Illinois centennial events plan highlight cornerstone and pageant
Illinois officials outline the centennial celebration in Springfield for October 5 and 6 with a cornerstone laying on October 5 and a governors day on October 6. Invites will go to President Wilson and state governors. Wallace Rice writes the pageant. the event marks the 50th anniversary of the capitol cornerstone.
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Wilson
Springfield
Frank O. Lowden
Woodrow Wilson
State Capitol
Old Northwest Territory
Illinois
Supreme Court
Centennial Commission
Legislative Joint Committees
Lowden
Lincoln
Douglas
Wallace Rice
Legislative Committees
Illinios Good Roads Postponement Debate Amid War Effort
Illinois good roads boosters meet with Governor Lowden to urge postponing road work if the 60 million bond issue passes in 1918. Led by William G Edens the group seeks a proclamation endorsing deferral to avoid hindering wartime activities, with an educational campaign planned. The Illinois supreme court ends the township high school controversy by denying a rehearing in People vs Stitt. Medical advisory boards for 83 districts to reexamine disqualified men were named under Maj Frank Billings to help districting, with board personnel pending presidential approval.
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Army
Navy
America
State Council of Defense
Illinois
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
Council of National Defense
State Council
Illinis
Frank O. Lowden
William G. Edens
Chicago
Tlinois Highway Improvement Association
Lowden
Edens
Association
Ilinois
Frank Billings
Medical Reserve Corps
War Department
Wilson
Schools to pass on pupil labor demand advisory committee
The Illinois state council of defense named an advisory educational committee to approve school child labor requests. Francis G. Blair leads the panel with members from Chicago, Joliet, Galesburg, Charleston, and Rock Island among others. Send all requests to secretary E. Fleming at 120 West Adams Street, Chicago. State owns canals property Brundage authorizes taking possession of abandoned Illinois and Michigan Canal section to stop Chicago dumping and adjacent use, via police power. Director Puterbuugh requested the opinion.
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State Council of Defense
Francis G. Blair
Eastern Illinois Normal School
Charleston
Edward J. Tobin
Cook County
Chicago
James BE
Armstrong
Englewood
Eugene Davenport
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
W. J. Steele
Galesburg
J. Stanley Brown
Township High School
Joliet
J. G. Hanna
Springfield
Toy Moore
Eureka
Harry Taylor
Township
Harrisburg
Gustave Andreen
Augustana College
Rock Island
E Pp. E. Fleming
West Adams Street
Brundage
State Department of Public Works
Mlinois and
Michigan Canal
Illinois News Briefly Told Will Train for Artillery
One thousand Chicago youths depart for Fort Winfield Scott California to train in artillery while others go to Camp Grant Rockford. Knox College pledges Red Cross support. cattle and sheep die from disease in Kankakee county. Prices drop for Christmas turkeys eggs. various local notes from Bloomington Lincoln Nashville Springfield Gillespie Alton Duquoin Peoria Freeport Chicago Taylorville DeKalb and more.
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Chicago
Fort Winfield Scott
California
Camp Grant
Rockford
Galesburg
Knox College
American Red Cross
Washington
Kankakee
Kankakee County
J. W. Logan
Bureau of Animal Industry
Food Price Committee
Bloomington
Chicago & Alton
Lincoln
Commercial Club
Nashville
David Konotski
Ashley
Springfield
Springfield Press Club
C. W. Eden
State Register
Gillespie
Supérior
No. 4
Springfield-Chicago
Charles J. le Masters
de Kalb
Amy
Trump
Alton
John Gissler
Tya
Liberty
Duquoin
Jesse Joplin
D. Winton Dunn
Joplin
Peoria
Joe Miller
Clark & Co
Miller
Freeport
Walter B. Spielman
Clarence Geiger
Thomas W. Gregory
Congress
Taylorville
Sherif Barnes
State Teachers’ Association
E. C. Knotts
Wetort
Lessons From the Babylonian Exile and Return
A reflective lesson review traces the Jewish monarchy, exile, and restoration from 1100 B C to 516 B C, stressing obedience to God, the dangers of idolatry, and the leadership of Zerubbabel Ezra Nehemiah and Esther, with Ezra and Nehemiah highlighted as heroic return figures. It urges a modern return to God and adherence to his law amid a world of darkness.
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Mount Nebo
United Kingdom
Saul
David
Solomon
Meecher
Judah
Israel
Jerusalem
Temple
Samaria
Elijah
Elisha
Hezekiah
B. C
Zerubbabel
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Daniel
Isaiah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Thanksgiving in Washington Welcomes Khaki Guests and Mothers
Thanksgiving in Washington brightened by khaki guests as families host soldiers away from home. Mothers express pride and sorrow, while a memorial honors Private James B. Gresham of Evansville. A Kincheloe child’s stage dance charms barracks, symbolizing a nation’s embrace of its servicemen.
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Jimmy
Evansville
Ind
James B. Gresham
France
Washington
Turkey
Washington Barracks
Kincheloe
Kentucky
Government offices stretched as demand for space grows
Treasury and other government departments face a severe shortage of 185000 square feet of office space. Relief hinges on new buildings authorized by Congress. War and Navy departments anticipate occupancy in early March in the large wooden Sixth and B streets complex near the old Union station site. A Treasury annex on Pennsylvania Avenue and Madison Place, a 1250000 building, aims for completion by September 15 1918.
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Treasury
Congress
Uncle Sam
War and Navy Departments
Sixth
B Streets
Union Station
Garfield
Guiteau
Treasury Department
The
Pennsylvania Avenue
Madison Place
Belasco Theater
The American Baby Magdalena Faces Nativist Fray
A street scene centers on Marree-ah and her baby Magdalena as immigrant life collides with American identity. An innocent moment on a New York sidewalk reveals pushcart sounds, Latin stereotypes, and fierce pride in an Americanized Saint’s name. The girl vows to defend Magdalena from anti Latin slurs, hinting at broader questions of nationality and assimilation.
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Magdalena
Marree
Mother of God
Mar-Mer
Milan
Heem
America
Maggee
Training Officers Split on ADS Plan for Reserve Leaders
Opinions differ over the ADS proposal to train reserve officers and place them with troops in France for field experience. The Training Camps association urges continuous officer schools and sending some reserve officers to France before returning them to train national forces. The War Department favors sourcing officers from the ranks and maintaining training at division headquarters. About 2,000 reserve officers are reported in Europe per General Pershing's request, remaining there.
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ADS
Secretary of War
Training Camps Association
Association
France
War Department
National Army
Pershing
Ben
Europe
General Pershing
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