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Highland Park News (1874), 30 Apr 1897, p. 10

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For mortgage loans on real estate call on D. M. Erskine. Jr., Co. March 29. 1897. @116 news of. ”iéh‘m‘ ”“31 ”Lima digggrace‘. ', They done more injury than all the other inconveniencesr' and evils we have. . Every street in the city should be paved. The main thoroughfares should have attention first. I am willing to pay my share of taxes to have good streets and roads. and I believe every other citi- zen is. if he will investigate it. Yours truly, W. A. ALEXANDER. l have three or four friends whom l have been for a month until the roads would freeze up or dry up, to take to Highland Park to show prdp- erty to. I fear they will rent or buy elsewhere before I can take them out. on account of the disgraceful condit'umof our roads. I have al- ways lii'ed in Chicago in the winter. but this winter should like to have gone out the first of April or before, but it would be impossihle to do so. I wanted .to go. knoWTng it to helm- possible; therefore engaged a horse and rode. It waswith great difficulty that I could even ride my horse through the streetsawhavipg to ride on (the walk nearly all the lime. GENTLmunxzml hive had occasion to go to the Park twice a week for some tiinewadweeks ago I started to go a half a mile from your depot on your main thoroughfare with a team of horses. and was mired down; stuck fast in tho mud. Got. out and walked the entire journeyt missing the twin I wanted to take; sacrificing time, physiciai and mental energy“. The following week I c'ould ‘gef‘fioéf carriage (3r wagon to take me wh’erfi’i We want good roads Join the L. A. W. E. H. PURDY. Consul. The follbwing letter mag received by the chairman of the’ Street and Alley committee _of_ our City Council. CORRESPONDENCE. ...Of All Kinds. GUARANTEED Q Carllsle White Rim Flyer I The Ajax at $30 and $35- Address Box 55 Care NM «a: a: 1897 Models, Ladies' and Gent’s ..Teacher of Languages To ladivsaml gents F. w. ALEX, Instructor F()i1.sfl flLLMAN smmnms menus. St. Johns and Central‘Ave THE HIGHLAND , PARK NEWS Dry Goods, Groceries, Flour, Feed and Wood. James McDonald, L TILLMAN, 314 Central Ave. HIGHLAND PARK, ILL Dmp a pasta! or ( all ml the proprictnr German and French HighlandfiPan-é: mi BICYCLE SUNDRIES. . in Fencing} DEALER IN Highland Park, Ill a#*mm:¢§ ’0“. wine or Hum beveral Good Second-Hand Wheels. AGT. FUR 0HASE TOUGH THEM] TIRES. at $40. Several (lood Second- t‘puRE Wiscomsm " iCE RAFFEN BAKER, Coal, Building Material, anfllce. fSOVEBEIGN LUBRIGATINB 0.0’8 TELEPHONE 5| Are the best brands nf burnng oils on the market. Q If‘yuu aretmuhledwithpil that leaves dr- mrsntmducs not burn bright and nmts thv (Mummy. try nur uils and we WI” guarantee ,1“ sum you. Address Sovereign Lubricating Co VAUKEGAH, ILL... I n'spm‘tfully snlit'il ymlr patrnn- age. and shall muleavur hy prompt scrvicv and hours: Im-tlmds m nwril it. Being N. Clam :m‘s suc- m-ssur. I would he ph-asm in “‘0'“ his frrrmer patrons, And we will see that _\'u_u have u guml oilfimtlgasulimn A trml will cm» \“uu'o yq’m. TELEPHONE NO. 34 ’ranlg SiIiestrum, Crystalline Penn 0]! Sllv r'Cmss Oil Flo ne Oil 74"Ouollne DEALER IN Built In the largest and best equ‘pped Blcyéle Factory In the world. HIGHLAND PARK $55. ‘ w, w,“

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