Fishing Contest At Trailside This Saturday
Plans for a Saturday morning fishing rodeo at the Trailside Museum pond west of Trail Side on Chicago Avenue and the Des Plaines River in River Forest. The event invites youths under sixteen with no admission fee and features prizes for biggest catch and other categories.
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Trailside Museum
Chicago Avenue
Des Plaines River
River Forest
Leonard C. Urecht
Robert Fox
Oak Park Sportsmans Club
Oak Park
Better Fishing Inc
Maypale Bars and Motors
Chicago
Fajr
Wieboldt’s
Pines Sport Store
Barnards Cycle Shop
Flood Hardware and Supply
Campbell’s Sporting Goods
Hajek's Sports Store
Cicero
Sportsmans Club
The
Lake Theater
Better Fish
Herbert Ratner
Wesley Avenue
Leonard Utecht
Berwyn
Sparta Known for Simple and Hearty Citizens
Sparta, an early Greek city, was famed for the plain, robust lifestyle of its inhabitants and the austere simplicity that shaped daily life.
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Sparta
Red Cross First Aid Training For Bus Drivers
A special Red Cross standard first aid class for bus drivers carrying school children runs Aug 29 to Sep 2 from 7 to 10 PM at the Chicago Chapter Red Cross HQ 520 S Wabash Ave Chicago. Graduates receive a three year Red Cross first aid certificate under Illinois law mandating drivers complete the course.
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Chicago
Red Cross
S. Wabash Avenue
School staff seek up-to-date first aid before fall license
Officials plan to ensure all carried school children receive current first aid certification prior to issuing licenses for the upcoming fall term.
Gas Tax Funds Increase Reported for Forest Park
Forest Park received 10055 dollars in gasoline tax allotments in the first half of 1949, up from 16377 dollars in the same period of 1948, per Barcus Kindred & Co analysts of Chicago, specialists in municipal bonds. The increase is 578 dollars.
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Forest Park
Illinois
Gaseline
Barcus, Kindred & Co
Chicago
Presidents Lincoln Garfield and McKinley Assassinated
Historical note recalls that Abraham Lincoln James A Garfield and William McKinley were assassinated while serving as U S presidents.
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Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
Wm. McKinley
United States
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