Illinois News Brevities Roundup Highlights
Joliet forms bicycle club with 200 members while Shelbyville endures coal shortage and shelved library fuel. Aurora hosts delegates for Congress of Mothers May 14–16. Illinois ice cream dealers fined for improper dairy processing. Funeral of Rev J Bannon Swope and changes at Bismarck school to Funston noted.
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Joliet
Shelbyville
Aurora
Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers’ Association
Fulton
J. Bannon Swope
Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Bismarck
Chicago
Funston
Fred Funston
Board of Education
Illinois
Rochelle
Belleville
Scots Field
John E. Harterbower
Tonica
George HB. Hillabrand
Peoria
Tonica Exchange Bank of
Supreme Court
Greenview
Walnut Grove
H. H. Marbold
Sangamon County
Illinois Supreme Court
Dh- Nois
University of
University of Ilinois
Jesse Soyers
Sojers
State Seed Corn Administration
Army seeks 1.0 billion for aircraft and more gun upkeep
The War Department asked Congress for a one billion dollar aircraft appropriation adding to the existing 640 million. Major General March told the House Military Affairs Committee that 220000 machine guns are planned for aircraft. Colt is behind in deliveries while other firms perform, prompting a proposed investigation but extended time for Colt.
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Carlinville Library Association
Liberty
Dis
Rockford
Chicago
Lena
Daniels
Navy Department
E. Fletcher Ingall
University of Chicago
Clinde
Illinois
Springfield
Nigger Hollow Mine No. 1
Edgmont
Campbell Avenue
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
St. John’s Hospital
Chicago & Alton
United States District Court of Appeals At
Arthur L. Blout
Blout
National Health Bureau
C. St. Clair Drake
State Department of
Addison Bentley
Joliet Penitentiary
Pana Board of Education
House Military Affairs Committee
Colt
Washngton
Congress
War Department
March
Quartermaster’s Department
Ordnance
Army
House Military Committee
Mrs Potter Palmer Dies at Sarasota Winter Home
Mrs Potter Palmer aged about 98 dies in her Sarasota Florida winter home after pneumonia. Born Bertha Honore in Louisville in 1850 she rose as Chicago society’s leader for more than two decades and married Potter Palmer in 1871. Potter Palmer died in 1902.
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Sarasota
Fla
Potter Palmer
Chicago
Palmer
Louisville
Bertha Honore
Henry H. Honore
Palmer House
Yankees Win War Medals in France for Gallantry
An American officer and three privates were awarded the cross of war at a Verdun area hospital for gallantry shown in the German raid on American positions. The honorees are Lieut. Harry J. Kelly of Ottawa. Private Dewey D. Smith of Steens Mississippi. Private George A. Stopkins of Baltimore. and Private Aloysius Brown of Brooklyn New York.
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France
Verdun
Armerican
Harry J. Kelly
Ottawa
Til
Dewey D. Smith
Steens
Miss
George A. Stopkins
Baltimore
Aloysius Brown
East Twenty-ninth Street
Brooklyn
N.Y
President orders graft probe into aircraft production
Washington May 8 The department of justice investigation of graft charges in aircraft production, prompted by sculptor Gutzon Borglum, was ordered by President Wilson on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Justice
Gutzon Borglum
Wilson
Peterson's Ointment touted to cure piles in ad claim
An advertisement features Peterson's Ointment promising to cure all forms of piles and skin diseases for 30 cents with a money back guarantee. Testimonial from David A. Seymour of Buffalo supports relief after years of itching and bleeding piles. mail orders prepaid by Peterson Bros. in Buffalo.
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Peterson
Styn
David A. Seymour
Parks
Buffalo
N. Y
Peterson Bros
Buffalo, N. Y
Adv
Witty Tone in Mock Courtship Lines
A humorous exchange likens a bride to Juno and her husband to a bull, contrasting beauty with stubbornness. The remark mocks the idea of success without effort, declaring that a man too lazy to gain rivals has no chance at all.
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Juno
Burgess Electrical School
Yorke Burgess
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Gen. March
Chicago Society
Florida
Yankees
Quiz 'S
U.s.marine Band
Wm. A. Santelmann
U. S. Navy
U.S. Marine Band
No Remedy Co
Washington, D. C
Santermann
LS. Navy
I Marine
Eatonic
Dq Tod
Specrica Increta Tate Tineers
A. le Fon
Eatonica Ranedy Company
South
Wabash Avenue
Ill
Tommy
David Roberts
Waukesha
Ustein Linary
U. S
Avereg
Holstein-Frissian Ass
Institute Chicago
IAF
Sept
42Nd St
Prosperotus
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
C. J. Broughton
W. Adame
M._V. MacInnes
Venus
Detroit
Mich
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