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Wilmette Life

Location

Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1924

Page

17

Wilmette approves cast iron water main street plan

The village council adopts an ordinance to lay 8 to 10 inch cast iron water mains west of Ridge Avenue in Wilmette, with crosses hydrants valves and connections. The project funds are raised by special assessment, with ten annual installments and bonds to cover costs, and extensive trench and joint procedures outlined.

Wilmette Ridge Avenue Brown Street Clark Street Seger Pine Street Pine Crest Melvin Street North Avenue Elmwood Avenue Kenilworth Garden Wilmette Avenue Wilmete County of Cook Illinois Lake Avenue Greeley Avenue Kenilworth Hidge Avenue Schiller Street Segert Street Blum Street Highland Avenue Central Avenue E Street Moulton Board of Local Improvements Wiknette Wimette General Assembly Ilinoia Old Village Coo Sante Nols Eddy Ludlow Lakiue Reinwald Avenue Wiltte Wilme

Wilmette Water Main Improvement Estimate and Ordinance

The Village of Wilmette Board estimates 189 586 dollars for laying a cast iron water main network along Ridge Avenue excluding specified streets and areas. It lists pipe lengths diameters fittings hydrants valves and construction costs and recommends passage of the local improvement ordinance.

Sillage OF Wilmette Ridge Avenue Board of Local Improvements Edward Zipf Village of

Two Fire Calls in Week Are First in Two Months

The Wilmette fire department answered two calls this week, the first in over two months. A fire at the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee railroad waiting room at Forest and Elmwood avenues caused slight damage. The next day a overheated electric iron started a house fire at the Thalmann home on Brown and Segar streets, with damages around $50.

Wilmette Fie Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Forest and Elmwood Avenues Thalmann Brown and Segar

Iowa Next Big Illinois Game

Critics label the Illinois stadium’s upcoming clash with Iowa on November 1 as a master and pupil duel with Burt Ingwersen, ex-Illini star, coaching the Hawkeyes. Tickets flood Urbana and DePauw visits Illinois as the 40,000 crowd forecast looms.

Illinois Stadium West University of Iowa Hawkeyes Illinois Iowa City Iowa Michigan Ohio Hawks Burt Ingwersen Ingwersen Zuppke Harold Grange Illini Ingversen Urbana DePauw University DePauw Jimmy Ashmore Greencastle Ilini

Buchowetzki Adds Dora Mills Addon in The Swan

Dimitri Buchowetzki directs The Swan with Dora Mills Addon cast as Princess Dominica mother of Prince Albert, expanding the lineup for the production.

Dimitri Buchowetzki Dora Mills Addon Dominica Prince Albert

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State of Illinois Loca Ffman Albert N. Page d Frederick Tilt Linoia Loza Lake Shore Chicago Ave Evanston, Ill North Shore Electric League General Auto Repairing Wilmette Machine and Auto Works
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