Forest Park Picnic Plans and Farewell Events in 1918
The Forrest Park Business Men's Association to hold its annual picnic at Fox Miner Park near Aurora on Thursday July 18. A farewell party was hosted for Harvey Hanthtin at Miss Emma Kelley’s home on Saturday evening May 25. Community Methodist church lays corner stone as local leaders bid farewell to Carl Kempe bound for Macon Georgia. Several residents depart for Jefferson Barracks St. Louis with numerous farewell gatherings.
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Forest Park
Harvey Hanthtin
Emma Kelley
Mr. Antich
Bunco
Prin
Ada Bellow
Witham Lun
George Huether
Herman Bruns
Louis Gqutenschwager
Memorial Day programs and student notices at Gha de School
Betsy Ross edition notes 4A class crafts Memorial Day booklets with a flag themed cover. Memorial Day programs run in 4A and 6A 7B rooms with songs poems flag salute and talks. A May 25 PTA program lists songs poems plays and student performances. Troop scouts camp Dan Beard trip details and Forest Park games against Maywood are reported. Throughout, student rosters list many grade level names and birthday records.
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Betsy Ross
Lucille Proska
Eugene Kreml
Biss Kelly
Betsy Ross B
VT. A
Flanders
America
Dorothy Weidemany
Dewendolyn Montgomery
Dorothy Gaguier
Irene Rosenwinkle
Daner
Lenora Wright
Elmer Rosenwinkle
Dorothy Holpuch
Kachen
Erwin Mertinert
Clytic
Lillian Schaefer
Rhuth Gosch
Mylea Moore- Noure
Tile Hononicht
Ted—Elmer Huehner
Molly—Mae
Martha Clement
Tuit
Charles Euler
Tee-Hee
Walter Mohler
Myrtle Singnans
Hungary
Mac Martha Clement
Arline Vanek
Myrtle Simmons
Lottie
Ruth Kreml
Nora—Sarah Wilson
Wilt Merbert Horn
Mary—June Olson
Henry—Russell Wadtcick
Miss Kelly
Lorraine Starpace
Splet
Kenora Wright
Regina Lenny
Nancy Papa
Jean Richardson
Jucite Proska
Miss Preller
Miss Battum
Miss Wilson
Miss Sharpits
Miss Keller
Miss Jerner
Stevenson School News Highlights and Class Parties
Field-Stevenson editors Mary Guerra Grace Han son report perfect attendance by Frances Cognato Louis Calcagna in Grade 1B. Absent days noted for Ward Meighing Lester Aldenberg Robert Havpr Henry Hinz. Stevenson 2A class hosted a mothers party with 21 attendees including Christine Hitchcock Ruth Decker Wynette Lustig Ronadel Dietz. Readings dances songs and games followed by white apron refreshments. The 4A class held a Friday party after recess with activities and brief description.
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Frances Cognato
Louis Calcagna
Ward Meighing
Lester Aldenberg
Robert Havpr
Henry Hinz
Stevenson
Christine Hitchcock
Ruth Decker
Wynette Lust
Book reviews and literary notices tease new works
The piece surveys Alfred Aloysius Horn s new novel Harold the Webbed of the Young Vikings and notes its June 8 trade edition. Ellen Glasgow critiques American and Russian attitudes toward soul with wit while Eugene O Neill s Strange Interlude draws crowds, praised for its novel like scope and depth, demanding reader engagement before attending the stage performance.
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Alfred Aloysius Horn
Trader Horn
Harold the Webbed
Ellen Glasgow
Ashenden or the British Agent by Somerset Maugham review
A flawed but readable potboiler review notes Somerset Maugham's Ashenden or The British Agent as a loosely episodic WWI spy tale with no strong plot yet engaging moments. The narrator, possibly Maugham, reflects on wartime service and Geneva assignments, praising its readable prose and occasional tension.
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Ikood
Sharp
Somerset Maugham
Ashenden
Mangham
Secret Service
Geneva
How Money Grows and the Power of Interest
A minister recounts a tale of a 1806 church cornerstone tin box containing papers and a $20 coin. He notes that if that $20 had grown at 6 percent compound interest, it would be worth over $20,000 today, illustrating why money must work instead of being locked away.
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John D
Pilcher Hamilton Co
Ancient Faiths and Healing Texts Highlight May Church Lesson
The May 27 lesson in Christian Science churches discussed ancient and modern romance, Allah, mesmerism, and hypnotism. It cited Malachi 4 2 and Luke 10 19 20 plus Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health, stressing Christianity as Jesus teaching demonstrated healing and divine Love over error.
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Allah
Berman
Churches of Christ
Beieatist
Aries
Indla
Mary Baker Eddy
Jesus
Christ
Amusements at Forent Theatre This Week
George Bancroft stars in The Show Down at Forent Theatre today. Sunday features Love Hungry with Lois Moran in the stellar role, a Blur comedy From Houp to Nuts. Monday Salty O’Neil in A Bachelor's Paradise. Tuesday Foola for Luck with W C Fields and Cheater Conklin. Wednesday shows Mary Jhubin in Love Me and the World In Mine. Thursday and Friday The Circus with Charli Chiptin. New management draws patrons as turnout rises. Jack Lyon and the new organ headline the shows.
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George Bancroft
Forent Theatre
Aeroonate Traction
Lois Moran
Atellar
Salty O'Neil
Cireus
Patrona
Jack Lyon
White City Free Outdoor Circus Returns to Chicago Yard
White City's free outdoor circus enters its second week with daily gala shows and a terraced garden overlooking the park. The venue showcases top Big Top talent with animal acts and attractions like The Flash coaster ride, Heyday, the Kid, the Chinese Underworld, and the Merry-Go-Round, along with new twists drawing crowds to the Chicago amusement center.
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White City
Chiscago
Oriental Theater Week Spotlight Show Album
For the week starting Sunday at Oriental theater Jones Sed Mark Fisher and the merry mad musical pane present one of the year most delightful stage performances Mark titled Jaze Hutter flies promising to lift patrons over clouds of classical music into jazz clouds with scintillating syncopation Fisher aids the show Mark pledges it will be among the season s fastest and cleverest For screen divertissement Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon star in The Hawk s Nest a First National picture Sills plays a Chinatown gangland mystery man with uncanny power
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Jones Sed
Mark Fisher
Oriental Theater
Mark
Jaze Hutterflies
Milton Sills
Doris Kenyon
Sills
Chinatown
Chicago Theater Promotes Adolph Menjou Film
For the week starting May 28 Chicago theatergoers will enjoy the Adolphe Menjou feature His Tiger Lady a lighthearted comedy. The star known for his suave persona headlines the program with a cheerful mood throughout the week.
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Chicago
Adolphe Menjou
Menjou
Screen Romance and Showgirl Stars In New Film Bill
The story follows a global romance arc around a celebrated actor and his wife with Evelyn Brent and Menjou headlining. Misa Brent rises as a national celebrity in Underworld and Showstown. A circus beauty captivates the star, while Hula Blues offers a Hawaiian beauty show with traditional dances and modern tap.
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Evelyn Brent
Menjouie
Misa Brent
Menjou
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Louis. Schualer
Marengo Avenue
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Milasiona
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Joseph Sansone
Anna Mae Chelstrom
Lucille Dobbeck
Rose Villari
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Marshall Kuster
Marjory Siegfer
Ruth Vandenberg
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William Batriz
Marvin Hielig
James Theodasakis
Lucille Bisshop
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Anna Ickert
Douglas Eckert
Clifford Sandelin
Frank Sortino
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George Bourbeau
Robert Bruce
Biagi Lamberti
Ernst Sloting
Anseline Schultz
Lorraine Schafer
Field-Stevenson
Mary Guerra
Grace Han
Book Review
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Boni & Liveright
New York
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Mr. O'Neill
Nina
Gordon Shaw
O'Neill
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Doubleday Doran & Oy
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Forest Theater
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Ceaptaince
Mack Sonnet
Rex
Loje Moran
International News and Screen
Sally O'Neil
Daily News
W. C. Fields
Chester Conklin
Mary Philbin
Love Me
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Artic and Pathe Review
H. J. Mohe & Sons
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