Taft Lectures on Beauty of Nature at River Forest
Lorado Taft spoke to about eight hundred at River Forest Presbyterian church on Beauty in American Life. He urged Americans to appreciate beauty, foster talent in youth, especially among the foreign born, and stressed art as a record of what seems worthwhile guiding community betterment and spiritual growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorade Taft
River Forest Presbyterian Church
River Forest
Aarow
Taft
France
Heguty
Mr. Taft
Don Dixon Returns to Warrington Theatre Engagement
Don Dixon and his company return to the Warrington Theatre for a limited engagement starting Monday May 21 with new plays vaudeville and music. The run features Wednesday and Saturday matinees plus two shows on Sunday at 7 and 9 p.m. The troupe promises renewed energy and features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Dixon
Warrington
Don
Red Hairy
National Hospital Day at Speedway Hospital marked by open house
On Saturday May 12 the Eighth Annual National Hospital Day observance will showcase hospital features from 2:30 to 1:30 PM. Friends of Edward Hines Jr Hospital are invited for guided tours. no food to patients. preferred gifts are plants like geraniums for wards and gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Hospital
Florence Nightingale
Edward Hines
Book review fragments on youth psychology and dubious titles
The excerpt discusses a Persian poet's The Scarlet Boat and dubious new titles like The Shrimp Farm and Ways of a Skate, misattributed as The Stump Farm and Ways of Escape. It highlights Growing into Life by David Sebury as a key parenting work, praising it as vital amid rising insanity and neuroses, and urges parents to learn guiding strategies for modern youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rewests
David Seabury
Ten Years Ago in Forget Perk Review May 1918
Excitement on Madison street and Harlem avenue as ex policeman Edward Brown was shot in a quarrel with bartender Jim Martin at a George Connors saloon. Reports recall patriotic editorials and letters from local residents, with community news on fires, deaths, social events, church activities, and upcoming plays and parades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forget Perk Review
Baterday
Madison Street
Harlem Avenue
Edward Brown
Oak Park
Jim” Martin
George Connors
Hare Jem Avenue
Milton and Durant drive Detroit Special in Indy race
Indianapolis race entry pairs Tommy Milton and Cliff Durant for the Sixteenth International 500. Milton designed the Detroit Special and will be out as a driver with Durant piloting, supported by Bob McDonagh as relief. The event, May 30 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, features new engineering on the entry car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy_Milton
Cliff Durant
Indianapolis
Ind
Tommy Milton
Clim Durant
Diat
Milton
Speedway
Durant
Bob McDonagh
San Francisco
Dead Lovers Are Faithful, a Satire on Southern Manners
Frances Newman’s Dead Lovers are Faithful Lovers, reviewed as a biting satire on Southern womanhood and decorum. The critique notes protagonist Evelyn Page’s conflicts between duty and desire, praising Newman's sharp, provocative style while deeming its honesty excessive and its prose tart and overbearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Newman
Boni & Liveright
Decorum
Evelyn Byrd Page
Virginia
North Carolina
St. Paul's
Charlton Cunningham
Evelyn Page
Miss Newman
Isabel Romany
New Winter Silhouette Emphasizes Draped Fabrics and Drama
The article notes a shift from plain two piece outfits to garments featuring circular inserts deep folds and pleats. Designers blend practical sportswear elements with couture drapery and texture to create innovative wintry looks. Chanel inspires back detailing with wide folds and subtle wraps to balance form and function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mick Thas
Winorette
Chanel
The Deluge by S Fowler Wright review contrasts with Wells
The reviewer praises S Fowler Wright for his novel The Deluge. It treats a second planet catastrophe with vivid on the spot reporting style. Civilisation sinks as oceans rise and land sinks, leaving survivors in primitive conditions and shaping early idealism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Fowler Wright
Cosmopolitan Book Corporation
Orul
Wright
Mr. Wells
City ownership wanes as state shows report on municipal power
The Springheld Nine finals municipal report notes that municipal ownership of electric utilities is shrinking while private power expands. It cites 47 municipalities still owning plants and distribution systems, with combined capacity far below that of large private generators. The history committee of the J Hols Beate Electric association says 181 communities in Milaole have tried and abandoned such ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jhols Beate Electric Association
Ulinola
Ayatemt
Gee
Tinole
Milaole
Noteworthy Hunter Buried in Georgetown March 11 1802
The district delegate from the territory of Mississippi Ble death occurred March 11, 1802. He was buried at Georgetown as a notable member of the flat congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greveyerd
District of Columbia
Hunter
Georgetown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Speedway Hospital
Book Review
Review
Henry Cy. Rieck
Arthur C. Jackel
Herman J.kugischke
Oscar A. Henrich
Ernest Garling
Ernest Reich
Johan Lossin
Herman Schultz, Jr
Marenga Avenue
Jefferson Barracks
John Fietsch
Fashily
Warren Avenue
Vietsch
Ira Dean Powell
Beloit Street
Mildred Louise Bays
Jennie’ Bus
Elgin Avenue
Grace
Miriam
Jeanette
St. Bernarditte’s
Forest Park
Proviso ‘Township High School
Mra
William Pistor
Ferdinand Avenue
New Methodist Church
Thomas Avenue
Atlanta Street
LaVerne Rowder
Beloit Avenue
12Nd Field Artillery
Houston
Texas
St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran
South Side
E. B. Poster
Elias Frankel
Dr. F. Grosse
Evelyn Levee
Alice Place
Chicago
St. Bernardine's
Forest Park Hall
cLuiprieRwe Aidan
ARK— Fasshions
Sam Lee Laundry Co
Stange, JR
Pekar
Rome
Adda
Fedelcto
Fedelco
Aaa
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
Madson Street
W. F. Yardley
Forest Pang, Ill
Viola Moyne
Viola Paradisa
E. P. Dutton & Co
N.Y
Fredrickson’s Express
Umd
Chicaga
E. Austis Avenns
Phone Superior Sans
Klimmer
Greerhouses
Dunlop Avenue
Ali
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!