’s Lake
Warsaw
147Th
Indiana
Cities Service Corporation
Anna de Ridder
Robert Klinkhammer
Chesterton
Bob
C. de Ridder
Dewey England
Bismarck
H. &,. Wilsons
Marina Starr
Ople
Elizabeth Harris
Palisades Park
Alma
Eloise Jamieson
J. O. Nairn
Lake Geneva
la Verne Engle
Florence Malloy
John Malley
David Denham
Christine
Dearborn Street
California
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Secretary of State
The
Lincoln Club
Fred Irwin
Dolton, Riverdale
Malloy Coal Cqo
Interocean
AMG
J. F. Chandler Roofing CO
Chicago ST
Dolton, Ill
Oscar R. Vincent
115Th Street
Pullman
Kiss
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