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Newspaper

Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1924

Page

6

Silhouettes by Oscar Wilde Poem Fragment

The poem fragment describes a sea mood with a sailor boy boarding a ship and curlews crying as silhouettes form against the dusky sky. It evokes imagery of wind, moonlight, and grass with a young reapers scene.

Oscar Wilde

Society Meeting Urges Benefit to Employers and Gardeners

The passage promotes arranging work hours to allow gardeners to join the society and participate actively. It notes meetings at Community House in Winnetka and emphasizes mutual profit for both employers and workers.

Ciiety Winnetka

Free eye exam offer for children by Dr. O H Bersch

A liberal promotion by optometrist Dr. O H Bersch invites parents to have their children examined. The piece emphasizes early eye care for physical and future success, urging calls to Wilmette Avenue and Wilmette 2766 to schedule appointments.

O. H. Bersch Wilmette Avenue Dr. Bersch Wilmette

Books and Ignorance Bridge From Caney Creek Aid

New Trier High school students shipped 942 books to Caney Creek Kentucky in response to a community center call for help in fighting ignorance in the region. The piece likens reading to nourishment and imagines Caney Creek readers receiving the gift as a godsend.

New Trier High School Caney Creek Kentucky

North Shore gardeners praised for beauty of landscape

The article credits gardeners including landscape gardeners foresters and private garden workers for the North Shore area beauty. It highlights the North Shore Santass.sey society as a key exchanges hub promoting better horticulture and cooperative effort among local gardeners.

North Shore

Who is he Who am I in the Who’s a Contest

Readers are invited to test recognition of familiar faces in a Wilmette Life contest. The item describes common everyday people such as a grocery salesman and a barber whose names escape memory until certain cues are shown. The column invites participation and mentions the contest running in the publication.

Mame Bill Wilmette

A Good Investment In Building and Loan Shares

A young man with limited income can profit most by regularly buying shares in a solid building and loan association. If a 20 year old pays $10 monthly for 11 1/2 years and stops, by age 33 he has about $2,000, then the sum can double over time, yielding a $20 weekly income at 6 percent by age 66, with total outlay of only $2,000. Ensure the association is run by trustworthy, capable managers.

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