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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1924
Page
6
Forest Park Review produced by Hall Heileman Company at 7283 Madison Street Forest Park Illinois with editor Albert L Hall. Second class matter at Forest Park post office heading indicates local publication status and office contact details.
Harvey Elli of the Forest Park Chamber urged local firms to exhibit wares at the Chicago exposition and to promote Forest Park products. He argued strong local advertising links residents with home industries and helps the town gain wider recognition beyond its borders.
Quamilasioner Brivch proposes consolidating machinery in a single building to cut labor costs and reduce accident risk while enabling remote oversight. Forest Park voters show support for funding playgrounds, signaling community backing for improvements and a better city life.
Text describes village business license renewals due May 1 with varied costs for milk sellers, bakeries, hotels, taverns, meat markets, restaurants, and peddlers. It notes a November December pricing policy and penalties for late or mispayment, plus a dog license expectation and an attempted early payment by a dog owner that was advised to wait.
A fragmented May issue talks of neighbors, a new carnival by Flel-Stevenson, and the mayor Kaul’s recovery. It notes excavation for a new hotel near the Review office, a spring discovery, and local sports with White Sox and Cubs sagging.
A review roundup notes Doroty Bowin's Black Babylon in a Chicago edition and A Nicholson's The King of The Tituck Tales, praising both poets as Chicago bards. It admires Bowin's bold early twenties voice and Nicholson's strong American novel The Interpret era House, comparing critical receptions across papers. The piece also covers Forest Park voters approving playground funding, and a light riff on leaves awaiting warmer nights.
The text extols thrift as intelligent money management focused on future needs, not hoarding. It outlines budgeting, bank accounts, and investing, with examples of compounding interest like Franklin’s NYC fund. It also sketches daily life vignettes, books at the library, and a Bookfellows feast announced for May 1 with Edmund Vance Cook as a speaker.
Shawnes, Okla. Board of Commerce criticizes a class of self styled experts and critics in the city. The speaker denounces sidewalk agitators and parlor bolsheviks as nuisances harming peace and progress. He argues that only real citizens can elevate Shawnes and urges expulsion of disruptive elements for a better city.
A fragmented description of wool flower fashion features knots of flat wool and clover blossom colors. The text references smoke grey wool, Brom narrow affuir and Urubailir Gocketa imagery, centering on a dress style with knot patterns and vivid color accents in yellow green and red.
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