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Highland Park News (1874), 16 Apr 1897, p. 9

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M ' ReadtheNl’vséfil per year. ' The villggee‘lection will be held next Tuwd'ax. , fl Johii Lée‘i‘é filénhing the erection of a new tailor shop. - Miss Hallie Gavitt of Evanston visited friends here Monday; ’ ' Petei Conley has étarted a‘ frame houaw~ with 21 brick piers. How- firm will be his understanding! I Mrs. M, Olander- has rammed from the. Hodpitnl in Chicago. ' ’You will notice that the airship is its absem»g_,. Frank E. Woodrufl‘ visited his family over Saturday and Sunday. The gelegraph operator at the bar- racks,“’Mr. Schneider, has been or- dered to Washington, D, C. ‘ All the female populhnon who will own up to “21 yesterday” may vote at the school election Saturday. Somef ,soldieta‘ created quite a newspaper gensaticiil last Saturday night in Moran -Rettig’s saloon. Miss Philomena Savage, of the newly annexed subfiivision, , joined tbs Sisters of Charity during the ,n‘uqt mm}: V m One of the “new" young women i said the other day, “0, it is nothing 1 to vote; why, they don’t even ask ‘ ’ ‘ ’ your age L Messrs. Downey < 'd‘Nolim, who have lived in Mr; ogan’s house On Pleasant street during the last win- ter‘have maved to Highland Park. Now that Fort Sheridan is a part of Highwood, the inhabitants there- of want to bestrictly up-to-date; es. pecially with regard‘to sewer connec- tions. Under present conditions, anyone with a cellar may keep a large flock of ducks. At the regular meeting of the Board 0} Trustees, routine business was transacted. President Hogan was absent, because of a slight ill- ness. Current bills were ordered paid. “The question of opening Pleasant street south to the golf grounds wasjaken up, but no defin- ite action action was taken. Capt. J ames Leyden died at Fort Sheridan Saturday, April 10th, at about 11:15 p. m. of a‘ combination of pneumonia.congestion of the liver and other acutp diseases. He was sick only three days and was buried Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. He was about 45 years old, born in Pennsylvania and graduated from West Point in l876. His relatives live in Tennessee. He leaves a wife and two children. ’ manb‘o‘n‘ "MN MS- in them, iflotés conspicuous by 1m; mama rmx'asta. 7 The Improvement... SOciety met iil thefiaual“ lagoon last Monday évéuing. ‘ “e meefing“"‘was“‘ called to order by the president J. J. Hes- ler, if 8:15. Routine busifless 'w‘aa guickly disposed of, ‘after which arlétou Grant'wgs appointed to act as uéher’ it tho ifié‘etings of',,,the moiety. It was proposed to build' a sidnwalk across the raviné on the We} at churdl. street. a The President and heads of com- mitees were made . to constitute a committee to make the appointments to each siotithjs?! the program com- .mittee. The program , as :e’ndered was excellent as to quality but as re- gards quantity was “too numerous.” The following is an abstract from it: song by quartette; . recitation, “How Married Women Part,” by Beulah Lucas; violinsolo by Irving Evans; reading on the “Mule” by Mr. Dingo; stump speech by Mrs. Streiber; solo by Miss-Minnie Streiberean original poem on the school hous'e 'qfiestion by W. C. , McKenzie; recitation, “Whistling in Heaven,” by Fred Strbng‘; Reading by Maude Ingalls. 'A large, attendance and good pro- .gtmma'dc: 2:8» vafieiszyahlwm- ing although the” rahfithiade it very; unpleasant for‘those' wbohad far to Remember the school election Sat- urday from 4 to 6 at thenorth school house. m. ~ Easter will‘bg3 appropiately cele. braced by. the church and (whom next Sunday. All are invited. ' Rev. E.‘J. Heathcote will have charge of t 'e' ssrvicqs at the Rail- road Me Home Sungay Waiternoon at 4 ’ ock. Special music is being prepared for the occasion; High- land Park friends 'are. invited to visit the home and hear Mr. Heath- John Grant‘is agaih with us. Joe Bubb is out with the grip. James Shields has returned to school \ , , The Senior /class is reading the “Mill on the Floss." Will Belmore is obliged to stay at home on account of sore eyes. Messrs. Smoot and Pease were elected and the High School is safe. "I'here'ififlbé’h debate Friday af- ternoon, 23rd inst. Subjact: “Is more accomplished by steady effort than by enthusiasm?” Debaters.‘ Isabel Clark, Paul Dike, Clara Reyes. Mildred Mihills, Frank McCaflrey and Mamie Konney. titanium ‘socmflg HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. RAVINIA , "£113. James MCDonald, Dry Goods, Groceries, Flour, Feed and Wood. We keep but the best goods. and all are 56“ at one twice. St; Johns and Centra Avel g. A. DRISCOLL. HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. Sheet Menu fl and Furnace Work. Dane}: m

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