Voters Defeat Sunday Theater Opening in Jacksonville
Illinois voters in Jacksonville reject a Sunday moving picture theater proposition and elect two World War veterans to the city council. The Small trial at Waukegan proceeds with jury addenda and a multi month timeline.
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Jacksonville
Len Small
Waukegan
Tllinois
General Assembly
State Supreme Court
Callaghan & Co
Chicago
Burdette J. Smith & Co
Kankakee
Jesse Charecy
Oscar
Shayen
W. Segar Beaumont
A. E. Germer
America
Kenilworth
Lake Michigan
Sheridan Road
William, Mary and
Annie Mahoney
North Shore Realtors
Cook County Board
Civic Federation of Chicago
Chicago Association of Commerce
The
Woman's City Club
Citizen’s Association
Bureau of Public Efficiency
Ilinois
Villa Ridge
New Burnside
Alma
Anna
Belleville
Mascoutah
Freeberg
Tonti
Marion
Sanitary
Weather Bureau
Springfield
Clarence J. Root
Illinois
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Arena Battles For Legion Promotes Bloodless Bullfighting
Senor Charlie Molino a famed Castilian matador tours the country staging arena battles for the American Legion to prove bullfighting can be bloodless. He fights without swords using footwork while wearing a red velvet costume valued at 2000 dollars.
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Senor
Charlot Molino
American Legion
Molino
Jersey City
Sketches Won the Recruits Hap Hadley Marine Artist
Alvan C Hap Hadley a crayon artist and ex marine travels with a Greenwich Village troupe. His wartime sketches reportedly recruited more marines than anyone else and he now sketches American Legion members outside hours for newspaper publication. He recalls enlisting at Paris Island and being miscast as a garbage can white washer by a red neck sergeant who asked his occupation.
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Alvan C
Hap
Hadley
Greenwich
American Legion
Marine Corps
Paris Island
Jobs for Ex Service Men Drive Seeks Full Employment
Civic groups join the American Legion in a nationwide effort to place 700000 out of work veterans. Programs include reassigning workers to new shifts, engineering projects, bridge and road work, municipal utilities, and community garden initiatives to quickly restore daily employment and encourage a back to work economy.
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American Legion
Legion
Postpone This Expense For Victory Memorial Dome
The proposed Victory Memorial in Washington would feature a dome studded with five million stars blue for those who served and gold for those who died. Each star would bear the soldier initials visible via telescope. The American Legion urged delaying the costly memorial until veteran suffering declines.
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Victory Memorial
Washington
American Legion
Ramblers New Wife Questioned Over Motives
In The American Legion Weekly a fragment asks if Ramblers new wife truly loves him and notes she even takes in washing to help him meet his alimony obligations.
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Ramblers
The
American Legion Weekly
Baltimore American
Foot-In-It Time Laugh Sparks Embarrassed Toast
A caller recounts a social moment when both watches read 9:30 causing shared confusion and a humorous miscue. The incident ends with a practical punchline about telling the time without commentary.
Ever Thus Excerpt on Fashion and Family Quarrel
A husband complains his wife spends all his money on fashionable clothes. She retorts that unnecessary clothes are unfashionable now. The exchange highlights gendered spending, fashion norms, and family dynamics. Children are told to see that grown folk curb blunt honesty.
Mexicos Vanilla Industry Seen As Major Future Revenue
Government authority notes vanilla bean production in Mexico could become a major revenue source. It claims no other country offers such growth potential and that Mexico already leads in annual output. In the Gulf region near Tuxpam the vanilla orchid grows throughout tropical forests and requires little maintenance beyond bean gathering.
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Mexico
Tuxpam
Gulf Coast
Waiters Reported for Inattention at Boston Tent Fare
In a humorous exchange the stranger explains he followed the bill of fare instruction to report waiter inattention to the cashier. The cashier is assured no offense is taken as the man clarifies his reporting intent.
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Boston Transcript
Poetic Quip Provokes Mrs Clatter at Reception
At a social gathering Tenny son J Daft accuses Mr Gloom of teasing Mrs Clatter by calling his poems supremely silly. The banter centers on verse and reception chatter reflecting literary ribbing.
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Mr. Gloom
Tennyson J. Daft
Drive Thy Business Quote Sparkes Personal Finance
A compact note contrasts Franklin saying drive your business not the other way, with a view that work for money means saving makes money work for the saver. The idea links prudent finance to personal effort and savings.
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Franklin
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Muildred Brandt
Winslow
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Lena
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Nannie B. Clark
Minnie &. Begelow
Salem
Illinois Association of Banking Industry
Danville
Walter Spitz
M. Q. Densby
George Geissler
Joliet
J. C. Steger
Cairo
Fred Mesmer
Mattoon
American Red Cross
Tiiois
Mississippi
Walter Davidson
Central Division
Red Cross
Timois
Howard KK. Weber
Louis
West Side
Andrew Russell
University of Illinois
A. Potter
Chicago Tenants
Public Service Company
Electric Light Company
Arena Battles For Legion
Alvan Hadley
the Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids, Mich
Spee-Dee
Western
Canada
Western Canada
C. J. Broughton
W. Adams St
J. M. MacLachlan
Jefferson Ave
Detroit
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