Hospital Construction Delayed at Jefferson Park Site
Acting Mayor W. t Lane orders temporary halt to city internal hospital work at Jefferson Park on safety committee recommendation. James A. Johnson suspended work while site investigation proceeds. Councilors question location due to sewer distance and local complaints about vice diseases. plan to relocate under review.
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W. T
Lane
James A. Johnson
Jefferson Park
Safety Committee
Com
Never-Tel Restorative for Young Soft Hair
An advertisement claims Never-Tel restores hair to a youthful softness without dyeing or staining. It promises gradual improvement, suitable for gray or sad hair, with a 50 cent price and mail direct from Never-Tel Laboratories Co., Dept. 136, Kansas City, Missouri.
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Never-Tel
Never- Laboratories Co
Kan- City
Officer Misses Airplane Ride in World War I Paris
In Chatillon sur Seine near Troyes a colonel eyed a bulletin inviting officers to register for flight. He attempted to sign but backed away after a shock and left the building, later pressing a major to enroll instead.
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Paris
Second Corps
Chatillon«ur Seine
Troyes
Air Service
Let Contract for New Olympia Hotel
Olympia May 1 Incorporated with local businessmen the Olympia Hotel Building Co contracted with the Stevenson Company of Chicago to build a modern hotel at a cost of 305300 dollars with completion by May 1 1920.
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Olympia
Olympia Hotel Building Co
Stevenson Company
Chicago
Huns Claim Service Stripes After Six Months With US Army
Paris dispatch reports German prisoners at Brest burst into claiming service stripes after six months on fatigue duty. Americans questioned the motive, and at Chaumont a band played Irish airs for St Patrick’s birthday. It is noted Germans did not join the chorus of The Wearing of the Green.
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Paris
Brest
Ireland
Chaumont
Erin
Film Flasher and Cast Highlights Advertised
Marian Davies buys an airplane to learn to fly. Nenom! Charters will star Tom Moore in a new photoplay. The Daughter of the Wolf features Lila Lee and Elliott Dexter in a first on screen pairing. Fox plans location shoots in Europe and across Chateau Thierry Belleau Wood Argonne Forest. Norma Talmadge studies ballet dancing for poise. Margaret Maresh trains in wrestling for The Carter Case serial. June Elvidge praised as a concert singer before film debut. Ma bel Normand’s eccentric stockings in Sis Hopkins gifted by Rose Melville. A brown chicken dominates Greased Lightning at the Liberty. Charles Ray keeps it as a pet.
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Chateau Thierry
Belleau Wood
Argonne Forest
Fox Pictures
Wiliam Fox
Europe
Mabel Normand
Sis Hopkins
Rose Melville
Sis
Clemmer
Miss Normand
Mabel
New Movie Listings and Stars at Liberty Coliseum Mission
The page reviews several film showings and stars. Charles Ray returns in Greased Lightning at Liberty, Wanda Hawley stars as a banker's daughter. Dorothy Dalton appears in The Homebreaker at Coliseum, Vivian Martin headlines Little Comrade at Mission, and Constance Talmadge stars in Experimental Marriage at Strand with Harrison Ford. Chaplin in Shoulder Arms is highlighted, plus Mabel Normand in Sis Hopkins at Clemmer and a farming comedy sequence.
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Charles Ray
Liberty
Wanda Hawley
Vivian Martin
Strand
Constance Talmadge
Harrison Ford
Ford
Connie
Hubby
Flees Burglar and Is Mistaken for One
Ray Simpson fled his Portland hotel room believing burglars were inside. He climbed onto a window ledge with a suitcase and clothing, fell through a skylight into George Sanford’s apartment, where Sanford held him at gunpoint until police arrived. Simpson remained terrified, insisting he was not the intruder.
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Portland
Ore
Ray Simpson
George Sanford
Simpeon
Liberty program shows Kay in Greased Lightning and More
Today’s listings include Liberty presenting Charles Kay in Greased Lightning and Jed Kammy’s Mir rur, plus Pathe News and a Comedy. At Coliseum Dorothy Dalton stars in The Homebreaker and Strand features Constance Te in Paperimental Marriage with Feeding the Chickens noted in the inter national news weekly.
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Liberty
Charles Kay
Jed Kammy
Mirrur
Pathe Newn
Commol Normand
Sis Coliseum
Dorothy Dalton
Constance Te
Rex
Karile Chaptin
Se Martin
Pattly Arbhockle
Cam Oat
Geraldine Farrar
Nell Cat
Jane Wilber
Assault conviction prompts $10,000 damage suit
Elgin Illinois May 1 Mor ris Fleming a 73 year old Woodstock farmer was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon by a McHenry county jury. Homer Pierson of Woodstock files a $10 000 personal damages suit against Fleming. Pierson was shot by Fleming last December in a land hunting dispute.
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Elgin, UL
Morris Fleming
Woodstock
McHenry County
Fleming
Homer Pierson
Pierson
Fieming
Soldier asks wife as conference breaks for marriage
At the Jewish welfare conference in Chicago, Rabbi Samuel Cohan discussed returning soldiers needs. A phone call interrupted with a soldier requesting marriage. Rabbi Cohan married Private Galanda to Harriet Goldstein during a recess to illustrate the point.
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Chicago
Hotel la Salle
Samuel Cohan
Galanda
Cohan
Harriet Goldstein
Ethel Teare Pinched For Speeding In Los Angeles
Sunshine comedy star Ethel Teare was stopped for speeding and brought to court. The exchange with the officer includes remarks about the judge and the comic potential of vamping him as a moving picture actress.
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Ethel Teare
Los Angeles
Ethel
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Warum Nicht
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Elliott Dexter
Norma Talmadge
Norma
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Carter
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Charlie Ray
Andy Fletcher
Thes Coe Em
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Miss Dalton
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Charlie Chaplin
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Kaiser
Genevieve Tutherford Hale
Hood
G.rien Yose Braun
Seattle
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Fourth
Tae Grote
Rankinco
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Victor Records
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Victor
Victor Military Band
Johnny
Harris Harris
Orlando's Orchestra
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le Prophete
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Norske Valeen
Aarhus
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Samson
Celebrer
Fr. Caruso
Homer
Pendleton
Acress
Nedlin
Aston
W.H. Cocke
A.E.F
France
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
Yakima
Circus
Wes
Florence
Second and Union
Optometry
On Earth
First Avenue
Madison
Viola Dana
Mary E. Wilkins
Uncle Sam
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Bank For Savings
Pine Street
Fourth Ave
John Spargur, Conductor
Masonic Temple
Theo Eable
Mozart
Sherman & Clay’s
Columbia
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