Memoirs of Captain Stephen B Hanks Mississippi River Pilot
A long reminiscence recounts Captain Stephen B Hanks experiences as a Mississippi River pilot during the Civil War era. He details low water conditions 1863 1864 the War Eagle Flora Ad Hines and a Clinton bridge navigation incident with refusal to sign a statement about obstruction. The narrative notes family members and a boyhood memory of the M W Hanks in the bridge episodes.
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Albany
Hanson
Ilinois Central
Dunleith
Galena
Dubuque
War Eagle
Jessie
Maria Withrow
St. Paul
Flora
Ad. Hines
Mississippi
Upper
Memphis
Clinton
Railroad Company
Chicago
Northwestern
Burlington
Des Moines
M. W. Hanks
Theatres and Fleshed-Out Film Listings at Local Theatres
Patrons can see the Pathe featurette on the Dionne quintuplets at the Majestic tonight. Next week the Big Broadcast of 1938 stars W C Fields and Dorothy Lamour, with Edw G Robinson in Slight Case of Murder running Friday and Saturday. Paradise Theatre presents Gold is Where You Find It with George Brent Olivia de Havilland and a large ensemble, five days starting Friday, plus shorts and a cartoon. Also note Illinois milk industry uses 150 million pounds of milk annually.
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Majestic Theatre
Mt. Carroll
Pathe
The
Majestic
W. C. Fields
Martha Ray
Dorothy Lamour
Shirley Ross
Edw. G. Robinson
Joe E. Brown
Rinka
Joe
Stanley Fields
Fields
Lyda Roberts
Alison Shipworth
Jane Wyman
Paradise Theatre
Moline
California
George Brent
Olivia de Havilland
Brent
Eastern
Olivia
Claude Rains
Margaret Lindsay
John Litel
Marcia Ralston
Barton McLane
Tim Holt
Husky Young
Holt
Sidney Toler
Clements Ripley
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Nine New State Parks Proposed Across Illinois
A federal report to Governor Horner recommends creating nine new state parks totaling about 14,900 acres and expanding forest preserves by 22,000 acres. It also proposes four historical parks including Nauvoo and Shawneetown sites, with work to start after cost investigations and planning over roughly ten years.
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Illinois
Horner
National Park Service
Rock River
Rockford
Dixon
Bluffs
Oregon
Lorado Taft
Ogle County
Woman's Clubs
Adams
Kendall
Lake
White
McTean
Kankakee
Champaign
Danville
Des Plaines
Mississippi River Palisades Park
Savanna
Apple River Canyon Park
Daviess County
Buffalo Rock
Chain O'Lakes
Fox Ridge
Mini
Pere Marquette
Starved Rock
White Forest
Fulton County
Lewistown
Nauvoo State
Nauvoo
Hancock County
Pulaski County
Ohio River
Shawneetown State
Shawneetown
Gallatin County
Mission Ridge Plans Program Friday Night
Mrs. Esther Zugschwerdt announces a school program at Mission Ridge rural school north of Chadwick tomorrow evening. The event celebrates the school being the first and only in Carroll county with a Superior rating from the state department of public education. Pupils will demonstrate daily work and Supt Lawrence E Bruci will speak.
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Esther Zugschwerdt
Mission Ridge
Chadwick
Carroll County
State Department of Public Education
Supt. of
Lawrence E. Bruci
Dizzy and Daffy Dean Star in Bradenton Exhbition
The St Louis Cardinals met the Boston Bees at Cardinal Park in Bradenton Florida in a winter exhibition. Dizzy Dean and his brother Daffy started for the Cardinals with Dizzy appearing in good form after a recent illness. Boston’s hitters produced runs off Daffy while Dizzy limited them to two hits. Joe Medwick and Pepper Martin starred in the Cards outfield, Vince DiMaggio made a spectacular catch robbing Medwick of a homer. Lon Warneke did not appear due to a new baby.
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Elynor
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinal Park
Bradenton
Fla
Boston Bees
Dizzy
Daffy
Dean
Red Bird
Bees
Frankie Vrisch
Cardinals
Joe Medwick
Pepper Martin
Joe
Bert
Vince DiMaggio
Lon Warneke
Tony Cuccinello
Roy Johnson
Schoolgirl from Bradenton joins grandparents in winter visit
Ten by Elynor Stagg, a Bradenton junior, spends the winter with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stagg. The State Division of Highways notes Illinois recorded 16 787 auto accidents last year with 4118 involving pedestrians. Excessive speed caused 1024, drunken drivers 1462, mechanical defects 243. Most crashes occurred 4 pm to 5 pm on Sundays, with Saturdays close behind. Starved Rock State Park, oldest state park, has 18 miles of foot paths.
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Elynor Stagg
Bradenton High School
Thomas Stagg
Illinois
Starved Rock State Park
Tlinois
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Stephen B. Hanks
Abraham Lincoln
Chimney Rock
Minneiska
Storks
Thomson
Everal
Bire
Arator
Aarts Rator
Illinois Utilities
Rialto Theatre
Arletta
Lillian Hartman
Helen Sollenberger
Harold Stoner
Lawrence Coden
Mrs. Elwin Allison
Penrose
Philip Collalti
van Buren St
Freeport, Ill
Williamson's Rexall Drug Store
Fulton, Ill
Daffy’ Dean Star
Bradenton, Fla
Savanna, Ill
the State Division of Highways
Millikan’s
F. O. B. Lyndon
Ill
D. F. Millikan
Paris
Ferguson
Webster Bros., Inc
Thomson, Nl
Francke and Switzer Hardware Store
Thomson, Illinois
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