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Wilmette Life in Wilmette, Illinois

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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1929

Page

4

Early Spring Garde n Hints and Flower Show Notes

Garden Talks notes the first snowdrop and robin sighting in Wilmette. residents describe early gardening, seed displays, and a hint from Teall about using hot beds or cold frames to gain a spring edge. A Boston Herald excerpt critiques modern flower shows focusing on background rather than blooms.

Teall Boston Herald Tribune Paul Revere

Peacock Trio to Play in Orrington March 24

The Sunday Evening musicale at the Tudor lounge Orrington hotel March 24 from 8 to 9 pm features the Peacock trio with Grace Peacock violin Mildred Allen piano and Corinne Colburn cello. They will perform pieces by Chaminade Kreisler Saint-Saens Godard Schubert and more broadcast on WEHS.

Orrington Hotel Peacock Trio WEHS

Floral Wedding Decor Described in Lavish Detail

The text details abundant wedding decor including family pewter and a Calvin Coolidge era perforated glass flower holder. Calendulas and bachelor buttons fill the scene, with candlesticks, robes, checked napkins, goldfish bowls, iron gates, and Georgian mantels surrounding a bridegroom-like emphasis yet restrained by a maze of decorations.

Calvin Coolidge

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Wilmette Grocery & Market Central Avenue Redke Bros Papageorge Bros Wilmette The Wilmette Garden Club Swan Saint-Saens Corinne Colburn Cellist Kreisler Syncopation Kreisler Tris le Lac Borowski Grace Peacock Bereeuse Jocelyn Godard Mildred Allen Tatlet Faust Goung Schubert Joseph F. Comee Forest Avenue California Belle Bennett Toluca Lake Edward Scheidenheim D. L. Taylor Tryon, N.C J. W. Cullen Winter Park, Fla Patty Shoppe Natio Wilmette Ave Nal Bank
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