Community Day Program Milledgeville Evening Concerts
Community Day events run Wednesday and Thursday with a Milledgeville Band concert at 7:30 and acts such as the Milledgeville Mate Quartet at 8:30, Acker Sisters at 8:40, rope and whip artist Hap Bailey with Rochelle Band, vocal duets, tap and acrobatics, and a roving lineup including Sunny Jim and the Schelling Sisters across two days and times.
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Milledgeville Band
Milledgeville Mate
Acker
Hap
Carol Bailey
Rochelle Band
Andy Blummer
Donald Dennis
Charlene
Frederick Volkers
Tippy Polo
Fearless Tommy
Daughters Courageous leads Capitol three day stand
The Capitol in Clinton opens a three day engagement with Daughters Courageous featuring Priscilla Lane Rosemary Lane Lola Lane Fay Bainter May Robson and John Garfleld among others. The Rialto Clinton bills San Francisco and My Man Godfrey for four days. The Royal Fulton screens Lucky Night with Myrna Loy and Robert Taylor, plus Sudden Money with Evelyn Keyes. CAREER and RACKETEERS OF THE RANGE headline Paradise and more.
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Capitol Theatre
Clinton
the Capitol
Priscilla
Rosemary
Lola Lane
Gale Page
Fay Bainter
May Robson
John Garlefeld
Jeffrey Lynn
Claude Rains
Frank McHugh
Dick Foran
Donald Crisp
Rialto Theatre
San Francisco
Clark Gable
Spencer Tracy
Jeanette MacDonald
Gable
Golden Gate City
William Powell
Carole Juombard
Royal Theatre
Fulton
Sock
Myrna ‘Loy
Robert Taylor
Miss Loy
Taylor
The
Bernard Nedell
K. 0
Nedell
Paradise Theatre
Anne Shirley
Edward Ellis
Ellis
Elis
John Archer
Samuel
Hinds
Janet Beecher
Alice Eden
Leon Errol
Raymod Hatten
Harrison Greene
Iowa
Winter Grain Loan Arrives in Galesburg Illinois
Farmers unable to obtain credit may apply through A. A. Shelton at the federal Building Galesburg for Emergency Crop and Feed Loans up to 400.00 to cover immediate cash needs for 1934 winter grain. Loans secured by a first lien on the funded crop with waivers by landlords and checks issued from St. Louis.
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A. A. Shelton
Federal
Galesburg
Illinois
Farm Credit Administration
Resettlement Administration
Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Office
St. Louis
Missouri
Mr. Shelton
Miles' Horses Victorious In Knoxville Races
Three harness horses owned by A. J. Miles of Mt. Carroll had strong showings at Knoxville county fair. Napoleana won the 2:12 pace in straight heats, Dorothy Spencer won the 2:12 trot, and Jane Carol placed second in a special 8 year olds two-heat race. The trio will race next at the Illinois state fair and Sedalia, with Darrel Holman training and driving for Miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Miles
Mt. Carroll
Knoxville County Fair
Napoleana
Dorothy Spencer
Miles
Jane Carol
Sedalia
Whiteside County
County Deaths in Savanna and Area Obituaries
Multiple obituaries from Savanna and nearby towns note Juanita Gwendolyn Smith 24 of Savanna died Saturday at St. Lukes in Chicago after an operation. Elijah Paulley 82 of Mt. Carroll died at home, former county farm superintendent. Edwin A. Harris a Milwaukee railroad dining car chef found dead in the Southwest Limited at Savanna yards. Charles S. Carter 72 of Lanark funeral held in Lanark. William W. Johnston 78 of Mt. Carroll died at home with funeral arrangements at Frank chapel. Burial plans for Arnold's Grove cemetery and Lanark cemetery noted. Surviving relatives listed for several. Funeral services conducted by local pastors with standard burial follow-ups.
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Juanita Smith
Savanna
Juanita Gwendolyn Smith
St. Luke’s Hospital
Chicago
Rockford Municipal Sanatorium
William Smith
Savanna High School
St. John’s Catholic Church
E. A. O’brien
Savanna Cemetery
Dorothy Louise
Fred Wurster
Richard Smith
Elijah Pauley
Mt. Carroll
Elijah Paulley
Pauley
Count
Harris
Morgan Park
Milwaukee
Charles Carter
Lanark
Charles S. Carter
First Brethren Church
G. T. Ronk
Mr. Carter
Frank
R. H. Leitner
Arnold’s Grove Cemetery
Mr. Johnston
Freedom Township
John
Jamina Johnston
Supreme Court Upholds Women Jurors Law in Illinois
Illinois Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of a new state law requiring women to serve on juries. The court issues a writ of mandamus directing Cook County jury commissioners to include women's names on juror lists. The act, effective July 1, faces costs for counties lacking facilities for overnight juries.
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Illinois Supreme Court
High Court
Cook County
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Inventors Honored as Patent System Marks Century
The article notes that since the patent system began in 18%, over two million inventions and trademarks have been patented or registered, averaging about 20,000 annually for a century. A consumer joke about returning an unbreakable doll is mentioned amid the discourse.
Van Buskirk Tops Market On Mon With Steers
Clarence Van Buskirk a Carroll county cattle feeder led Chicago market sales Monday with 24 yearling Hereford steers averaging 1084 pounds selling at 10.15 per cwt. Lanark stockman Orville Woessner offered 42 Hereford heifers averaging 796 pounds at 9.40 per cwt, among top sellers for their class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence van Buskirk
Carroll County
Chicago
van Buskirk
Lanark
Orville Woessner
Joe Bennett Wins Sreeland Trophy at Milan Rifle Shoot
Joe Bennett of Thomson won the Sreeland trophy at the Milan rifle shoot with a 386 score from 40 shots on a 100 yard range. He also captured the Free Rifle Match with a 22 rifle at 50 yards and placed third in the 20 shot event at 1v1 yards, scoring 192.
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Joe Bennett
Thomson
Milan
F. C. Parker
Joe
Room Bureaus Set Up For New York Fair
Two New York City agencies arrange affordable living for World’s Fair visitors. Mayor LaGuardia backs a housing bureau at 122 East 42nd Street to find rooms in private homes, while the Hotel Association runs a 18-hotel bureau at 221 West 57th Street with 80 000 rooms capacity. Both offer free service and deposit receipts of 50 cents per night.
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New York
New York City
Mayor's
Official
Worlds Fair Housing Bureau, Inc
Chanin
East 42d Street
LaGuardia
The
Hotel Association of
Association
West 57Th Street
Western Union and Postal Telegraph Office
Housing Bureau
Lanark Qi celebration junior parade plans announced
Plans and awards for Lanark's Qi celebration junior parade are announced. The committee invites participants to meet at Zier's Garage to line up. Three prizes are offered across six divisions with first prize of $13 and third prize of 50 cents. Awards include best bicycle, best float, comic float, and costume.
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Lanark
Thuy
Zier’s Garam
Best Judg Limes to Charles Sack Judg Limes to Charles Sack
The fragment describes a contest awarding limestone to Charles Sack for near accurate weight estimation of a load, with Elmer Fink and Handel brothers mentioned and a total of 701 participants in the event. It also includes stray quotes about teachers and students and a planning note about Ford in 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sack
Handel Brothers
Sack
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Torchy
Mutiny On the Bounty
Charles Laughton Franchot
SUN
Tak
E Margaret Lindsay
Ronald Reasans
Betty Grable
Jeckie Coogan
Donald O'Conners
MR. Chips
Zach Dawn I Diz
Clancy
Sandman
Patt
Abey
Chance
Evelyn Keyes
Atlanta
Cecil B. DeMille
Paramount
Charlie Ruggles
Marjorie Rambeau
Miss Keyes
DeMille
Selznick
Moline
God
Ill
Tral and
Ting Vest
Sevanna
WEB
Jane Withers
America
Boy Friend
Robert Donat
Henry Fonda
Mr. Lincoln
Supreme Court of K's Law For Women
C. van Buskirk
Clinton, Iowa
Gils
Ford
Chester
Sterling, Ill
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