Illinois News Index

Highland Park Press, 15 Oct 1925, p. 15

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nusual Offer l ‘complete V acuum" physical ireka wil} "- uphOI. at your Use the HOPPE ded pCTOBEER and Facials ne 65 <§{ 4 Y th 23f" Miss Esther Whang is a slight girl of decided Japanese cast of counâ€" tenance who on a certain day in the spring of 1919 rushed to the streets of Seoul with thousands of other young Koreans and shouted "Long Live Korea," a signal for a secretly planned uprising which failed. With thousands of her compatriots she was seized by Japanese soldiers, roughly handled and tossed, with thirty other Korean girls, into a cell about fifteen A leader of the student revolt in Korea six years ago, a young woman who at the age of sixteen elected to challenge Japanese supromacy and stand by her native land, and who, following the abortive revolution of which she was an instigator, was beaten and thrown into prison at Seoulâ€"this girl, despite sickness and weakness, has travelled over half around the world to enter Northwestâ€" ern university. * . NOW IN NORTHWESTERN Headed Rebellion Against Jap Rule In Her Country Six . Years Ago; Wants To | Aid Her People Ek KOREAN GIRL WHO ONCE LED REVOLT THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1925 â€" , _ Wants to Aid Her People Although she actively led the propaâ€" ganda against Japan six years ago, the demur% little Korean now is anxâ€" ious only jto spread knowledge and information among her countrymen so that they will be capable of greater things. < Many of her old friends, she says, are still in prison, many others have died and‘Korea remains passive. Most of her countrymen, Miss Whang feet square, a room with one small window and inadequate conveniences. ‘In Jail Four Years ; She languishéd in jail for four years, two years of which during ‘the day she: was compelled to remain in ‘kneeling position. After her case was settled she was sentenced to three adâ€" ditional years in prison but was perâ€" mitted to work at odd jobs of sewing and cleaning‘ during daylight hours. She became so ill that a year before her time was up she was sent home. _ "My father was already dead," said Miss Whang, "as he could not endure the harsh treatment of his persecuâ€" tors, but my mother is still living. I was permitted to study at Ewa uniâ€" versity in Seoul but the Japanese inâ€" sisted on supervising instruction ini history and geography for their own reasons. I now want to learn to beâ€" come a teacheriat Northwestern uniâ€" versity and consequently have enterâ€" ed the Graduate school for a general course in education. My.forte is to be, provided my former captors do not inter{ere, to teach my Korean sis-f ters and brothers to become teachers." | The first gas company, the Chicago Gas Light and Coke company, was chartered by a special act of legisâ€" lature passed‘ on February 12, 1849. The Peoples Gas Light and Coke comâ€" pany was chartered on February 12, 1855, ‘and the two companies were The seventyâ€"fifth anniversary of the beginning of gas service in Chicago â€"the first gas service west of De. troit and Clevelandâ€"was celebrated in September, 1925, by the Peoples Gas Light and Coke company. The citizens of Chicago turned out in force on ‘that day‘in 1850 to see gas used for the first time in Iilinois,‘ the "show" being the illumination of Lake street, then the principal business street, and of the city hall by means of gas lights. The story was the big feature of the newspapers of that" day. 1 SEVENTYâ€"FIFTH YEAR _ _OF GAS IN CH!_CAGO Anniversary \Is Celebrated: In September, 1925; Brief states, are compelied to be farmers because all the more actively profitâ€" able lines of trade are preempted by the Japanese. But she bears no re: sentment, she insists, and now faces an educational ta‘sk, greater. in many ways than the program of revolt she helped to map out six years ago.‘ THE HIGHLAND PARK PRESS, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS t * The high price"of rubber is going to make it more expengive than ever to put on a gum shoe campaign n+:t A French airman was killed and his companion hurt in an attempt to beat the nonâ€"stop record. Here is a fine opportunity for France‘s Colonel Mitâ€" chell. + & [. The uniform is a bathing suit, at ‘the player, waistâ€"deep in the sea, proved a useful innovation, putting a ‘stop to many home runs. Baseball was introduced in Greek schools only three years ago, but has provedâ€"inâ€" creasingly popular. 2 > ‘‘*A tenth position in baseball, graphâ€" ically‘ called the "naval base," has been added to the gamie as it is played in Greece. : > . c o o ‘|_Interâ€"school _ championships are played / each, year on ‘the parade ground‘ of the ‘American Near !h; Relief orphanage on the island of Syra. Extreme right field lies in the blue waters of the Aegean sea, where many of: the base hits go./ It beâ€" came necessary, therefore, to invent the tenth position, a situation midway ‘between third base and right field. â€" later ‘merged, â€"also : absorbing . companies until all of Chicago is served by the gne company. It has 804,000 meters in service. , ~â€"Wears Bathing Suit and * ATaden for Fhies . is played ips: â€" are e parade lear (East island : of ies in the ea, where . |~ It beâ€" to invent n ‘avs Eohnina ao Solvay Coke PRESS WANT ADS BRING RESULTS One phone callâ€" and winter comfort «PRAIRIE AVENUE, HIGHWOOD, ILL. . â€" PHONE H. P. The truth. of the matter is that some of my finest work has been done on comparatively small grounds, se EVANS Highland Park, Ilinois &memhnnmmhthhkdhn&ufinfll“uuu& npplsubl_o oply to large estates, where tremendous vistas are to be ® * Aumwithmewhe!pyofiwbufifym“lmm Exceptional Riding Comfort _ C m masas APRLIRZ K + Telephones: Shop, H. P. 1404 _ MODERN PLUMBING AND HEATNG I Estimates Cheerfully Given. Jobbing a Specialty Dopee Brothers Motor Cars Phone 67 Chicago Solvay Coke costs 30% less than hard coal, yet contains more heat per ton and burns without smoke or soot. Cut the cost of heating your home by phoning your dealer now. He will see that your home will â€"be heated b a clean, economical and popular fue{ t s The right words sEoken to your fuel dealer, now, will take care of your fuel needs for all winter. Those words are "Please have a Chicago Solvay Coke service man call to look over my heatâ€" mgpliant and thggsifill my bin with the size he or my equipment." All winter youal, have a well heated home at reasonable cost. + A Mistaken Conception Residence ‘atudio: 820~ Ridge Terrace, Evanston. Tel, Greenlonf 802 ighland Park Studio: 855 Central Avenue. ‘Tel. Highland Park 1994 ‘In Highland Park Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays A. G. McPHERSON Buy it â€"Burn it _YVou‘ll Like it chardt © Highland Park Fuel Co. C H I C A G O MORAN BROTHERS Frank Siljestrom f Landscape, Gardening Phone 335 Phones H. P. 120121 860 CENTRAL AVE. CLARENCE B. " PAGE THREE M 6+

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