Illinois Quiz Book Queries on Mines Parks and Law
The text lists questions and answers about Illinois history and industry. It notes the 1934 Holmes Safety Award recipients Valier Coal Co and Bell and Zoller Co Mine No. 1, plus details on safer mine operation periods and output, the naming of Giant City State Park, strip mine counts, early Macon County representation, Bureau County license fees, Nauvoo Expositor, Lincoln’s court martial myth, Illinois library classifications, state health duties, and the 51 Senate districts.
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Ilinois
Joseph A. Holmes
Valier Coal Co
Valier
Ill
Bell and Zoller Coal and Mining Co
Ziegler
Bell and Zoller Co
Walier
Holmes
Thomas Howard
Howard
Giant City State Park
Macon County
General Assembly
William Williamson
Vandalia
Bureau County
Nauvoo
Lincoln
Illinois
Department of Health
Civil Service Examinations Open Competitive Posts Listed
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for several posts including Inspector of locomotives at $4 000 yearly and Criminal research statistician at $3 800. Other positions cover cadastral engineer aerial surveys climatologist geomorphologist and related roles with salaries from $2 600 to $8 200. Full information available from the Secretary of the Civil Service Board of Examiners or the Commission in Washington.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Anitat
Department of Agriculture
United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
Washington, D. C
Card Playing Evolution From Nobility to Public Pastime
The article traces card playing from its disputed origins in 14th century Europe and the Near East to its spread in England. It notes early noble use, expensive card production, London errors against imports in 1463, and as Henry VII’s court popularizes it while Henry VIII restricts apprentices to Christmas card games in masters’ homes.
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Strutt
Gringonneur
Charles VI
France
Heutehin
Germany
East
Europe
Warton
May Wynne
Hanu
London
Edward IV
England
Henry
Llenry VIII
Philadelphia Inquirer
Gekelemukpechunk the Delaware village in Ohio
The Delaware village Gekelemukpechunk existed in Ohio about 1770 to 1778 and housed Netawatwees the principal chief. A handbook links it with White Eyes town at Duncan Falls Zanesville, while Zeisberger and others place its site at the Muskingum river junction with Big Stillwater creek near Newcomers town in Tuscarawas county.
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Ohio
Netawatwees
Bureau of American Ethnology
Gekelmukpechunk
Duncan Falls
Zanesville
David Zeisberger
Muskingum River
Porcelain Discovery in Meissen by Bottger
A young Johann Bottger in early 18th century Saxony sought gold via alchemy but discovered porcelain instead. Imprisoned by August the Strong, he and his workers guarded the method while creating red earthenware and white porcelain. Dresden houses vast Dresden china and global porcelain collections.
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Meissen
Germany
Dresden
China
Johann Bottger
August the Strong
Saxony
Bottger
Chicago Daily News
Napoleon
Chivalry of Power and Civic Judgment
The passage lauds men of healthful nature content to accept defeat with good humor and to work earnestly on plans formed in opposition to their own judgments. It praises those who avoid shifting blame and refrain from triumphal references to prior objections when they are proven wrong. Meeting such people brings ease and honest, bold counsel.
Dalton and Dolton Local News Roundup Sparks in- town, out-of-town travel and fires
Dolton and surrounding towns feature a busy mix of travel plans including Dolton residents visiting relatives in Illinois Indiana and Canada. Fire departments fight prairie fires and grass fires around Lincoln and Kimbark, with multiple incidents saved by prompt action.
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Helen
Bennis Thompson
Dolton
Springfield
Ill
George Hendricks
Lake Bruce
Ind
C. H. Johnson
Ivanhoe
Loggerville
New Brunswick
Canada
Frank Hair
Winamac
Virginia Hair
George Matson
Dalton
Flint
Mich
T. B. Blanchet
Emma Lingley
L. O. Garry
Texas
Dallas
Charles Daley
Putnam, Ir
Elmer Smith
Elmer, Jr
L. A. Westerlin
Cleveland
Ohio
Herman
Henry
Emmett
Joliet
Wm. Franke
Grant St
Dolton Theatre
H. W. Hinzie
Wabash Avenue
Riverdale
Edbrooke Avenue
William Cerny
Leonard Greenwald
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago
John Berndt
Guttenberg
Iowa
Frank Berndt
John
George Dickelman
Argo
Berndt
H. F. Wilson
Madeline Fink
St. Paul
Minn
Ed Stahnkes
Miss
Hiawatha
Walter Pohlers
Louis Koch
Peoria
William Dorman
Basil Meyers
Meyer
Josephine
Indiana
David Meeders
Ray Hedlund
South Bend
Dale Meeder
Great Lakes Training Station
North Chicago
Milton Meeder Familly
Dayton
Lillian O’brien
500 Club
Park Avenue
Betty Parks
Holton
Alice Jean Gilbert
Torace Templeton and Son
Middle West
Harold Medcalf
Cincinnati
George Collins
Roosevelt School
Lincoln School
WPA
Illinois Brick Co
Carolyn O’brien
C. A. Rauch
Houston
San Antonio
Joel Ha Wind Haaseies
Dallas Exposition
Nos
Mike Hodorowiz
Jean Ovvt
Grace Gouwens
Fed 2
Olga Lawrence
Alaska
Ernest Reichert
Wentworth Avenue
Vivcidac
G .O Nebras
Louis Cohen
Lombard
Dalton M. E
Thornton Forest Preserve
Elmer Krause
Minard Avenue
Wm. Rose
Twin Lakes
Michigan
Hudson Lake
Georgian Bay
P. G. N. and Coke Co
Marie Claussen
Bill
Twin Lake
Chas. Ohlsen
George Stier
Ohlsen
Russell Haskins
Elizabeth Barth
Virginia
Powney
Lincoln
Main Street
Kimbark Avenue
S. Kendall Real Estate
James McLaughlin
Rosemary
Edward Kreske
Peter Kurz
Agnes
Edward
McLaughlin
Western Newspaper Union
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Bachmann
138Th Street
Leyden Avenue
Daniel C. Bachmann
Lincoln Ave
Civil Service Examinations
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