Sarazen wins US open title at Skokie
Gene Sarazen, twenty one year old Pittsburgh pro once a caddy at Apawamis, wins the United States open golf championship at Skokie Chicago. The week also reports deaths of educator Dr John Williams Cook and Lieut Col James Longstreet, plus international turmoil and political moves in Mexico Cuba and Europe.
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Gene Sarazen
Pittsburgh
Apawamis
United States
Skokie Rinks
Chicago
John Williams Cook
Northern Illinois
Eastern Illinois Normal Schools
National Education Association
James Longstreet
Thirteenth Cavalry
Cheyenne
Wyo
Death by Own Action Found for John Pitcher
Coroner's jury rules fifty four year old John Pitcher committed death by his own action. Pitcher a wealthy real estate dealer, body found in a fork of a large tree near Pana Illinois.
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John Pitcher
Pana
Pitcher
Illinois News Briefs Highlight Local Developments
President Harding nominated Samuel J. Davis for Moose Heart postmaster. Shelby county yields a large apple crop value around 700000 dollars as 350000 barrels expected. White Hall clay mining discussed to support 100000 in building contracts. A women coroner's jury investigates the Stevens killings. Grant highway rerouting approved near Cherry Valley with new Kishwaukee river bridge. Woodford seed test shows 90.5 to 96 percent germination. Fatal train collision near Galesburg killed Mrs. Pugh and Mrs. McCutcheon. three others hurt. Cannonball Trail plans discussed at Galva meeting. Fred Mader sentenced to a year in jail for extortion. Illinois peach prospects strong. ditches dug by dynamite near Carbondale. Harris sisters murder near Mackinaw. robbers may be linked to earlier highway plots. Batavia to build a 9-hole golf course. Judge Otbell dies. former Aurora mayor John Jameson also dies. Nude body found near Havana linked to trial of Rollo Spaulding. Bloomingtion’s commission form of government defeated. Grasshopper outbreak unlikely in Illinois. Harmon resumes duties as IL college athletics director. Prohibition agents shoot at moonshiner near Belleville. officer Short and Farmer wounded. suspect dies. Daniel Donahoe, famed Chicago attorney, dies. Illinois adds five new university buildings in budget plan. Harno named dean of IL law school. 126 Chicago children to take down farm vacation tours. goal 1000.
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Samuel J. Davis
Davis
Mooseheart
Children of the Loyal Order of Moose
Calhoune County
White Hall
Shelby County
Clarence Stevens
Henry Patterson
Illinois Highway Department
Cherry Valley
Kishwaukee
Northwestern Railroad
Woodford
Farm Bureau
University of Timois
Association
Roy Pugh
Albert Peterson
Sadie McCutcheon
Galesburg
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
George F. Faxon
Plano
George Thompson
Quincy
A. J. Lovejoy
Princeton
W. 8. McClintock
Galva
Fred Mader
Chicago Building Trades Council
Maders
Illinois
Winois
W. S. Brock
University of Illinois
Carbondale
Illinois Central
State Department of Health
United States Public Health Service
Illinois Central Raillroad
Susan Iarris
Hattie Harris
Mackinaw
Susan
Susan Harris
Peoria
Batavia
Dorrance Otbell
Whhl
Ilinois
Daniel M. White
Mary Bowen
Chicago
Mr. White
Sophronia Pettit
Mrs. Pettit
Houghton
Ontario
Canada
Baptist Church
John Jameson
Aurora
Edward C. Winch
John Schorr
Rollo Spaulding
Arthur Smith
Havana
Bloomington
W. P. Flint
University of Illnois
Flint
C. H. Rammelkamp
Illinois College
W. T. Harmon
Harmon
University of Michigan
Charles G. Short
Prohibition
East St. Louis
Leslie Farmer
Belleville
John Rinnberg
Short
Farmer
Daniel Donahoe
Cronin
Burlington Railroad
Gus Collander
Commerce
A. J. Harno
University Law Faculty
Ilinois Agricultural Association
United Charities of Chicago
Woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Seattle reader Mrs. G. Richardson reports relief from two months of pains in the right side and insomnia after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The testimonial claims the remedy cured hard pains and restored energy and work ability.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Seattle
Washington
Lydis de Pinkham
Mrs. G. Richardson
Orcas St
A Spelling Lesson Ends in Tragic Oyster Death
An obdurate student rejects spelling lessons and grows to adulthood. After refusing orthography, he poisons himself by eating oysters in Orgust. The aging teacher reflects that her warning went unheeded, concluding with a wry remark.
Love Thy Neighbor Verse Quoted in Public Note
A biblical verse from Leviticus 19 18 is quoted urging love for neighbors and forbidding revenge or grudges against one another in a public broadside.
Approved Treatment and The Good Book Contrast
A quirky exchange contrasts moral injunctions with practical finances as a boa constrictor joke appears. The dialogue frames ethics versus money, citing biblical guidance about loving enemies and a counter about loan practices.
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Bocker
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