Death notices from Savanna Lanark area towns
Obituaries and funeral notices for Mrs. Facur, George Woodside, Thomas Stitzel, Laura Gibbons, and Leo Goss. Details include birthplaces, family survivors, church services at Lanark Church of the Brethren and Savanna St John’s Catholic, burial at Lanark and St John’s cemeteries, with service dates and officiants. A final line notes a violent thought unrelated to the notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Arnold
Serints
Arnolds Grove
Church of the Brethren
Lanark
I. D. Leatherman
Lanark Cemete
Thomas Stitzel
Thomas
Stitzel
L D. Leatherman
Freedom Township
Rebecca Emery
Lillian Engels
Evelyn Zuck
Edith McKinley
Kankakee
Lloyd
Clarence
Minnie Stitzel
Huntington
Ind
Bessie Stitzel
Pasadena
Calif
Daniel
Tiane
California
Leo Goss
Savanna
Savanoa
LeRoy
Cedar Rapids
Town
LaVerne
Milwaukee
Wis
Mary
Michael Johnson
Los Angeles
Daniel Dray
John Quinn
Seattle
St. John’s Catholic Church
Buris
St John’s Cemetery
River Shows Little Sign of Flood Yet Ice Holding
Fragmented report notes the Mississippi River showing minimal flood signs as ice remains solid in late winter. Banks under strain in places, water levels steady but concerns rise with thaw potential and continuing river activity through the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alhorsch
Purchase Electric Timing and Scoring Unit for Tournament
The Vanna High School board authorized the purchase of an electric timer and score board for use in the regional basketball tournament opening in Savanna on March 4. The equipment will be electricity controlled to ensure accurate timing and scoring at the official desk. The decision was made at a special board meeting Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thevanna High Cheel Board
Ich
Savanna
Local Hoax Sees Pensioner Travel Eight Miles
In Garronl county a resident was tricked by a prankster claiming his pension money was ready at the county judge's office. The elderly man walked eight miles to the county seat only to learn the report was a hoax. No details on the joker were found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norm
County Pension Board
Garronl
Illinois high school girls win state citizenship essay contest
Three Illinois high school girls representing Springfield Bushnell and Chicago won top honors in the state contest on Benefits of American Citizenship. Winners Dorothy Wexler Janice Kugler and Cecelia Gilmore were to receive medals in Springfield on Feb 17 and attend a Stevens Hotel Chicago dinner Feb 27 to discuss citizenship preparation for aliens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cllinois High
Springfield
Chicago
Bushnell
State Committee On Citizenship and Naturalization
Avinere Toigo
Dorothy Wexler
Springfield High School
Janice Kugler
Bushnell High School
Cecelia Gilmore
Visitation High School
Henry Hornerig
Toigo
Illinois
Ilinois
Stevens Hotel
State Committee On Citizenship and
Markets Wadnesil 30 top prices and items listed
Markets show a mix of commodity prices and produce details. Cattle and poultry figures include hen prices and various grains and milled products. Elevation notes list grains, corn, oats, and related items with fractional cent adjustments.
Illinois urges reporting of motor vehicle accidents
Illinois officials push a statewide drive to enforce the traffic act requiring reporting of all accidents with injuries or fatalities. The State Division of Highways distributes the motor vehicle report form to police, sheriffs, hospitals, and other agencies to aid data collection for highway safety efforts led by Governor Horner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
State Division of Highways
Ernst Lieberman
Hen. Horner
Illinois apples for relief purposes
Approximately 200 carloads of Illinois apples valued at 650,000 will be purchased for relief by the federal government. The Illinois Emergency Relief Commission, in cooperation with the Growers Exchange, arranged this emergency outlet to ease last fall’s apple crop pressures. O. F. Beyer heads the commodity purchasing office, urging growers and county farm bureaus to contact him with sale offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mlinei
Tien
Wminoi
Wy Day
TAA
Mr. Day
IBRC
Day
Carbondale
O. F. Beyer
Linois Emergency Relief Commission
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Boyer
Farm Adviser Announces Meetings Planned for Future
Farm Advises topke announces county planning committee meetings at Mt Carroll on February 24 and a district meeting in an unspecified location. County 4-H leaders and Ernings marketing ages will meet in Mt Carroll on March 7, with BR Heentoek selected for a post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carroll
Bob
Varketinge
Carrell
Maren
Heentoeken
Notice of hearing deadline in Illinois case
Notice states hearing on 6 at 10 a.m. to be acted upon at this event. Filings must be with the clerk on or before Friday, May 936. R. Watson, Clerk, office 3-5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oll
Ilinois
Aurl Touwse
Civil Service Examinations Announced by United Service
The United States Civil Service announces examinations for posts at the National Museum Smithsonian Institution and public health engineering roles with annual salaries around 3200 dollars. Applications available at post offices or custom houses in cities with offices, or from the United Service Commission in Washington, D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civ Service
Collawist
National Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Secretary of the United
Civil Service
United i) Service Commission
Washington, D. C
A Born Promoter Tale From a Fragmented Page
A fragment recalls a boastful line about a brother opening a filling station and a quip about asking a father for his ear and courting girls, reflecting a rough-cut, cheeky streetwise tone in a historical local clipping.
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Mrs. Prank Parar
Colitjes
Thas
Pinscen
Toby's Chantery
George D. Woodside
George D. Worabite
One O'Clock
Suniday
Mess
Ana Divd Ab
H. J. Renvial
U. Im
Mr. Woodside
Laura Gibbons
William
Albert
Pit
Magee
Wen
J. H. Shirk
Urchase
Chadwick Man
Practical Joker
Wotor
McAndrews Chiropractic Clinic
6Th Ave
Clinton
Iowago
Mare
General Electric
Bridgeport
Northwestern Illinois Utilities Company
Savanna, Illinois
Firestone
Universi
Firestone Cves
Fiestone
Indianapolis
al Jenkins
Utah
Mos
Firesone
Lewis Motor Company
Topke
R. Watson
Clerk
Tett
John L. Stearton
Sizanna, Miinois
O. A. Kinsel
Morrison
Hlinoiste
W. L. Derrer
N. Main St
Civil Service Examinations
D. W. Grove
de Ray McMahan
D.C
Hear
Connell
Ulinois
MR. Farmer
Clinton Rendering CO
MT. Garroll Blagk
SEARS
Delmar
Speer
Weguier
Wailpaper
Seer
Locust St
Sears, Roebuck and Co
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