Forest Park debates form of government and peddling nuisance
The Forest Park Review criticizes the village’s commission form of government as costly and ineffective. It urges abolishing the system, adopting a city form with wards and elected officials, and argues Harlem Avenue improvements will boost growth as real estate expands along Twenty second Street and surrounding areas. It also condemns petty licensing for peddlers as a nuisance harming merchants and housewives.
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Forest Park
United States
Kaul
Burkart
Atreet
Bir
Eigen
Nut
Ash
Ita
Madison Street Rooster Club
Harlem Avenue
Oyken¢E
Riveraite
Norwood Park
Horsem Avenue
Haelin
Reviewette A Kirkwood's postal card plan for air mail profits
San Francisco resident Reviewette A Kirkwood argues a government postal card to cross the continent by air would cost senders 24 cents, with claimed revenues of 40 million dollars from postcards. He calls for a 75 percent rate cut to stimulate air mail growth and government revenue. The note precedes mention of the 1925 automobile show opening today, called the Silver Jubilee anniversary.
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San Francisco
Air
Kirkwood
Alr Mall
Elysa
Uncle Sam
By Way of Diversion By Edith Helieman
A column of verse and prose from 1924 notes, poems from Chicago poets, and local cultural commentary. It includes reflections on poetry, a Jubilee celebration description, and brief items about press agents, tax officials, and everyday humor.
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Edith Helieman
Chicago
Noted chicken photographer tours the country for prizes
It describes Mr. Stahmer as a top chicken photographer who studies sunlit angles, captures prize pictures, and travels to wealthy homes and ranches. He may visit Vanderbilts, California, Texas, and North Carolina to photograph winners, becoming the country’s recognized chicken artist.
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Mr. Stalmer
Vanderbilt
North Carolina
California
Texas
World's Oldest Man A Porter In Constantinople
Zorsh Agra, a porter in Constantinople, recently celebrated his 150th birthday and is hailed as the world's oldest man. For more than a century he labored as a bamal carrying bales from ships to warehouses in the Turkish capital. Agra credits longevity to a simple diet avoiding coffee and alcohol, and to his hard work despite having had over wives and now seeking a new match.
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Zorsh Agra
Constantinople
Agra
Aultien
Turtle and Rabbit Find Cash in Goats Appetite
A humorous panel shows Turtle declaring a goat’s appetite includes money while Rabbit asks how. Turtle notes the goat just ate a five dollar bill, prompting playful speculation about value and appetite.
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Rabbit
Fragmentary stage notes hint at roles and cast
The text references Mr Mack Simns in a troubled role with new aid, a supportive brush, and a young beautiful girl loved by a distinguished company. It mentions Wilton Lackaye and Br. Sherman discovering Phoebe Foster, Robert Vivian, and Fiem in a theatrical setting.
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Mack Simns
Supportbrush
Wilton Lackaye
Br. Sherman
Phoebe Foster
Robert Vivian
Play scrambles with Ward and Colbert at Adelphi
Fragmentary notes say Ward and Claudette Colbert are linked to a stage production with dates described as matinee days at the Adelphi on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Sherman appears as a claimant or speaker in the contested play titles.
High Stakes drama at Adelphi Theatre Chicago
High Stakes, a three act drama with Lowell Ehermann in the lead, presented by A. H. Woods at the Adelphi Theatre in Chicago. Willard Mack, renowned for Tiger Rowe and Kick In, wrote the play and co-authored other works, delivering a probing dramatic study of cox relations and social tensions.
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Lowell Ehermann
A. H. Woods
Adelphi Theatre
Chicago
Willard Mack
Mr. Mack
Tiger Rowe
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Hall-Heileman Company
Forest
Albert L. Hall
Dusols
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Cal
Government Postal
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Woot
King of the Black Tales
L. L. Emmerson
Dorothy Dow
Miss Dow
N. W. Nicolson
The
Black Isles
Perkina
Bia Pol
Jaffa Gate
Jerusalem
Jerueslem
Parr
Alchemy
Mra
Mabel Reinecke
Internal Revenue
RAYS
Reinecke
Louie L. Brahmer Ito
Marjorie F. W
Deirdre
AOL
Public Service Stores
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
H. L. Judd
Oak Park Avenue
Tel
Euclid
Oak Park, Ill
Adelphi
Rnles
Ford Organization
America
Charles J. Dempsey
Washington Boulevard
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