Battle Cry of Peace creates a nationwide stir in 1915
Commodore J Stuart Blackton heralds The Battle Cry of Peace a Vita graph propaganda picture play starring nineteen screen stars and 25000 National Guard troops. The film discusses preparedness and unpreparedness drawing endorsements and aims to reach fifty million viewers. Fire prevention notes include a state reader from Illinois and a large Red Cross seal order. Mrs Finley J Shepard adopts a five year old waif in New York signaling generosity and potential future alliance with wealth.
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J. Stuart Blackton
Vitagraph
National Guard
Grand Army of the Republic
George Dewey
Leonard Wood
Lyman Abbott
Hudson Maxim
Olympic Theatre
Chicago
Vitagraph Theate
New York
Majestic Theatre
Boston
Commodore Blackton
America
Ilinois
Finley J. Shepard
Anna Gould
Woman refuses to place colored supplements under carpet
A St. Jacob woman says funny pictures tickle her feet. Governor Major of Missouri rose in a balloon above Columbia Illinois yesterday then landed safely. A quip notes Tomorrow versus today on pay day. A proverb suggests paradise gates are locked when found.
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St. Jacob
Major
Missouri
Columbia
Ill
Illinois Backing Good Roads Armed With New Law
The Forty-ninth General Assembly broadens the Tice road law and boosts state aid road funding. Amendments place county boards in charge of road type, allow state aid through cities, permit special bond elections, and enable county purchase of heavy road machinery for township use while expanding donations and poll tax scope. Heavy annual appropriations rise to accelerate completion of a statewide state aid system.
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Illinois
Forty-ninth General Assembly
Minois
General Assembly
State Highway Department
State Highway Commission
Cook County
General Fund
Editors and subscribers clash in old paper humor
Vignettes about editor vanity and subscriber grievances. A corny editorial voice narrates how editors endure insults and odd payments, with snippets of moral quotes, a Looking Glass puzzle, a racist divorce joke, a satirical exchange with a father and suitor, and a crime alarm involving a man found on a couch with a jug.
Public works schedule for 1915 16 and 17
The plan allocates four million dollars over the next two years with most activities beginning in 1916 and 1917. Allotments will be set after July 1, 1915, but counties cannot start until spring 1916 due to funding delays from tax collections. Continued next week.
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Kinloch
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Phun
Stae Phaney
Darky
Sam
Liza
Yassir
Iike
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Buck’s
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H. C. Kueker
Mgr
TRE
Sai
First National Bank
Edwardsville, I
Federal Reserve Bank
U. S. Inspection
Henry Traves
George W. Moyer
J.P. Keshner
George Kalbfleisch
S. V. Crossman
Walter
W. Meiners
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