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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1925
Page
4
A jumble of personal notices recounts locals and visitors in Bloomington and Wisconsin. Names such as Delvert Prowty, Shartenant, Mia, Detoria, and Gordon appear among trips to Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Lake Michigan areas, with gatherings, vacations, and family visits noted alongside neighbors heading to cottage stays and church events.
A brief dialogue scene shows a visitor asking if a husband has any business in the city and a Mrs. Country Merchant replying cryptically about business being absent. The fragment hints at a social or local theater tone with unclear context.
Listing offers mahogany bookcase taste cabinet and walnut dining table for sale. Items described as in good condition and attractive. Includes miscellaneous household pieces. Phone Rid 806.
Social activities mix with a Covington wedding and other community notices. Couples Henryetta Sehmid and Jekey wed in Beloit with Rev. Fleer officiating as guests hear “I Love You Truly.” A large guest list attends, with a chicken supper on the porch and a Lake Michigan honeymoon planned. The piece also mentions club meetings, a St Peter’s Lutheran picnic schedule, and a Presbyterian church lawn party with details on times and locations.
Ferest Social Club plans a large carnival with a major company. The event aims to unite club members and representatives from the big partner company for August festivities, with committee oversight and anticipated vacancies and schedules to be negotiated.
Two large dogs caused chaos in a ten cent store as shoppers and clerks fled, with a bull and brindle share involved. Customers and staff cleared the aisles while a woman guided a small girl and a dog named Rover to the exit after the fracas ended, the manager separating the animals.
Lande Brothers used bold double page ads to draw crowds to their store in mid July. Morty Lande credited large circulation and aggressive pricing for strong sales, noting shoppers flocked to the unusually wide feature and the staff managed heavy crowds while highlighting value and quality.
Kiwanis members welcomed Murry Mekvey, a longtime friend, as he performed sleight of hand tricks at Tuesday’s meeting. Though not a professional entertainer, Mekvey previously traveled from Chicago and Montreal connections, and attended the St. Jul conventon with Forest Park members. He appeared as a guest of Ed Woulk and drew excitement for a Chicago trip to the Fisk Fanos club next week with Lincoln Park invited guests.
A Chicago area firm expands fuel storage capacity adding a bulk station at Crown Avenue and ith Street beside TC trucks. The plant now holds 145,000 gallons with 30,000 for burning, 15,000 for gas, and plans for two more tanks. Directors include Andrew Briseh Jr and Frank Yownneteh, with growth driven by increased oil use. Office operations are listed at Sud Gurfeld Avenue, Oak Park.
A disagreement on Desplaines avenue ends with a man arriving to help after several women struggle to change a tire. The group had attempted lifting, loosening, and swapping parts, but could not proceed until the passerby correctly assisted, revealing the simple task was simply to stay with and change the tire.
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