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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1924
Page
1
Singleton and Ydacker prison row headlines
An OCR fragment mentions individuals including CE Y SINGLETON and YDACKER DON amid a Federal prize context. The readable text references a twelve year period and a consecution of events but lacks full detail for a precise report.
Enchanted Cottage Pantomime Set for Kenilworth Guild
North Shore Theatre formats a grand production of The Enchanted Cottage at Kenilworth Asahl hall next Wednesday. The all star Guild cast features Stewart Bailey and Eleanor Eckhart with elaborate dances, special lighting, and a six piece orchestra. Membership drive continues through Kenilworth with a $8 fee granting eight tickets to four major shows and six to Northwestern University Playshop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Shore Theatre Wild
Asahl Hall
Kenilworth
Mam Ogden Coleman
Winnetka
Edward Ls
Julia Hanks
Royceare School
Evanston
Vel Brown
Kenilworth Community Center
Hey
William Hardy
Cowles Strickland
Henry Lane
Winnethy
Henry D. Sulcer
Chicago
Kenilorth
School of Beech
George Duberg
Act of Fine Arts
Petrograd
Moscow
Nicholas Roerich
Inetrograd
Finland
Helsingfors
Sir Nhur Wing Pinero
Guild
Stewart Bailey
Elenor Eckhart
E. V. L. Brown
Evanston Candidate Washburn Slated for Recovery
Mrs. W. D. Washburn of Evanston, a Cook County board candidate, injured in a fall last week and now unable to speak. Campaign engagements will be covered by Catherine Waugh McCulloch and other prominent party women. Her bid has strong support from county women's groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toman
W. D. Washburn
Evanston
Cook County Board
Daylight Burglars Loot Duane Bartlett Home
Thieves obtained valuable jewelry and apparel in a daylight burglary at the Duane G. Bartlett residence, 1603 the Avenue, last Wednesday while the Bartletts were away in Chicago. Entry was through a broken lattice and a second floor window. police report the home was thoroughly ransacked with no suspects yet found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane G. Bartlett
the Avenue
Bartletts
Chicago
Scratching the Ballot Simple Way North Shore Voters Prefer
A brief guide explains a ballot method where voters place a cross in the top circle to choose a party. In the opposing column, voters mark only the candidates they support of that party. For Sanitary District trustees, if choosing from both parties, all candidates for that office must be marked in both columns to count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Shore
Sacred Harp quartet concert at Wilmette club
The Wilmette Sunday Evening club schedules a sacred concert on November 2 by the Harp quartet directed by Miss Irene Louise Thurston. Solo violin and vocal solos by Miss Gladys Swarthout are included, with Swarthout not available again until after the opera season. The event marks the annual feature drawing large audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmette Sunday Evening Club
Harp
Rera Louise Thurston
Gladys Swarthout
Chicago Civiera Company
New Trier P. T. A. to Inspect Class Program
The New Trier high school Parent-Teacher Association will hold a Wednesday meeting November 5 at 7 p.m. Parents will attend classes normally taken by their children in 20 minute sessions led by teachers. At the end Superintendent Frederick E. Clerk will discuss the new marking system tying diploma eligibility to earned quantity and quality points and explain its reasons and classifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Trier P. T. A
New Trier High School
Frederick E. Clerk
New Trier
Clerk
Wilmette Woman Leader Joins Insurance Agency
Mrs Eleanor Young Skillin wife of the late Percy Skillin of Wilmette has joined the Bokum and Dingle agency of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance company Her previous work as secretary to Charles H home of Montgomery Ward and Company is cited as preparing her for a successful life insurance career The Skillin family now resides in Kenilworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmette
Eleanor Young Skillin
Percy Skillin
Bokum and Dingle
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Skillin
Charles H. Home
Montgomery Ward and Company
Kenilworth
Chicago Woman Struck by Auto on Sheridan Road
Mrs. Ratza of Chicago was struck by an automobile driven by F. G. Hunt of Chicago on Sheridan road Sunday. Her injuries were thought to be serious.
Hope Thompson Gains Support in Cook County Race
The independent candidate Hope Thompson of Wilmette gains voter attention amid a four page Cook County and Chicago Crime and Murder Record issue dated October 25. The publication cites a certified truth claim by jurists and attorneys endorsing Thompson and criticizing Robert Crowe’s record as State's Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Thompson
Wilmette
Cook County
Chicago
Robert E. Crowe
Crowe
Thompson
Edward T. Lee
John Marshall Law School
Robert McMurdy
Illinois Bar Association
Hamilton Club
William H. Holly
Darrow, Sissman, Holly and Carlin
Frank L. Tuttle
John B. Boddie
United States
Roy 5. Gaskill
Kent Greene
Olson
Municipal Court
Arthur C. J. Chittick
of Chittick, Blankenship and Balitz
Municipal Court of
Crime Commission
Illinois
Deadline Notice for Wanted Copy Submissions
The notice warns that the deadline for wanted copy is Wednesday at noon. It urges submitters to send their material before the cutoff to ensure inclusion.
Failure to Register Is No Bar to Voting
Citizens and eligible residents are urged to vote next Tuesday in Wilmette and Kenilworth. Polls open 7 AM to 7 PM. qualified voters without registration can be sworn in at their precinct and cast a ballot. Voters are urged to vote early if traveling to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmette and
Kenilworth
China topic lectures by Wilmette Baptist Church guest Paul Hutchinson
The Missionary Education program hosts five Wednesday lectures by Paul Hutchinson on China from November 5 to December 10 at 8 pm. Hutchinson, with five years in China and editor roles, covers upheaval, the woman question, literary Renaissance, social and industrial issues, and religion’s future. Free admission invites church friends and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmette Baptist Church
China
Paul Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Methodist Episcopal Foreign Board
China Christian Advocate
America
Christian Century
Friends of the Church
Kindergarten expert to address Logan Ridge PTA meeting
Mrs. G. T. Black principal of Evanston Kindergarten and Elementary School will speak at the Logan Ridge schools Parents Teachers Association meeting Monday afternoon November 3 at 3 o clock in the Ridge school auditorium. Her topic is The Benefits to the Child of a Kindergarten Education. A musical rhythm demonstration by the Logan school kindergarten will also be given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Black
Evanston
Logan-Ridge
Parent-Teacher Association
Ridge School
Logan School
Prowlers Loot Home at 314 Park Avenue
Sneak thieves swiped jewelry handkerchiefs perfume money and an alarm clock from F C Proctor residence at 314 Park Avenue on Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Proctor Revienue
Park Avenue
Famed pianist Gabrilowitsch to recital at New Trier High
Russian born virtuoso Ossip Gabrilowitsch brings a major program to the New Trier High School auditorium Tuesday evening November 4 as the MacDowell Club series presents its second artist. The renowned pianist, Detroit Symphony director since 1918, studies and career notes mark a celebrated path from Petrograd to Berlin and America with a Mark Twain connection through his wife Clara Clemens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacDowell Musical Club
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
New Trier High School
Gabrilowitsch
Petrograd
Jon Rubinstein
Petrograd Conservatory
of Rubinstein
Leschetizky
Berlin
Europe
America
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
Clara Clemens
Voting Information Bureau to Aid Ballot Marking Wilmette
A non partisan voting information bureau will operate at the First Congregational church Wilmette and Lake avenues on Election Day November 4. Sponsored by the Wilmette League of Women Voters and Congregational church it provides instruction on marking ballots and will station representatives at polling places to assist voters and perform a non partisan voting list check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Wilmette
Lake Avenues
Jeaay
Wilmette League of Women Voters
Congregational Church
League of Women Voters
Former Wilmette Resident Dies in Cincinnati at 88
W. E. Dibble aged 88, formerly of Wilmette from 1889 to 1896, died Wednesday afternoon at his Cincinnati home. His son H. M. Dibble of 530 Lake Avenue left for Cincinnati last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
W. E. Dibble
Wilmette
Ohio
H. M. Dibble
Lake Avenue
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St of Others
CE Y Singleton
Don
Harp Quartet
Office of State
Robert F. Colowe
New York
San Francisco
Tel
Wil
Baptist Church
Russia
Scarlatti
Chopin
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