Changes in Motor Laws Implement New Vehicle Rules
The new motor laws require immediate license application within 24 hours of gaining possession. Vehicle numbers reassignment period set at 30 days before January 1. Drivers must dim electric headlights when within 250 feet of oncoming traffic. Dealers may only use dealer plates for sales demos. Garages records requirement repealed. Bus and freight lines face an extra 1 per 100 pounds license fee with pro rata first year discounts. Passenger weight assumed 125 pounds per seat. Trucks may not exceed speed limits without safety devices. 35 mph limit for passenger cars outside urban areas. Failing to stop after an accident carries a $200 fine or up to one year in jail.
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Secretary of State
Governor Small Signs Mosaic Law Protecting Kosher Food
Illinois governor signs a bill protecting orthodox Jews’ right to kosher meat and prohibiting non kosher substitutions. Representative Gallas proposed the measure amid house jokes, with Small noting it defends constitutional liberties without impinging on others.
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Illinois
Small
Gallas
Chicago
Statehouse
Westclox Workers Begin Two Week Vacation
Operations halted at Westclox as plant employees start a two week vacation period beginning Monday. No production will resume until after the break.
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Westclox
Illinois Soldier Bonus Claims Run High
Illinois officials confront potential funding gap as claims average about 220 each. With 325,000 projected applications, total costs may exceed 71 million dollars, though officials doubt averages persist above 220 or claims surpass 300,000. The service recognition board holds 230,000 on hand and plans payments starting July 1.
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Illinois
Service Recognition Board
William McCauley
The
American Legion
Legion
Clamants
Palmer D. Edmunds
Plane Circles High School Grounds. Refuses Landing
An airplane scheduled for passenger flights near the High School last Sunday could not land and returned to Marseilles. Lieut. Mandell circled the area several times, saying the crowd was so large that landing would risk injuring someone.
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Marseilles
Lieut
Mandell
Cars Collide at La Salle in Weekend Crash
Cars driven by Vincent Gribben and Anton Pagani collided at Third and Crosat streets in La Salle on Sunday. Con tractor T. W. Keys rode in Gribben’s car and Matt Piccioni rode with Pagani. The Keys vehicle overturned leaving Gribben dazed and Keys slightly injured. Pagani occupants unharmed.
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Vincent Gribben
Anton Pagani
Third
Crosat
la Salle
T. W. Keys
Gribben
Matt Piccioni
Pagani
Keys
Splendid School Record at Tiskilwa High School
Miss Trene Nordstrom of Arispie township, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin W. Nordstrom, completed twelve years of continuous attendance without a single absence or tardy. She spent four years at the joint High School at Tiskilwa and drove seven miles daily for the last four years.
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Trene Nordstrom, Daugher
Martin W. Nordstrom
Arispie Township
Tiskilwa
Arispie
Fire in Dentist's Coat During Filling
A Chicago Journal item recounts a patient witnessing a dental procedure catch fire as alcohol spilled on the table and a taper ignited a cotton blouse. The dentist rushed to extinguish with a faucet while the patient fought the flames with their hands and avoided serious harm.
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Chicago Journal
Arrowhead's Purple Prospect Over Greylock described
A Melville excerpt portrays a builder who chose the Site of Arrowhead by a fateful nod from Orion and a starry sky. The cleared land reveals a mighty view of Greylock and surrounding hills, likened to Charlemagne among peers.
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Orion
Damocles
Greylock
Charlemagne
Herman Melville
Steeplejack Clings 80 Feet Five Hours in Sioux City
Art Campbell a traveling steeplejack dangled 80 feet above ground for nearly five hours on a smokestack while firemen fought to rescue him. The scaffold failed during interior repairs. he grabbed a single timber that wedged against a brick until rescue crews breached the wall.
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Sioux City
Art Campbell
Campbell
Wealthy heiress weds former gardener in Detroit social storm
Mrs Florence Avery Barri grand, heiress to a fortune, marries Francis Barri grand, once a gardener for the family's wealth, provoking a metropolitan furor. They live in a River Rouge flat where he rivets, while she cooks in a two burner kitchen. She says they are happy and that publicity was ghastly but now funny. Their plan is to own a small farm one day in the East.
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Detroit
Florence Avery Barrigrand
Francis Barrigrand
Barrigrand
Denied Races Seeks Death in Chicago Love Dispute
Miss Irene Mead of Chicago attempted suicide after her lover refused to take her to the races. She swallowed poison tablets while riding with two friends and was rushed to a hospital in an unconscious state. A friend said her love for the man had persisted despite his being married with children.
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Chicago
Irene Mead
Miss Mead
Trene
Ray
Jack
Jimmy
Blue
Pam #o
Pam
Water too cold for death by own action
New York police found Thomas Henley along the water. He admitted he planned to drown himself but could not force himself to jump into the icy water, saying if the water had not been so cold he would be dead now.
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New York
Thomas Henley
Henley
Michigan law to jail adult children for neglect of aged parents
Lansing law requires adult children to feed and clothe their aged or helpless parents. Those who fail to provide care face a three month jail term under the new bill passed by the Michigan legislature.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Teapot Thief Sentenced to 12 Years in Brooklyn Prison
Gabriel Tannotte was jailed for stealing a tea pot worth fifty cents. He served the term and was paroled but violated parole by failing to behave, and must now return to prison.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Gabriel Tannotte
Tannotte
D Annunzio Visitation Promises Paris Visit This Spring
The article asserts Gabriele d Annunzio has an expansive vocabulary far surpassing most poets. It notes his plan to visit Paris in the spring and quotes him claiming he uses about 15000 words drawn from various volumes including agriculture manuals and translations of Ovid. He cites Italian writers as daily bread and contrasts with the typical 800 word vocabulary.
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Shakespeare
Gabriele d'Annunzio
Paris
Ovid
Machiavelli
Four Year Old Hero Foils Philadelphia Bandits
Morris Combs, a four year old boy, routed robbers who were menacing Eugene Curran, a milkman in Philadelphia. The bandits fled when the child cried for help, leaving behind several hundred dollars Curran had in his pocket.
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Philadelphia
Eugene Curran
Morris Combs
Curran
Thief Keeps His Nerve Burglar In Powers Home
Mrs. C. L. Powers awoke to a burglar in her home. She called the police while the thief hid under a bed and fled with her purse. Local authorities investigating the break in Springfield D.
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Springfield
Health as First Requisite in Emerson's View
The quotes assert health as the first wealth and a sign of vigor. Sickness is depicted as poor spirited and self consuming, while robust health spreads abundance, aiding the needs and lives of others beyond oneself.
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Emerson
Hens Help Cat Care Five Kittens in Pennsylvania
In New Holland Pennsylvania two hens assist a mother cat caring for five kittens at Mrs A W Weller’s home. The mother cat curls around the litter while the two hens perch on top.
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New Holland
A. W. Weller
Mardi Gras Night Confessions End In Car Crash
Pam shares a secret about a past Mardi Gras and a mysterious man named Jack. Ray listens as old dreams resurface during a joyride, and a collision leaves Pam injured but hopeful, while Jack appears in the wrecked moment.
Bad Case of Chicken Theft Linked to Birdshot Confusion
The Watchman Examiner reports a confusing case where chronic chicken theft is tied to birdshot evidence. The piece questions which suspect, if any, appears flirted with by authorities while deriding the handling of the case.
Diamond Found in Weakfish Belonging to Local Restaurateur
George Bertrand, owner of a New York restaurant, reported a six pound weakfish yielded a diamond valued at $600. The gem was mounted in a ring and discovered within the fish during processing at Bertrand’s establishment.
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New York
George Bertrand
Saturday the day I get my bath and my care washed
On a crosstown car three teachers discuss class words. A teacher shows new word cards including "ssurday" and asks a student what day comes after Friday. He answers, "Saturday the day I get my bath and my Care Washed."
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Sme
Detroit News
Quote about best sellers and pipes from Boston Evening Transcript
A writer notes that a best seller and a pipe share one trait both need to be puffed or they go out. The comment concludes that a best seller cannot be a pipe to write. The remark is attributed to Mr. Hutchinson.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Latter's Creditors ruination warned by Boston Transcript
The Boston Evening Transcript notes that credit rewards the thrifty but punishes the reckless, warning readers about the dangers of debt and mismanaged finances.
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Boston Evening Transcript
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