Pearl City appoints Prophetstown leader as next superintendent
Martin M. Bielema, currently Prophetstown High School principal and Pearl City coach and teacher for four years, is elected Pearl City schools superintendent. He will pursue a master's degree at the University of Illinois and move with his family after the current school year. Pearl City, in Stephenson County about 15 miles northeast of Mt. Carroll, with roughly 500 residents, has four grade school teachers and four high school teachers. all current teachers return next year.
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Martin M. Bielema
Prophetstown
Pearl City
University of Illinois
Pearl City i
Stephenson County
Mt. Carroll
Prophetstown Echo
Beautiful Sheriff’s Star Gifted to Carroll County Leader
Sheriff Harry Shiley receives a gold star engraved with Sheriff of Carroll County from Lanark friends in a gesture of appreciation. The popular Lanark official wears the star prominently as a treasured memento, reported by the Mt Carroll Mirror Democrat.
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Harry Shiley
Sherif
Carroll County
Lanark
New Boat Service Revival Planned for Mississippi Run
Capt Milton Harry of the Bald Eagle expects to revive passenger boat service from St Louis to Minneapolis starting June 5. After earlier last minute changes, soundings show the navigation channel now allows the run. Government Wake Robin reports confirm a six foot channel in key areas, enabling the service without freight. The Bald Eagle, 210 feet long with 100 rooms, will offer 10 day round trips from Sabula to Rock Island while skipping freight.
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Mississippi River
St. Louis
Minneapois
Milton Harry
Bald Eagle
Sabula
Rock Island
Harry
Heifers vs Steers as Beef Makers Compared by US Agency
A five year study by USDA and state experiment stations comparing well bred heifers and steers finds finished heifers yield palatable meat equal to steers slaughtered at the same age, with similar dressing percentages. Heifers reach market finish earlier but can become overfat with extended feeding, suggesting benefits for producers, packers, and retailers amid demand for lighter, well finished cuts.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Experiment Staof
Arkansas
Ohio
Min
Mayday Mischief In Town Disturbed Residents
Odd, garbled OCR scraps describe a scene with Louie and a German dog rand, a speed concern through a residence area, a mention of a wife's church sale, and hurried excuses. Names and places are unclear, yielding a fragmented local item with no clear outcome.
Electing a President in a Cautious World
The Davenport Times comments on how the United States lags in quiet, structured presidential elections while Turkey elects Mustapha Kemal unanimously with little campaigning. It notes Briand’s evolving candidacy in France and warns of long pre election prep in America, contrasting methods and timing.
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Turkey
Mustapha Kemal
National Assembly
France
Aristide Briand
Chamber of Deputies
United States
America
Davenport
Illinois Library Association backs state aid county library bill
The Illinois Library Association and local librarians backed by civic, educational and fraternal groups urged Senator Joseph L. Meyers to consider a proposed state aid county library bill. The plan, supported by Secretary of State Stratton, would fund county libraries under the Winds law with three-year aid, starting with $25,000 for the 1933 term, benefiting farm and rural districts and aiding child care study groups and rural education.
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Mlinois Library Association
Jos. L. Meyers
Sciota Mills
Senate
Earl B. Searcy
Springfield
William G. Stratton
State Library Extension Division
Stratton
Illinois
Henderson
Putman
Calhoun
Clinton
Effingham
Jasper
Pollaski
Pope
Gallatin
Hardin
Boone, Lee
Mercer
Kendall
Grundy
Schuyler
Scott
Menard
Sangamon
Macon
Edgar
Clark
Bond
Vayette
Crawford
Clay
Richland
Lawrence
Wayne
Edwards
Wahab
Monroe
Randolph
Jackson
Hamilton
White
Saline
Union Dohavon
Massac
Alexander
Brown
Twinois Library Association
American Legion Auxiliary
American Library Assn
American Asan. of University Women
Tinois Beakers' Asen
Ilinois Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Assn. of Commerce
Illinois Conference On Public Welfare
Ilinois Congress of Parents and Teachers
Illinois Federation of College
Tllinois Federaoh
Omeg
Tiingjomereau Federation
Aim
Tramp jokes and schoolroom quips from Illinois clipping
A collage of humorous vignettes and classroom banter features Johnny and Tommy as they stump teachers with simple answers. It also surveys Illinois notes on horticulture tourism crops, early surveying feats, state road plans, factory outputs, and public instruction trends, linking humor with regional facts.
Wilkins North Pole submarine expedition in Nautilus
Explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins plans an undersea journey to the North Pole aboard the Nautilus with a twenty man crew. The submarine will travel beneath the ice while maintaining comforts through electric appliances including a refrigerator sunlamps and electric heaters with General Electric installing the gear.
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Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Polar
Jules Verne
Hubert
General Electric Company
Sir Hubert
Naut
Valuable Mineral Ratile in Terra Cotta Enamel Formula
A terse report describes a compound named Valuable Mineral Ratile a ditergl based on ttanium moxble using terra cotta primitives and a Burner seal resistant enamel. Researchers claim the composition offers durable protective properties for coating applications in ceramic contexts.
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Am Sued
Pingos of Canada and a Sleepless London Night
The piece describes Pingo formations in north western Canada with conical hills and cratered summits harboring small freshwater lakes. It also recounts a London case where a woman slept under her umbrella after failing to turn off an electric light, an odd sleepless night noted by Chancery Justice Exe.
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Canada
Thor
Ahwess
Chancery Justice
London
Corr
Rat Snap advertisement promises smell-free rodent kill
An advertisement touts RAT-SNAP as a guaranteed radant killer for rats and mice. It claims no smell and that pests won’t touch it. Prices list 38.6 and 1.28 dollars for varying cake sizes, with guaranteed results through Sulth's General Btere.
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Sime
Sulth’s
General Btere
Local Visitors and School News Highlight Thonwon Area
Sunday visitors at the Garrett Holdous home included Mr and Mrs Chas Hamstra and family of Fulton and Miss Bertha Dyhhuizen who finished study at Clinton College of Commerce and will stay sixty days for a potential position. Mrs Carroll Langston, teaching in the central area, is expected to arrive in Thonwon to establish her future home here. The notes also mention many carbon compounds.
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Chas, Hamstra
Fulton
Garrett Holdous
Bertha Dyhhuizen
George Bowers
Cliaton College of Commerce
Carroll Langston
Astute
Thonwon
Rat Snap Ad Targets Farm Pests With Three Sizes
An old style advertisement touts Rat Snap as a home rat and mice poison. It claims rats die after eating the bait, noting products come in three sizes for pantry kitchens chicken houses and farms. Sold and guaranteed by Smith's General Store.
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Cate
Smith
Classifieds HULLED OATS SELLING DIRECTLY ON FARM
Local ad offers hulled oats for farm use with contact at Gall 367 Morri son and a note about reversing charges. Named person Jim Bull of Amen Grove Illinois appears in the listing with a date line Tacy-11-1-x.
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Gall
Morrison
Jim Bull
Amen Grove
Two Heads Better Than One in Old Time Songs
Fragmented humorous column quotes early 20th century lines. A clergyman references Revelation and women’s wear while a father and boss exchange terse retorts. Farmers joke about cultivation and sowing wild oats versus rye, with banter on faith and profit.
Watch Tor Louie and His Little German Band
A local notice invites readers to a Saturday performance by Tor Louie and his Little German Band on May 16 at a community venue with likely German music and lively entertainment for residents seeking cultural entertainment.
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Louie
Tor Louie
His
HOWDY
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Considine
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