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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1920
Page
12
A jumble of political opinions and gossip covering Republican and Democratic tensions, a divorcing couple Mrs Chinpin and her husband, a high valued divorce settlement, and a note on the Hilwan deep waterway project. Mention of Whit, Legislation, and public utilities pricing amid Chicago politics and a criminal case involving boxer Buck Johnson.
A Monday village council session in which Dr J C Cobb and Edward Mines urged a Public Service Company pipeline permit drew protest and adjournment. Attys. Closes and Choyon objected to insinuations of disloyalty while Mayor Kant and others debated legality and urgency, urging swift resolution for the hospital project and veterans relief.
Sealed bids are invited by the Proviso Township Board of Education District 1 in Forest Park for work on various projects. Bids must be delivered to the Secretary by 8 PM on the specified date and accompanied by a guaranteed weekly payment. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids and no bidder may withdraw once bids are opened.
Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Investigation of Provinc e Yownshiy Fligh School District for exterior woodwork painting of the old High School Building at Frat Avenue now Madison Street Maywood IL. Specifications prepared by BL W. Ben von Architect on file at the Lighthouse. Bids must be received by 7 o clock in the evening, accompanied by a certified check for 10 percent of the bid, payable to the Secretary of the Board. By order of the Board of Education. William Fr Borgke, Secretary.
sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Education of Proviso Township High School District on October 8, 1020 for an expenditure of aduhghomul mire and ornate invar range. bids must be delivered to the secretary by 11 AM. secretary WILLD F BURGER signs this notice.
A reader recounts a rowdy scene at Forest Park where teens and young men drank a strong beverage, tore hats, and kicked them. On September 12 at about 10 49 pm four youths under 18 staggered along Har vison Street near Hannah Avenue. One injured, others pulled at a ground cover as they carried him along. God help the mothers of boys starting out.
The Thanksgiving Circle of the King's Daughters will meet at Men. 8. Terrell’s home at 821 Hannah avenue on Tuesday, September tat at 2 p.m. Mrs. H. Johnson of Avatta, county president, will speak. Visitors welcome. Mns, BAM GSHAYE, Secretary.
A garbled passage extols control of thoughts and a single dominant idea as shaping a life. It claims great thought leads to a great life, though the text is fragmented and difficult to parse for precise meaning or attribution.
A clipped vintage column quotes Arthur Brisbane on hearse politics and a new sugar refining claim aiming to curb prices at four cents a pound then hints at profiteers and potential policy shifts. It mocks apocryphal shows and notes Jud Tunkins on aging and business.
A Wisconsin laboratory reports that wood fiber length varies widely within species. Tongian fir fibers range from 0.8 to 7.04 millimeters, Douglas fir averages near 4.41 millimeters, and longleaf pine about 3.07 millimeters. Early growth shows rapid increase in length from center outward, with later years showing less variation. Fiber length also rises from the butt upward for two thirds of the tree height, and spring fibers outpace those formed in early summer.
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