County Board Holds Regular Meeting In Mt Carroll
Carroll county supervisors met Tuesday in Mt Carroll for a routine December session. The board approved a resolution urging repeal of the three day wait for marriage licenses and renewed the county physician contract with Dr. R. B. Rice for 200 dollars. Financial reports showed sheriff receipts of 790 dollars to the treasury and dog license fund outlays of 1010.50 with a balance of 2630.92 as of December 1. excess earnings in several offices were paid into the treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Mt. Carroll
Ate
Illinois
R. B. Rice
Local Officials Cash Totals Revealed in Ledger
The circuit clerk is shown with 1,604.85, county clerk 2,084.60, county treasurer 19,500, and sheriff 790.44 in the county financial ledger. The figures reflect monthly disbursements and agency payouts recorded by the treasurer and auditors.
Carroll county named defendant in $6000 injure suit
Atty Ralph M Haton is appointed master in chancery for Carroll county by Circuit Judges Wheat and Zick. The county faces a damage suit by William French alleging injuries from an August assault by Kyle Turney, superintendent of the county farm. The amendment claims county negligence in appointing an inexperienced superintendent and failure to enforce inmate rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atty
Ralph M. Haton
Carroll
Carroll County
Harry E. Wheat
Leon A. Zick
Willam French
Kyle Turney
Earth as an offspring of the sun and planetary bodies
Chamberlain, lead geologist, states the earth and seven planets along with satellites and planetoids are offspring of the sun. He notes the sun lost less than eight hundredths of its mass to form them, with earth about three thousandths of one percent of the sun’s substance.
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Chamberlain
Home Economics Courses Lead To Varied Careers
Among 634 women training in professional home economics at the University of Illinois are Dorothy Jean Demaree of Thomson and Frances May Roske of Carroll. The program offers paths in teaching, demonstrations, dietetics, extension work, social service, and federal openings. Enrollment spans 96 of 102 Illinois counties plus several states and international locations, with Champaign leading county totals.
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University of Illinois
Carroll County
Dorothy Jean Demaree
Thomson
Frances May Roske
Carroll
Lita Bane
Champaign
Cook
Vermilion
Sangamon
McLeod
Will
Macon
Lake
Kane
Knox
Warren
Atty. Runnels Admitted to Federal Court in Freeport
Attorney Ormond H. Runnels of Polo son of Dr and Mrs Burger Runnels Milledgeville has been admitted to practice before the United States District Court at a session in Freeport. Motion by L Edward Beckmire of Freeport. He already held Illinois Supreme Court admission and may handle cases in the western division of the Federal Court of Northern Illinois.
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Ormond H. Runnels
Polo
Burger Runnels
Milledgeville
United States District Court
Freeport
Atty. Runnels
Atty
L. Edward Beckmire
Supreme Court of Illinois
Federal Court of Northern Illinois
Deaths in Savanna and Mt Carroll Area Obituaries
Multiple county death notices report Sylvester W Alden Sr 64 of Savanna who died after a weeklong illness in a Milwaukee freight crew incident near Lanark Funeral services were held at Savanna Presbyterian Church with H J Rendall officiating Burial followed in Savanna cemetery Nellie Keim 71 of Mt Carroll died at home Dec 4 Services conducted in home with Rev James A Foard officiating Burial in Oak Hill cemetery David Beck 85 of Mt Carroll died at home Feb 5 Funeral rites held Sunday in home and Lutheran church Burial He was born in Germany and married Katherine Haas in 1879 Surviving are five daughters three sons and numerous grandchildren Irvin Stewart of Lanark visited his brother Norman Stewart over the weekend.
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Savanna
Sylvester W. Alden
Savanna Hospital
Milwaukee
Lanark
Savanna Presbyterian Church
H. J. Rendall
Morrison
Savanna Cemetery
Mr. Alden
Oakdale
Wis
Charles
Antoinette Alden
Nellie Barnes
Kenosha
Milwaukee Railroad
Harold Schoen
Brookfield
Hope Alden
Sylvester, Jr
Charles Alden
Globe, Ariz
Mt. Carroll
Nellie Keim
James A. Foard
Oak Hill Cemetery
Nellie Emmert
Daniel Emmert
Frank Whitman
Normal
Earl
Edwin
George
Frank Emmert
Red Oak
David Beck
E. C. Dobeer
Mr. Beck
Germany
United States
Katherine Haas
Clara Smith
Massbach
Marie Gump
Rockford
Rose Zink
Louise Kiester
Cedarville
Katherine Blakely
Adam
John
William
York Herd High Dairy Notes and Local Improvements
The York herd emphasizes culling poorer cows to improve margins. J L Winter adds a concrete floor and gutters to his dairy barn. Howard Emery expands into purebred cattle purchasing a Brown Swiss and soon calves a heifer. There is talk of forming a bull association, with hopes the group unites as a strong venture.
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J. L. Winter
Howard Emery
4 Bull Association
Spectator Warns on British Naval Moves Near Islands
The piece argues that without force it is hard to stop unity actions by the British navy near strategically placed British owned islands, noting their proximity and potential consequence for the region.
Mt Carroll Pounds Milledgeville In Opener. Lanark Beats Shannon
Mt Carroll trimmed Milledgeville 25 to 11 in the opening conference game. Lanark defeated Shannon 23 to 22 with Dole Gettemy and K Alexander notable scorers. Savanna fell to Stockton 25 to 21 after a slow start, with Johnson scoring 13 for Savanna and Gallagher 11 for Stockton.
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Clara W. Turk
William H. Good
Shannon
Woodrow A. Johnston
Carlos E. Johnston
Eby’s Istadd
Lanark
Leila Sears Johannsen
Luther L. Geisinger
Thomson
Henry Engelking
Lester E. Myers
Woodland
Clara B. Hodge
Fred F. Summer
Milledgeville
Charles Cheeseman
Christ T. Wilhelm
Cherry Grove
Mt. Carroll
Mt. Carroll High School
Lanar
Lanark High
W. Alexander
D. Keo
Dole
Gettemy
K. Alexander
Rodermel
Savanna High
Stockton High
Stockton
Savanna
Johnson
Gallagher
D. Keever
F Aurand
G. Keever
F Johnson
Merchant
Rahn
Lanark ‘ S
Savanna _Kelber
Cravatta
Doty
Nehrkorn
Welch
Everhart
Vanderheyden
Fleming
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Lew Ayres
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Weston
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Iowa
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Orepregon Lightweights
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