Illinois by the numbers and notable figures quiz
A quiz consolidates questions and answers about Illinois history and law. Topics include John Deere steel plows, state library loans, first superintendents, vehicle licenses, Arsenals fire records, Melville Stone, Lincoln’s son, and penalties for intoxicated driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deere
State Library
Library Extension Division
Illinois
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Thompson Campbell
Horace C. Gooley
David L. Gregg
Ilinois
A. Cook
St. Clair
Peoria
Kane
Winnebago
Springfield
Melville Elijah Stone
Associated Press
Chicago Tribune
Lincoln
Prince of
Railsplitter
Robert Lincoln
Prince of Rails
Young Lincoln
Gen
Grant
Comfort in Travel to the Caribbean and Central America
Northerners seek cool southern trips with air conditioned trains and Caribbean cruises from New Orleans to explore Guatemala Honduras and the Panama Canal. Pleasant 78 degree average with cool nights and trade winds. Mayan ruins Lake Atitlan and vivid markets highlight these scenic destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribbean
Caribbean Sea
Panama Canal
Guatemala
Honduras
United States
New Orleans
Panama Canal Zone
Puerto Barrios
Puerto Cortes
Tela
Quirigua
Guatemala City
Lake Atitlan
Modern young woman described as self supporting and fearless
A writer portrays the modern young woman as self supporting independent and fearless determined to take orders from no one except in the line of employment Even in the realm of work few show servility to any alarming extent.
Acme Private Oil Line and Village Permits Debate
Village board reviews Acme Petroleum Co. pipeline permit legality and contemplates street franchise terms. Public Service Co. gains permit to lay a ten inch gas main with restoration obligations. Calumet River celebration invitation affects local officials. sidewalk permit status under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zornow
Alden
Latham and Young
Benson, Fitch and Heinemann
Acme Petroleum Co
New Business
Hanschmann
The
Public Service Co
Claussen
Lindell
Crane
Calumet Reporter
Diehl
Federation of Labor
Calumet
Notable Names Among Junior College Graduates
A list of graduates includes Norbert J. Jack Nobert d James Ruth Caroline Johnson Cleo Keyes Franklin Krumm Jr Webster E La Vette Howard A Mayer Alverna Francis Maiko Walter May Richard Frederic May Jack C Mott Marie Louise Ostendorf Jane Elizabeth Price Frank Quirk James L Roach Harold Frederick Schroeder Robert E Sheahan Thomas H Shobbrook Edwin Hal Staehling Dorothy Jayne Tailor Robert J Taylor Jr Rosemary Turlay Harriet Van Busirk Gertrude Ann Vellender John Verkaik John T Watson Josephine Wipier John Frederich Zimmerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norbert J. Jack
Nobert d. James
Ruth Caroline Johnson
Cleo Keyes
Franklin Krumm, Jr
Webster E. la Vette
Howard A. Mayer
Alverna Francis Maiko
Walter May
Richard Frederic May
Jack C. Mott
Marie Louise Ostendorf
Jane Elizabeth Price
Frank Quirk
James L. Roach
Harold Frederick Schroeder
Robert E. Sheahan
Thomas H. Shobbrook
Edwin Hal Staehling
Dorocty Jayne Tailor
Robert J. Taylor, Jr
Rosemary Turlay
Harriet van Busirk
Gertrude Ann Vellender
John Verkaik
John T. Watson
Josephine Wipier
John Frederich Zimmerman
Auto Races at Reby Sunday Feature Top Drivers
The cream of the nation’s auto racing pilots race at Reby Speedway at 106th and Indianapolis Blvd Sunday afternoon with $2,000 for winners. Lou Meyers and Babe Stapp lead a field including Ted Horn Mourie Rose Dee McKenzie Rex Mays and others as cars qualify for heats. Admission remains 1.00 general 1.65 grandstand 2.20 boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Reby Speedway
106Th
Indianapolis Blvd
Winnersine
Lou Meyers
Babe Stapp
Ted Horn
Mourie Rose
Dee McKenzie
Frank Brisko
Jimmy Snyder
Rex Mays
H. N. Frane
Tony Williams
Eddie Elden
Meyers
Stapp
Indianapolis
Ayoval
Poem Excerpt on Matter and Water Porosity
The passage notes that all matter has molecular spaces allowing slow salt diffusion without rising water level. It adds that hydrostatic pressure can force water into porous metal. The piece ends with a proverb on substitutes for work and sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union
Dolton Fire Limits Ordinance Amended in 1936
The Dolton village board amends the fire limits ordinance for Dolton Cook County Illinois detailing revised boundary lines and sections. The measure clarifies tract descriptions and updates street and lot references ending with repeal of conflicting provisions and noting passage dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
Cook County
Illinois
Ilinois
Dalton
State of Illinois
Park Avenue
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
Lincoln Avenue
Washington Avenue
Section Three
Sheridan Avenue
A. D
Ira J. Hastings
Robert C. Haney
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Deere
Acme Private Oil
Hanihan
Edward A. Ripley
Illinois Firemen Association
Champaign
Urbana
Frank Mraz
Illinois Municipal League
Donald W. Ahrens
Robert I. Anderson
James W. Ashmore, Jr
Marion F. Atkinson
Chala V. Barnes
William Baxter Bernard
Becker Charles Henry Beeman
Harold Thomas Belmore
Kathleen Elizabeth Bennett
Sigurd Bergstrom
Aenes
Jane Berkholz
William G. Berry Evelyn Kathryn Beseman
Emily Marie Bielowski
Charmain Blue Zelda
Evelyn Bock
Lucille L. Boerst
Gladys Harriet Bennema
Theodore F. Borowski
Jeanne Gerada Bottema
John Bottema
Warren Leslie Boughton
Dorothy Mae Bowman
Norman Bramstedt
Dorothy L. Britton
Coba Breouwers
Paul Millard Brudjar la Verne H. Bruggeman
Norman Mae Bruggemann
Walter M. Buben
Donald Wayne Bucholz
Boyd Bultman
Mary Patrica Burke
Alice Marie Burnett
Sidney W, Carey Theodore Chester Carr
Alex J. Carroll
George D. Christie
Miriam Clark
Rebecca Minnie Cohen
James E. Coleman
Roger Conant
Fred L. Cook
Joan Copeland
Charles B. Cory, III
Mary Elizabeth Cottingham
Kathleen F. Cowing
Oliver E. Cox
Tuanita
Rose Crain
Salva
Ore Cunardy
W. Flyd Cunningham
Noel Dahnecke
Tames Dalenberg
Ernest W. Davidson, Jr
James Wesley Davis
Karl L. Delano
Tohn
Tim de Young
Donald A. Dickinson
Dorothea Diekelmann
Ermvnn Diekelmann
Violet Mae Diekmann
Gertrude Marie Dobish
Blanche
Reby
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