Illinois trivia Q and A on history figures and places
A compiled Q A on Illinois history covering postal rates in 1800, birthplace of Governor Ford, opposition in 1842, number of electoral votes, agricultural centers like Christian County, Calhoun County apple status, the Military Tract, county seat naming customs, Bloody Island, Know Nothing party names, oaths for governors, Kendall County naming, suppression of the Chicago Times in 1868, and the wartime administration.
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Sinosis
Ford
Uniontown
Pensylvania
Joseph Duncan
Charles W. Hunter
Illinois
Allnois
New York
Pennsylvania
Christian County
Middlewest
United States
Calhoun County
Calhoun
Thnois
Ilinois
Military Tract
Mississippi
Ilinois Rivers
Mercer County
Menard County
George Warburton
Peter Lukins
Petersburg
Georgetown
Bloody Island
East St. Louis
St. Louis
Sam
Tlinois
Chicago
Chicago Times
Yates
BrigeGn
Jacob Ammen
Provosis of Mayors in Scotland Debate
Quotations depict a Scottish speech debate over Mayors and their roles. The excerpt contrasts phrases about provisions and chains with a mock description of authorities roaming freely. The tone satirizes political titles and municipal power.
Degree of Honor installs 1937 officers in Dolton
The Degree of Honor Lodge No. 66 held a large installation night at Stahnke hall Dolton. Adults and Senior Juvenile officers were named with Vera Sellin and Jean Packard among the leaders. Esther Ivy and James Doyle presided as installing officers.
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Lodge No. 66
Stahnke Hall
Chicago
Washington Streets
Dolton
Vera Sellin
Ethel McPike
Alice Wulff
Millicent Cieck
Vivian McPike
Cora Miller
Caroline Rentner
Dorothy Wegener
Frances Keller
Christine Born
Carrie Weener
Jean Kay
Alma O’brien
Martha Maxwell
Millicent Creck
Marena Kay
Jean Packard
Marion Sokal
Virginia Laib
Donald Wilcoven
Florence Lau
Rose Mary McLaughlin
Tnner
John Wilcoxen
Alfred Grossenbacher
Watel Meginnis
Phyllis Henricks
Ass’t
Leola Rudloff
Shirley Albrecht
Marvy Louise McGowan
Twelve Greatest Dates From Will Durant List
The Herald Examiner notes philosopher Will Durant lists twelve dates as the world’s most important, from 4241 B C Introduction of the Egyptian calendar to 1789 The French Revolution. The column invites readers to judge and suggests Durant might disagree with the reader’s selections.
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Will Durant
Simon and Schuster
Confucius
Socrates
Caesar
Christ
Mohammed
Roger Bacon
Guttenberg
Oldest Human in Soviet Russia Named Yekup Shoua
A 157 year old patriarch, Yekup Shoua, is described as the oldest man in Soviet Russia and perhaps the world. He remains active, walking miles daily in the mountains near his homeland Gvada and expects many more years of life.
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Yekup Shoua
Soviet Russia
Shoua
Gvada
Charles Bragin
Brooklyn
N. Y
America
Frank Reade
Local and Personal News From Dolton and Riverdale
Mrs Clarence Willer hosts a surprise linen shower at Lincoln school attended by forty nine mothers. William Carson of 415 W 11th street Dalton suffers a serious eye injury from a gun accident while handling a trigger mechanism. Betty Meddendorf marks seventeenth birthday with games and lunch. Mrs Grace Gundaher Judd visits Riverdale relatives, returning to New York City. Several residents recover from flu and gall stones while others visit family and hospitals in Dolton and Riverdale.
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Clarence Willer
Lincoln School
Jr. Weiniche
G. Colwell
Frank Han
William Carson
Dalton
Jay
Ravenswood Hospital
Billy
Franklin School
Betty Meddendorf
Atlantic Street
Riverdale
Betty
Ruth Hinkley
C. Steal
Cage Street
Jlnesa
Ruth Steele
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Lucy Parks
Dolton
Doltona
Frank Thompson
Springfield
Dolto
Donald Jenness
San Fra Cal
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Edward J. Hughes
Secretary of State
Logan County
Middletown
Hiram S. Allen
Pekin
Anthony Basile Plumbing
Chicago Street
Scotland
COAL
Interocean
Malloy Coal Co
Herald-Examiner
Grace Gundaher Judd
New York City
Thomas Putnam
State St
Amaze
Arnold Eeess
Arn
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