Women Vote Ruling on County Tuberculosis Sanitariums
Attorney General Lucey issues opinion to the Illinois State Board of Health that women may vote on county tuberculosis sanitarium funding at the fall general election only in counties where the total county tax, with the sanitarium tax, does not exceed 75 cents. Dr. C. St. Clair Drake notes Illinois lags in institutional care for tuberculosis and urges county action.
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Lucey
State Board of Health
Dr. Drake
Springfield
P. J. Lucey
Illinois
C. St. Clair Drake
Health Board Aid Faces Licensure Affidavit Fraud
After a conference with Governor Dunne and Dr C St Clair Drake the Illinois Health Board task force and Chicago undertakers formed to collect evidence of false affidavits by remodeling applicants for embalmer licenses The committee gathered several cases showing applicants claiming two years experience when none existed Governor Dunne warned of full legal action against violators and undertakers pledged to aid enforcement Dr Drake noted the issue affects only a few cases.
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Govern¢ Dunne
C. St. Clair Drake
State Board of Health
Committee
Chicago
Illinois Undetakers’ Association
Dunne
Doctor Drake
Investigation of Infantile Paralysis in Decatur
Dr C S Nelson reported four infantile paralysis cases in Decatur to the state board of health. Dr B S B Godfrey was sent to advise local officials on control measures and preventing further spread. Local physicians disputed diagnoses, and a state health representative assisted in enforcing strict quarantine due to contagion.
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State Board of Health
C. S. Nelson
Decatur
Godfrey
Governor Dunne Testifies Before Grand Jury in Car Theft Case
Governor Edward F. Dunne testified before the Sangamon county grand jury at the courthouse regarding the theft of his Ford car. The vehicle was allegedly stolen by Thomas King and sold in St. Louis. King and his wife Dorothy are jailed awaiting grand jury action. King reportedly confessed and seeks clemency. his mother, Mrs. M. M. King, visited the governor seeking his son's release. The governor directed her to the State's Attorney Burke.
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Edward F. Dunne
Sangamon County
Grand Jury
St. Louis
Dunne
Thomas King
Dorothy King
King
M. M. King
Burke
West Point Preliminary Names Three Illinois Guardsmen
Adjutant General Dickson and Governor Dunne announced the top three finishers in the Illinois National Guard examination for West Point entry. Corporal Frank Balzer of Quincy, Sergeant Kenneth Seymour Stice Jr of Urbana, and Corporal Ray Barnard Sinnock of Quincy were selected for admittance.
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West Point
Dickson
Dunne
Ilinois National Guard
Frank Balzer
Fifth Infantry
Quincy
Kenneth Seymour Stice, Jr
First Illinois Cavalry
Urbana
Ray Barnard Sinnock
Capitol Grounds Purchase Appeal Near Centenary Site
Appeals to citizens urge donations to raise 100000 for the state house centennial site purchase. The Capitol Grounds Purchase association asks those who have not given to contact committee members.
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State House
Capitol Grounds Purchase Association
Chicago Police and Bank Cashier Foil $20,000 Confidence Plot
In Chicago two men aided by an insurer conspired to steal $20,000 from W H Matteson of Morris by demanding two separate $10,000 deposits after a supposed windfall. Bank staff alerted police. one accomplice fled. Separate dispatches note a push to make Chicago a national medical center with around 69 clinics daily and a planned guard and naval reserve review at Riverview Park.
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Chicago
W. H. Matteson
Morris
Lome Alice
Farmer Matteson
Grundy County National Bank
Henry B. Smith
Insurance Exchange
H. Davis
Matteson
Smith
Davis
United States
BE. Wyllys Andrews
Franklin H. Martin
Doctor Martin
Berlin
Vienna
Danville
Chicago Limited
Chicago & Eastern
Bistmarck
Charles Everhart
Fred Kay
George Fox
Joliet
Henry Larson
Elgin
Gus Pennman
Kankakee
Pennman
Lewistown
Fulton Territory
Ipava
Summum
Fairview
Flatt
St. David
Seville
Canton
Illinois Briefs Highlight Deaths and Local Affairs
Mount Carroll death of Dr. D N Greeley at eighty two. Peoria alcohol output and tax totals. Urbana marriage of Charles Gray and Gervais Hicks. Elgin piano plant sale ordered. Savanna kerosene spill from a broken tank. Cairo Edison editors' meeting. Quincy ward superintendents plan. Chandlerville Rebekah convention secured. Chicago arrest over wire tapping scheme. Bloomington search for Ralph Cruise in Carlock slaying. Rockford marriage of Anna Halderman. Danville rail injunction over taxes. several civic and sporting notes across towns.
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Mount Carroll
D. N. Greeley
Carroll County
Ashton
Peoria
Molders
Holt Manufacturing Company
Urbana
Charles R. Gray
Chicago
Gervais Hicks
Roy Freeman
Sterling
Elgin
Enghardt-Seybold Piano Company
Savanna
Withhart & Co
Cairo
Southern Ilineis Editorial Association
Quincy
Public Works Department
Chandlerville
Indianapolis
Bloomington
David Valentine
Taylorville
Manners Park
Boy Scouts
Morrisonville
Kincaid
Stonington
Pana
Springfield
Harry Voight
Arcola
A. C. Louthan
Washington
Louthan
Galena
Northern Illinois and
Southern Wisconsin Firemen’s Tournament Association
Monticello
Wis
A. W. Thode
Ill
Ottis Brey
Rockford
Anna Marcel Halderman
Jane Addams
Emanuel Julius
The
Appeal To Reason
Girard
Kan
Cedarville
Bank of Girard
Danville
Sidell & Olney Railroad
Ohio River Division
C., H. & D. Railway
Illinois
Ralph Cruise
Edith Doran
Carlock
James Bateman
Cruise
Western Canada offers rich farming opportunities for settlers
The article extols Western Canada for farmers offering cheap land and free 160 acre homesteads, citing Saskatchewan's Lloydminster district as a model. It predicts a surge in stock farming profits postwar, with government markets for livestock and strong long term returns through mixed farming. Also notes a bold advertising line about a woman's gown.
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Western Canada
Lloydminster
Saskatchewan
States
Canada
Europe
United States
Amust
Dominion
You May Look Young Soap and Ointment Ad
An early 20th century advertisement promotes Cuticura cleansing soap and ointment as skin and hair care. It offers a free sample by mail with a book and asks readers to address a postcard to Cuticura Dept. L in Boston. The copy ends with a quip about some men being born harsh and the rest speak truth occasionally.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
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Campile
Ilinois
Legislative Reference Bureau
Finley F. Bell
General Assembly
Bell
Wilingis
Muncie
Ind
State Board of Administration
Frank Whipp
Aid Health Board
News OF Illinois
Telegraph
Guthura
Reat
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