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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1923
Page
14
Forest Park Illinois receives second class matter at the local post office as part of standard mailing processing. Albert Hall editor notes continued distribution through the Forest Park facility.
Forest Leaves, the town's oldest weekly, is purchased by Forest Stark Review publishers. The new owners plan to keep both papers running, with Leaves published on Wednesdays and the Review on Saturdays to provide weekly news coverage for Forest Park.
The article notes September marks the end of summer vacations for school children and adults, resuming work and boosting business activity. It describes warm days lately, the calendar signifying autumn, and a promising period of growth and prosperity for Forest Dork per Building Inspector Zahnit.
Village officials vow to remove weeds from vacant lots to stop depreciation of surrounding properties. They warnowners who allow weeds to grow will face enforcement and fines, noting the high cost to individual owners if weeds are not trimmed promptly.
A short piece asserts ice cream origins involve Romuns Chinese and Japanese in 1200s plus Italian chefs brought by Queen Catherine de Medici to France and a secret recipe kept by a covuk under Charles. The note ends with a prompt to trade in Foreat Park.
A reader letter laments mismanaged Labor Day festivities at a local amusement park, noting absent attractions and promoter care. It praises some performers from Forest Park and highlights police actions against a gang, while criticizing memory lapses and publicity issues in the celebration.
A woman from New Markboro deposited 2800 pennies and 634 nickels totaling 50.70 at the Great Barrington Savings Bank. The coins weighed 18 pounds, marking the bank’s largest such deposit in nine years, reflecting a notable accumulation period.
Jacob Irvine of near Wintock Washington asserts on a St Paul visit that placing a radio in the hen coop boosts egg production. He experimented on his farm listening to jazz or grand opera and reports the hens laid more eggs, claiming the radio would repay the cost.
A possum named Billy loses his tree home when beaver brothers cut it down into a stream. He escapes by swimming to the bank and decides to relocate to an old hollow tree to avoid beaver damming. The tale ends with Billy choosing a dry den away from the water.
Oak Park district reports 38 troops, 876 scouts, 88 scoutmasters and 17 deputy commissioners. Two monthly swims set for the first and third Tuesdays with activities including merit badge work, games, and camping at Camp Dan Beard. Executive Ernest J. Morris to attend Culver conference. four boys attended Culver School of Woodcraft for merit badge work.
The service brakes are foot pedal operated and act on rear wheels. The hand brake controls the emergency brake, typically engaging the same brake drums with inner expanding and outer contracting components.
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