Illinois five big race tracks yield over one million in state take
Figures from the Illinois Department of Agriculture show 653 346 paid admissions at five major racetracks in 1928, with Exposition Park Aurora Fairmont East St. Louis Arlington Park Crete and Hawthorne Stickney. License and admission fees totaled 614 169 20 in 1928 and 436 559 60 in 1927.
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Illinois
Department of Agriculture
Springfield
Exposition Park
Aurora
Fairmont Track
East St. Louis
Arlington Park
Arlington Heights
Lincoln Fields
Crete
Hawthorne
Stickney
State Treasury
Waltons on Job on Federal Wild Life Refuge Policy
Chicago January 31 conservation groups urge a nationwide system of wildlife refuges funded by the government. The House Agriculture Committee reports a 1,000,000 refuge bill and has modified Norbeck-Andresen Bill S.1271. The National Committee on Wildlife Legislation and Izaak Walton League back early passage. Once Little Calumet River is cleaned up, ample wild game is anticipated.
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Chicago
Conservation Forces of America
Izaak Walton League
Seth E. Gordon
League
House
Haugen
House Committee On Agriculture
Congress
National Committee
Calumet
Bridges Appointed Adjutant General of the Army
General Bridges of Whitehall, Washington, named adjutant general with major general rank by President Coolidge. He had served as acting adjutant general since the death of Adj. Gen. Lutz Wahl last December.
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Washington
Lutz
Charles Ti. Bridges
Whitehall
Army
Coolidge
Bridges
Adj
Lutz Wahl
Final Special Assessment Notice Dolton Illinois hearing Feb 18 1929
Notice from Cook County Illinois that the Village of Dolton Board of Local Improvements filed a certificate of cost for vitrified tile pipe sewer line work on Lincoln Avenue and Park Avenue. A hearing will be held February 18 1929 at ten o clock A M to verify the facts and assess payments. Objections may be filed before the hearing.
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State of
Illinois
Cook
Cook County
Lincoln Avenue
Park Avenue
Dolton
Board of Local Improvements
Thinks the Cat Farm and Fireside Quote
A quirky remark about a cat on a farm and its imagined impact on cows, reflecting playful rural humor and human observation of animal behavior.
Pacifist Campaign Targets Illinois Military Training
A Urbana Courier piece argues the Illinois Committee on Militarism in Education seeks to abolish compulsory military training at the University of Illinois and in state high schools. It defends training as vital for students, the university, and state defense, urging public opposition to pacifist efforts and legislative change.
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University of Illinois
Urbana Courier
Illinois Committee On
Board of Trustees
Illinois
Argonne
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First Trust and Savings Bank
Riverdale
Chrysler and
Plymouth
Atwater Kent Radios
Twin City
Glendora
Wonder Coal
Steve Or Furnace
G. R. Collinson Coal Yard
Park Ave
Pennsylvania
Conrad Kern
Indiana Ave
Waltons
National Committee On Wild-Life
St. Paul’s Major Bowling League
Shell Gas
Am. Legion
Hausman Colts
G. L. Band
Bowse
American Legion Maurer
Wiebke Reich
Simnick
Shell Gas Schlinger
Albrecht
Locker Ameetd
Schlieman
Miller
M. Nerche
P. Nerche Seestete
Bremer Hii
Nortoff i
Ortinau i
G. L. Band Janeschefski
Radtke
Wiezel
Kasten
Markus
Charles H. Bridges
Sundberg
Halsted St. Vincennes
WM. G. Dolton
Village of
Ilinois
Darling
Darlng
Darling & Company
Middle West
ABS
Darang
Cottage Grove
Orr Road
Chicago Heights
Ill
Isaac Shilling
159Th Street
Holland
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