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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1925
Page
4
Wilmette and Winnetka each organize a machine gun troop with Evanston joining to form a squadron of 21 officers and 371 enlisted men. The move, part of the 1920 preparedness act, aims to ready the nation to respond quickly in a crisis to prevent war rather than to promote it.
The piece argues that police need not warn children about riding bicycles on public roads without lights. It stresses the visible danger to riders at night and the responsibility of parents to ensure proper lights to prevent fatal or injurious accidents.
The article notes women voters are increasingly active in politics while many men remain uninterested. It suggests that in coming years women may become more knowledgeable about current issues as leagues of women voters proliferate in communities.
Women voters on the north shore are unusually active, holding frequent private and public meetings. They study issues and candidates with ardent enthusiasm and discriminating insight, training themselves to present political problems and solutions clearly and to argue convincingly.
A study notes that modern women lack time for sewing yet show a strong instinct to create garments for others. Bazaar activities and group sewing aid orphans, distressed families, and disabled veterans, reflecting virtue in feminine craft and charity.
A full rigged ship on a metal rod tops the new village hall in Winnetka. The image stirs landlubbers as the ship sails steady through clear and foul weather, offering a hopeful port of state for the north shore.
The text argues for clearly placed street name and house number signs visible to pedestrians and drivers, with illumination at night. It notes north shore towns show readable street names but many houses have numbers readable only by inquiry.
A Chicago Commerce magazine piece collects suburban residents' reasons for preferring village life. Emphasizing outdoor living and neighborly ties, the essays highlight west and southwest suburbs of Chicago as ideal for happiness and health.
A lyric scene recalls travelers roaming through loved paths and shade clothed pools. The couple shares a kiss as darkness whispers of a single hour too brief, too perfect to repeat.
The New Trier High School Concert Band gave its first concert of the year on Friday December 4th. The group performed challenging pieces including Poet and Peasant and did not falter at the crucial moments.
New Terre News reports Horace Hubbard missing from the concert. The Miserere from Il Trovatore and a sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor could not be performed as Hubbard held the score, preventing others from playing.
Poem fragment speaks of a lonely star hung in the sky and finally falling as unheeded love ends. An intimate lament uses imagery of a star to express separation and fading affection.
A late note from a self described Wolverine vanished then reappeared among old Christmas cards in a desk drawer. The office blames the Flaming Youth proofreader for possibly destroying it, but a recovery later found the letter and valuables. The writers ask the Wolverine to respond.
A reader reflects on holiday shopping, noting many editorials urging early buying. They admit they have not checked with staff and fear delays, then conclude they might finish the paper in time to shop before Christmas Eve.
A Christmas themed verse laments joy and blessing urging readers to be full of cheer and Christmas spirit. The text contrasts festive merriment with a darker reference to The Slave in a concise poetic voice.
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