One-of-a-kind Forest Park newsstand gains a year
Harold Moore runs a single green forest park newsstand at Madison and Des Plaines Avenue. Despite police efforts to shut it, locals bus drivers and businessmen rallied for the license, keeping the stand open for at least another year. Regular traffic comes from cars, buses, and pedestrians, with notable sales of Tribune and Daily News. The small shop operates without heat or air conditioning, but remains busy, especially at 7 am and late afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Moore
Sun-Times
Moore
Forest Park
Tribune
McDonald's
Wall Street Journal
Sun- Times
Daily News
Madison and Des Plaines
Chronicles of Forest Park Fourth Local History
The 1976 compilation The Chronicles of Forest Park is the fourth local history in 70 years and follows earlier volumes like The Village of Harlem. It details Harlem’s biographical sketches of 74 men and four women, notes on residents, buildings, churches, and a 1906 image-heavy ad section, with admiration for Haase though omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawn Debeers
Forest Park
Harlem
Bellman Assn
H.H. Shepherd
W.G. Mette
Dorothea Metzger
Marie Lossin
Ellen Carney
Charlotte Lau
Albert Roos
Jacob Bieger
Charles Krieger
Henry Pelles
Ernest Hasselbring
G.H. Michelmann
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Grover Gottlieb Schwab
Otto Schneider
Henry Zimmermann
Ferdinand Haase
Haase
Altenheim
Heileman
Edith Heileman
Parker
Forest Park Review
Forest Park weighs new 185 car EI parking lot at Harlem and Circle
Village officials study a 185 space surface lot at Harlem to Circle Avenue. The Chicago Area Transportation Study Council of Mayors approved federal funding support but final steps include purchasing and razing a southwest corner building and securing long process approvals.
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Tom Walter
Harlem
Circle Avenues
Forest Park
Chicago Area Transportation Study Council of Mayors
Scott Mitzner
Mitzner
Circle
Forest Park Chamber sweepstakes winner announced
Lillian Hussers of 626 Elgin tops the last of 10 winners in the World sweepstakes as part of a $4,900 prize pool with $2,500 to the top prize. Over 10 weeks a subscriber drew a sweepstakes ticket each, with a $10 ticket value for readers who bought their own. Page 8 has contest details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Hussers
Elgin
Forest Park
Also Mentioned on This Page
Madison Street
Des Plaines Avenue
Des Plaines
Chicago
Madison and Desplaines
Keith Swinden
Grace
Grant White School
Randolph and
Harlem Mannerchor
Fraternal
Order of Eagles
Loyal Americans of the Republic
Knights of the Macabees of the World
The
Singing Society Hormone of Harlem
Harlem Turn-Verein
Arion Singing Society
Independent Order of Foresters
Liederthal Singing Society
the Boulevard Buffet
Otto
Giles Remedy Company
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