Illinois News Index

Highland Park Press (1912), 27 Oct 1921, p. 4

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\GE SIX SELMA [.ENHART READER 0F PLAYS PAGE FOUR I- n- nmr'a- that“ H'Vl'nh‘t‘l‘. ya-zn‘x thu w-zl‘ Latn'm‘t. muflur uf wizardry "Hi :nuuh‘. hzh been a t‘hautau- 422.. and Lyn-um headliner. For more ‘Hun tun 1mm" he has been a Rwipath ":thllm-r - ~ A fan whxvh speaks fvr “if Laurant and ('ompany an- [hr opening attraction hero, appearing Friday. November I. at the Elm l‘lacv v EI'GI‘INH LAI'RANT L\I'R\.\'T \\1)(‘().\H’\.\'\ Chicago prnh ShoreMilwaukeeR. K Highland P1 Travel is a ‘ leasure on this road of real service. The cars of stee: are electrically driven over heavy rails on a bed oflstone ballast. This meanslspeed, safety and easy riding. North Shor: Trains make fast time and few stops. Seats are l rge and comfortable. Employees are efficient an‘ courteous. On your neg t trip â€" whether it’s business or pleas- ure' â€" wh ther to or through MiIWaukee â€"â€" use a North Sho e Train. Learn its many advantages. Ideal for st p-over trips. Limited Trfiins give hourly service to Milwaukee and intermediate points. Interurban connections at Milwauklee for Wisconsin points. Time-tables and complete information can be ob- tained at ariy ticket office. All schedules operate by Chicago Daylight Saving Time. er Ticket Office 5 N. St. Johns Ave. Phone Highland Park 140 Community Lyceum _ _C_ou_rse I Season Tickets Park and Milwaukee will admit One Person 60 Trains Daily 72 Trains Saturday 88 Trains Sunday EIGHT Attractions $1.50 Single Season Tickets between t0 The CommunityWLyceun} Course gpgns Friday}, “5"alx‘fiIC'fimn pm 9': : That Will Admit the Entire Family to All Eight Numbers Now Being Sold for $3.00. Tickets May Be Secured at the Community Center 1 Wuhinztun. D. C. â€"« Acmrdinz w fithe census of 1920. 29.2 per cent, or [nearly thm‘wnths o! the people of the state of Illinois are either infant.- or children under 15 yen-u of our; 8.3 per cent are young people 15 w 19 years old; 40.7 per cent. I little more glhnn two-fifths. Ire men and women ‘in the prime of life. being from 20 to ;44 years old; while 21.6 per cent. be- ; ing ‘5 year: of nae and over, are well Wong in middle life if they have not ' reached old Age. l A little more thin three-fifths of the populltion, 60.x per cent. are old eunuch to \ute. being 21 and over; land in this class the men out number :lhe women in the ratio of 106 w 100. The mnlm of military IKI‘. 18 to 44, lconatitutp 43.9 per cent of lhe male ! population and 224 per run! 0! the to- Qul populnion. i There are 173,987 illiterate per sons 10 yeara of are and over in the state of Illinois, “illiterate" meaning. gunable to write. Of this number 24. {437 are native whites of native parâ€" lentau’e. 6,470 are of foreign or mixed parentage, and 131,096 are of foreign birth. The number of illiter- ate NeKroes is 10.478. In the total population 10 year: of age or over the percentage of illiteracy in 3.4, which lahowa a diminution since 1910 when it was 3.7. In the Clll' of the Ne- groes. the percentage declined from 10.5 to 6. 4, and in the use of the na- ttive white of native parentage from 1 [.7 to Ll. I There is has Illiterncy in the rural ldistricus of the state than in the ri- ;ties. the percentages being 2.2 {or the .runl population Ind 3.9 for the ur- fban. For the native whit: population ‘of nntive parentage. however. the ur- tban percentage of illiteracy, 0.6 in film than the rural. 1.6. In the one {of the Negro populntion in the per- ! tenure is 53 in the urban populntion its lit-inst 13.1 in the run]. ILLI'I‘ERACY IN ILLINOIS BUREAU OF CENSUS GIVES STATISTICS 173.987 Persons Over Ten Yum of Age Unable to Write Most of 11mm Are Foreigners By counties the patent-Ire of illi- teracy range! from 7.8 in Hardin county to 0.4 in Kendall county. There are 880,832 children 7 to 13 yum of use in :be state of Illinois. and of this numbcr 815.0“), or 94.7 per cent. were reported A: unending lllitenty November 4. at school. In 1910 the percenuge It- tendinx u‘hml wu 92.5. thuu Indi- citing m improvement as reg-rd: acchool ntwndnnce buween 1910 md 1920. Of the children 14 und 15 years of m in 1920. 79.0 per cent were Attending school, and of um» 16 and 17 your: of Age, 3?.1 per cent. CONTRACTS APPROVED BY STATE OFFICIAL Approval of the contracu for the construction of a number of highway: in Lake county. and the promise of favorable report 01% several other pro- jecu. was obtained last week from Frank Sheen, stau- superintendent of highwaya. by Charles E. Rune", county superintendent. vho with Geom H. Bainmw, Ray Paddock. uupervimns. and End Nelson, con- tractor. Were in Springfield for that purpose. Supt. Sheets gave ‘his Approval of the comma of the Rand road, from the county line to Lake Zurich, Ind the Gnnd avenue grading and a cul- ven west of Lake Villn. lfler the con- tra-tor hid agreed to cut $2,000 0!? the contra! price on the bud road job. equivdem to 10 mnts I yard on the mdinx. Supt. Sheet; also gave the Luke county men his promise to m-opente in the improvement of Lake Villa- Antioch rend, from Antioch to the lube line. the piece ml in not cov- ered by county provhiom. He prom- ised to investixnu and report favor- ably on Belvidere road from Min-u- kee lvenue w Wnukexnn and on Sher- id-n rood from Lnke Fomt to North Chic-go. Supt. Russell declared that civic organization shnuld try to intent-i North (‘hicngo to vacuu- Sheridan road from 21bit! sen-ct to the Great Luke: naval tnining union. "It in no good to North Chicago," Supt. Russell aid. “and only exclude: any- one else from improving it. This is, with ihe exception of the half mile in Zion. the orfly bud piece of road on Shoridnn road between (‘hiuxo nod Milwaukee. “I! thi- piece were vac-19d so that the Ital: could uh .it over the nut: would see that it i: paved." will admit Your Family to ke Cannt'y flighwaya to be Improved: Sheridan Road Is Also Included EIGHT Attractions DR. C. C. CHADWICK 03mm Family Season Tickets Telephone 275 Rnlph Bmgham u- a humans! who fur forty yenrs has been nmkmu large audu-nu-s laugh and ML“ ls 1n the prmw of life. This 1: acruunted {or by the fart that his first appear. unm- w» at 1hr aL’r nf sxx yeah when h! Iran-10d m- Uu' “Buy Oratur of Ann-rum." His nmu-arnnvt-s uh the Arm-mum platfurm Lumbc-r nearly 10.000. Mr. Binghum h- an unpq-rsonmnr. a humorist. a \‘mhmst. a wamst and u Vocalist. A good many towm hm In" able to Advance as the mu}! (1 “ own inithtive. In convincedhu they can boom thing: by “tau government building or n federal RA 1.?” BINGHAM cm. s. smwm‘gfli Age!“ and Installer d All leul Walker 8” “0 Cant] Av“. HIGHLAND PARK Builder Galen] Comm V. U. '"II-r' Carpentgr Illa "I-W between nuance u of hon-c Tel. Hi llama: CHURCH medluely Quclcd Be a that )0!

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