Illinois Leads Nation in Coal Output and Rail Speed
Franklin county tops Illinois counties by coal output with 15,678,213 tons in 1926. The Illinois State Journal of Springfield, in its 97th year, is the state's oldest newspaper. Illinois lines won first and second in a national rail speed contest. About 90 percent of the state’s land is used for agriculture. Illinois has 625,000 miles of fences, enough to circle the earth 25 times. There are 12 times as many public utility owners as there were state residents at admission. The governor earns 12000 dollars yearly, well above the national average of 6400.
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Franklin County
Illinois
Ilinois State Journal
Springfield
Ilinois
Odd Bi System at Muni- Peat the Plant
The Ord Nebraska municipal electric plant uses a steam whistle to notify customers of due bills. No bills are rendered. customers must ask the clerk for the amount. A ten cent grace period triggers a 25 cent fine, and nonpayment before the next blast cuts service, with no exemptions for deaf residents.
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Municipal Electric
Ord
Nebraska
Crochet Origins in Netting and Weaving History
The article notes crochet and knitting likely evolved from netting and traces the word crochet to its first English appearance in 1848. It emphasizes crochet's roots in ancient textile practices and the linguistic emergence in the mid 19th century.
Illinois News Notes Highlights and Tragic Deaths
A roundup of Illinois items lists society meetings at the University of Illinois and the Illinois Woman's College, plus multiple deaths and accidents. Notable names include engineers Ralph Walker and Bruce Benedict, judge W. T. Church, bankers John E. George, and Vermilion leader Charles Finley, with incidents from Rochelle, Rock Island, Davenport, and East St. Louis. A manhunt ends for robbers who shot Night Watchman John Green, while other stories cover a failed mine reopening and a planned murder attempt amid a Chicago marriage crisis.
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Illinois Society of Engineers
University of Illinois
Ralph Walker
Rochelle
John Hunter Russell
Harmon Cook
Benton
Illinois Association of Deans of Women
Illinois Woman’s College
Jacksonville
Bruce W. Benedict
University of Illinois Engineering Department
W. T. Church
Rock Island
Mercer
Henry
Whiteside
Peoria
Robert Killman
Harco
Carlton D. Garlough
Wheaton College
Davenport
John E. George
Springfield
First National Bank
Knox County
Frank Morris
Lake Bracken
Charles R. Finley
Illinois Agricultural Association
Vermilion County Farm Bureau
Hoopeston
Sherman Small
Danville
William Robinson
Clara Sparks
Mount Pulaski
Ilinois
American Vocational Association
Los Angeles
Howard Shaffer
East St. Louis
William James Stocker
Amor Bennett
John Green
Wyanet
E. C. Gregory
Eagle, Colo
Dale Meadows
West Lake
Calif
Bolton
Shooting Green
Clara H. Beebe
T. A. Pratt
Ellis T. Beebe
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Beebe
Cherry
Spring Valley
Lorraine Logan
Clyde Robinson
Emington
Robinson
Morrison Hotel
Chicago
Harvard Rock Tibet Expedition Sends 1600 Bird Specimens to U S
Professor Joseph F. Rock reports from Boston on a three year Tibet highlands expedition sponsored by the Arnold Arboretum and Harvard departments. The collection includes 1600 bird specimens 300 species and 30000 plant sheets with rare seeds and photographs. The team faced extreme altitudes and weather as they labored from 1924 onward under arboretum leadership.
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Boston
Joseph F. Rock
Harvard University
China
Arnold Arboretum
Harvard University Botanical and Zoological Departments
Rock
Arboretum
Harvard
Tibet
Outram Bangs
Charles Sprague Sargent
Loss in Attendance for Prussian Schools
Berlin reports a sharp drop in public school enrollment in Prussia from 5,461,594 in 1921 to 4,186,685 now, a decline of over 24 percent due to the wartime birth-rate collapse. Teacher numbers fell only 6.54 percent, reducing class size and allowing more individualized attention.
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Berlin
Prussia
Ministry of Education
To Cut America's Sugar Bill Over 200 Million
New York report notes the $232,600,000 annual sugar outlay could be kept home within years if a bureau of standards plan succeeds. Trials emphasize wild artichokes as a sugar source, requiring less cultivation and producing seed. levulose from artichokes is 73 percent sweeter than cane sugar and chemically same as honey.
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New York
America
Bureau of Standards
Europe
Motor cars replace long pilgrimages to Mecca
Report notes a shift in pilgrimage practice with Indians Turks and Egyptians approaching Mecca by their own motor cars rather than walking or camel routes, signaling a modernized trend in religious travel for Muslims.
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Mecca
Arabia
English Scientist Proposes Egg Hatching Scheme
A British scientist outlines a method to hatch eggs older than three months, aiming to increase hatch rates. If successful it could cut reliance on strictly fresh unhusked omelettes stored for long periods.
Geneva to host disarmament talks amid new war scare
International tensions loom as Geneva hosts two League of Nations meetings this week and soon after. The Soviet delegation presses for disarmament and warns Poland over Lithuania as Germany, Russia, and Poland maneuver around borders and Baltic access. Berlin and Vilna observers warn of possible conflict, while Balkans tensions flare after France Yugoslavia sign a friendship pact and Italy counters with an Albania accord.
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Geneva
Europe
League of Nations
League Council
League
Germany
Russia
David Lloyd George
Great Britain
Henri de Jouvenil
France
Sig. Nitti
Lord Rothermere
Maxim Litvinoff
Gustav Stresemann
Warsaw
Poland
Marshal Pilsudski
Lithuania
Vilna
Baltic
Gulf of Danzig
Memel
Lithuanian
Latvia
Balkans
Yugo Slavia
Italy
Albania
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Not suitable for headline: urging early retirement of service members
Editorial riff on retiring army and navy personnel while they still can enjoy criticizing the service in print. The piece expresses a provocative stance without naming individuals or events.
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Army
Navy
Untirtshed Business For Self-Made Men
A dusty quip notes that for every self made man there is a woman willing to take on the task of making necessary alterations. The line hints at domestic labor and partnership in business ventures. It reflects gendered expectations common in period journalism.
Heaviest Star Weighed At 309 Solar Masses
Astronomers report the star NGC 3049 weighing about 309 times the sun’s mass, making it the heaviest yet measured. The result challenges existing models of stellar formation and stability in dense clusters observed by researchers at multiple observatories.
Economy Economy merely is doing without the things you are better off for doing without.
A Harrisburg Telegraph quotation notes that true economy means living without luxuries you would be better off without, reflecting a frugal mindset. The statement frames economy as restraint rather than growth.
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Harrisburg
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