Examinations Schedule for 1923 Issued by Illinois
The Illinois Department of Registration and Education released a 1923 exam calendar covering Medical Pharmacy Structural Engineers Real Estate and more with multiple Chicago Springfield and Urbana dates. Applicants failing practical work retake all. written scores above 75 remain credited next exam. English only tests. only pass lists announced.
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Springfield
State Department of Registration and Education
Chicago
Same
Urbana
Illinois News In Brief
Citizens of Nauvoo urge a federal rescue harbor on Lake Cooper formed by the Mississippi river dam at Keokuk. Illinois commerce commission approves Vandalia union station plans to open by July 1 1923. Fourth Street Methodist spire bears an electric revolving cross visible for miles. Hed ding college trustees seek Illinois Wesleyan join for a spring financial campaign and gym plans. Age defies Buda roofers D L Whited J J Westervelt and J D Buchanan, all octogenarians, still shingles roofs. Custody loss request after alleged mistreatment leads to Naperville adoption by George Corel couple. Governor Small and other state officials ordered to answer in SanGamon Circuit Court March 1. Parts of treasurer act upheld while accounting suit proceeds. Service recognition board moves to fund World War I veterans bonus. Springfield bids open for bonus headquarters fixtures and refurbishment.
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Illinois News
Nauvoo
United States
Lake Cooper
Keokuk
Vandalia
Thinois Central
Big Four
Illinois Commerce Commission
Springfield
Fourth Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Sterling
Hedding College
Abingdon
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Buda
D. L. Whited
J. J. Westervelt
J. D. Buchanan
Anton Stephnaves
Elgin
Dupage County
George Corel
Naperville
Small
Russel
Recognition Board
Harding Vetoes Pension Bill Criticizes Financial Drain
President Harding vetoes the Bursian pension bill saying it drains the treasury and expands widows pensions for Civil War and Mexican War veterans. He attacks the broad pension handout and notes the extended widow eligibility to 1915 and a $50 monthly pension.
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United States Treasury
Washington
Harding
Bonar Law Says French War Debt Guaranty Expires
Paris reports Premier Bonar Law announced that French gold deposits placed in England to secure war debts were exported to the United States during the war to pay for French munitions, effectively ending the guaranty. The Bank of France notes 1 billion gold francs and 800 million in Spain and elsewhere as abroad assets.
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Paris
England
France
United States
Bank of France
Spain
Standard Oil Earnings Reported After Dissolution
In testimony to the senate oil investigation Standard Oil of New York reports profits per gallon of gasoline produced ranging from 1 cent to 1 1/2 cents. For the first half of 1922 net earnings totaled 11,104,165.80, with cumulative earnings since 1912 reaching 253,817,559.30 as of June 30, 1922.
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Washington
Standard Oil Company of New York
Senate Oil
Standard Oil Trust
Masked Men Hange Negro In Mississippi
A Black man named Ben Webster was abducted from a train by 25 masked men in Lawrence Mississippi. His body was found the next morning hanging from a bridge near Waynesboro Wayne county. He was accused of killing road contractor Alford of Hazelhurst in November.
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Hattiesburg
Mis
Ben Webster
Alabama & Vicksburg
Lawrence
Waynesboro
Wayne County
Alford
Hazelhurst
Miss
Collapse of Suspension Bridge Provokes River Disaster
In Kelso Washington a suspension bridge over the Cowlitz river collapsed at night under a traffic jam from a stalled auto. About 100 people were dumped into the flood filled river. Twenty to thirty were reported missing and many were rescued injured amid the wreckage.
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Kelso
Wash
Cowlitz River
E Earle Cocke of Dawson Georgia Named National Vice Commander
Earle Cocke active in American Legion shows finance policy work and wartime service. He helped Georgia gain the largest departmental membership in 1922 and serves as alternate national executive committee man. Cocke held editor roles and later farmed and ran real estate ventures.
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E. Earle Cocke
Dawson
American Legion
Cocke
Georgia Department of the Legion
Legion
Georgia
New Orleans
University of Georgia
Eleventh District Agricultural College
Gordon Miliary College
Gerardmer
Vosges Mountains
Honors for two Americans at Interallied Veterans meeting
Clarence J. Bourg, Louisiana American Legion national executive committeeman, and Lafayette mayor Robert Mouton were named honorary members of the Belgian Veterans' Legion at the Interallied Veterans' Association convention in New Orleans, a distinction shared by only five others.
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Louisiana
Belgian Veterans’ Legion
Clarence J. Bourg
Louisiana American Legion
Robert Mouton
Lafayette
Belgian ex-service men host Louisiana delegation in New Orleans
The Belgian ex service men association hosts the Belgian delegation in New Orleans with M. Joseph Janne presenting the diploma and badge. The presentation to Americans will occur at Brussels in 1923 by King Albert during the next association gathering.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
M. Joseph Janne
Belgium
Albert
Brussels
Radio talk on rehabilitated ex service men
A U S Veterans bureau representative spoke on the possibilities of rehabilitation for ex service men in Atlanta under Joe Sparks, new chairman of the American Legion national rehabilitation committee. About 200 veterans in a Cookville Tennessee training school listened from 300 miles away.
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United States Veterans’ Bureau
Atlanta
Joe Sparks
American Legion
Cookville
Tenn
Afraid of His Life.
Jim appears terrified after Drake warns him about a second-hand car sale. The dealer claimed the vehicle would last a lifetime, heightening the tension and hinting at danger surrounding the purchase.
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Blake
Jim
Drake
American Legion Weekly
Prisoner Testimony and Evidence Questioned by Judge
A courtroom exchange in which the judge asks why a knife was used and the prisoner explains he hid it fearing police arrival. The dialogue reflects an evidence handling dispute following a violent incident.
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American Legion Weekly
Mrs G W Hall Credits Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Lima Ohio resident Mrs G W Hall says years of sickness kept her from heavy work. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she can now wash and walk long distances without pain or weakness. Many women find relief from similar symptoms after taking the remedy.
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Lima
Ohio
G. W. Hall
Hazel Avenue
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Carfare and a Nickel Harvard Lampoon
A moonlit porch scene follows a young couple as money woes spark a sudden plan to travel. He clutches a nickel Harvard Lampoon, while she retreats inside, highlighting stubborn habits and lessons on keeping credit clean through prompt debt payment.
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Harvard Lampoon
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