Was Highly Respected Here John Blair Landscape Designer Passes
Obituary notes John Blair a former Oak Park resident and landscape gardener who helped design Chicago parks Garfield Humboldt Douglas and Oak Park grounds. He died May 24 in Duncan British Columbia at over eighty. Blair also influenced Glen Eyrie Colorado Springs Blair Arboretum and Blair named Blair Athol. His family moved to Duncan after Oak Park years.
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John Blair
Oak Park
Duncan
British Columbia
Victoria
Vancouver Island
Mr. Blair
West Side
Chicago
Humboldt and
Douglas Parks
Ib. W. Austin, Sr
Colorado Springs
Austin
Blair
Gen. Palmer
Rio Grande Railroad
Glen Eyrie
Blair-Athol
B.C
Anna Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
Wright
Scotland
Oak Vark
New World
Band Concert Committees Form For Spring and Summer
A list of band concert committees with names and roles across Finance Music Programs Press Grounds Gates Public Affairs and more. The notice notes new spring and summer shoe arrivals and a sale at J.S. Ingram & Co with old prices and maintained quality.
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H. W. Austin
George Landis Wilson
Malancthon Smith
John Farson
CR Ayers
BK. OS. Conway
W. A. Cutchinson
F. R. Bagley
D. M. Barr
Nathaniel Beard
H. H. Wallis
Thomas H. Gale
O. B. Barker, Jr
Samuel D. Dunlop Press
F H. Ball
Col. W. Hunter
H. KR. Pebbles. Grounds
F. P. Armbruster
James Adams
L. G. Cook
Frank Eckart
F. A. Eliott
Dr. W. B. Fisk
KF. J. Maenish
N. R. Flitcraft
W. M. C. Foster
Geo. H. Owen
H.C. Perrine
William Wallace
Fred L. Wells
Theo. F. Bliss
A. F. Storke
J.S. Ingram & Vo
First Regiment Band to Open Thirteenth Concert Series
The first band concert of the thirteenth series will be given by the First Regiment Band conducted by J. F. Hostranser on Tuesday evening July 3. The program includes Weber Overture, Alice in Transcription, Hazel by Just a Little Gossip, J. Warlovsky Hungarian Airs, Gottschalk La Reine de Saba, Verdi selections, and excerpts from Rigoletto and a grand American Fantasy.
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First Regiment
J. F. Hostranser
Weber
Coberon
Alice
Hazel
Rollinson Rood
Cornet
Tosti
White City
Chicago
John Carroll
Ronaldo
Walker and
van Mehl
Count de Kutz
Brother
Jo Bing Fairy Tale About a Rapid Warship Builder
The poem portrays Jo Bing in a whimsical tale of building a powerful warship that outmatches a Dreadnaught, claiming it is unsinkable and fast. He supposedly amasses ten million, builds an air line railroad, and spans vast miles, all while in a grocery store setting, with exaggerated feats and a jokey finale.
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Jo Bing
Luscuni
Luscum
Loren Cook in Indiana to study farming and plant science
A young student Loren Cook travels to Indiana to study agriculture including seeds, roots, and stock raising, hoping to return to Oak Park for the fall term with new botanical and athletic knowledge. The piece also notes a large open air circus in White City, Chicago, and lists graduating students from local graded schools heading to Hawthorne and other elementary schools.
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Loren Cook
Indiana
Loren
Oak Park
Maj A J Cheney Honored at Old Settlers Gathering
Eldhorn Wis residents praise Maj A J Cheney a Walworth County pioneer and former Delavan principal. Cheney led Co 40th Wisconsin in the Civil War and raised a company for the 49th before serving as Co K captain. He later led a Walworth County school and now serves as western agent for G O Merriam Co. Oak Park Ill. delegates to regional conferences and local dances are noted, along with Isaac N Coward’s return from Burlington Wisconsin.
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Majo
A.G. Cheney
Walworth County
Old Settlers’ Society
Oak Park
Delavan School
Co. Wo
Wisconsin Volunteers
Co. K
Merriam Co
Springfield
Miss
Miss Daisey Pike Chosen for Lake Geneva Sketch Trip
Miss Daisey Pike of 338 Home Avenue, a longtime Art Institute student, joins a large class selected for a month at Lake Geneva to sketch under Prof Vanderpoel. Pike is one of fifteen hundred chosen, a notable compliment and rewarding opportunity.
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Daisey Pike
Ivory H. Pike
Home Avenue
Art Institute
Lake Geneva
Vanderpoel
Miss Pike
Ladies Swimming Classes Offered by M C A
The M C A sets a summer rate of three dollars for ladies swimming classes meeting Mondays and Thursdays from 9 30 to 11 30 morning. No extra instruction charge. Over forty ladies have learned to swim. new members may join at any time.
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M.C. A
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Henry W. Austin
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
Goc
Gongert
Mr. J. Warlovsky
J Gottschalk
Down South
Werbert
Fennagovt
Nielsen
JO. Bing
Tibbe
Luseum
Americas
James Russell
Emilee Laura Orth
Norman K. Patton
Edith A. Louise Peterson
Edna Dorothy Kehr
Maurice J. Rogers
Jussie Rech
Charles Eugene Stout
Mary Loretta Scott
Doris Agnes ‘Templeton
Erwin Amil Timme
Ada Eleanor Wilcox
Marjorie Louise Woodcock
Ralph Waldo Emerson School
Leola Edna Abbott
Walton C. Albro
Harry Maurice Angell
William Storrs Baldwin
Margaret Burrage Bills
Walter L. Boyer
Muriel Cheal
Harold Dudley Claberg
Frances Elizabeth Crighton
James Miller Crighton
George Dabbert
Marguerite Ruth Bietsch
Marguerite Florentine
Rma Fowler
Alice May Foy
Grace Agnes Foy
Ottis KR. Grattan
Harry Guy Gundaker
Wilhelmina Pauline Haase
Philip W. Hanna
Howard Leslie Heald
Dorothy Page Higgs
Albino P. Holbrook Jr
Howard Crounse Holbrook
Ernest Holland
Emily Caro Johnson
Louise Kastrup
Charles C. Lawton
Olive Clarke Lewis
Cornelia McConnell
Walter Howard McCay
Bertha Blanchard Mead
Laura Mae Mendenhall
Margaret Elizabeth Mills
Robert W. Mitchell
Lillian Elizabeth Moore
Frances Kate Newell
Harriet Elliott Parsons
Mary Elizabeth Patch
Muriel Pauline Purvis
Almira Grafton Pugh
May Randall
Dorothy Rood
Harry Roschinsky
George F. Royal
Marion Spalding
Ramona Cora Sweet
James Wallace Thomson
William Browning Tucker
Sterling Vallette
Julian van Deberge
Ralph Maurice Watt
Durothy Thatcher Webb
Margaret Webster
Laura Stephanie West
Frances Hall Wilson
Frances Ruth Wood
Frank C. Wood, Jr
James Meiniad Waulpi
Hawthorne School
Erhard N. Anderdon
Grace EE. Babcock
Lucile Vendome Berg
Claire Bishop
Jack J. Cleary
Elsie Duffein
Walter Gibbon
Carlos Twyman Ifall
Raymond Kh. Huelster
William W. M. Koch
Frances Josephine Lakin
Julia Reeves Langston
Leslie Carl Meyer
Anna Miller
Marguerite Misenhimer
Rose P. Mochler
Everett H. Pringle
Harvey Bennett Richards
Wilhelmina Geraldine Rogers
Sybil Starr
Lola May Striblen
Guy Stephenson
Herbert G. Sutphen
Wray Tompkins
Harriet Wheeler
WM. Beye
Douglas Ballard
Vernon Bishhoff
John Bohan
Marion Bowes
Ethel Davis
Hadith Druitt
Royal Firman
Charles Fisher
Annie Ijlenderson
Lewis Ilewes
Frances Hitchcock
Walter Hogans
Alma Irwin
Edna Jamieson
Mary Jones
Asa LaGrow
Mollie Lavelle
Edgar Lingren
Walter Ludwig
Dorotha McLean
Haroldson
John Phelps
Harold Prime
Ruth Robinson
Ruth Scott
Marguerite Soule
Irene Templeton
Marie Tinsley
Ann Wallace
Florence Wonnacott
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A.J. Cheney
Onur
Maj. A J. Cheney
Old Settlers
Eldhorn
Wis
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Phe Boys Confervnes Ast Institute
Volunteer Worker's Conference
Young Womens’ Christian Association
Beta Tau Delta
Delta Kappa Phi
Phi Gamma Upsilon
Isaac N. Coward
Berton
Wisc
Maj. AL. Cheney
TOR Sale
Encyclopedia Britacania
A. C. Clapp
Oak Park Ave
Jast GriGp
Chas. F. Drechsler
Lake ST
E. H. Hann
Quality Grocery
Randolph ST
Hugh Gair
Coleét Métal
Magee Stoves
Ontario
St., Rear
Parmer Rossman
Pure Drugs
Stationery
Candies
Cigars
River Forest
E. Purnell
Boynton
N. Oak Park Ave
Avenue
C.K. Bolles
Wa Einer Ldt
Casnier
John ED. Ross George Walker Sampson Rogers
O. W. Herrick
W.S. Herrick
Vick
S. P. Nissen
G. Kd. Bolles
I. A. Cummings
Tacob Mortenson Willis
Ss. Herrick
Escanaba
Green Bay Ports
Mackinac Island
Muskegon
Grand Haven
Milwaukee
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R.C. Davis
P.A
Michigan Ave
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Via
MONON
Service
Chas, H. Rockwell
Frank J. Reed
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