This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 3 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1935
Page
2
Wilmette firefighters responded Tuesday to a basement fire at E. B. Terrill’s home 1319 Washington Avenue. A boiling tar bucket heated on a gas plate for roof repairs started the blaze. The flames caused minor damage, but smoke ruined drapes and furnishings in the upper rooms.
New Trier High School girls held their annual horse show at the O Ki Hit stables. Begin ning intermediate and advanced riders competed in seat and hands, bending race, musical chair, potato polo and a saddling contest. Prizes awarded included blue red yellow and white ribbons for top riders across all groups. Capt Wade Gatchell and others served as judges while Pam Stjernholm did exhibition jumping despite sloppy turf.
Walter H. Chambers will be guest tenor soloist at the morning service on Sunday June 9 at the Wilmette English Evangelical Lutheran church. He will sing If With All Your Hearts from Mendelssohn Elijah. Chambers studied under Albert Borroff and William Clare Hall in Chicago and later attended Chicago Musical College.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.