Illinois Township System and County Origins Questioned
The excerpt discusses Illinois local government evolution from township plans to county administration, comparing southern and northern settlement patterns and noting the centralization of state and local functions. It asks when Knox County was first created, answering June 20, 1790 by Governor Arthur St. Clair.
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Staty
Linois
Knox
Ilinois
Arthur Sk. Clair
Northwest Territory
Informal Portrait Tips For Family Snapshots By Julia van Guilder
The guide describes soft lighting with two to three bulbs, inside-frosted lamps, and optional reflectors to shape light for flattering portraits. It covers subject positioning from semi profile to slight head tilts, suggests multiple poses, and notes using extra-fast film and a diffusion attachment for soft close-ups, especially of children and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia van Guilder
Sarasota Invites North to Winter Quarters and Culture
In a readers letter from Sarasota dated January 18, 1939, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Zugschwerdt praise the city’s Mike of developments. They note a new auditorium, a 600-member small theater movement, a playhouse, sports facilities, the Ringling Museum and Art School, and a $100,000 casino on Lido Beach scheduled to finish by Labor Day. The writers urge northern visitors to spend a couple of weeks, promising cheap living and abundant garden produce.
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Foster
Sarasota
Ringlus Art School
John and Mable Ringling
Swagger Club
Florida
H. E. Zugschwerdt
Chadwick Briefs and Local Visit Highlights
Community notes report funeral attendance for Mrs. Nettie Clark in Mt Carroll. Local residents share weekend visits in Rockford Sterling Morrison and Milledgeville. A welfare visit to St Francis Hospital is noted along with several family calls in Mt Carroll and Rockford. A druggist quip closes the column.
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C. M. Kingery
Nettie Clark
Mt. Carroll
Edgar She
Rockford
Zennie Roderick
Louis Bush
Dauhters Sandra
Morrison
John Bush
Hanafor Bushman
Sterling
Leroy Bushman
Walter Farthing
Amos Burkholder
Anthony Cambman
Andrew Miller
Arletia Tartman
Freeport
St. Francis Hospital
Ernt Barnhart
John Queckboerner
Philip Kradle
Wallace Guinther
Hoyle Guinther
Charles Guinther
Mary Sword
Milledgeville
Everett Spanogle
Early chicks boost poultry profits despite cold weather
Advice from a poultry columnist promotes starting chicks before April 1 to raise profits. Farmers show lower or comparable costs for early pullets, with 40 to 60 percent higher profits. Early chicks offer easier care, fewer disease issues in cold weather, and easier temperature control. Also includes a humorous dialogue about marriage and hospital stays with a light punchline.
Fair Haven Club backs bond for township community building
Twenty three Commercial Club members met at Naniga’s cafe to elect officers and discuss civic projects. They backed a petition for a $12,800 bond issue to erect a community building with public comfort, meeting rooms, a library, and custodian quarters, plus a three member board of managers. The club also endorsed a cold storage locker plant for Chadwick area with stock subscriptions sought.
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Naniga
A. A. Calkins
Chaptain
Fan Taven
Calkins
Board of Managers
I. E. Zugschwendt
Helm
K. W. Sennefl
Charles Waris
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New York
Ulindy
Paradise Theatre
Moline
Brother Rat
Ollick
Virginia Military Institute Cadet Corps
Wayne Morris
Priscilla Lane
Jane Bryan
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Virginia Military Institute
West Point
Esnapshot
Chadwick Briefs
Jack
Northwestern
Fair Haven
Riley Temple
Chicago
J. H Shirk
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