People’s Non-Partisan Ticket nominates local officials
The slate highlights Emil C. Kasten as Town Clerk candidate and Henry I. Heckler as Assessor, pledging nonpartisan service to taxpayers. Other nominees include George E. Sidle for Town Clerk, John Shilling for Commissioner of Highways, Theodore A. Peterson and Frank F. Flanagin, with Heckler urging fair taxation and township-wide tax equalization.
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Denali
Henry I. Heckler
Township of
Thornton
Heckler Seeks Thornton Township Assessor Post
Mr Heckler declares nomination on the People’s Non-Partisan ticket for Thornton Township Assessor to be decided April 7 1914. He cites three years as Supervisor and four years as Deputy Assessor Calumet detailing honesty efficiency and voter judgment as keys to his candidacy.
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Harvey
Thornton Township
Cook County
Thornton
Calumet
Regular Election Notice for Calumet Township Illinois 1914
Official notice sets Tuesday April 7 1914 as the annual township meeting and election day with 7 am to 5 pm outside Chicago and 6 am to 4 pm inside Chicago. Lists polling places in Blue Island Morgan Park Riverdale and Chicago wards precincts and the officers to be elected including assessor collector town clerk supervisor highway commissioner and constable for terms up to three years. Meeting to convene at Blue Island Chicago and Vermont and a moderator to be chosen with tax and budget business on agenda.
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Calumet
Cook
State of
Illinois
Chicago
City of
Julius A Wessel
Burr Oak
Blue Island
A. M. Anderson
Morgan Ave
Morgan Park
Ill
C. Rli
PLR
R. Depot
Commercial Ave
32Nd Ward
Vincennes Ave
Throop St
R.R
C.r.il& R. Ry
N. E
Wentworth Ave
St. Gist
Rooth Pt
Cor
Vermont Sts
Bluegieland
Washington Heights
Emil J. Wanek
Civic Club Smoker Highlights Calumet Region's Industrial Rise
Mr. Lee argues transportation costs drive industrial location and praises the Calumet region. He notes Lake Michigan, the Calumet river system, and a planned Lake Calumet harbor as catalysts. Indiana drainage districts and canal links expand the Calumet system toward global trade via Great Lakes, Panama, and Gulf ports.
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Lee
Chicago
Calumet
Calmet River
Chain of Lakes
Lake Michigan
America
Lake Calumet Harbor
Arend van Viissingen
Indiana
Great Lakes
New York
Europe
Ilinois
Mississippi
Gulf
Panama Canal
Woman seeks piano in London shop with bold bargain plan
A woman enters a London store and, flashing a rich pocketbook, negotiates a piano on hire. She asks about insulation and insurance while revealing plans to outsmart her husband, who would smash a piano with an axe.
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London
Misapprehension and the boy who ate the ribbons
A visit to Aunt Matilda exposes a boy named Frank who misremembers a tale. He cannot read yet searches for a book and succeeds. Reading aloud from a collection, he identifies a line from The Night Before Christmas, proving his memory of the wrong story. The scene ends with his triumph.
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Frank
Matilda
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Husband Pays the Fare After Crowd Confusion
Mrs Standish tells of a crowded bus carfare mix up when a conductor asked for the fare paid by a man in the crowd. She described her handsome husband Standish as tall in a blue overcoat with dark mustache and brown eyes. The mystery man paid, and Standish arrived late, blaming a truck.
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Mrs. Standish
The Swineherd Tale of the Bishop
An English bishop strolling in the country chats with a pig herd. The lad says he earns two shillings a week. The bishop claims higher earnings, and the lad replies perhaps you get more swine than me to mind.
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Moindin
German Women Collegians Progress at German Universities
Over six years the number of women students at German universities nearly quadrupled from 1108 in 1908 to 3685 in regular courses with many more attending lectures. About 400 are foreigners, Russia supplies the largest share followed by the United States. Non Prussian universities such as Leipzig and Munich show strong gains, with Jena Würzburg and Freiburg also advancing.
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Russia
America
Leipzig
Munich
Jena
Wurzburg
Freiburg
No Forwarding Bet on Marriage Proposal
A humorous exchange shows a man named Jinks proposing to Miss Gussie. she declines while he laughs at friends who bet on his chances. He reveals he proposed despite the odds and took the risk.
Good Idea Encourages Homework Through Home Credit System
A Michigan program tests home cooperation by having students earn credits for chores and study. Parents sign the report and it feeds into the pupil's grade. credits awarded per activity include caring for cattle, cooking, washing, and reading with a teacher-approved report.
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Michigan
Debate Over Big Words Ends In Domestic Fracas
A Kansас City Star excerpt shows Brother Stookey arguing that women lack understanding of elaborate vocabulary. He recalls a quarrel with his wife over diction and a wooden skillet attack, ending with him yielding to avoid danger.
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Stookey
Bunkey Hill
Kangas City Star
Driver’s Yell Overshadows Steed’s Size in Ride
A vivid line captures a scene where the driver’s shouted rebuke dwarfs the horse’s bulk, highlighting tension between human voice and animal power in a roadside incident. The fragment hints at a chaotic moment aboard a horse and cart, with authorities beginning to assess the event.
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People’s Non-Partisan Ticket
People’s
Emil C. Kasten
Dalton
Illinois Brick Company
George E. Sidle
Henry J. Heckler
Harvey Cigar Factory
John Shilling
South Holland
Theodore A. Peterson
A. Peterson
Harvey Coal & Lumber Company
Peterson
Frank F, Flanagin
Frank F. Flanagin
MR. Heckler
Riverdale
Tll
Civic Club
Hubby
E.c
Credita
Etparelse
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