Illinois News Happenings From Across The State
Funeral services for David Hoover eighty seven pioneer Elk in this county were held in Taylorville. A 14 acre oat field on Ford Boyd’s farm averaged 101 bushels to the acre. A temporary injunction blocked a semi underground brewery near Frankfort. Chloe Rady of Gibson City nominated for county circuit clerk. A large barn fire at Jacksonville state hospital caused about fifty thousand dollars in losses. A mysterious letter writer in Centralia was punished with a sound cranking. Gladys Hurd admitted writing the letters for fun. Illinois rivers rose to flood stages and receded since heavy rains. Gas bacillus caused a Danville hospital death from a scratch at work. Lam Nichols, sixteen, was killed by a rifle discharge while climbing a fence near Herrick. Hunter family reunion in five states with five generations present at Pana. A new creamery to serve Kewanee area will open in 30 days under Illinois Ice Cream and Dairy. Elmer W. Smith named general manager. Postmaster Robert Gibson and ex-school official Hale Histon drowned while rescuing a Mason boy at a Methodist picnic on the Wabash. Mary Hildreth will leaves bequests to charity in her will filed in Chicago. Dixon Elks picnic at Brant’s Grove featured 500 fried chickens. Rockford bout between Joe Mandel and Frank Garry. Erwin Speckman and Fay Hawkins divorced and remarried on the twenty first anniversary of Speckman’s first marriage. A collie dog saved Mrs. Herman Mathis from a vicious cow on the Ohio river farm of GOP nominee W. W. Bush. Rotary conference of southern Illinois clubs held at Dugout fairgrounds with 800 Rotarians.
Oldest Teacher in State Leads Mount Carmel Rally
Miss Kate Murer, principal at Mount Carmel Seminary Grade School, said to be the oldest teacher in the state, begins her 56th year of teaching on September 2. The Walther League fall rally in Danville drew 1,000 to 1,500 attendees from central Illinois with principal speaker Rev. Robert Hoyne of Decatur, president of the Illinois district.
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Kate Murer
Semiary
Mount Carmel
Marsh
The
Walther League
Lutheran Young People's Organization
Danville
Central Illinois
Robert Hoyne
Decatur
Ilinois
Chicago Board of Trade to Replace Building With 6 Million Structure
In a decisive 470 to 50 vote, the Chicago Board of Trade plans a new building costing at least 6 million dollars. Funds come from a five year levy on all contracts, treated as a loan. Separately, Mrs. Oleana Allanson dies after a Rockford incident amid divorce and remarriage disputes involving drunkenness and cruelty.
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Board of Trade At
Chicago
Oleana Allanson
Rockford
Benton couple names newborn triplets after 3 presidential candidates
Mr and Mrs Roy Lee of Benton announce they named their newborn triplets George La Follette Thomas Coolidge and Ralph Davis. The smallest weighed three and a half pounds while the other two weighed five pounds each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Lee
Benton
George la Follette
Thomas Coolidge
Ralph Davis
Bank of Millstadt adopts safety before business policy
Bank officials require visitors to rap for admission and verify identity before the cashier releases access to the teller cage. Aviation teams from Midwest air services will exhibit at Chanute Field on Sunday September 21 to aid the Army Relief Society with a wide flying display. Illinois farmers expect winter wheat plantings to drop about five percent from last year per a Springfield Agriculture Department survey. All children must attend school to age sixteen, regardless of eighth grade completion, per County Superintendent E. O. Pruitt’s directive to school boards.
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Bank of Millstadt
Middle West
Chanute Field
Army Relief Society
The
Illinois
A. J. Surrat
Department of Agriculture
Springfield
E. O. Pruitt
Boards of
Boone county horseman dies on Belvidere track
Joe Madigan collapsed and his horse Maj. H. failed to win a heat at Belvidere. Madigan was a leading Boone county horseman. Rev. S J Gates died suddenly of heart disease at Highwood aged 47. A Jersey cow owned by Bert Pickett of Mount Vernon averaged a calf yearly for eight years, eight years old in May and just bore her eighth calf. Bank clearings at Danville rose to 3,198,762, up from 2,922,778 a year ago. Illinois canned sweet corn output expected to be about 10 percent lower due to abnormal weather. Harrison Rhodes, 14, of Dixon area, injured by a haystack accident with a pitchfork but may recover. Ninety-fourth Infantry veterans gathered in Bloomington for their 41st regimental reunion. Governor Small offered 50 reward for Austin Birmingham alias Harry Smith who escaped from the state penitentiary. Birmingham was serving 14 years from Cook County.
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Jersey
Bert Pickett
Mount Vernon
Austin Birmingham
Harry Smith
State Penitentiary
Small
Springfield
Birmingham
Cook County
Springfield awards paving contract for section 2 Route 5
The division of highways in Springfield announces the Standard Paving company of Chi enen as lowest bidders at 32 359.67 for paving section 2 of Route No. 5 in Cook county.
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Division of Highways
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Springfield
Cook County
Standard Paving Company of Chienen
Jefferson County Bus System Aids Rural Education
Jefferson County Alabama operates 25 buses with some contractor help to transport 900 pupils daily. High school boys, recommended by superintendents, drive the routes at reasonable cost. Parents praise the service and consolidated rural schools gain city school advantages as the program expands nationwide.
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Jefferson County
Alabama
County Board of Education
Consolidated
Need One or the Other The Faith Defense
Duluth Herald notes a plea for simpler reasoning to defend faith, urging calmer temper in debate and practice. The piece contrasts logic with temperament, suggesting restraint over aggressive argument in religious discourse.
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Duluth Herald
Annual Calumet City Swimming Meet Impresses Crowd
Despite threatening weather a large crowd attended the third annual Memorial pool meet in Calumet City. Winners include L Collet in two senior events, J Ruff under water, Paul Schohl 40 yd dash backstroke, Billy Kolb in fancy diving, Lucile Dahlkamp senior girl 40 yd dash, A Formalski 20 yd backstroke, Toots Peters diving, Lillian Zubay under water, E Olsen 5 laps, G Evans junior boy 20 yd dash and backstroke, Dale Benbo 10 laps, Alice Hudack and A Connor junior girl 20 yd dash and 20 yd backstroke, Irene Camp two events. The meet will become an annual event and the pool will close Sunday with locals urged to support Calumet City’s pool.
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Labor Day
Memorial Swimming Pool
L. Collet
J. Ruff
Paul Schohl
Billy Kolb
Lucile Dahlkamp
A. Formalski
Toots Peters
Lillian Zubay
E. Olsen
G. Evans
Dale Benbo
Irene Camp
Calumet City
Iona Lords of the Blessed Isle in Celtic Christianity
The Detroit News notes Iona in the Inner Hebrides as the early center of Celtic Christianity in the British Islands. Saint Columba spread faith from Iona to Scotland and northern England, with kings buried on its soil. Danes halted its influence about the ninth century, and Hebrides returned to Scotland in 1226. about 500 islands form the group, with roughly 100 inhabited.
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Tona
Hebrides
Detroit News
St. Columbia
Scotland
Y M C A Origins and Early Spread Across Nations
The Y.M.C.A was founded in England in 1844 by Sir George Williams, a London dry goods merchant, after prayer and Bible reading among workers. Its founder was later knighted. Earlier Scotland had similar bodies, and in 1824 David Naismith started the Glasgow Young Men’s Society for Religious Improvement, which grew into the Glasgow Y M C A.
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Young Men’s Christian Association
England
Sir George Williams
London
Williams
Scotland
David Naismith
Glasgow Young Men's Society For Religious Improvement
United Kingdom
France
America
Glasgow Young Men’s Christian Association
New High School District Expands to Include Several Communities
Calu City district enlarges to absorb Burnham Glebe Station Schrumville Lansing and Calumet City with Mr Henry Schultz as president of the new Board of Education. A new bus route starts September 2 at 8 a m and 3 45 p m from Oak Glen through Lansing State Line Schrum's Road Bunlain Burnham to Wentworth school. A roster lists teachers for the coming year led by Otis W Glamore superintendent and principal, with Ruth Anderson Maude McCready Florence Nichols and others teaching various subjects.
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Calumet City
Burnham
Glebe Station
Schrumville
Lansing
Henry Schultz
New High School Board of Education
Wentwo
New Board of Education
Oak Glen
State Line Street
State Line
Schrum
Geo. Gaylord
Otis W. Glamore
Maude McCready
Helen McEncore
Florence Nichols
Chas. Smith
Beatrice Stern
Kathryn Stidham
Bunco Club Hosts Evening at 224 Highland Street
Mrs Ora Mae Friedhoff entertained the Bunco group from Chicago last Wednesday at her home 224 Highland Street. Prizes went to Mrs Haggerty Mrs E Wiest Miss Marquette Mrs MacSherry and Mrs Brenner. A luncheon followed the games with Chicago guests Mrs W Skeats Mrs Jack Kramer Miss Edna Brenner and Mrs E Luther of Calumet City present.
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Ora Mae Friedhoff
Chicago Bunco Club
Highland Street
Haggerty
E. Wiest
Marquette
MacSherry
Brenner
Chicago
W. Skeats
Jack Kramer
Edna Brenner
E. Luther
Calumet City
Chinese Tuang Fang Sacrificial Table Exhibit
A Tuang Fang sacrificial table from the Chou period dating to about 1122 and 256 B C with a bronze stand twelve vessels and a wine dipper is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Household Hint: Use Washing Soda to Clean Sink Drains
A household tip suggests placing a large piece of washing soda in the sink just over the grating so cleansing properties wash down with each drop of water. After washing dishes, pour boiling water down the pipe to help clear clogs.
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David Hoover
This County
Taylorville
L. G. Huff
Christian Church
Livingston County
Ford Boyd
United States District Court
Frankfort
Chloe Rady
Gibson City
Red Cross
Ford County
Jacksonville State Hospital
Centralia
Gladys Hurd
Illnois
Daniel G. Boyer
Kingman
Ind
Lam Nichols
Hiram Nichols
Herrick
Hunter Family
Pana
Hunter
Kewanee
Ilinois Ice Cream and Dairy Company
Elmer W. Smith
Enterprise
Robert Gibson
Hale Histon
Effingham
Wabash River
Eugene Burke
Mason
Mary Hildreth
Charlies H. Hildreth
Windsor Folding Bed Company
Windsor Furniture Company
Dixon Elks
Brant’s Grove
Ogle County
Joe Mandel
Frank Garry
Garry
Erwin A. Speckman
Metropolis
Fay Hawkins
Speckman
Herman Mathis
W. W. Bush
Ohio River
Rotary Clubs
Dugtoin State Fair Grounds
Jackson
Perry
Franklin
Union
Alexander
Marion
Calumet Region
Imi
Conao
A. R. Harris
Carondelet Avenue
Hegewisch
Sry
Pate
Joe Madigan
Belvidere
Maj. H
Madigan
Boone County
S. J. Gates
St. James Roman Catholic Church
Highwood
State Department of Agriculture
Harrison Rhodes
Dixon
Ninety-fourth Infantry
Ninety-fourth
Miller Park
Bloomington
Iona
Isle
NEW High School
Glebe
Bunco Club
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