Local social items in Gulf Hills and Kenilworth
Miss Barbara Bateman visits Gulf Hills hosted by Miss Kate and Mary Branniger at 735 Michigan Avenue. Mrs. Roger Williams entertains her club at a luncheon and bridge at 410 Forest Avenue. Mrs. John Hicks returns to Kenilworth from a month in California with her mother on March 10. Mrs. John C. Carpenter hosts her luncheon bridge club at 422 Woodstock Avenue in Kenilworth.
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Barbara Bateman
Michigan Avenue
Kate and
Mary Branniger
Gulf Hills
Miss
Roger Williams
Forest Avenue
John Hicks
Melrose Avenue
Kenilworth
California
John C. Carpenter
Woodstock Avenue
North Shore Line Raises Interstate Passenger Rates
The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee railroad increases interstate passenger rates from 3 to 3.6 cents per mile effective March 25 by Interstate Commerce Commission order. Round trip Chicago Evanston and Kenosha Racine Milwaukee tickets sell at current rates until April 1. Commutation rates within Illinois and Wisconsin unchanged. The new one way fare from the Chicago Loop to downtown Milwaukee becomes 3.06 dollars, matching steam railroads and 49 cents above the prior rate.
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Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Evanston
Kenosha
Racine
Milwaukee
Illinois
Wisconsin
North Shore Line
Chicago Loop
Charles E. Thompson
Skokie Valley
Electric High Speed Rail Plan Advances in Community Service
Authorities affirm ongoing efforts to develop an electrically operated high speed railroad. They emphasize growing benefits to the communities it serves as construction and operation continue.
Wilmette Students Help win Phi Eta Sigma At Illinois
Wilmette residents Lawrence Langdon and W C Thompson are among 105 first year Illinois students named to Phi Eta Sigma for spring 1920. The group averages 4 97 and 4 5 in the first semester. Of 2497 freshmen, 510 qualified this year and 5166 percent improved over last year. Letters are being mailed and pledges will be formalized at a university convocation addressed by a noted educator.
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Lawrence Langdon
Laurel Avenue
W. C. Thompson
Greenwood Avenue
University of Illinois
Phi Eta Sigma
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Washington
Sheashington
Wilmette
Milgrim
America's
Paris
New York
Michigan Boulevard
Wilmette Boys
U. of I
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