Illinois Drives For Road Improvements This Year
Friday, October 27, 1916 reports Illinois aims to spend 10 million dollars on good roads before July 1, 1917 with plans for 30 million more. Charles W. Mears of the Winton Company extols roads as a catalyst for isolation removal, social life, education, and prosperity, urging community action. Illinois coal reserves and a note on Troy electric plant accompany the road discussion. The Leader debuts in Staunton, edited by Edward W. Camp. Troy seeks the Madison County Farmers Institute session.
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Illinois
Sisterhood of States
Charles W. Mears
Winton Company
Weber’s Weekly
Happy Go Lucky
Troy
Consolidation of Small City Electric Plants Across Illinois
Weber's Weekly outlines a two part discussion on uniting Illinois small city electric plants into regional networks via transmission lines. Benefits include improved reliability, centralized management under the Public Utilities Commission, economies of scale, and rural farm energy access, with Illinois leading in such intercity transmission development.
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Weber's Weekly
Chicago
Illinois
Troy
State Public Utilities Commission
Electrc
American
Ilinois
What Happened to Jones and the Friday Laugh Chronicle
A humorous pastiche blends newsroom anecdotes with a late night rush tale. A subscriber pays six dollars, a reader advances two years, and a business man seeks a full page per issue through Christmas. A girl donates ten dollars, a banker delivers news of a four million windfall, and a wife’s rebuke ends the scene. The piece folds into a mock calendar of quirky historical quips for October. Also included is a jab at newsroom leadership and pride in the social dynamic of a bustling shop.
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Jones
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Che Trop
B.W. Jarvis
Madison County Press Club and
Southern Ill. Editorial Association
Illinois State Geological Survey
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Department of Mining Engineering
University of Illinois
Franklin
Williamson
Jefferson
United States
The
Leader
Staunton
Edward W. Camp
John W. Camp
Madison County Farmers’ Institute
Kinloch
Hell
Phadt
Phan
Sree
Phaney
Herpa
Henry
Peter the Great
Cinderella
Tom Thum
Jess Willard
Tecumseh
Walter Raleigh
Buffalo Bill
Senator Sorghum
H. T. Sims
Riebold
S Bakery
Troy Telephone Company
E. N. Michael
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