Great Throng Backs Defense in Wilmette Event Night
A September Defense Test Day gathering in Wilmette drew a large crowd. Col Boyden led four divisions from Linden avenue to a hollow square near the new school, with prayer, speeches by Amos Miller and Rev. Stanell, and a benediction by Rev. Father Newman. The crowd, including scouts and veterans, voiced support for national defense amid imperfect flag displays.
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Wilmette
Linden Avenue
Fourth Street
Col. Boyden
Gilbert Stansell
O.R.C
Amos Miller
Spen
Methodist Leader Preaches at Wilmette Parish Sunday
Rev J Hastie Odgers district superintendent of the Rock Island Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church will preach at the Wilmette Parish Methodist church Sunday morning September 1. New members will be received at the service. He will conduct the fourth quarterly conference on Wednesday evening after a six thirty p.m meeting in the church parlors.
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J. Hastie Odgers
Rock Island
Wilmette Grain Broker Killed in Chicago Incident
Anthony C. Thill of 245 Woodcourt Wilmette was killed Tuesday night in Chicago when struck by an automobile while fleeing across a boulevard to escape an assault by two men. Thill was a grain broker for Armour Grain Co. His family resides in Wilmette.
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Anthony C. Thill
Woodcourt
Chicago
Sacramento Yard
of. Thill
Armour Grain Comny
Wilmette
Tiny Wilmette Coffee Shop Opens This Week
The Wilmette Coffee Shop, a small eating house at Electric Place and Central Avenue, will offer coffee sandwiches light luncheons and light breakfasts for commuters and theatergoers. Founded by Armenian Canadian immigrant K Kazanjian and his English wife, the couple praise Wilmette as the finest place yet.
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North Shore
Chicago
Electric Place
Central Avenue
Wilmette Coffee Shop
K. Kazanjian
Wilmette
Canada
Kazanjian
Bulgaria
England
First National Bank
Local men named in Who's Who in America
Fourteen Chicago area residents are profiled in the latest Who's Who in America for notable achievement. The alphabetical list includes professionals such as Nathan P. Colwell a physician and ethics lecturer Frederic Crossley a lawyer and bibliographer and Jens Jensen a landscape architect among others.
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Who's Who In
America
Nathan P. Colwell
Council of Medical Education
The
American Association
Frederick B. Crossley
Carlton R. Dart
David J. Davis
College of Medicine
University of Illinois
Clarence E. Drayer
American Association of Engineers
J. Duncan- Clark
Chicago Evening Post
Boys’ Club Federation
Jens Jensen
Chicago Art Institute
Hilton I. Jones
Redpath Bureau
Francis E. Kelly
U. S
Mexican
Europe
Isaac Markens
Abraham Lincoln
Carey C. Orr
Chicago Tribune
Edgar J. Phillips
A. L. Rice
Judson F. Stone
McCormick Estates
International Harvester Company
Little Garden Club Holds Experience Meeting
Due to bad weather the Fall Flower Show was not held. Members gathered at Mrs. Ed Mitchell’s Wilmette home 342 Gregory Avenue to share gardening successes and failures. Mrs. E P Pierson of Chicago sang with the host’s sister. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Edward Ba’s home.
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Little Garden Club
Ed Mitchell
Gregory Avenue
Wilmette
Edward Ba
Odd Fellows Form New Encampment in Wilmette Area
The Wil EVansbrook Encampment No 177 was organized by Odd Fellows from Evanston Wilmette Winnetka Glencoe and Northbrook at the Wilmette I.O.C.F. building. New members include 2 initiates and 96 candidates. Women of Wilmette Rebekah lodge served dinner for over 150 attendees as three Chicago degree teams conducted rituals and officers were installed. Grand Patriarch John F. Sykita praised the work and anticipated growth while reports of “surprise visits” to other lodges indicate rising North Shore interest in Odd Fellowship.
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Legionnaires
Knights Templar
Boy Scouts
Wilmette
Odd Fellows
Evanston
Winnetka
Glencoe
Northbrook
Wilmette Avenue
Wilevansbrook
Wilmette Rebekah Lodge
Chicago
Odd Fellowship
John F. Sykita
Ette Ist Varis
North Shore
Ihbrook
Highland Park
Libertyville Lodge
North Shore Line
Deerfield Lot for Ravinia Site Sparks Winnetka Homes
Classified listing catalogs items available for sale or auction including Georgian dining-room set, Morris chair, porch furniture, washing machine priced at 60 dollars, Victrola 75 dollars, step-ladder, baby buggy, Oakland sedan, Airedale pups, Persian cats, dinner gown, and private hedge.
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Deerfield
Ravinia
Winnetka
Morris
Oakland
Dollar Days Urge Bargain Shopping Next Tuesday and Wednesday
The Wilmette Chamber of Commerce designates the upcoming Tuesday and Wednesday as Dollar Days. Citizens are encouraged to visit local stores early to enjoy surprisingly low prices and mutual profits from the bargain event.
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Wilmette Chamber of Commerce
Eddington Allen Form New North Shore Realty Firm
Frint George has sold his business to A R Eddington and D Everett Allen Jr. The new firm Eddington and Allen will operate on the North Shore and Chicago real estate scene. Allen has been with the original firm since 1907 with a brief Texas interlude. Eddington brings six years of North Shore experience after work in Wisconsin and the Southwest.
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North Shore
Frint George
Frint George and Company
A. R. Eddington
D. Everett Allen, Jr
Chicago
Eddington
Texas
Im [Wilmette
Wisconsin
Southwest
A R Eddingun
Wilmette Life
Rotarians Hear Hints on Effective Advertising
Frank McClure, president of the Wilmette Sunday Evening club, spoke to the Wilmette Rotary on "The Advertising Man's Laboratory." He illustrated how ads appeal to senses, comfort, pride, economy, and beauty, and stressed color schemes with red appealing to women and blue to men. He noted quack medicine ads are banned in 34 states and praised advertising as essential to modern business.
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Frank McClure
Wilmette Sunday Evening Club
Wilmette Rotary Club
McClure
Union
Wilmette Pair Embarks On Round World Tour
Mr and Mrs Thomas E D Bradley of the North Shore hotel Wilmette depart next Tuesday for San Francisco to sail on the President Wilson for an extended Orient world tour. They will be joined by Prof and Mrs Herbert L Willett of the University of Chicago and six friends to study social economic educational and religious conditions visiting universities mission centers hospitals and trade centers with return anticipated in May or June next year.
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Wilmette
Thomas E. D. Bradley
North Shore Hotel
San Francisco
President Wilson
Orient
Herbert L. Willett
University of Chicago
Wilmette Women Voters Plan Lecture Series and Civic Education
The Wilmette League of Women Voters organizes its first season with a six-lecture citizenship course led by Mrs. Walter F. Dodd. The program aims to educate women on civic duties, encourage registration and voting, and promote legislative understanding, with tickets offered at a single package price. The opening meeting is Sept 19 at 3 p.m. at the Wilmette Woman's Club.
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Wilmette
Wilmette League of Women Voters
Wilmette League
Wilmette Woman's Club
League of ‘Women Voters
Walter F. Dodd
Dodd
Ilinois
Woman's City Club
Chicago
Civics and Legislation Committee
Young People's Worker to Address Endeavor Society
Rev. George H. Fickes director of young people's work in the Ohic Presbytery will speak for the Christian Endeavor society of the First Presbyterian church of Wilmette Sunday evening at 5 30 o clock. His subject is The Challenge that Young People are Facing in the Church. This will be the first meeting after vacation.
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George H. Fickes
Ohic Presbytery
The
Presbyterian Deviation
Christian Endeavor Society
First Presbyterian Church of
Wilmette
Fickes
Clinic Dates For Infant Welfare Clinic In Grosse Pointe
The Infant Welfare Clinic conducted by the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute will be held every Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 4 at the Grosse Pointe Health Center. Miss Norcross, the community nurse, will be in charge.
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GIVE
Chicago Tuberculosis Institute
Grosse Point
Miss Norcross
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Mr. Miller
Miller
Father John Newman
St. Joseph's Church
Wilmette Folk
North Shore Lodges
Women of
Rebekah
Eddington-Allen
Women Voters
League of Women Voters
Woman's Club
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