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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1925
Page
6
Long article argues vacations teach perspective and improve contentment. It discusses how city and country stays benefit residents and urges plans for a parallel boulevard system in Chicago, favoring Randolph Street for westbound traffic and Washington Boulevard for eastbound flow to reduce congestion.
Forest Park schools prepare for Tuesday start with expanded staff and anticipated enrollment surpassing last year. Trustees seek authorization to issue bonds for an $80,000 new school building on the southeast corner, aiming to relieve crowded existing facilities and cut travel for south town students. Community support urged for the education board’s plan.
Oak Park village planners advise altering the path of Washington Boulevard to connect Lombard Avenue with Randolph Street via Forest Park. Forest Park merchants on Randolph favor shifting to Washington Boulevard, seeing it as a better known route. The issue involves confusion for outsiders as Washington Boulevard continues through Chicago Oak Park to Marengo Avenue and Circle Avenue, with debate ongoing.
The column discusses income taxes paid by notable individuals and corporations, noting multifold figures from several tycoons to President Coolidge and Ford. It touches on gasoline prices, Ford’s green paint claim, and Madison Street property turnover, illustrating stock and investment sentiment in Chicago.
Maith Halleman recounts a vivid Heidelberg encounter during a German university summer program. Crowded trains bring students from across the country to the old town as sunsets light the castle, riverside promenades, and band music fill the evenings. A climb to Konigstuhl promises sweeping views while intertwined with local student life and romantic hints among the crowds.
The article discusses how married and single women in business juggle meals, proposing planned home dinners and milk storage ideas. It suggests evaporated milk as a staple, offers recipes like Scalloped Ham and Potatoes and Egg and Gasperola, and notes practical kitchen routines to ease the hectic pace of working life.
The traveler recalls two joyous days in Heidelberg during a rediscovery voyage. He describes the town’s unique setting along the Nekar with forested hills and castle ruins at Nacher gemund and Dilsberg. The prospect of real estate fortunes contrasts with travel prose about culture and romance.
Readable lines warn of danger and secrecy in wartime signaling, note social tensions, and mention import restrictions and a misnoted lease. The garbled text suggests a clipped column or telegrams with scattered phrases about enemies, heads, ultraviolet signaling, religion, Nile imports, and a corner lot lease.
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