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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1925
Page
6
Forest Park residents press Hall voters to fund street improvements. A long-standing row over pavement on Madison Street, Circle Avenue, and other arteries prompts calls to redirect vehicle tax proceeds to streets. Suburban growth, from Maywood to Oak Park, is shaping demand for better roads and new housing.
The piece argues that communities like Wheiton Glen Ellyn Downers Grove Winsdale Eimharet and nearby western towns have developed fees raising property values for long-time buyers. It predicts continued westward growth over twenty years and notes investors profit from land while city workers favor accessible, paved streets water sewers sidewalks and nearby trains within walking distance even in bad weather.
The last words of Robert M. LaFollette, a militant progressive leader, were quoted as he lay dying. He died last week and was buried in Madison, Wisconsin, his home, where 60,000 mourners filed through the state capitol. LaFollette’s long career included fighting party machines and pushing reforms, notably in Wisconsin where he served as governor.
Forest Park's grounds committee visits for park improvements and ins features. A weekend dedication marks Lincoln Square on Lincoln, West, and Lawrence avenues with a mammoth local celebration. Nelson Darling and Congresamen Tathbone are among the speakers at the event.
The Ten Commandments opens at the Roosevelt Theatre Chicago on Monday June 2 at 0 30 a m with popular prices. It will run daily at reading prices and features a star cast led by Theodore Roberts Charles DeRoche Fatete Taylor Julia Faye and more with extended musical score by the Roosevelt orchestra.
A fragmentary line from a damaged page hints at violence with knives and wrongdoing. The readable wording mentions an injured individual and a doubtful cry, suggesting a crime or peril scene, though specifics are missing.
A jagged excerpt mentions a gentleman farmer nearby and a scarecrow called The Snat. The dialogue shows perplexity about a person or object, with fragmented phrases about a golf loge and a question of belief.
The Boy Scout notes record rising Camp Wilderney applications with no slots after Friday June 0th. A setup party led by Scoutmaster Chas F Spurr moved benches and prepared the mess hall. Modern Woodmen of America host a National Convention as Forest, Maywood, Oak Park Scouts contribute service at hospital and headquarters during a weeklong camp along the river.
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