State Capitol News Flashes Highlight Local Progress
Reports from the Illinois Capitol cover inspection tours of the Waterway Committee, development at Starved Rock and Brandon Road sites, peach canning expansion, and the opening of the Illinois Surgical Institution for Crippled Children. Governor Emmerson announces commissions, housing and veterans care, and a new Chandler Bridge dedication. The Peoria Cartage Co faces regulatory action, Egyptian Club picnic plans in Springfield, and Southern Illinois travelogue events.
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Waterway Committee
Peoria Association of Commerce
Protec
Starved Rock
Marseillan
Dresden Island
Brandon Road
Mlinois
Illinois Surgical Institution
Illinois
American’ ‘Legion
Peoria
Louis L. Emmerson
Springfield
Washington Park
Otis F. Glenn
Francis G. Blair
Assembly
Remittance Timing Not Limiting Clerk Action
The note states that remittance timing is fixed by law yet does not bar a right of action against the clerk. It clarifies that the law sets a deadline for remittances but does not limit pursuing legal claims beyond that period.
Toujours La Politesse Presents Revolver Duel Core
A tense exchange unfolds as one speaker declares intent to kill, while another asserts chivalrous ethics and insists on letting the lady proceed first, hinting at an imminent violent confrontation.
Washington Fires First American Cannon at Yorktown
Interesting historical account of General George Washington at Yorktown on October 9 1781. Describes his fusee touch that sparked the bombardment, French and British actions, and the strategic moves toward the decisive siege. References De Grasse and Lafayette and notes Washington’s relentless planning and energy to shift operations from New York to the Chesapeake and Yorktown.
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George Washington
Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
Regiment Touraine
Washington
United States
Cortlandt
Samuel Graham
Seventy-sixth Regiment
Seventy-sixth
Perkins
Maister Washington
New York
Clinton
Tsoops
Cornwallis
de Grasse
Chesapeake
Lafayetta
York
Waton
Ffort
Mit
Samuel Adams An Early Revolutionary Leader
Samuel Adams stood among prewar patriots as a pivotal figure shaping public opinion for independence. The Anti- Gear Washington Bitronial Commission notes his leadership in Massachusetts against Parliament's coercive acts, his drafting of pro protests, and his role in forming colonial networks that culminated in the Continental Congress and Declaration of Independence. He kept the revolutionary spark alive through relentless writing and debate, helping propel the cause while remaining less a statesman than a tireless organizer and signer of the pivotal document.
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Samuel Adams
Washington
United States
Massachusetts
New England
Samuel
Artary
Harvard
Adams
Commonwealth
Oulf
Purchase Street
Boston
Lid
Baston
Colonies
Pers
Massachusetts Committees of
Continental Congress
Congress
Duche
Philadelphia
Washneton
John Adams
Jefferson
Hamilton
Madison
Over-Exposed Hostess Photo Sparks Cannes Bathing Fear
In a London Opinion exchange, a witty comment notes liberal latitude at French resorts after a self-deprecating line about overexposure in holiday photos. The banter shifts to a joke about marriage and eyes on the widow and her daughter.
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Cannes
London
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Tino Congress of Parents and Teachers
Chicago
Tlinois
Ralph F. Bradford
Illinois Department of Conservation
W. R. James
Otto H. Hassell
Ray Ratte
Stuart E. Pierson
State Department of Agriculture
R. G. Soderstrom
Ilinois Federation of Labor
American Business Club
Lincoln Chandler
Chandlerville
Sangamon
Tlinois Library Association
Children’s
Pers Marquette ‘Hotel
Chicago Daily News
Soldiers’ Field
Oscar E. Carkstrom
Ralph E. Bradford
Department of Conservation
State Capitol
Peoria Cartage Company
Decatur
East St. Louis
Bloomington
Illinois Commerce Commission
Commission
Illinois Central
Clinton National Bank
Linton
Resources
U. S
Banking House
Federal Reserve Bank
Clinton Savings Bank
Federal Reserve System
State
C. H. Young
Frank O. Kershner
E. A. Young
John E. Mooney
A. F. Johnson
A. L. Schuyler
Roy Hutchinson
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