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THE t >KB SHORE NE"";"m*v A"(>IJST 24' 1923 â- â- â€¢"'X^'f^'-fe'-- PRICE LIST FOR EDITORIAL 'OIL' Editor Puts Bar Soap" on tt Soft Editor F t. Raymond, publisher of the Blakesburg (la.) Weekly Excelsior, is tired of running free advertisements and in an advertisement of his own tells the world about it as follows: , "Here you will find a schedule of prices from which no deviat.on will be Jnade, but we hope to donate a asrtaui percentage of our earnings toward found- ing an asylum for those feeble-minded people who believe an editor has a soft Sn«*For telling Excelsior readers a man is a successful citizen when everybody MOTOR COP INJURED IN SHERIDAN ROAD TRAFFIC John de Groot, Wilmette motor- cycle policeman, was painfully injured Sonday evening of this week when his machine crashed into a carat tne intersection of Sheridan road and Linden avenue. He was repor 8-Pound Girl Enters H. D. Hill Household Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Hill, 797 Walden road, Winnetka, announce the birth of an 8 pound daughter, Carol, on Saturday, August 18, at the Evanston hospital. .... „• Mr. Hill is a partner in the real . estate firm of Hill and Stone, super- f? vising the Winnetka office of the con- ted _ * h» ;s artive n the affairs of ! a»d::usefit.r :sentence iti doctors say.; knows he is as lazy as a bench warmer, $2 75 "For referring to some gallivanting fellow as one who is mourned by the ^w _._â€" entire community when, he will only be ciall»s office in the Simons car later in the week recovering factorily from severe bruises sus- £h ed in the accident in which his motorcycle was rendered a wreck. De Groot, local police state, had been in pursuit of a speeding car traveling south in Sheridan road. The machine eluded the policeman in the traffic congestion at Linden ave- nue and the chase was abandoned. A moment later he noticed a north- bound machine traveling at a high rate of speed and followed. A.t the Linden avenue intersection a car driven by Mrs. Edmond M. Simons, 104 Ffth street has stopped awaiting aii opportunity to turn west into the cross street. Mrs. Simons gave the signal, but deGroot failed to observe it applying his brakes too late to prevent a crash into the Simons car. De Groot was driven to a physi- X-ray cern satis"'the North Shore Real Estate Board of Suburban Chicago. LIGHTING FIXTURE SALES Salet of electric lighting fixtures for homes offices, stores and other places SHear SSled $220,000,000. This year !rL estimated that total sales w. 11 reach even a much higher figure. PREVENTING BLINDNESS A drop of silver nitrate solution in the eyes at birth will absolutely orevent blindness from natal infec- tion, says the state department of ^J%^J\^ o^rsJ^ the church building fund gPlmd,fof|i a rmghty darf||c â€"â€"â€"-â€"â- ...... -â€"_.,^f . CHURCH IAWir||p The Builders* Young | ciety and the Walther jek^, John's Lutheran church, Vrill lawn social on the church this evening. Refreshment! served and the proceeds '"«â- 'â- !'! 'H â- .« St missed by the boozers, $10.18 "Referring to one as a hero and a man of courage and one who will stand by his convictions when everybody knows he is a moral coward and would sell out for a dime, $4.13. "Referring to some gossipy female as an estimable lady whom it is a pleasure to meet and know when every man in town would rather see Satan coming, $8.10. "Calling an ordinary preacher an ___eminent divine, 54 cents. '^Lambasting the daylights out of John Barleycorn at the behest of the local dry forces, $6.77. "Whooping 'em up for the repeal of the Volstead law in the interests of the local White Mule Funnel Club, $6.77. "Referring to a deceased merchant who never advertised and who was too Stingy to contribute toward needed public improvements as a leading citizen and a progressive resident, $344.99. The Schaefers are Having A Fine Picnic Sunday Sunday, August 26, will be reunion day for the clan of Schaefer. Coming from Wilmette, Gross Point, Evanston, Chicago* and more distant parts, mem- ---------- bers of this larg^Jaixul_fc*ej:liap&^^ largest on the north shoreâ€"will join in With the population 1,1*111 iJ V»l»i»-'W â€"---------------------- examinations indicated that no bones were broken. August, Hottest Month Hands Out Chilly Day Those cooling lake-breezesâ€"are~ ail 4»our-consume-one- kilowatt-hour of cur- very well in the summer time, but occasionally scare us into the realiz- ation that Jack Frost is not so very far away, and into meditation con- cerning the exact location of our elusive summer wages. Such a day was Wednesday of this week. Grate fires were lighted in many homes and the care takers at the Vi 1 lage Hal 1 ^turned on the ^leam, 'Twas quite "chizzily", the thermom- eter skidding to the 50 mark in the earlier hours of the day. An occas- ional top-coat was in evidence among the commuters. Kenilworth Leads Towns In Property Per Person Kenilworth has more personal prop- erty per individual taxpayer than any other suburb of Chicago, according to this year's report of the board of as- sessors to the board of review made ELECTRICAL NOMENCLATURE So completely has electrical energy be- come a part of the current of life and of civilization's onward surge, that the world is seeking more information re- lating to the nomenclature of electricity. Here are some definitions of words used frequently in connection with elec- tricity : . . . The unit of electrical current is the ampere. The unit of electrical pressure which causes the current of flow through a conductor is a volt. One ampere of current at one volt of pressure equals one watt of power. A kilowat is one thousand watts. A kilowat-hour is one thousand watts for one hour. * A horse-power is 746 watts. A horse-power hour is 746 watts for one hour. Ten 100-watt lamps burning for one hour consume ofte kilowatt hour of cur- rent. Forty 25-watt lamps burning for one rent. VACATION FOR "DOC" Dr. E. E. Moore, Wilmette and Ken- ilworth health commissioner, is absent from his offices these days while en- joying a vacation spell before the busy school* season begins. LIGHTING CUSTOMERS The number of residential electric lighting customers in the United States on January 1, 1923, was 9,676,330. On January 1, 1922, the number was 8,467,600. TIRES How Are Yours? All Sizes Carried _______________in----------â€"râ€"-- largest *jii me iiui in au«nâ€"•»•" j*^».. ... vvitn tne pupuiauuu of l,18o, this an outing at the Glenview Forest Pfj^^sakuth^asdlLW Assessed onâ€"a^otal^ :j^3E£si==4tF4s==wEpe€te^ - â€"- ~^ ^ -..---„•------- valuation of $605,904. Evanston's per- sonal property valuationr"$lO,185,590, leads all the suburbs. Oak Park is lilrill be in attendance upon the festivities J The day will be devoted to the renewal iff acquaintances. There will be numer- g^ond with a total valuation of $6 ojus games and cdntest*?, including a ball 335592' gjame in which the married men will be ' *____________________ putted against the bachelors. t ? The day will mark the first annual reunion of the Schaefer family. It is to be held under*the auspices of the Oak kESvSSxcluh,, an organization of WomefLmembers of the family. Methodists Will Hear Noted Woman Preacher (Miss Madaline Southard, president of the National Association of Women Preachers, who has come to Chicago from Kausas City to attend the annual conference of that organization, will oc- cupy the pulpit of the Wilmette Parish Methodist church Sunday morning, RIGHT TREATMENT Old time consumption used to be regarded as non-curable and doctors advised patients to go westâ€"which they usually did. Now-a-days, the disease is popularly known as tuber- culosis and we know that it can be cured right here in Illinois if right treatment is begun early enough, says the state department of public health. Members of ^,the 'parish are to .have the privilege. of hearing the Rev. C. H. McCrea, junior editor of the'|6arth-" western Christian Adyocate, at the rnorn- ing services on Sunday, September 2. Dr. Gilbert Stansell, pastor "of the church, who is enjoying a brief;•.vaca- tion at Mansfield, Ohio, will return to Jns^pulpit on Sunday, September ^9. Mid-Summer Dresses We still have a splendid variety of mid-sumer dresses that we must dispose of before our Fall styles arrive. Before going elsewhere look them over at Unique Style Shop 1126 Central Ave. Phone 2403 Sovereign and Sterling Cord Tires and Tubes QUALITY VULCANIZING SK0KIE TIRE SHOP 621 Main St. Phone 1631 ET Ansco remember your gpS ___times for you. Times cannot eta the memories preserved in this 1b* lightful way. We invite your inspection of our Ansco cameras and film. Wefiav*| a size and price to meet your^incP vidual requirements. We would bef glad of the opportunity to demon- strate the many advantages of the different models to you. Stop in and see them. Own a cam this seasonand be sure it's an Ansco. RENNECKAR DRUG CO. WILMETTE Phones 28-29 READ THE WANT-ADS 3 &m Ravinia Patrons Do you know that we have some very fine records by many of the stars at Ravinia this season? i fell' IfiS A Few of Them Are Giuseppe Danise Giacomo Lauri-Volpi Armand Tokatyan Giacomo Rimini Florence Easton Elizabeth Rethberg * Rosa Raisa Marguerite D'Alvarefr CJenriaro Papi and his Metropolitan Orchestra WILMETTE MUSIC SHOP C0SMAS BROTHERS RELIABLE MERCHANTS 1153 Wilmette Avenue Opposite Village Theatre Phone Wilmette 2694 ft_j_J_. m /,•*$ "MM. Phone m Wilmette J 2693- MMI0iTuesday,' Thanday and Saturday Evenings £*^1SiVwa»«i|i|-.;A^. ,..:â-  ::*p Phone Wit 3006 Free Delivery as far north as Glencoe FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MARKET M mi We carry a complete line of seasonable Fruits^md Vejjet^ good to eat at the righ prices. OUR UNiXCELLED and ReliaMitjrwilI gweyou great satisfaction. ^TV^^t-: ?;:*^r»;:t^*^;:;'^ * e S$i^«feii»* «" v.. :$&& i^^^iS^MiM^MS§^^MMM,M, #sSl£*;