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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1924
Page
4
A 1890 scientific journal praised long distance telephony as the wall between Pittsburgh and Washington dissolving. By 1890 toll lines stretched 90,000 miles, growing to over 4.5 million miles with daily 1.6 million conversations, creating a nationwide service.
Summer residents at Little Sister Bay entertain Rev. and Mrs. Stephen A. Lloyd at Wildewood, the Addison Wilde home in Chicago. Guests include the Wilde family, the Crossley clan with daughters Martha Jean Julia Helen, Mrs. Thomas Crossley of Honesdale, and Misses Jenkins Lloyd Brower Newey Wilmette.
Miss Virginia Haines of 823 Greenleaf avenue is engaged to Edwin L. Heckler of 1109 Greenwood avenue. The couple plans a fall wedding at her home with a yet unnamed exact date.
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