Illinois Updates and Political Moves in October Edits
Attorney General Carlstrom advises daylight truck lighting requirements under new law effective October 1. Governor Emmerson names Dr. Preston Bradley to the state normal school board, succeeding the late Ernest Cole. The pardons board convenes amid a heavy docket, with sixty three murderers among petitions. October 15 marks a large bar exam class of about 385. Illinois road construction for the year totals between 1,850 and 1,400 miles, funded by the state, stated by the governor at the Blackburn bridge dedication.
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Louis J. Emmerson
Preston Bradley
Tinois
State Pardon Board
Diinois
Louis L. Emmerson
Blackburn Bridge
Duroc Swine Sale Promises 300lb Matures Oct 31
Second annual Farm Sales event by Farmers Friend Durocs in Mt Carroll Illinois features 40 head including 35 spring boars and 5 fall boars mostly sired by Invincible King. Sale starts 1 30 PM with free lunch at noon and a guarantee of free gas and oil for unsatisfied buyers. Under cover at Dr Dervers office building near the bank with immuned.
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Duroc
Duvocs
Invincible King
Invincible
Mt. Carroll
Dervers
Flee
Bank
Cols
Mest
Chadwick
Roy
iPrita
Carroll County
Win. Schneider & Son
Startling Figures on Subnormal Americans in 1931
Dr D H Galloway argues in American Medicine that heredity drives a large underclass, estimating 4 800 000 mental defectives and 1 209 000 with seven to nine year mental age. He cites annual costs near 1 billion in the United States and urges revision of asylums and policy to prevent a “nation of lunatics.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Medicine
D. H. Galloway
Roswell
New Mexico
United States
For Sale Items and Nursery Flooring Ad Blend
A compact sale note lists good potatoes at 50 cents per bushel from Claude Terry in Thomson HL. The clipping also mentions rubber flooring advertised for nurseries aimed at bouncing babies, but details are sparse.
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Claude Terry
Thomson, HL
Industrial Weight in Britain and Local Trade Terms
In Great Britain the standard is regally equal to 28 pounds per hundredweight with a weight variance in practice. The note describes how different prices and units, from five to 82 pounds, affect the use of a stone and its eighth hundredweight in trade.
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Gryit
Britain
Fragmented OCR reads on birthdays and gifts in New York
The passage mentions a birthday present of half a ton of kumadéy sou and a woman confronting her husband who is an anther, with references to copy work and a typewriter ribbon from New York. The text appears as garbled OCR from a Tribune article segment, lacking clear context or full names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wan Chen
New York
Berata Tribune
Cerberus sop referenced in Creeks myths and customs
The text explains the phrase a sop to Cerberus as bribe to a troublesome customer in Creek mythology. It notes Cerberus as the three-headed dog and relates a cake offering to the dead to placate the guardian, allowing passage without disturbance.
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Cerberus
Fine Prairie Farms Bargains Across Three Counties
Choice farms 41 to 840 acres available in Mercer Henry and Rock Island counties. Free mailed list upon request. Contact J. S. Gruake Agency 210 Safety Building Rock Island via phone Rock Island 488 or 922 TACV 21-32.
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Fine Prairie Farms
Choice Farms
Mercer
Henry
Rock Island
J. S. Gruake
Scrap-Book Drive Letter Shows Reserved Tone
A letter from Poscel reflects a lengthy note about the scrap-book drive and a reluctance to smoke, noting time spent and the need for brevity. The fragment hints at personal sentiment and community event context without further details.
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Springfield
al Tepettok
NEW 'S Tens
Attoreny
Oscar E. Carlstrom
Stats
William J. S.taiton
Vandalia
Rodney H. Brandon
Department of Public Welfare and Co
Frank D. Whipp
Illinois Supreme Court
The
Revenue Commission
Department of Public, Welfare
State Department of Agriculture
Charles F. Jarmon
Division of Social Hygiene
State Department of Public Health
Qlinoia Commerce Commission
Tri-State Bus Company
Chicago
East St. Louis
Daniel Chester French
Stockton
Mass
Abraham Lincoln
Wayne Hummer
State Activities Committee
Governor's Committee On
Macoupin Creek
Chesterfield
Gideon Blackburn
Blackburn University
Hinois
Enjed Eepiatine
Tlinois
Totel
BeGwen Lewis
John Balk
Thomson
Charles Grobaring
Leonard Stage
Savanna
B. R. Lewis
Thomson, m. Tf
Wm. D. Scott
Princeton
Iowa
Frank Brown
Thomson, Rt. 1
Garrett Bolhaus
Thomson, al
Gardner
Willis Barrett
Orie Potter
Thomson, Il
Durge
Jersey
Will C. Linker
Minnesota
George Potter
Thomson, I
Guernssey
T. B
Geo. Dykstra
Winchester
U. S
Karl Hansen
Haworth
N. J
Erie
Illinois
Geo. Fuller
Jacy
Kieffer Canning
W. G. Lawrence & Son
Fulton, I
Frank Forth
Morrizon
Ill
John C. Balk
Morrigan
Jim Bull
Union Grove
Kays Photo Service
la Crosse
Wis
Lawrence Gaar
Thomson, JL
Freda Hansen
Tucker Bldg
Clinton
Tae
Ebon
Washington Star
Moore Monument CO
3Rd St
Sterling, Dl
Stoecks
Howes
Clinton, Towa
John A. Crook
2Nd St. Clinton
Clinton, Iowa
Seeree
Schall
Parner
Ita
M. & A. Boot Shop
Alubis
ETA
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White-Phillips Company, Inc
First National Bank
Davenport
Lowa
Mid- West Auto
Freeport, Ill
Tose
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