Illinois Route Revisions Extend and Eliminate Surfaces
The plan consolidates routes by removing lettered suffixes and extending or relocating several Illinois routes. Key changes include replacing Illinois 79 with Illinois 35, extending 88 from Sterling to Mt. Carroll, eliminating 40 and creating a Peoria to Mt. Carroll continuum, and relocating 89 via 162 to LaMoille. It also grounds 71 through multiple overlaps, ends 84 as 2, and shifts 41 within Chicago along new pavement and bridge work.
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Illinois
Ottawa
Linois
Ilinois
U. S
Galva
Iinois
Toulon
Havanna
Duncan Mills
Lewistown
Salisbury
Petersburg
Springfield
New Salem State Park
Winchester
White Hall
U. S. 45
Effingham
Freeburg
Illinois 15
Addieville
Belleville
Granite Shaft Marks Fort Edwards Site in Illinois
From a bluff above the Mississippi at Warsaw Illinois a 50 foot white granite shaft marks the site of Fort Edwards. Built in 1814 under Major Zachary Taylor the fort stood through the Black Hawk War and served as a pioneer hub with logs from officers quarters used as a granary in town. Bronze bas reliefs honor Zachary Taylor Ninian Edwards and the fort on the obelisk base.
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Mississippi
Warsaw
Hancock County
Illinois
Fort Edwards
Zachary Taylor
Ninian Edwards
Illinois Territory
Plant life traces found in shale beds across Grun dy county
Researchers report clear impressions of early flora in shale deposits at Mazon Karkuff and Grun dy county fossil beds. Fossils can be picked from stones the size of goose eggs, revealing stratifications and traces of carbon and iron minerals. A flippant proverb fragment ends the piece.
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Mazon
Carkuff
Grundy County
Shawneetown Flood History and New Town Proposal
In February 1937 Shawneetown faced a flood crest of 65.5 feet. A plan proposes moving the town three miles inland and 60 feet above the old site, with Mary Long Whitmore of Metropolis designing the new town model. The state would buy the old site for 150000 dollars as down payment for new homes. the old site becomes a park. A WPA grant of 680495 dollars funds the project.
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Shawneetown
Mary Long Whitmore
Metropolis
Ill
Whitmore
County Deaths Include Vosburg and Local Residents
Charles B Vosburg 74 died about noon Monday at his Lanark home with niece Mrs Emma Sherwood. Survived by two sons Charles and David of Chicago and sister Mrs Cora Cope of Rockford. Mrs Grant Bashaw 68 died Sunday at Savannah hospital. funeral in Savannah with Rev Rendall. husband, son Earl, and granddaughter Carol Rolphe survive. Mrs John Teeter 81 died Monday in Mt Carroll. funeral held. daughters Harlow Cromer, William Doty, Ora Squires, and son Blaine survive. William Domdey 7% died Friday near Milledgeville after months of illness. born in Germany. came to Illinois at 14. Funeral services were held Sunday.
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Charles Vosburg
Lanark
Charles B. Vosburg
Emma Sherwood
Sherwood
N. A. Borop
Charles
David
Chicago
Cora Cope
Rockford
Grant Bashaw
Savanna
Fuller Funeral Home
H. J. Rendall
Earl
California
Carol Rolphe
John Teeter
Mt. Carroll
Christian Funeral
Harlow Cromer
William Doty
Ora Squires
Spooner
Wis
Blaine
LaCrosse
William Domdey
Milledgeville
Germany
Illinois
Burial at South Elkhorn Church Cemetery
The death notice states burial took place at the South Elkhorn cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Bernard Maloney of Milledgeville and son Ray at home, with three grandchildren.
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South Elkhorn Church
South Elkhorn Cemetery
Bernard Maloney
Milledgeville
Ray
Wisconsin Senator Promises Rally for New Political Party
Sharpe notes a young Wisconsin senator targets a rally on the 28th to seed a movement toward a new party. He foresees a homegrown favorite son emerging from the meeting to challenge the past twelve years of two-party stagnation amid widespread voter fatigue.
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Wisconsn
Dean
Cub
Melvin Johnson
Bar Y” Ranch
Groharing
Johnson
Dad Stage
Sharpe
Paul Carpenter
Radio caper ends with singer and villain in chase
A chaotic radio repair tale recounts a heroine bitten by a snake and carried away by a villain. After poking at seven hundred gadgets the radio screeched then calmed to play a rosary song as the narrator races home to learn the heroine’s fate. He hints of visiting Bill Traum later to ask about the lady’s escape and plans for a trip to the fair.
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Chadwick
Bill Traum
Rockford
Bill
O. K
Mr. Luck
Fair Ground
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Nashville
Cairo
Chicago River
Capitol
Theatre—Morrison
William Boyd
Arizona
Sun
Mon
Martha Raye
Lewis Stone
Judge Hardy
Robert Montgomery
Bete Davis
Jazebel
Roxas
Mae West
Edmund Lowe
Walt Disney
Jack Holt & Wynne Gibson
Phil Regan
Ann Dvorak
Gene Autry
Manhattan
Preston Foster
Sally Eilers
Miriam Hopkins
Ray Milland
Dick Foran
Painted Stalling
Royal Theatre
WHBF
Rock Island
Glenda Farrell
Sergeant Murphy
Ronald Reagan
Mickey Rooney
Cecelia Parker
Fay Holden
Hardy Family
Washington, D. C
America
Colbert Cooper
Enus
Colehour Bros
MT. Carroll, Ill
Mrs. Grant Bashaw
Carroll
Clinton Re Wave Co
Capitol Theatre
Clinton
Iowa
Colehour
McAndrews
Charna Lee
Gluvtex Sport
Navy
Frank Bradulski
Fifth Avenue
Clinton, Iowa
Sears
Mohawk
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