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Sheridan Road News-Letter (1889), 16 Dec 1899, p. 3

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do; "4} 7 “a“, Palm-bed every Saturday morning a High D had Park, 111., and Winneth. 11L. byme . 3‘43“, Sham}; Read W Co” rimmed oven! Satan!” manta: It Hilh had Park. 11].. md Wlnnakn. ML. Willy ILL!“ HONDA! News-Lena Building. 266 C . Highland Pu! Prouty Block. . J . NIIIST A Courier of North Shore intelligence. P0" 0"an avenue. 0" what is pursuits than Mr. Granville Davis- now that portion of Sheridan Road 5011 Hall who announces the publi- .To Improve bounded by - Central cation of a novel from his pen about "LPort Clinton avenue on the 5.0“? Cl1rist1naa,entitle, “Dhug'hterof the A ,. and the northern l1m1ts Elm. A Tale of the Virginia Border venue. 1 . e . of H1ghland Park on Before the War.” \ the north is to be tl1orough1y 1n1~ .' .1 The atmosphere of the work is 10, proved before another “P"“g has ' cal, the scene being laid in the upper P‘W’ed ‘f the property owners can Monongahela valley, and the work come to an agreement “3 to 3““ what promises to reéall forgotten tragedies shall be the nature and extent of the in which some real people and events street 1mprovement: . figure. Mr. Hall is a graceful and L3“ Wednesdav evemng, at the interesting writer, and his debut as Young Men 3 club a large number a Net of fiction will no doubt add 0‘ the P'mPe'W owners met,and as a to a reputation already secured in. ”93““ 0f “‘9 opinions expressed and the state of his birthgand in comnl’un- the “CW"! taken by those 'present.- it ities. of his former activities. Last Wednesday evening,’ “the Young Men’s club,‘a large’numher of the property owners met,and as a result of the opinions expressed and the action taken by those 'present.- it is now practically certain that “Port Clinton” will soon be a boulevard in fact as well as in name Next iWednesday evening, at the remience of Mr. F. W. Cushiugâ€"Lto whom by the way, too much credit cannot be given for the work he has done toward making possible this neededi im- provement â€"â€" the following men, named at last Wednesday’ 8 meeting as a committee to settle on a definite plan to be foll 'ed, will report what they will'have accomplished by that time: P. A. Montgomery. chairman; James McDonald,AF.‘W. Cashing, E. Tckphonc No. OFFICE: l nlunc III Ilvl lâ€"vâ€"v' Irday morning a High Ninuctkl. Ill. bythc - IDI‘I’OB . - IANAGIB __...-.. PIC IS: I!- 366 Central Avenue. and Park. The work hinted at in our columns a fortnight ago is announced in the advertising columns Book. of this issue. The A author, we understand, hue been II resident in Gleneoe some eighteen years and does not need to be intro duced In that part of the News- Ln “3' a demeene; but it may serve to make him better known in some . ’ other of our North Shore towns to reprint the following pa’ragraph from a reeent issue of the Wheeling (West THE Rudolph, T. M. Clark, C. B. Rice t 0. 11. .Morgan. ‘ Property; in northern Highland Park will be greatly enhanced in value by having Port Clinton avenue mmdnmixed. SHERIDAN ROAD NEWS-LETTER. ‘lm. A Tale of the Virginia Border 63151.6. Natal influence was - firét ‘ More the War.” \ ' introduced, also the stir that was The atmosphere 0f the work is ’10- amade in medical circles, when Dr, al, the scene being laid in the upper Holmes publicly insisted that puer-v l‘onongahela valley, and the work peral fever was contagious. Mrs. .romigeg to reéall‘forgot‘ten tragedies Frank Green closed the mornings n which some real people and events study With a few admirablesug- igure. Mr. Hall is a graceful ‘ and gestions. Mrs. Green 5901‘” Of the. ‘ excellence of Doctor Holmes Eng- nter‘esting writer, and his debut as . . . . . . . 1 Me:- of fiction will no doubt add hSh’ It? Addlsonian SImPthy’ 3.1- . . . , . ways glvmg the impresmon to his- to a reputation already secured; "1- readers that he made no effort to the state of his birth “and in comm'un- appear learned, and that this very ' me" “f. “‘3 former activitieti- simplicity of style was the perfecl It WI.“ be 3660 by reference to the tion of literary art, and that Dr. advertisement that the-book is nowy Holmes often spent hours in the final finishing of'one little verse. . , She said that he advised his liter- Fort Sheridan Park. ‘ ' aryÂ¥friends not to express them; selves in rhyme, because in prose one could say what he would, but in poetry the rules and limitations were severe and positive. At the conclusion of Mrs Green’s remarks the study class adjourned. ‘ The next regular meeting of the .Mr.’ and Mrs. D. M. Erskine at- club will beheld on 'Tuesday,Dec. tended the wedding of Mr. Robert 26th, at the usual’ evening hour Erskine and Miss Caroline Grifâ€" for assembling (in the Academy fiths in Chicago Tuesday. drill hall.) It is to be a Symposâ€" ready for delivery. f The second indoor bas‘elmll- game of the season will be played at Fort Sheridan Park next Wednesday evening, December 20, between the Iroquois and Stuckards of Chicago. , ’ The second indoor baseball game of the. sensrm will be played at Fort Sheridan Park next. Wednesday evening, December 20, lmtweqn the Iroquois and Stuckards ’of Chicago. ..Mr and Mrs. D. M Erskine at- tended the wedding of Mr Robert Erskine and Miss Caroline Grif- fiths in Chicago Tuesday. and The Highland Park Women’s Club held its third study class at the club's rooms on Tdesda morn- ing, December the 12th. '1‘ 0 topic was Oliver Weudall Holmes; lead- er, Mrs. Harriett Mouteliua Hud- son. Miss Myrtar Sweetlgnd ren- dered most charmingly a Nocturne “Sunday in Switzerland" by Franje Bendel. and Mrs.- Warren sang "There are no Times like the old Time,” A poem of Doctor Holmes that has been set to music and ,it canbe truthfully said of Mrs. War- ren that she “gave to the charm of the poem, the beauty of her v‘oioe." Mrs. Hudson in introducing the ' topic, told the story of the poet’s life. She was followed'by Mrs. E. H. Brown, who took up the thought of Holmes as a poet, illustrating her topic with readings which were so attractively rendered that they seemed all too short to the class. Highland Park Woman’s Club. Professor Russell gave a schol- arly resume of Holmes as an es; sayist and novelist,- stopping here and, there, to show» 'what mental force in song and story has done for the world in all ages of civili- zed thOught. Mrs. Fessenden spoke of Holmes as a scientist, told oi the horror expressed in re- ligious circles when his pamphlet

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