Illinois State News Highlights In 1923
A digest of events across Illinois includes appointments, deaths, farming losses from hog cholera, debate invitations, rate talks, capitol inventory values, library certificates, road paving promises, dance hall lighting rules, a streetcar franchise settlement, the Hononegah High School dedication, anniversary events at the University of Illinois YMCA, and a river steamer Mardi Gras voyage with modern hotel amenities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Beloit
Rockford
Decatur
Ilinois State Capitol
Springfield
Suinual
Bertha HK. Bergen
Morris
Wren Watkins
Park Ridge
Rock Island
Elzin
City and Traction Company
Hononegah Community High School
Rockton
Roscoe
R. K. Welsh
Hononegah
Stephen Mack
Ifty
Young Men's Christian Association
University of Ilinois
Ebruary
Champaign
Einglish
Middle West
Belleville
Department of Household Scence
State Farmers’ Institute
Harry G. Drees
Cairo
New Orleans
Drees
Illinois banks hold seven hundred eighty million in deposits
Illinois bank deposits totaled 780,617,000 in June, including 157,130,000 in national banks and 614,720,000 in state banks. The postal savings system held 8,551,000 and School Savings Bank 216,000. New York, Pennsylvania led in school savings. New York also led postal savings. The report lists 502 national banks in operation and notes 675 total banks, with 22 insolvent and 150 liquidated.
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Union
Postal Savings System
New York
Pennsylvania
Springfield
School Savings Banks
Comptroller of the Currency
School Savings Bank
Illinois
Ohio
New York State
Comptroller
First National Bank of
Birds Nest on Bass Rock Crowned by Sea
Ornithologist describes Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth as a sea birds citadel where thousands of giant birds gather on impregnable cliffs. The scene is a living network of wings with moments of silent beauty followed by a raucous chorus as waves wash below.
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St. Paul’s Cathedral
Bass Rock
Firth of Forth
Iit
London Mail
Woman's Delay Breaks a Playful Rule of Romance
A wry line reflects on romance where a woman cannot charm every man she meets and must beware of running out of time. The phrase suggests mischief and timing in flirtations without naming individuals or events.
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Chicago Daily News
Ford and Oldfield Rivalry Sparks Lighthearted Bet
Henry Ford and Barney Oldfield, once partners, quarreled softly after their business ended. A friend quoted Oldfield praising Ford for helping him, and Ford replying he helped make Oldfield too. Oldfield then asserted he did a better job than Ford despite shared success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Barney Oldfield
Hank
Ford
Parallel Situations From A Dark Utterance
A clipping contrasts starving Russians with a Black man who asks a stranger for money to buy food. The reply questions work, while the man explains he is too weak to work until fed, reflecting a grim stereotype from the San Francisco Argonaut.
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San Francisco
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Illinois State News
Mary O’brien
Amboy
Anna L. Klingberg
Batavia
Winnebago County
Guarden
Abbie Jewett Craig
National Bank
Federal Reserve District
Tlinois
Fred Brown
Chicago
Claude O. Craig
Wiliam A. Culver
Peoria
William P. Funsten
Evanston
Winfield C. Gilmore
James B. Greenfield
Ca. E. H. Johnson
Edward L. Joseph
Danville
Hart W. Moon
Bert
Devine
Small
Lowden
Department of Public Health
Minois Commerce Commission
Free Lances
Appropriations Committee
Black
Health Department
Utilities Commission
Ilinois Commerce Commission
The
North Wells Street
Chicago, Il
Sputnam
Scotland
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Gandhi
Earth
Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
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