Mrs Barkley Intervenes and Helps for Promotion
Ruth Barkley uses first aid skill and tact to influence a corporate board please for her husband Joe Shorter to gain a promotion after his boss Benson dies. Ruth’s benevolent act and quiet advocacy face Mrs Barkley’s calculated opposition and the outcome hinges on moral justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Shorter
Sun
Benson
Fenston
Barkley
Ruth
Mr. Fenston
Daniel Barkley
Mrs. Barkley
Joe
Arthur
Alpha Insurance Company
Mr. Benson
Illinois State News Highlights Across The State
A wide sweep of Illinois news recounts events from Quolconda parades to a Geneva training school project where 400 girls plant vegetables. Other items note a Swedish Methodist church anniversary, claims of Illinois River fish production, enlistments in East St. Louis, a severe railroad walkout, and local school administration changes. Major topics include sugar and bread prices, ambulance service representation in France, sorghum cultivation, and widespread school remodeling. The recall covers labor strikes, public figures, church activities, and civic milestones across multiple cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quolconda
State Training School
Geneva
Gaiva Swedish Methodist Church
Henry V. Meeteren
State Game and Fish Commission
Illinois River
United States
Columbia River
East St. Louis
Lowden
National Guard
Charles Harmon
Loxa
Middle West
Chicago, West Pullman & Southern Railroad
St. Charles
Faith McAusley
Kane County
University of Tinois
France
Illinois University Section
American Ambulance Field Service
Elgin
Consumers’ Protective Association of America
R. A. Adkins
Chicago
Frederick G. Dawes
Schulz Baking Company
Champaign
Urbana
Kankakee
Carlinville
Lincoln
Litchfield
Taylorville
Pana
State Arsenal
Springfield
Central
Blair
James Carr
Seales Mound
First Congregational Church
Belvidere
Mary Moreland
D. D
W. C. T. U. Knights of Khorassan
Northern Illinois
Freeport
Galena
Danville
Illinois
Loyal Legion
Edward D. Redington
State fair premiums to reach record $92000 total
The state board of agriculture will raise state fair premiums to a historical high of 92000. Previous best total was 885000 in Touté. Other items note dental society films in Quincy, Chicago draft aid, legal actions, and local incidents across Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Agriculture
Toute
Tlinois Dental Society
Quincy
District Council of Carpenters of Chicago
Edward Denby
Board of County Supervisors
Carlinville
R. M. Tinnon
Presbyterian Church
Lincoln
Herrington
Kaw
Charles Wahlstrow
Champaign
Chicago
Women’s Clubs
Twentieth Congressional District
Savana
Tlinois Congress of Mathers
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Bloomington
Louis Miller Company
Staunton
Illinois Congress of Mothers
Washington
B. F. Langworthy
Orville 8. Bright
Elizabeth Harrison
Illinois
Banks
Carroll County
Fred Schultz
Wood River
Oregon
Rock River
Grand Lodge
Illinois River
Central Illinois
Michael Zimmer
Cook County
Jacob M. Loeb
Kaiser
Wets
Springfield
Association of American Physicians
Atlantic City
River Bank Villa
Col
George Fabian
Geneva
Waverly Township
Negrocield
Rochelle
Ogle County
Decatur
Modern Woodmen of America
E. W. Townley
Galesburg
Belleville
Independent
Juan Casillon
Sylvia
Fulton
Matthews Peters
National Home For Disabled Veterans
Danville
Major Rives
Paris
Daniel Moore
Macon County
Daddy’s Evening Rewards For Julius
A bedtime tale shows Julius, a playful boy who is kept indoors to study. A picture of three horses gains life as goblins offer him a wild adventure as a reward for learning his lessons, with a promise of more playtime after tomorrow’s schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daddy
Julius
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W. G. Chapman
Illinois ‘State News
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