Bureau County Teachers Meet Prominent Speakers At Library Hall
Saturday November 10th a teachers meeting at Library Hall Princeton features J C Ferguson Chicago on Reading. L W Hacker Bureau Township School on Writing and Spelling. Miss Willis on Health Work and Miss H Sophia Johnson Malden on History and Civics. Three professional credits per half day. American Education Week November 18 24. banners urge children today citizens tomorrow. Proceeds from Halloween Bazaar Park School $82 25 to buy playground equipment. Sharkey School proceeds $20 to buy a victrola. Nye School report notes a gold medal for Kenne th Abbott at Peoria show and Ill inois pig clubs awards. Famora District 125 program October 31 praised.
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Library Hall
Princeton
J. C. Ferguson
Chicago
Ferguson
Teachers’ Institute
L. W. Hacker
Bureau ‘Township
H. Sophia Johnson
Malden
Art, Morrison
Park School
Gladys Shoffner
Sharkey
Hettie Whittaker
Nye
Txemmeth Albrecht
Peoria Journal
Greater Peoria
Hampshire
iKenneth
Illinois
Peoria
Idella Woods
Famora
State Park Improvement Under Way at Starved Rock
A crew of twenty works on comfort stations at Starved Rock State Park begun after annual closing. Supervising Architect Linstorm and Custodian J. J. White oversee a $39,000 autumn and spring upgrade. The brick veneer, fireproof facilities will include six showers, baths, and washing tubs, with concrete foundations well advanced and completion targeted for this fall.
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Starved Rock State Park
Linstorm
J. J. White
Ottawa Brewery Closed by Federal Injunction
Federal Judge Wilkerson of Chicago ruled the Ottawa Products plant a nuisance and ordered its one year closure. Deputy Marshal John J. Oros sealed all buildings including the ice and cream plant and offices. The shutdown follows federal seizure of a beer cargo destined for a Chicago concern, with ice price implications for Ottawa.
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Ottawa Products Company
Wilkerson
Chicago
John J. Oros
Ottawa
Costume Trade Ships to East Africa Markets
A steamer regularly sails from London to an east African port carrying old theatrical costumes. Imported by traders dispersed across Africa, these garments are sold to interior tribes using cattle curios and animal skins as payment.
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London
Africa
County Fair Cookies and Granny Love Unite at Hilltown
Miss Faith bets on cookies winning a blue ribbon at the county fair with Marta arranging an exhibition. Ed Toll promises transport and a drive home with Miss Meredith after the fair. John Roberts discovers a village girl in his car and chats of New York. the pair end up sharing the ride with Marta and three aunts. A wedding follows as Miss Faith’s cooking leads to another match while health notes and advice fill the page.
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Elbert Toli
Meredith
Marta
Faith
Toll
Toll Place
Mr. Toll
John Roberts
Hilltown Village
John
Mercy
Hilltown
New York City
Miss Faith
Ed. Tell
Fall at Home in La Salle Claims Life of Dominic Cilla
A 57 year old man, Dominic Cilla, died after falling down basement stairs at his home 724 Fourth Street in La Salle Wednesday evening. A coroner's jury attributed death to concussion of the brain with a fractured skull found at the hospital.
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Fourth Street
la Salle
Dominic Cilla
Cilla
Red Cross Expands Health Campaigns and Nursing Service
The American Red Cross outlines a broad health initiative led by a committee of physicians sanitarians and public health experts. It reports growth in public health nursing home hygiene care of the sick nutrition and first aid with 40 000 nurses enrolled and 2 688 nutrition instruction programs reaching over 150 000.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Alaska
North Carolina
Perlobscot Bay
Red Cross Nutrition Service
Annual Red Cross Armistice Day Roll Call Emphasizes Membership
The piece urges broad Red Cross membership noting Japan relief efforts and the need for a nationwide, December Roll Call from Armistice Day through Thanksgiving to maintain readiness. It highlights 8,600 U S chapters enlisting volunteers to support the president's relief request and strengthen civil support.
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Red Cross
America
Japan
American Red Cross
United States
Color Problem Solved by Penn Professor
A University of Pennsylvania professor is credited with solving a color psychology testing problem that had resisted scientists for years.
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University of Pennsylvania
Double Window Panes Offer Superior Cold Barrier
A new window design uses two panes separated by two millimeters and joined at the edges by a patented melting process to prevent moisture and dust. Officials claim the insulation is perfect, keeping out cold air more effectively than standard double windows.
Doan's Kidney Pills T relieve Spring Valley backache
Mrs. Joe Witton of 212 East Devlin Street credits Doan's Kidney Pills with easing her backache and fatigue from heavy housework and kidney distress. She bought a box at Spring Valley Drug Co and felt like a different woman. Price 60c at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Joe Witton
East Devlin Street
Spring Valley
Dean
Spring Valley Drug Co
Doan
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Bureau County School Notes
Ottawa Brewery
Western Newspaper Union
State Health Department
I. D. Rawlings
Stafs
State Department of Health
Congress
Spring Valley City Bank
State Banking Department
Seaisieh
Argonaut
Renan
Ted
Seisiell Pencil CO
Philadephia
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