Personal notices from Forest Park page fragment
A fragment describes engagements and travels among local residents. Mrs B Samuel announces her daughter Elfrieda’s engagement to Henry H Schlichting. Various residents share health updates, home improvements, and trips to Detroit and New York. Miscommunications and garbled names indicate a neighborhood social column with listed addresses and personal movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Elfreda Bockelmin
Unr
Rlaon Street
New York
Citizens Club Party Draws Large Crowd
The Citizens Party Club hosted a card party at the Community Club House on Thursday evening attracting a large attendance. Prizes totaled twenty eight with the first £5 in wood or coal donated by Henry J. Mohr and won by Mrs. EL. Riefenstuhl. After the games dancing followed to the Fitzgerald Jazz Band with prizes and home made cakes donated by the entertainment committee chaired by An. M. Petersohn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Party Club
An. M. Petersohn
Henry J. Mohr
Mra. EL. Riefenstuhl
Supper Service Delights Parishioners at Lutheran Church
A Friday supper at the Bt. Patur’n Evangelical Lutheran church on Honnal avenue and Adama street drew a full crowd. Four long tables, fern decorations, and orderly service impressed attendees. Harry Gaden announced the evening program featuring songs, readings, and a dual language program with Rev. William F. Wueh and Rev. Buch, who invited all to Sunday services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patur'n Evangelical Lutheran Church
Honnal Avenue
Adama Street
Wan
Harry Gaden
Mies Buettner
la Rue
Troat
Mias
Gertrude - Frits
Fritz
Hyach
J. Harbert Mueller
J. Norbert Mueller Wang
Buch
Forest Park Zoning Hearing Set by Village Committee
The Forest Park Zoning Committee will hold a public hearing May 27 1920 at the Village Hall to consider establishing a district covering extensive streets and parcels including Desplaines Harlem Jackson and Lehmer areas, with detailed lot ranges and a legal description of the property included. The hearing will address residential zoning with building and usage restrictions excluding most industrial uses and allowing limited commercial use on Desplaines and Harlem facing properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Park
Imola
Towit
Jackson Boulevard
Tigrvard Street
Harlem Avenue
Lenoxt
Desplaines Avenue
Telag
Lexington Street
Starrison Avenue
Lathrop Avenue
Farvard Street
Harlem Avenues
York Street
Lothaider
Mareard Street
Elgin Avenue
Harvard Street
Oriole Avenue
Hanah Street
Inclusiva
Beloit Avenue
Marvard Street
Verdinand Avenue
Jackson Menlevard
Harrison Street
Dunlap Avenue
Tlarrison Street
Troust Avenue
Desphaines Avenue
Couptaines Avenue
Atvaat
Jackson Apulevard
Lelmer Street
N. E
NM. W
Harrison Streat
Lehmer Street
Lerimer Street
Harlems Avenue
Ilinois Central
Lmore & Ohld
Chicago Terminal
Chicago & West Towns
Metropolitan & West Side Elevated Railway
Aurora, Wigin & Chicago Railway
Chicago & Northern
Minnegota & North
Lot Block
Henry A
Foreman
Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railway Company
D. Lehmer
Yook County
Illinois
Henry G
Forewall
Henry G. Forens
Puntop
Oak Park
Secstion
Harrizon Street
Desplaites Avenue
Hantat Avenue
Henge
Joseph K. Dunlop
Desplainea Avenue
Otock
Sothwest
Dunlop, Myas and
Anstett
Braun
Harlem
Comstock and Dressel
Ft. i. Oes
Ilinois
Community supper praised for support and donations
Attendees enjoyed the supper program as the committees thank donors and volunteers for their help in making the event a success.
Camp Fire Girls Social Meeting At Wi-ca-ha Camp
The Wi-ca-ha camp held a social meeting after school Wednesday in their club room. Myrtle Jletleman Mildred McElroy Lydia Beer and Ruth Pegiow won prizes in games. Afterward the girls visited Mary Baker who carried a suspected fever and serenaded her window with ukulele songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wi-ca-ha
Fre Ghly
Bryrtle Holloman
Mildred McElroy
Pries
Myrtle Jletleman
Lydia Beer
Ruth Pegiow
Mary Baker
Biary
Roos Presents View of Industrial Matter
Edward Roos appeals to Forest Park residents to support industrial growth for local jobs and services. He argues the village needs a post office telegraph telephone exchange and funds for water and fire departments while opposing fear of undesirable newcomers. He urges unity for progress and cites a proverb about a house divided.
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Forest Park
Xeifab
Amigadl
Agaliat Industries
Crating
Jnustral Forest Park
Edmir
Shellac From Insect Exudate Process Described
The text outlines how two insects, about 1.25 tenths of an och, bright red, feed on plant juices and digest them. They exude a resinous substance that coats the bogs, then after swarming, the readings are scraped from branches and ground, mixed with colophony and ornament, cooked and drawn into the thin sheets known as shellac.
Diamond description and a butcher's employee letter
The passage discusses the diamond as the hardest stone, its French name diamant from Greek adamant, and its legendary invincibility. It includes a stray letter of recommendation for Harris Snydes, stating he worked a week and left satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harri Snydes
All Sit Pat At Club Poker Game
A club frequented by theater men hosts a poker night that turns intense as seven players each “stood pat” and refuse new cards. Jim Corbett, dealer, secretly stacks 25 percent of four decks, leaving the 52 cards distributed as ready-made hands. The scene captures a brisk, edgy wager among friends in a low-stakes, high-tension setting.
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Jim Corbett
Corbett
Cincinnati
Lesson in Franklin Life From Birth Through Public Career
A compact portrait tracing Benjamin Franklin born 1706 in Lenox Low ton to a soap maker and Quaker mother. He left school at ten, learned printing, ran away at seventeen to establish a Philadelphia shop, rose to clerkship in 1780, then became a major American figure and diplomat in France after the Revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henjamin Franklin
Lowton
Nantucket
Benjamin
Big Brother
Philadelphia
Ife
Peoosylvania Assembly
America
France
Ammesidor
Bargain Tire Ad Promises Quality All-Weather Fabric
An old advertisement touts Goodyear singlecare and doubledura fabrics at 21.50 and 23.50 respectively. It targets Ford, Chevrolet, Maxwell and Dart car owners, claiming their tires are of superior quality for the price and urging buyers not to settle for lesser tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Chevrolet
Maxwell
Dart
Trickle and anecdote miscommunication in classroom exchange
A dialogue shows a teacher and students debating word meanings. The exchange misdefines trickle as run slowly and anecdote as abort tala, while a misheard sentence about a gog trickling down a street with a cin can tied to its anecdote illustrates the confusion. The text closes with remarks about money and borrowing.
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Herry
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