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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1918
Page
2
A brief notice credits editor Albert Hall and associate Smith Heileman. It lists the item as second class mail matter at the Oak Park post office, Nitnots.
Congress discusses tax on automobile ownership and gasoline use while promoting motor trucks and tractors to replace horse delivery. Advocates urge government support, removal of tariffs, and a switch to motorized transport to boost efficiency and wartime needs. Douglas Mallock.
Hanover township in Cook County near Elgin hosts a large open air bazaar on August 10 and 11 to benefit the War Recreation Board for Soldiers. The United States Naval Training Station Jackie Band headlines with dancing and talks at the Community Hospital League event.
A nostalgic piece from the Canary column narrator reflects on choosing life as an office canary, cherishing local news, friendships, and daily printroom work. It contrasts childhood dreams with present duties, notes the joy of reporting on town life, and emphasizes preserving personal tone for readers, including servicemen and townspeople.
Letters from former town youths express longing for hometown news and review, showing how sentiment shapes work from drudgery to play. Residents acknowledge the role of the Review in keeping connected with those who left.
William TR Behtink of Forest Park and William Stump of Maywood, editors and business manager of local school publications, receive freshmen scholarships for next year from Northwestern University College of Liberal Arts at Evanston. Scholarships go to incoming students chosen by a college committee from applications endorsed by their high schools.
Robert Wirths, a Chicago real estate dealer, was found dead near his family burial plot in Waldheim Cemetery Forest Park on Monday. Officials from John & Grahl's undertakers reported death by a personal safety related bullet wound with apparent self harm.
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