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Highland Park Press, 13 Nov 1930, p. 26

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26 '----sThlt BOXING BOOTS--, Fort Sheridan, November. 19, 1930 For Tickets Hunter's Sport Shop Tel. 289 Fort Sheridan FOLDING CARD TABLES AND COVERS BANQUET TABL" CHILDREN’S TABL- AND CHAIRS FOLDING CHAIRS 27 North Sheridan Road For Rent for Parties and Gatherings Delivered and called for Sentiment Immortalized in Marble! ROSEHILL MAUSOLEUM You are naturally proud of your family ruune--the memory of dear ones is sacred tp you. lt is easily within yuur power to give to future generation; an everlasting symbol of your sentiment. . Successor to B. M. PRIOR co. Fallen! Director ROSEHILL CEMETERY COMPANY H. F. KELLEY For Man w lam 8:15 p. m. 5800 Raven-wood Ania - LONgbeuh 5940 City (Nice: 33 South Clark Street - FRAIIHII 1281 who prefer ground burial we have a very large "la-lion of p lots for two ”an" or more at not: reclaim“: prices, all under Perpetual Care. Rates very reasonable Telephone H. P. 4260 CHAIR COVERS THE PRESS Urges Support of Plan to Buy Illinois Goods As a help to solve the unemploy- ment situation and relieve the exist- ine business depression in Illinois, wholehesrted support of the Buy llli-' nois Products movement has been re- lcommended by Eugene D. Funk, Ichairman of the Buy Illinois Prod.. ucts Commission, created by the last general assembly. In n statement he likens the Buy Illinois Products [movement to the protective tarift in that it is meant to keep tad. within the section where the goods sre pro- dueed, but he sdds that it “must rely solely upon public opinion for its ' support." He slso snys: "When jobs are scarce employers should make it a rule to give preference to the resi- dents of their own city rather than hire floaters Housewives can help relieve the situation by ptttroniaitttt their neighborhood stores. and, wher- ever possible, buying goods made in their own state." . According to Norman Thomas, Io- cialiut candidates for president in 1928, the cure for racketeering is to put the control of all industries in the hands of otfiee-holdinq politicians. Sort of a racket to out! rackets, (O) -l. C.Co.. "I. ,IRON PLATES BASE OF NEW PAVEMENT Ptr, Engineers hiring Out New Method Joie ay Spring thaws will test the "world's first metal base highway." If it withstands "soft" weather after the winter freezeup, highway experts will believe they have found The highway is a ISO-foot motion of a regular brick pavement outside imteld of concrete. Sprittefield--but based on iron‘plates tr"eiLsper and quicker Qvay of build- ing brick pavements. ‘__ - . it was opened to traffle in October and will undergo service test: until utter the spring thaws to determine its durability. Ogtwardly, the experimental eac- tion looks the same as the rest of the brick pavement, but it is claimed to have greater flexibility to withstand shocks of heavy traifie and stresses of heat and cold, Base of Sheet Iron The base was made of large sec- Base of Sheet Iron The base was made of large sec- tions of sheet iron, two-thirds being corrugated and the remainder fiat plates. They were laid directly on the subgrade soil. Over them was spread a cushion of sand Ind tar be- fore the bricks were set. Its builders expect the new type of construction to save time and money because the concrete base is elimin- Med, doing away with the necessity of excavating and of waiting for a cement layer to set, It spring thaws are weathered by the section. they believe "portable" roads may be manufactured, with the iron base, cushion and bricklaying done in plants and merely assembled on the site of construction. _ WT-hue' "l/XG/rim-ent is a cooperative venture between the Illinois mu highway demsrtrntnt, Sgngnmon coun- Lyahighvwgy iruperintlsnderrt and bond of supervisors, and manufacturers of the materials used. Illinois Ranks Second in Number of Marriages Illinois ranked second in the nation in the number of marriages last year, H.092. and also in the number of divorces. 15,760, according to I sta- tistical report issued by the United States department of commerce. New York led in the number of marriages and Texas in the number of divorces. Nevada ranked highest in ratio of marriage: to. population, 63.7 to every 1,000 residents, and divorces, 28 per 1,000 of population. The high mar- riage ratio was attributed by the gov- ernment to an adjoining state. Call- tornia, having adopted strict mar- riage laws. Poetiield. Illinois Phone 363 PEG; if Value A. H. MUHLKE Sold Ind Repaired Thursday, Nov. 18, 1980

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