Benny Leonard stops Charlie White in ninth round at Benton Harbor
Benny Leonard knocked out Charlie White in the ninth round in Benton Harbor Michigan after a short right to the chin. The same week Harriet Blanchard of Philadelphia left over two million for charities, and Pershing received a golden sword from London at the British embassy in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Leonard
Charlie White
Benton Harbor
Mich
General Pershing
Sir Auckland Geddes
Washington
City of
London
Illinois News Nuggets Highlight 1919 Local Affairs
Squirrel season opens July 1 and 5000 dealers face new drug registration rules. Brundage confirms Socialist ballot access. clock caretaker marks forty years at the government arsenal tower. Springfield extends a month of public school with a $5 tuition. Illinois records its largest insurance losses since 1914 with 1919 at $7.49 million. Dissolution notices filed by six utilities. farmers set grain threshing rates. Minibuffer report notes 3000 drug stores and pharmacy group officers. Fire at Chicago Burlington transfer yards causes $1 million loss. Gov Lowden steps back from renomination, Oglesby to face Small. Sterling, Emerson, Russel, Brundage, and Vail named for key posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Arsenal
Pratt
Springfield
Board of Education
Statistical Department
Illinois Firemen’s Association
State Public Utilities Commission
Tllinois
Danville Street Railway Company
City Electric Railway Company
Ottawa
Springfield and Northeastern Railroad Company
Champaign
Peoria, Streator and Ottawa Railway Company
Springfield Belt Railway Company
Threshermen
Central Landis
Cambridge
Illinois
Tilinocis Pharmaceutical Travelers’ Association
Rockford
William J. Clancy
la Salle
Fred W. Rauth
Samuel Antonow
Chicago
Ad Unenhofer
W. B. Day
George M. Bennett
Urbana
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Twentysixth Street
Central Avenue
Cicero
Burlington
Middle West
Frank O. Lowden
John G. Oglesby
Len Small
Kankakee
Fred E. Sterling
Louis L. Emmerson
Mount Vernon
Andrew Russel
Jacksonville
Edward J. Brundage
Cerk
The
Supreme Court
Charles W. Vail
Cuticura Talcum Ad Promotes Powder Trio
Don’t forget Cutbeurg talcum for toilet requisites. An exquisitely scented face skin baby and dusting powder and perfume rendering other perfumes superfluous. You may rely on it as part of the Cuticura Trio Soap Ointment and Talcum. 25 cents each everywhere.
Eventually Why Not Now Proposal Wins Her Heart
A bashful young man cannot confess his love. He buys a bridal postcard and sends it with the caption Eventually Why not now. The gesture prompts a favorable reply from his best girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seo
Allen's Foot Ease Antiseptic Powder Ad
Promotes longer shoe life by reducing friction with Allen's Foot Ease powder for the feet. Eases sting of corns bunions callouses and sore feet and can be sprinkled in shoes or foot-bath for comfort. Sold everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Adv
30 Cents Tax Sparks Clerks Jest Over Shirt
Champ Clark visits a Washington haberdashery to buy a red striped shirt. He pays with ten dollars and debates the price and sales tax. The clerk explains the extra thirty cents is the sales tax enacted by Congress, highlighting wartime shortages and consumer frustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champ Clark
Washington Haberdasher
Congress
London to Adelaide flight ends with Vimy gift to nation
Sir Ross Smith completes a London to Adelaide air jaunt returning to Melbourne. The Vickers Vimy is presented to the commonwealth government for preservation in the war museum. The aircraft, in good order, may attempt a return trip if needed. The piece notes self-control and adds a curious line about cats consuming 50 birds yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide
South Australia
Melbourne
Ross Smith
London
Commonwealth
No Reasonable Offer Refused Sparks a Bold Move
In a humorous domestic tease, Mabel tricks her benefactor lover by pointing to an ad reading No reasonable offer refused. She hints those are her thoughts as she plots to push him to marry or leave, testy tease in a parlor scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel
Governor Pushes Stricter Divorce Laws in Albany
Governor Smith urged tighter divorce laws in Albany while recounting a story from Atlantic City on Easter Sunday. A beautiful young woman at a leading hotel sighed that her next husband would be the thirteenth, highlighting concerns about marriage and alimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Albany
Atlantic City
George
Her Wish Reveals Wife's Frustration Over Golf Obsessed Husband
A fragment shows a wife asking if her husband loves golf more than her, lamenting that he pays more attention to the game than to her. The line reflects marital tension and interest in passing remarks about affection.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harriet Blanchard
Philadelphia
Leviathan
Shipping Board
United States
Department of Commerce
American Ship and Commerce Corporation
American Woolen Company
Wood
Andover
Mass
William Gordenbour
H. Marx
Waterloo
William Wilson
Southern Railroad
East St. Louis
Chamber of Commerce
Baltimore
Henry Alexander
George Hughes
Beattyville
Wharton
Tex
McCormick
New Jersey State Highway Commission
Edwards
Trenton
Tlinois
Simon Kellermann, Jr
Edwardsville
New England
Boston
C. FE. Moller
New York
Fairmont Hotel
San Francisco
Sutherland
Buffalo
P. J. Valliquith, Freman
Irvine
Wis
EB. W. Sibley
Stevens Point
Minneapolis, St. Paul
William Stewart
Bedport
Tilton Yards
Danville
Des Moines
Charles Rawson
Francis Head
Marion
Senator Harding
Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Will H. Hays
Percival W. Clement
Warren G. Harding
Vermont
Kingston
St. Andrews
Jamaica
Berlin
Sofia
Odeon
Phillippopolis
Bulgaria
Warsaw
Budenny
Belgrade
Aviona
Albania
Saseno Island
Mexico City
Chiapas
Samado
Salvador G. Sotomayor
Francisco Gonzales
Tamaulipas
Santa Engracia
Arnulfo R. Gomez
P. Elias Calles
Simon Petlura
Kamenetz-Podolsk
Lubin
Brussels
Albert
Brazil
Sao Paulo
Sebastopol
Wrangel
Crimea
Berdiansk
Rene Viviani
France
Cherbourg
Buenos Aires
South China
Yuen Chow
North China
Tokyo
Honolulu
Baron Allotti
Paris
Rome
America
Triner
Joseph Tainer Company
S. Ashland Ave
Chicago, Ill
Grand Pris
Panama
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Michigan
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