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A compilation notes Freeport Mayor A. N. Stephan seeks re election as the People's ticket candidate. Wrigley company profits reach 6 146 685 for 1922. East Moline schools shut due to coal famine. Champaign County votes bonds for hard roads February 27. Decatur sets December 1923 conventions agenda. Elgin schools face funding woes. Kane county farmers urge Illinois Commerce Commission to block Rice plans to junk electric lines. Illinois Commercial Secretaries to meet in Springfield March 8 9. Ogle and Whiteside counties form road improvement group Polo Sterling corridor. East Peoria Brick and Tile company pollution leads to injunction action. Aurora debate upholds gender integration in high schools. Squatter rights disputed near Litchfield. Southern Illinois Teachers association to host shorthand contest March 30 Carbondale. Galesburg suit over prenup claims unpleasant marriage terms. Cook County Farm Bureau reports economics of laying hens. Illinois hens deemed unproductive overall.
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A. N. Stephan
Freeport
People’s
William Wrigley, Jr
Company of
Chicago
East Moline
Champaign County
Decatur
Illinois Laundrymen’s Association
Illinois
American Waterworks Association
Elgin
Kane County
Chicago, Aurora & de Kalb
Ilinois Commerce Commission
Illinois Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Springfield
C. HE. Jenks
J. D. Conrad
Polo
Sterling
East Peoria Brick and Tile Company
Pekin
August C. Altman
Litchfield
T. F. Jett
Carbondale
Cairo
Murphysboro
Carmi
Harrisburg
Gorham
Herrin
West Frankfort
Lascoutah
Sparta
Vienna
Duquoin
Belleville
Marion
Benton
Galesburg
James Preston
Bureau
Illinois legislature passes single bill in seven weeks
Springfield reports the Fifty-third General Assembly has passed just one bill in seven weeks, with critics citing costs over $100,000 to taxpayers. Representative William R. McCabe proposes abolishing existing school laws and placing schools under a 15-member governor-appointed board. Junketing parties and commissions loom as lawmakers push various investigations and reforms.
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Springfield
Fifty-third
General Assembly
Illinois
William R. McCabe
Lockport
Fiftythird General Assembly
Webster
Chicago
House
John Dailey
Peoria
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Senate
Meents
Small
Department of Public Works
Lottie Holman O'Neill
Dailey
First State and Savings Bank of
Wood River
Benjamin M. Mitchell
Tanlac testimonial stops trade bid at ten thousand
W B Tucker of Richmond says Tanlac rebuilt his health after seventeen years at Allegheny Box Co. He reports gaining eighteen pounds, renewed energy, better appetite, relief from nerves and rheumatism, and now works feeling fine. Tanlac available from druggists. over 35 million bottles sold.
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Tanlac
W. B. Tucker
North 28Th St
Richmond
Allegheny Box Co
Taniac
At Least They Were Mates
A son mistakenly wears his brother’s shoe to church after promising to wear his own. The mother chastises him, he returns with his own shoes, then reveals he has both of Bob's shoes again, saying he changed the wrong one. The moment disrupts a quiet service and ends with a humorous admission.
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Mother
Bob
Ironing iron in London cinema scene prompts quip
A property man on a London studio lot carries an ironing iron as he explains the script has Carter meeting Floria and presses his suit. The moment blends film props with a joke about wardrobe duties.
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London
Carter
Floria
Paradoxes on Knowing Causes and Bipartisan Viewpoints
A philosopher laments the limits of reasoning to explain illness and acknowledges the irony of dual perspectives. The reflection notes that grasping both sides of an issue may hinder practical help.
Roy Beans Courtroom Tales and Childlike Faith
A collage of frontier anecdotes and a tender moment. Roy Bean’s saloon court sessions illustrate rough justice and legend in West Texas. Elizabeth Bethany recalls a child’s holy moment as the Lord enters her heart after a nap.
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Hillsebeth
Little Brother
Elizabeth
Nother
Fancy Work and a Jewel Pointed Needle Joke
Aunt Lucy asks about needlework and Philippa replies they use a jewel pointed needle on their phonograph so no needle changes are needed. The exchange reads as a light domestic joke from a past household scene.
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Lucy
Philipppa
Man Finds Comfort in Neighborly Love Provoking Satanic Grit
A remark contrasts the devil’s grimace with a man who cherishes his neighbor, highlighting the tension between malevolent powers and acts of neighborly kindness within a moral discussion.
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Chevrolet
F. O. B. Flint
Bou
Chevrolet Motor Company
General Motors Corporation
Detroit
Texas
Roy Bean
Bean
Adventure Magazine
Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
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