Cedar Point Sedan Slides Off Highway Near Peru
Dominic Seghi of Cedar Point suffered severe lacerations to head and face after his Hudson sedan left the gravel shoulder south of Peru near Slough Bridge. The car overturned and struck a tree, pinning a handle in the trunk. Seghi was treated at home in Cedar Point and the wrecked vehicle towed to a Peru garage.
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Dominic Seghi
Cedar Point
Slough
Peru
Seghi
Cedar
Twin Cities
Sechi
Flooded Mine Forces Braidwood Restart Delay
A flooded shaft at Braidwood's Skinner mine halted operations. after two weeks idle due to salinity, officials planned a resume but found the level sixty-five feet below ground flooded and mules sent down the night before were drowned. Water likely entered from a nearby slough, forcing the mine to buy coal fuel from out of town.
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Braidwood
Mrs Thomas Champley Buried in Granville Obituary
Mrs Thomas Champley of Cedar Point died suddenly at her home December 14 at 58. She was buried from the Congregational church in Granville on Tuesday. She leaves a husband and six children. Large gathering attended the services with Rev A J Pitman speaking. Interment followed in Granville cemetery.
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Thomas Champley
Cedar Point
Granville
A. J. Pitman
Graanville
Desertion Charged in Peru Divorce Case
Mrs Lena Linder of Peru filed divorce proceedings in La Salle county Cir cuit court alleging Fred Linder deserted her two years ago. The couple married August 30 1919 and the complaint states the defendant left on December 20 1921 leaving Mrs Linder to support their two children by working for strangers.
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Lena Linder
Peru
Fred Linder
la Salle County
Nuptial Quietly Bond Peruvian Pair at Zion Parsonage
Mrs. Viola Cook and Otto Gall of Peru were married in a small ceremony conducted by Rev. Paul Brauns at the Zion Evangelical parsonage Saturday evening. The couple were unattended. Mrs. Gall formerly worked at Westclox where Mr. Gall is employed.
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Viola Cook
Otto Gall
Paul Brauns
Zion Evangelical Parsonage
Gall
Westclox
Thanking Congregational Sunday School for Liberal Donation
Mrs Louise Givens extends gratitude to the Congregational Sunday School for their liberal donation and wishes a happy and prosperous New Year.
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Congregational Sunday School
Louise Givens
Income Tax in Nutshell for Individuals and Married Couples
Filing period runs January 1 to March 15, 1924. Returns filed with the Collector of Internal Revenue for the district where the person lives or has principal business. Instructions on Form 10404 and Form 1040, plus the applicable law.
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Internal Revenue
Plan to Increase Water Withdrawal to 10000 CFS from Lake Michigan
The Chicago sanitary district seeks federal action to raise the legal withdrawal limit from 4167 to 10000 cubic feet per second to divert water into the Illinois River to carry off Chicago sewage. Homer K. Galpin and supporters press congressmen while downstate opposition and War Department barriers loom.
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Chicago
Congress
Lake Michigan
Ilinois River
Homer K. Galpin
Cook County
War Department
Chicago Sanitary District
Willian E. Hull
Peoria
Henry T. Rainey
Carrolton
Illinois River
Woman Drives Through La Salle Jewelry Shop Window
Two large show windows at Cox jewelry store on Second and Marquette streets in La Salle were demolished at 10 o'clock Christmas Eve when a woman backed an automobile across the street into the shop. She appeared confused as she backed from a parking space and failed to check the vehicle.
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Cox Jewelry Store
Second
Marquette Streets
la Salle
Marquette Street
Christmas greetings and local social notes in Cherry
Local residents share holiday and family news. Thomas Moynihan visits Fairfax Iowa relatives while groups tour Ohio with the play The Crystal Slipper. Funeral attendance in Peterstown and Chicago noted along with mass times in Cherry.
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Thomas Moynihan
Cherry
Fairfax
Iowa
Ohio
Father Thomas
Chicago
St. Patrick’s Church
Robert Rowe
Arkansas
O'Brien
Gazette
August Funnsian
Peterstown
Mendota
G. Wrigis
M. W. Ryan
Nellie
J. J. Brana
Realities and the Allied Debt Problem
Walter W. Head argues the US should study readjustment of its inter Allied debts to restore Europe’s purchasing power. He recommends a US representative in the Reparations Commission and a debt readjustment plan guided by fact finding and a domestic Debt Funding Commission. A cautious, information driven approach is urged.
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United States
Reparations Commission
Europe
Debt Funding Commission
Congress
The Banker as Moral Leader in Economic Recovery
The Nation's Business notes at the Atlantic City American Bankers Association convention that moral and spiritual regeneration is the basis for economic recovery. It argues nations must liquidate hates to reduce debts and cites Socrates on true politics as a politics of the soul, while highlighting the banker's central role in personal finance and civic ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
American Bankers Association
Socrates
Farmers pay high rates on store credit in North Carolina
Department of Agriculture reports farm credit costs exceed 25 percent annually when using store credit, versus about 6 percent from banks. It urges thrift and better banker contacts to improve farmers credit standing and reduce overall costs, noting many farmers lack bank access and rely on local merchants for credit.
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Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Department
Sayings and Puzzles From A Figurative Ledger
A collection of maxims on prudence and fairness plus a puzzle image inviting a picture Find the Difference. It contrasts careful spending with bridged futures and notes that harsh looks seldom yield kindness. It uses moral aphorisms and a brief visual challenge.
The Mind and Growth Parables from Nature
A meditation on intellect and work, noting that broad thinking avoids labor, and that mindset governs effort. It compares ideas to plants and children, stressing that growth reflects soil and care, while self justification cannot fix wrong notions.
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