Rail workers in Civil War Illinois hunted game on duty
Research notes from the Federal Writers Project describe trainmen using guns on runs and hunting quail along rights of way. An engineer broke his leg after stopping to fetch a bird, later stepping into a hole while returning. A conductor reportedly fired at quail but records do not confirm a kill. Public sales schedule lists weekly livestock auctions in Sterling and a July Mt Carroll sale by Harry Kipnis with horses cattle shoats and sheep.
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Ilinois
Federal Writers’ Project
Harry Kipnis
Mt. Carroll
Pirecracker-Less Fourth Reflections and Local Snippets
A nostalgic column salutes a fireworks free Fourth of July in Towa while recalling past dangers of cannon crackers. Anecdotes cover travels, political quips, aging perspectives, local editors, and light humor about robing, brakes, and a comical ice man visit.
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Towa
Beware the Parked Car Warning From State Highways
The State Division of Highways warns that a parked car can kill or injure pedestrians. It cites six hundred fifty Illinois pedestrians last year who stepped from between parked autos into traffic. The caution advises against standing in traffic to change a tire, looking at a stalled car, walking behind a backing vehicle, or stepping between cars that could move suddenly.
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State Division of Highways
Illinois
New York Man Finds Cash After Paper Debris Incident
George B Wellbaum of New York scavenger finds five dollars and three ones after scraps blow into his car on a Buffalo street. In a separate scene a voice requests a song copy and a clerk directs a wrap of two songs to Mrs. Jones.
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George B. Wellbaum
New York
Buffalo
Wellbaum
Stock Boy
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