Ford Senate election sparks backlash over government contracts
The text argues it would be a scandal for Henry Ford to join the Senate while retaining government contracts, noting public opinion would not tolerate it and legally prohibits office-holding by contract holders. It critiques Ford’s suitability and warns of vacancies and consequences if he enters politics. It also contrasts with a Bozeman draft-board grievance letter, depicting family hardship and bias in service eligibility.
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Henry Ford
Senate
Ford
Jill
Gow
Olne
Mr Fond
United States Senate
Mir
Automo
New York
Bozeman
Mont
Hin
Cla Wis
United States
Pat
Uncle Sam and War Time Lament Mixes Silliness
A garbled patriotic quip mix lampoons wartime life with misheard lines about Uncle Sam, army and navy, tax relief, and household wonder, set amid distracted banter. The piece mingles references to Taft, Riverside Drive, Alice and Patty Arbuckle, ending with a telegram joke.
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Howard Taft
New York
Skry
Riverside Drive
60Th Stroet
Patty Arbuckle
Fourth of July Pageant Echoes Loyal Citizens Pride
The narrative recalls a rousing public day in Forest Park with speakers including Senator Hook and Henry Reich Ii. Journalists praise the crowd’s fervor, the reporters’ close-up view, and the honored guests like Krank Quitia and Mayor Kaul. The piece ends with a vow to send a record to local boys at home.
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Ant
Kaul
Pout Witt— Tong
Forest Park
Speakera
Red Cross Notice Opens Surgery Training in July Town
The notice urges support for soldiers and volunteers and announces a surgery training report ready for work Monday evening July 5 at the community assembly hall. It calls for three cheers for the boys fighting abroad and those at home and asks everyone to picture a smile.
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Bone
RED Cross
Cut and Dried War-Time Laughs in a Service Flag Tale
A wartime humor piece recounts civilians and soldiers reacting to an overstaffed service flag at a credit emporium and a comical exchange about thirty relatives or employees. Soldiers in Flanders share hair-raising tales while a lady conductor and a ship officer seek order as crowds and crews adjust to crowded spaces and routine commands.
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Ikey
Meey
Tillers and Tiling Tangles in Odd Street Revels
A string of quirky exchanges and malapropisms unfolds as neighbors and officials share confused remarks. Dodson jokes about patent leather shoes while a clerk jokes about weights. Brown turns garden work into sparrow training as a passerby asks about a bath.
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Forest Park Review
Paschal-Hall-Heileman CO. (Incorporated
Madison St
Forest Park, Ill
Albert L. Hall
Oak Park
Illinois
Sam
Werlin
Guynor
Oyer
Lord AE
jMinnkea
Agia Aye
Sregniaentbagien
Wey
Hook
Borent Park
Kenutur-une
Toraada
Henry Rieuk—Ii
David Rosenheim
Counsell of
Woefonso
Waterloo
Krank
Nergst
A.M. C. Dys
Krank Billnes
Thea
Flanders
Photo Forest Park
Otto FE. Loven
Madison Street
Dodson
Anthony
Dern
Delco
Elgin Auto Repair Works
Elgin Ave
Vacarit
Qik Park
Theo. L. Lobstein & CO
Twelfth Street
Harlem
Eversweet
H. Hann Tel
WM. C. Wornhoff
Marion
Ferdinand Avenue
Chicago
Desplaines Aves
Jackson Boulevard
Metropolitan
Hannah
ICO
MEWOU
Eae
Olirantvatte
Forest Park Theatre
F. P
Kitty Gordon
Benjamin Chapin
William Fox
William Farnum
the Conqueror
Geneat Sun Houston
Jewel Carmen
Fear
Ann Murdock
Ina Beeni Gh
Mira Gete
Clara Kimball Young
Camille
Douglas Fairbanks
Brandan
Hitvy
Pathe News
Mary Anderson
Alfred Whitman
Masato
Marion Street
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