Star Theatre Previews Stars in New Comedies and Dramas
The Star presents Winsome Bessie Love in The Great Nuture and Ze k iee Howell in Her Untold Life. William Russell and Bull Montana star in In Bad with boxing feats. June Caprice sews her orphan dress for Unknown 274, with a week of Bluebird and Fox features announced.
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Bessie Love
Star Tonight Pn
Iee Howell
Hton Dearholt
Carmel Myers
Star Theatre
Bluebird
Ashton Dearholt
Mr. Dear
William Russell
Star Saturday
Edward Sloman
Mr. Russell
Francelia Billington
Bull” Montana
Douglas Fairbanks
June Caprice
William Fox
Harry Millarde
Fatty Arbuckle Moonshine at the Princess Tonight
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle and his company of fanmakers perform Moonshine at the Princess tonight in a wildly amusing comedy. Also starring Constance Talmadge, Lillian Walker, and Chester Conklin, with It Pays to Exercise and other acts scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle
the Princess Tonight
Fatty
Constance Talmadge
Sally
Lillian Walker
Buckle
West
Mr. Arbuckle
Blue Ridge Mountains
Princess Theatre
Paramount
Mack Sennett
Chester Conklin
Slim Summerville
Alice Maison
Harry Booker
Eva Thatcher
Slim
Court of Justice
Riddell Announces Sheriff Candidacy in DeKalb County
Frank W. Riddell of DeKalb announces his candidacy for sheriff subject to Republican primary voters on September 11 1918. Support from fellow Republicans is solicited and urged in this public notice.
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DeKalb County
Frank W. Riddell
DeKalb
Weekend Showings at Princess and Star Theaters
Tonight at the Princess Theater motion pictures and at the Star Theater more films. Local lodges meet including DeKalb Lodge Knights of Pythias No 215 and Fraternal Castle Knighter lodge Swedish Good Templars No 128 in the hall. Teamsters union also gathers at the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Theater
Star Theater
Motion Pictures
DeKalb Lodge
Knights Eof Pythias
Knighter Lodge
Good Templars
Teamsters’ Union
DeKalb County Republican Candidate Seeks Treasurer Nomination
Walter M. Hay declares his candidacy for the Republican nomination for county treasurer in the upcoming primaries. He appeals for voters support while noting community meetings at local halls and fraternal events hosted by Moose and Elks lodges in DeKalb.
Stockyards Licensed Under Wilson Proclamation
President Wilson issues a proclamation requiring stockyard owners to obtain licenses by July 26 and giving the agriculture secretary control to conserve food and direct distribution. Livestock commission men must also obtain licenses, with applications due to the United States Food Administration in Washington. The notice also carries a political message from William L. Pond seeking the Republican nomination for DeKalb County Judge in the September 11, 1918 primary.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
President Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Livestock Commission
Law Department
United States Food Administration
Washington
Henderson Seeks DeKalb County Clerk Nomination
Republican candidate S. M. Henderson asks voters to support him in the September 11 1918 primary. Polls will open from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. in DeKalb County.
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Dekalb County
Soldiers at Home and Abroad Arrive Safe Overseas
Edward M. Pierce Ambulance Company 132 of the 83rd Division arrives safely overseas. Fred Gardner, stationed at Rantoul Illinois, earns a commission as aviation instructor and logs four hours daily. Conductor Fowler of West Chicago with four sons in service. one at Paris Island, another in a U.S. training camp, two others unknown. John Fitzgerald from Ellwood Avenue notes imminent eastward move from Fort Bliss Texas. John Langdon Moore of Minneapolis, wife Miss Bess Turner, connected to the Howland family, at Valparaiso Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gardner
Rantoul, Il
Fowler
West Chicago
Spring Valley
Paris Island
States
Government Service Note Reflects Ongoing Community Ties
The fragment notes that an individual has many friends and relatives in the area and is in service to the government, highlighting local connections and official duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ple
Western Union Messengers Arrested in Five Cities
United Press reports five Western Union messengers were arrested in Washington Baltimore Philadelphia New York and Boston to secure evidence for a charge that Western Union operated in illegal post office competition by delivering night letters via train. The action centers on alleged violations of the postal revenue law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Post Office
Washington, D. C
Mrs Sheets Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Minnie Ellinwood Sheets wife of Dr Frank D Sheets former district superintendent and now Chicago district chief died at Wes Ley Memorial hospital after years of illness She was a well known figure among local acquaintances Also Ben Wagle recently on furlough from Great Lakes training station returned home.
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Sheets
Minnie Ellinwood Sheets
Frank D. Sheets
Rockford
Chicago
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Ben Wagle
Great Lakes
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Yucatan
Roscoe
Chronicle
Kitchen
Keen Kleaner
Dutch Cleanse
Savings Bank Free Wit
Han
Swift Pride
Iser
Sunkist
Redwood Salmon Flats
Fort Dearborn
St. Nicholas
van Camp
Hoyt’s
Arm & Hammer
K. C
Dundee
Uneeda Biscuit
Graham
Barth City
Ates
Moose Meeting
Mystic Workers
Davy's Hall
East Lincoln Highway
Harry W. Jones
Auspices of the Elks
Armory Hall
Walter M. Hay
William L. Pond
Edward M. Pierce
83Rd Division
John Fitzgerald
Fort Bliss
Texas
Fitzgerald
Ellwood Avenue
John Langdon Moore
Slinneapolis
Bess Turner
Byron Howland
Valpairaiso
Ind
Peo
Illinois
F. T. Rutherford
Minols Volunteer Infantry
Alton
Emerson Andrews
Sycamore
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Anderson Brothers
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
DE Kalb
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