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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1925
Page
7
Warrington Theater opens with Smiles and Tears drawing strong crowds. The three act comedy features lively humor and a syncopated orchestra. Next week Silk Husbands and Calico Wiver will replace the current program with vaudeville between acts.
Ray Boyle and John Wilcox of Maywood file petitions with the Commerce Commission seeking a writ of necessity and convenience to operate a Maywood to Des Plaines bus service. The Wilcox Transportation Company plans two modern buses running hourly from early morning to midnight, with service starting upon commission action.
Mrs Mabel G Reinecke collector of internal revenue lists essential questions for all taxpayers in 1924 including interest on deposits rent income dividends or bonds stock profits real estate trades partnerships and family earnings She stresses accurate replies prevent confusion and embarrassment on returns
The schedule lists events from February including test camps at South Thatcher Woods from 2 to 6 p m on February 14 and February 21. A February 17 Court of Honor is noted at General Custer School at 4 p.m with location details, plus a Scribes Pow-wow on February 16 and deputy commissioner meeting February 20 at 451 South boulevant scout headquarters.
The second session of the beginners leadership training course is scheduled for Saturday February 21 at Camp Dan Beard. Delegates depart from headquarters at 2 p.m. The afternoon program includes patrol organization, model hikes, camp tasks, and a series of demonstrations led by Scoutmasters and executive staff. A bugling school and Boyhood Preferred campaign updates are also noted, with attendees from multiple troops and districts listed.
The Maywood American Can plant switches to Public Service Company gas, replacing its producer gas plant with a 4 000 foot low pressure main and 16 inch cast iron main. The system uses a 60 000 cu ft per hour capacity meter with maximum demand recorder and submeters to allocate fuel costs across divisions. Annual gas use is about 80 600 000 cu ft, roughly equivalent to a town of 15 000.
The Forest Park drive led by the Kiwanis club promotes a new test camp at Washington boulevard and Thatcher avenue this Saturday. Tenderfeet and second-class scouts are urged to attend for coaching and pointers, reporting to Heralds Leland or Layton.
A Paris fashion note to the New York Herald Tribune highlights white and black as the dominant color pairing for mature women. Descriptions include printed crepes, chiffons, foulards, and long wraps, with two-tone outfits featuring white dresses and black coats, tunics with slashed hems, and intricate black and white embroidery and trims.
The piece explains why fashionable novelty cloths cost more than traditional fabrics. It notes advances in expetow and sanitary goods, rapid seasonal updates, and new designs driving higher prices. It links cost to evolving ideas, specialized materials, production differences, and marketing risks.
A fragmentary line remarks that earthly joys or needles of pain are only temporary, reflecting a brief, reflective note on transience and memory. The wording hints at a dated style, with possible OCR errors, yet conveys a meditation on impermanence.
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