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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1924
Page
5
A world class photograph studio became a key ally of the New York police as they identify criminals through portraits. Portraits circulated nationwide, aiding cases from the Diamond Bank robbery to a $20,000 heist, leading to arrests within days and months.
The dilapidated St Louis house where Ulysses S Grant lived with Julia Dent will be transformed into the Grant Dent Memorial. John Gandlach turned the property over to the Grant Dent Memorial association which seeks to raise about $10,000 to preserve the red brick home as a visitors’ site and headquarters for patriotic groups.
The census reveals a heavy female surplus in many districts with Seaton listing 644 males to 1108 females and Benhill showing 7,618 males to 12,808 females. Tisbury and Oberiton also display notable imbalances, while Sumex records the highest female proportion and Monmouth the lowest.
In a Tennessee Valley tale, Jobo eofidd is described as a ferry operator near Coney Forks, with Uncle John Beho AMD overseeing two flat bottom boats. A funeral party moves along riverbanks while handmade boats and honey crafts reflect local life in a sparsely populated canyon country.
Frank W. Anderson aged 61 was killed instantly in a street car accident in Los Angeles on Sunday June 22 two blocks from his home at 2654 Magnolia Avenue. The body will arrive at Wisconsin Street station of the Northwestern allroad July 2 at 8 80. He will be in charge of the Knights Templars with burial at Waldheim cemetery. Funeral services set for Thursday afternoon at Blatter's chapel. Anderson longtime Northwestern foreman had worked in several cities and recently was in South Dakota. Married over thirty years to Jennie O Kiefer of Forest, Turk. They spent summers in this neighborhood and Mrs Anderson had two sons here Mrs Harriet Abebate and Mrs Oliva G Cooley. L Kiefer of Leiszbe present at the funeral. Another sister is Mrs William B. Murphey of White Plains New York. Mrs Murphy may not attend. Her daughter Besale Kiefer Murphy was married this week Wednesday.
The James F P Madsen Company at 208 Lathrop avenue reports sales of black soil rose by a third in 1924 as suburbans improve homes. Owners James B P Madsen and Rot E Madsen credit building expansion and upkeep of older homes. The firm runs three trucks, fourteen teams and about eighty employees.
Prof. D. D. Luckenbill of the University of Chicago told the national real estate men that Tutankhamen sought forty times land value for a burial site for his wife. He compared ancient mortgage and rent to modern finance, noting bargains, long leases, and the lasting power of property ownership in civilizations from Babylon to the United States.
Report says Professor Burk, who died reportedly from overwork, invented a method to reduce sulphur in base oil to under 1 percent, enabling superior lubricative and cleansing uses. He worked for years with the government on shale deposits at Rhomeridge, Dorestehire, and persisted despite ill health, nearing full elimination before death.
Forest Park students spend vacation split between jobs and leisure. De Evelyn Gold plans for De Kalb Normal, Roth Cunningham works at Great Northern railway, Henrietta DaCosta prepares for Chicago University, Mildred McKroy Ethel Kelly and Mary Baker seek summer positions, Bernard Cabo a telegraph operator, Roy Mietke to attend Bollett College at Blott Wis, Wilbert Glos assists at Ambrust's greenhouse, Myrtie Helleman acts as society editor, Adgine Keller visits Steger and seeks work, Edgar Kramp employed at Forest Park State Bank, Bart Witt at Imperial Methods Co.
The Oak Park River Forest and Forest Park tennis courts progress with 200 loads of cinders laid for eight courts at Harlem avenue and Lake street. The Oak Park Tennis Club plans a $20,000 complex with a club house and will allow public use with a 50 cent hourly fee, while children under 18 may use them free from 9 am to 4 pm on weekdays except Sundays and holidays.
Farrow offers barred rocks and single hens with prices from 7.50 to 14.50 dollars. Listed are White Rocks 11.50 and other breeds such as Minercas and Lee horns. The text also notes D. T. Farrow Chickeries in Pearis Delaware and mentions delayed world events amid fragmented notes.
The Charles Furniture Co opened a pew furniture store at 1 Madison Street, Oak Park. They offer a complete line of high grade furniture with direct connections to leading factories and wholesale houses. opening sale features manufacturer samples at large reductions.
Rain interrupted a game for the Jolly team in Beloit with players Desking Beloits lat Buodey and Harrigon hampered by rain. The team will face a colored crib from Chicago next Sunday with a 2:50 start time at Baloit s.
A stray OCR fragment urges car owners to swap tires and wipe rims and beads to prevent rust. The text is garbled but suggests maintenance steps after weather-related issues to protect wheel areas.
Fragmented OCR reads like a vignette of a neighborhood laundry scene with distant references to a prosperous family. The passage hints at clothesline imagery and a sense of renewal or progress, but the exact facts or events remain unclear and scattered.
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