Illinois Leads In 1935 Life Insurance Payments
The 1935 life insurance payouts to Illinois policyholders and beneficiaries totaled a large sum, with Chicago accounting for nearly $98 million and Evanston notable gains. The total exceeded 1934 by about $23 million and outpaced WPA state expenditures. Mayor Kelly praised the payments for aiding families and stabilizing communities.
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Illinois
WPA
Chicago
Evanston
Hanow
Benjamin E. Bensinger
Glencoe
Brunswick-Blake Callender Co
Rudolph S Lederer
The
Atlantic Brewing Co
Sidney Smith
the Gumps
Izidor P Shorr
Wm A. Illish
Edward M. Adams
Olis E. Glidden
Hvanston
Harry B Staver
Wilbert Shallenberger
Frank G. Hajicek
Edmund L Mansure
Axel G. Gulbransen
River Forest
Robt. E. Minahan
Edward E Gore
LaGrange
George F. Saunders
Sterling
Mose H. Kantor
Centralia
Milton I. Lewin
Chas. F. Leweth
Cornelius P. van Schaac
Wilmette
Alfred Witt
Winnetka
Chas. E. McCool
Fireport
Donald B. Craig
Mattoon
Theodore Johnson
Joseph Kaszab
Reider F. Reynolds
Aurora
Herbert N. Jeffrey
Sidney H. Easton
Peoria
Kelly
Civil Service Examinations Announced By US Civil Service Commission
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for photographers topographic and lithographic draftsmen and inspectors of scales. Salary ranges from 1 260 to 2 600 dollars yearly for photographers and draftsmen and 2 000 to 2 600 for inspectors. Full details from the Secretary of the Civil Service Board of Examiners at a first or second class post office or from the Commission in Washington DC.
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United States Civil Serve Commission
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of the
United States Civil Service Board
Good Intentions and Missed Deeds Reflected in Thoughtful Rhetoric
The piece laments that nine letters written with good intentions could have brightened lonely lives and strengthened hearts. It blames busyness and minor concerns for failing to act. It warns that intention alone does not compensate for unfulfilled deeds.
NYA Reports Youth Employment in Chicago Area
The NYA reports 110 youths employed on NYA projects in Chicago and Cook County as of July 22. 1716 are relief youths, 25 non relief youths, all part time, with 1 full time. Some youths work on NYA projects, others loaned to city and county offices for clerical, typist, stenographic, and drafting duties for the year starting July 1. The minimum age for part time workers has been raised from 16 to 18, with the upper age limit unchanged. scholastic NYA youths remain unaffected.
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Chicago
National Youth Administration
Lhe Nois
Cook County
Waham Jo Campbell
NYA Dyedo
NYA
Lost Woman Seeks Fame and Praise Across Town
A fragmented plea describes a woman chased by notoriety, as another figure longs for word of her in public admiration. The text hints at pursuit, public attention, and the lure of being famous.
Origins of the Term OK Spark Competing Theories
A historical note surveys several claims for the origin of OK. One writer links it to Martin Van Buren’s 1840 campaign with a coin bearing a slogan. Another suggestion ties OK to the word Okeh used in barter among tribes. A third theory cites a customs inspector with initials O i stamping bales.
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Martin van Buren
Andrew Jamason
Ullal
O. i
Geversl Grants Early Life and Rise to General
Geversl Grants early life highlights his ascent from West Point graduate top of class to Union general. He served briefly in the army, later farmed and worked as a clerk in Illinois. His 1861 offer to the national government went unanswered, and he joined a state volunteer unit.
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Hig Ia Boasses Citunr
Moaren
Ale
Grant
West Port Twents
Hilinois
QVC
Orders for Locomotives and Rail Gear Surpass 1935 Year
Orders for locomotives passenger cars freight cars and rail in the first four months of 1936 were about equal to the total orders for all of 1935, signaling a strong start to the year for railway equipment demand.
Let's Kiss and Be Friends Ends in Remarriage After Testimony
A. G. Morse of Chicago told of doing all the housework in his divorce suit and then remarried his former wife. In Cairo, Illinois Mrs. E H Reynolds found a snake coiled inside a hat she had not worn for months.
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A. G. Morse
Chicago
E. H. Reynolds
Cairo
Ill
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Geversl Grant
Belfast
Ireland
Hamas
Andes
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
Toberts
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