Illinois Education Law Reforms Expand School Help and Certs
State Superintendent F G Blair lauds 1919 legislative session as landmark for public schools. Changes include 3 percent local levies, 50 percent boost in distributive fund, vocational education board with $800,879 two year total, and compulsory attendance extension to 14–16. New community high school law aids consolidation. pension fund reforms shift trustees to the governor, plus language and book provisions. Certification reforms tighten entry and reciprocity. counties link state certificates after five years teaching and additional study.
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F. G. Blair
Educational Press Bulletin
Board of Supervisors
Salarion
Adams County
Pace
Macomb
Ford
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Boards of Education
Steiner
John Steiner
Concert In The Park Tonight Directed By Ellis Brooks
Prof. Ellis Brooks of the Illinois State band presents a Washington park concert program featuring The Star Spangled Banner Overture Mercadante Scarf Dance Variation from Sym phonique Chamin de Reve Angelique with Cathedral Chimes Rubinstein Serenade Egyptienne Lincke Gems from Favorite Operas Tobani intermission leading community singing with band. Selection Tales of Hoffman Misery Rag Colby Lucy's Sextette Alford A ragtime travesty from Trovatore and Lucia finale La Belle Creole Tropic Dance Herman
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Ellis Brooks
Illinois State Band
Washington Park
Ballet “Symphonique
Rubinstein
Colby
Lucy
Alford
The York of Pall Mall A Conscientious Objector Turns Soldier
A profile of Corporal York from Pall Mall Tennessee detailing his Southern Allegheny upbringing, Holiness faith, and transition from a religious conscientious objector to a skilled marksman who killed twenty four Germans and captured one hundred thirty two. The piece links his character to Old American stock and regional customs.
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Tenn
York
Pershing
America
Boonesboro
General Ferguson
King’s Mountain
Allegheny Mountain
Corporal York
Pall Mall
Fentress County
Tennessee
Wolf River
Allegheny Mountains
Twentern
Clemen
Yord
S. E. Frogge
Frogge
Orpheum preview features Cleopatra with Theda Bara
The Orpheum Theater presents Stolen Orders and Perils of Thunder Mountain, then Theda Bara stars in Cleopatra starting Wednesday. The article notes emphasis on authentic Ancient Egyptian dress and the film’s dramatic mass effects and life events. It explains how dress varied by class in Ancient Egypt.
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Thunder Mountain
Theda Bara
Cleopatra
William Fox
Egypt
Theater Listings Highlight Busy Weekend Program
Local theaters present Fatty Arbuckle in Fatty's Indian Sweetheart and Kinogram at Gem Theater. Warren Kerrigan and Lois Wilson star in A Burglar for a Night at Savoy, with Family Theater features Sporting Life and Ford Weekly. Enid Bennett headlines When Do We Eat at Princess, Ruth Roland in The Tiger's Trail at Quincy, and Belasco shows Divorce Trap with Gladys Brockwell. Star offers Phil for Short while Colonial screens Eye of Death and The Worst is Yet to Come. The Whig ad column promotes investments and business partnerships.
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Gem Theater
Fatty Arbuckle
Fatty
Star Theater
Phil
Colonial Theater
Eye of Death
Film Helpers Strike Hits Chicago Theaters
About 150 members of the Film Exchange Shipping Clerks and Helpers union walked out in Chicago on Thursday seeking a minimum weekly wage of 40 dollars. Sixteen of the city’s largest picture exchanges are affected.
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Film Helpers
Chicago
Film Exchange Shipping Clerks and Helpers Union
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure for Catarrh
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Medicine builds up the system and cleanses the blood to reduce head colds. It claims internal action on mucous surfaces and warns chronic catarrh may follow repeated attacks. Free testimonials offered. $100 promise for any uncured case. Fr. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Fr. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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