Stores in Wilmette Close Wednesdays in Summer
Eleven Wilmette stores close Wednesday afternoons during July and August. Employees and owners use the break for beaches games matinees libraries and home hobbies while Saturday duties keep them busy. Shops closing include Carroll Ridgway Unique Style Flinker Flinker R H Schell McAllister Worthen Taylor Wilmette Glass Works Terminal Hardware Griffis Wolff and Carl E Sterner Decorating.
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Wilmette
Chicago
Lake Shore
Carroll Ridgway Company
Cecile Shop
Flinker and
Flinker
R. H. Schell Company
McAllister- Worthen Dry Goods
Taylor Dry Goods
Wilmette Glass Works
Terminal Hardware Company
Griffis and Wolff Company
Carl E. Sterner Decorating Company
Imaginative Motorists Trigger Beach Search Frenzy
Two motorists at Wilmette bathing beach claimed two bodies were seen near shore. Guards searched lake and beach with searchlights as crowds gathered, but no bodies were found and the incident ended with disbelief.
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Wilmette
Horor
Sheridan Road
Mer
Village Manager Climber Delights in New England Hills
Village Manager C. C. Schultz returns from a fortnight in the east enjoying mountain trails near Manchester New Hampshire. He toured pine clad hills and visited the Amoskeag cotton mills praising the trip as delightful and restorative.
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C. C. Schultz
Mrs. Schultz
Boston
White Mountain
Manchester
N. H
Schultz
Amoskeag
Beach Records Broken as Warm Wave Hits Village
Wilmette bathing beach saw over 1400 visitors on Sunday setting a yearly record as warm weather boosts attendance. Beachmaster Francis Bradley notes a steady rise with more than 1000 bathers daily since the warm spell began, as children fill morning hours before guards arrive and vie for dressing room space.
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Wilmette
Francis Bradley
Lake Front
Fragmentary Notice Hints at March Avenue Event
A partial OCR fragment notes a time near 1 o'clock and mentions a welcome at a location on Archain Avenue. The readable text suggests a public or community event but details are unclear and names or places are incomplete.
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East
Snider & Carel Drug Co. Cor
Wilmette and Central Aves
Cenol Agency
Deluxe Cleaners
Central Avenue
Errace
Chestnut
Wilmetto
Wilmette State Bank Central Ave
Twelfth St
Cara Nome
Janeve
Dazira
Bouquet Ramee
Renneckar Drug Co
Rexall
Paul
Ible
Reneve
Leric
Suner
A. Lore Indy
Piowe
Subje
Morarchain Avenue
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