University of Chicago Professor Wilkinson Review of His Daughter Florence
A long profile recaps William Cleaver Wilkinson, a University of Chicago English professor, and his daughter Florence Wilkinson, a Broadway playwright and novelist. It notes their strained family dynamic, Florence's success with productions like Two Is Camping and The Lady of the Freg Flowers, and Wilkinson's cautious reception of her work. The World adds a warm review of Florence’s The Silent Door, portraying it as a bold, personal portrayal of stage life and revelation.
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New York
William Cleaver Wilkinson
University of Chicago
Vermont
Rochester Theological Seminary
Ufe
Wayfane
New Haye
Fiorence
Carlyle
Shakespeare
Florence
Duto
Broadway
Stoner
Wilkinson
Jle
Empire Theatre
Wle
Agi
Pige
William Clauver Wilkinson
Costly music sale at piano parlors offers year of sheets
The piano firm advertises one year of sheet music at actual cost to buyers who register in the music directory. Call or visit Smith & Barnes Piano Song Book free for new callers. Daily Journal offers home delivery for 10 cents for nine weeks.
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Smith & Barnes
DrVore Piano Co
Stephenson St
Freeport
Elect Dr. Smith to Lead Buffalo Rock Tent Villa Board
At a Chicago stockholders meeting for the Buffalo Rock Tent Villa company the board of rectory was elected including Dra. Cobb Blackwood Aurand and W W Clark from Chicago and Dr Bailey of Lincoln Neb Dr Smith of Freeport and others. A directors meeting then chose officers: President Dr Joseph P Cobb Vice President Dr A E E Swithh Secretary C S Reed and Treasurer Dr Samuel H Aurand. The group plans preliminary work on 113 acres by the Dinvis river near Ottawa to build roads grading and tents with opening expected by mid September for patient reception.
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Breeport
View Prestleny
Buffalo Rock Pont Villa Contenary
Buffalo Rock Tent Villa Company
Chicago
Joseph P. Cobb
Alexander L. Blackwood
Samuel H. Aurand
Fred W. Clark
Benjamin F. Bailey
Lincoln
Neb
Wilam B. Prichard
Ottawa
Mil
A. B. Smith
Freeport
A. E E. Swithh
C. S. Reed
Samuel H. Auland
Illnois Homoeopathic Medical Association
Dinvis River
Season of Commencement for High School Graduates
The Pantagraph notes Bloomington and other cities will soon see sweet girl graduates and bold boy graduates leaving high school. A large class will be turned out this summer as students race to finish work and pass exams. A few on the ragged edge will not know until the eve of battle if they will receive their diplomas.
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Bloomingtons
District Leader on the Road Impresses With Its Spectacle
A touring version of The District Leader bills itself as a superbly staged production. The chorus and cast deliver opera quality singing with ample scenery and electrical effects. The show, originally produced at Wallack's Theatre in New York, promises a lavish presentation for Tuesday night audiences.
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Wustedl
Herald Square
Wallack’s
New York
Foet
Miona stomach tablets promise relief from indigestion
An advertisement touts Mi-O-Na as a safe effective cure for indigestion and stomach troubles. It claims rapid relief from headaches heartburn coated tongue and sleeplessness by strengthening digestive organs. Price is 40 cents a box with a money back guarantee from W A Jungkunz.
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Nice
Wai. BF
Jungkunz
Entertainment at Church Program by Begingers Department
The First Presbyterian Church presents an evening program on Sabbath May 1 at 7 30. Babies perform drills, nursery rhymes are read with illustrations, and illustrations accompany songs. Mrs Lennox presents It Want to Be a Soldier Pa. Sunflower drill and girl’s reading conclude. Admission is 14 cents.
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Bohemia
de Duthow
New York
First Presbyterian Church
Memorial Day Observance Urged by School Officials
Superintendent F G Blair urges all public schools to observe Memorial Day with proper exercises. He suggests closing schools, enlisting veterans to help, planting a Grand Army Memorial Tree, and compiling permanent soldier records in school libraries to teach children the price of peace and honor of the fallen.
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F. G. Blair
Poblite
Ioyatity
Grand Army
This Date in History Highlights
This date lists key events from 1464 Yorkists at Hexham to 1900 General Buller in Dundee. It notes Florence Nightingale born 1820 and Edmund Kean death. 1847 Daniel O Connell dies in Genoa. 1848 Vienna insurrection. 1895 Hugh Conway death.
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Hexham
Frankenhausen
Lord Cornwallis
Tippoo Saib
Florence Nightingale
Crimea
Edmund Kean
Daniel O’connell
Genoa
Vienna
Innsbruck
Louis Fiel
Canada
General Buller
Dundee
South Africa
Hugh Conway
Edwin A Alderman 46th Birthday Profile
Dr Edwin Anderson Alderman president of the University of Virginia was born in Wilmington North Carolina May 15 1861. He prepared for college in the South and in 1882 graduated at the University of North Carolina. Since then his life has been busy and productive with a career in teaching and leadership.
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Wwe Eeewe
Edwin Anderson
Alderman
University of Virginia
Wilmington
N. C
South
University of North Carolina
Noted American Educator Alderman Held University Posts
The text traces the career of a prominent educator who began as superintendent of Goldsboro City Schools in North Carolina, served as assistant state superintendent, led the University of North Carolina and Tulane University, and in 1904 became president of the University of Virginia. Alderman was renowned as an orator and biographer.
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Goldsboro
N.C
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Tulane University
Louisiana
University of Virginia
Alderman
Stephenson County Real Estate Transfers in Freeport
Abstract office lists transfers including H L Bituer to W J Speckman for 35 24 40 acres Back Run and other parcels in Freeport with prices from 600 to 4500. Notices note abstracts of tithe and conveyancers O Taylor & Bros. Also an advertisement for Electric Bitters claiming cure for eczema and a child’s lung ailments with a 50 cent bottle price.
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Stephenson County
H. L. Bituer
W. J. Speckman
Awl
Sely
KE. G. Pratl
Christian Herald
Lichtenberger
Freeport
E.G. Pratt
Knowlton
Anna Hake
R. C. Bowen
Nwi
R. E. Grosa
Christopher Washburn
C.F. Hildredth
John Schiller
M. S. Lestt
M. G. Barnes
Gustav Hornburg
Bu Ft
Lot
Guiteau
P. W. Rockey
Fresport
George Ruston
J. M. McCoolee
Meyer
J. M. McCool
O. Tayvion & Frrok
N. A. Adams
Henrietta
Joseph Emmerts’ Drug Store
Rockford Seeks McConnell Fugitive Seen in Towns
Reports claim Boots McConnell, recently escaped from the county jail, has been seen in Rockford Pecatonica and nearby areas. Authorities pursue sightings, while residents recall his home ties and the danger of his return to Joliet's jail.
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Pecatonica
Rockford
Boots
McConnell
McConnall
South Rockford
Aren Nese Pecatonica
Rogis
Joliet
Local option fight organzation formed in Illinois
In Peoria May 14 authorities report distillers brewers and saloonkeepers statewide formed a secret Springfield based organization to oppose the local option law. Carl G Herget Pekin was named chairman with Charles W Robinson Peoria secretary and an executive committee including W E Holland William Henning G A Keller Samuel Woolner Jr and William Badek. The panel can complete a permanent group. Distillers test steel casks for whisky shipment while rules require wooden containers for marking by inspectors. Daily Journal delivery in the city costs 10 cents weekly.
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Peoria
Uqnor Acerests
Springfield
Carl G. Herget
Pekin
American Brewing Company
Standard Distilling and Distributing Company
Charles W. Robinson
Gipps Brewing Company
W.E. Holland William Henning
Mendout
G. A. Keller
Decatur
Samuel Woolner, Jr
William Badek
Kankakee
The
Revenue Department
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