Illinois News Nuggets Highlights and World War II Echoes
The exchange club of Galesburg supports a bill to establish game preserves while a convoy of tragedies unfolds. Charles Walker and F R Morris die when their hut is struck by the Panama Limited. moonshiners resist a highway patrol seizure. a quadruple funeral follows a Lombard crash killing Maj William Brewer and three relatives. and authorities in Williamson County begin new terms amid calls for impartial law enforcement. A gun linked to Lovejoy’s slaying is preserved for display as historical relics are shown at an Alton meeting featuring talks on native life and early Illinois history.
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St. Paul’s Church
Fiftieth Street
Dorchester Avenue
Chicago
William A. Brewer
Emily Etheridge Brewer
Emily O. Powers
Sarah F. Powers
Major Brewer
Lombard
Chicago & Northwestern
Artie Boswell
George Bell
Williamson County
George Galligan
Boswell Dent
Nolle
Herrin
Herrin Court
Leonard Stearns
Fred Simpson
Charles Sherertz
Elijah P. Lovejoy
Madison County Historical Society
Alton
W. D . Armstrong
Armstrong
Madison County
H. M. Whelpley
St. Louis Anthropological Society
O. H. Spillman
Edwardsville
Labor unions offer winter public speaking classes in Rock Island
Tri City Federation of Labor will organize classes this winter to improve members public speaking skills in Rock Island. The report notes related local updates on transit, crime, and regional developments across Illinois and Minnesota.
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Tri-Cities
Tri-City Federation of Labor
Rock Island
The Learned Blacksmith Elihu Burritt Dies 1879
Blacksmith and scholar Elihu Burritt of New Britain Connecticut earned the nickname The Learned Blacksmith. He was a linguist writer and social reformer and authored several volumes before his death in 1879.
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Elihu Burritt
New Britain
Conn
Bag terms listed in playful punchy style
A playful list of phrases ending with bag in varied contexts including a punching bag a windbag a bag of flour and a bag of tricks from a Chicago American page. The collection blends literal items with metaphorical uses showing language games across common idioms.
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Chicago
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Illinois
Exchange Club of
Galesburg
Congress
Charles Walker
Walker Coal Company
F. R. Morris
Morris
Cairo
Panama Limited
State Department of Labor
Springfield
John R Greenberg
Detective Bureau
Lake View Trust and Savings Bank
Ben Newmark
B J. Stacy
Greenberg
Chicago Heights
Leiter
Faragof
O'Connor
Nelson
Jack Anello
David Rossetti
Kewanee
Gulva
The
Public Service Company
Cartan
Quinn
Stillwater
Minn
Nathan Treger
Samuel King
Stillwater Penitentiary
Geneseo
J. E. Atwood
Inigo Kelly
Ww. J. Louderback
Moraine Road
Highland Park
North Shore
Elm Place Crossing
Highland Park Hospital
Harvey L. Smith
Illinois Mining Institute
Martin Bolt
State Department of Mines and Minerals
Elm and
Catherine Streets
la Grange
Irvine Goddard
Pennsylvania Railroad
Columbus
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Peoria
Detective Bureau of
Matthew Zimmer
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Maj
B. O. Dunn
Corps of Engineers
Major Dunn
Missouri
St Louis
Scholm
Acme Construction Co
Harvey, Il
Loboxa
Riverdale Transfer Co
Bayer Bros
F. 136Th
Geo. Tuch
Alpenkrauter
Indiana Ave
137Th Street
Dolton
A. R. Harris
Carondelet Ave
Phone
Hegewisch
Telephone
Riverdale
Pullman
Stern Brothers
Forest Ave
Chicago, Ill
W. 137Th St
Roseland Auto Wreckers
Nicholas J. Gouwens
St. Michigan Ave
Twin City Beauty Shoppe
Johanna Vinke
Cor
Helmsoth
Joseph G. Radtke
Leyden Ave
Lavallieres
Wrst
Elgin
Waldemars
Les Thermos
H. L. Pearson & CO
Jewelers and Optometrists
Michigan Ave
Roseland
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
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