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Libertyville Independent, 8 Nov 1928, p. 2

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_ _ MAN AND GRL o DIB AS TRAIN § : CRUSHES AUTO «salted : in an YTeapse. _ Lunden, to barber at th Gehringer ba following si the Great 1 time was forced to give up and since thenTg: been .working out by the day. This latest sorrow has re-- Mrs. Stake is a widow, her hus band having passed away about two yearse ago. The daughter was her only child. Following the death of her husband Mrs,. Stake tried to «continue his business but after a _ Lunden, formerly employed as a barber at the Hoogs and George Gehringer barber shops, has been following similar employment at the Great Lakes Naval hospital. The wife and four small children were also plunged in sorrow by the death of theirp husband and (father. --PAGE TWO crew assisted the undertaker in col-- lecting the remmants of Lunden'e body. The largest portion was that formed of the head. neck anda part of one shoulder. The rest was in small portions and part of it en-- tangled in the trucks of the train. The train due at Edison court sta-- tion at 10:03 p. m. was in charge of Conductor A. C. Johnson, of 853 Fastwood avenue, Chicago, Motor man H. D. Chubbe of Highwood, while E. Weins of Highwood was the trainman. An ambularce sent from the Wet zel and Peterson. funeral home was sent back empty when it was found that both victims were gead and both bodies were then placeq in a conveyance 'designed for that pur-- or that two trains migbt'l;a;'év Z';)'!r;; together. Lieutenant Earl Hicks, Sergeant True Whittier and Patrolman Thom:-- as McMahon made the trip to the scene of the accident in record time, it is stated. Merely. informed that a woman wa s screaming hys-- terically near' the Glen Flora ave-- nue crossing the police feared that either a serious collision between an automobile and a train had occurred train and the qntomobl!:hqg seen in the headlight were unfoided by her between sobes. According to members otf the train erew and other witnesses to the accident the wig wag signal at the crossing was working before the arrival of the train and it is believed that Lunden, who was driv-- ing eastward, was engrossed in thought as he neared the crossing or was unaware B{hat he was so close to it. Between frequent seizures of seemingly ungovernable mental dis-- traction, the mother told of accom-- panying her daughter and Lunden to the machine. The parting words of farewell and then the realization of danger as she saw the automo-- bile and train racing towards the crossing and then the crash and roar of rending ste6él accompanied by the vision of the collision of the The apeed of the train estimated at 50 miles an hour carried it for a distance of almost 2,000 feet before it could be stopped. Mother Hysterical Police were faced with a difficult task in restraining the mother of the girl during hysterial periods which ailternate with moments o' calm. It is feared that the horror of witnessing the accident which enuffed out the life of her daughter, hber only child, may have a serious effect on the mother. Screams of the horror stricken mother, fieard for a mile through-- out that sparsely settled section of the city. apprised© other residerits of the district (%at something had kappened and brought police hur-- rying to the scene of the tragedy. Search for Bodie¢s j Police, members of the crew of the train and others searching for the bodies of the 'victim found the body of t,%ymmz girl lying near the crossif. Particles of the body of the man, cut to ribbons under the wheels of the train, were strewn along the track for hundreds of feet. Police A&And members of the The mother, Mrs. Hannah Stake, still following the car with her exes in the darkness after Lunden, owner and driver of the machine, and her daughter had left the home at 1413 Glen Flora ayenue, where she was employed as a nurse saw the ma-- chine pass onto the track in the path of the limited and then stunn-- ed by the horror of seeing the ma-- chine ground to pieces under the wheels of the fast moving train. Cheery words of farewell uttered by a mother to her daughter were given a tragic meaning when a mo-- ment later the girl, Helen May Stake, 15 years old, of 709 South Genesee St.. Waukegan, and her com-- panion, Fred T. Lunden, 45 years old, of 574 Caroline Place, Waukegan, drove in':o the path of a southbound North Shore Line limited train at the Glen Flora street crossing and were killed at about 10 °o'clock last Sunday Mother is Witness to Tragic Death: of Fifteen Year Old _ Daughter TERMS OF SALE--A!l sums of $25 and under, cash. On sums ov-- er that amount, a credit of six months will be given on good bank-- able notes bearing s¢ven per cent interest. No goods to be remov-- ed until asettled for with the clerk. PUBLIC SALE Having decided to quit farming I will sell at Public Auction 2 1--2 miles southeast of Grayslake 3 miles north of Mundelein 1--2 mile south Gages Corners. 21--HEAD OF CATTLE--21 Commencing at 12:30 Sharp, the Following Described Property: CHARLES CLAPHAM, Thursday, November 22 Police in Record Trip 2 HEAD OF HORSES; POULTRY FEED AND FARM MACHINERY Mother a Widow almost complete col-- train (ETN Miss Emily Davidson spent the week end with friends at Blooming-- ton. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Fed-- erated church met with Mrs. J. A. Ross, Thursday afternoon.. There was a good attendance. After the Miss Ann Brown of Evanston . is spending several days with relatives. Misses Myrtle and Esther Knigge, were Chicago callers recently. ' Misses Ruth and Blanche-- Bron cheon of Waukegan spent Tuesday with relatives. Asa Orabtree of Elgin was a bus-- | iness caller Thursday. | The teachers and officers of the Federated church held a special meeting at the George Blackburn home Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mikutis of Round Lake spent Thursday with friends here. -- Misses Emily Duidson. Margaret Duers and Belle Taggarted attended a g_bowA at Barrington, Wednesday. Miss Margaret Hughes of WVauke-- gan spent \\&dnesday evening with her parents. { Mrs. Paul Broncheon, Mrs. Dennis Putnam, Mrs..J. A. Ross, Mrs. Mertie Cook, Mrs. Riay Paddock, Mrs. Gco Blackburn and Miss Margaret Duers attended the'republic tea at the Karcher hotdl in Waukegan, Friday afternoon. / A. H. Hale of Crystal Lake was a business c@ller here Wednesday. Mr. an' Mrs. Joseph Haas spent Wednesday in Chicago. Mtr. and Mrs. Andrew were busineys callers in Friday. Miss Deila Kirwan spent Thursday at Carpenterville. Scales and Charles Mullins spent Wednesday in Waukegan. Mrs. Meta Coss returned Tuesday to the Dar Btown home after spend-- ing four months at Cary. 'I o WAUCONDA o 0 0 o0 0o o 0o 0o 0o 0o o 0o 0o o o o 0 0 0 0 0 0o 0o 0 0o 0 0o 0o o Friends with whom Lunden had | visited earlier in the evening stated that he left their home after stat-- ing that he was going to his own home. Apparently he stopped at the Stake home and finding only the young girl there he took her to visit her mother at the Glen Flora ad~| dress. ; Mrs. Lunden informed of. the death of her husband by police last night, seemed unable to grasp the mean-- ing of the information and it was necessary to call in friends who checked further for details on the C Taere is te annual hue and cry for investigations into the campaign methods and clection day prac'ces. There are special committees of Con-- gress that meet shortly and conduct inquiries into the 1928 Presidertial race. The majée parties have spent Washington, Nov. 7.--This is the beginning of the political post--mor-- tem season. The election is over and millions are taking inventory of their hopes and pre--election predictions. The closing of campaign neaddquar-- ters Saturday night placed hundredis of,. professional boosters in the une'n-- ployed class. The campaign workers * ho were connected with the losing side find themselves considerably handicapped in seeking employment. The Presidential campaign was marked by intense feelin; in both camps. It is too early to Forget the bitterness and enemies develoned as the r:esult of partisan strife. In Washington more than any other city the campaiign workers ake their difficulties with philosophical resig-- nation, knowing full well.to the vic-- tor belongs the spoils. | Prop. of Wauke-- {J sorenson Waukegan | _Ray Seymour spent Saturday n Chicago, at the home of Mr. ang Mrs. _Owen Paddock. Mrs. Ray Seymour 'who had been spending a few days xjwith her daughter, returned to Chi-- 'cago with them. Mrs. Frank Mé&yers, of McHenry spent Monday evening with her moth er, Mrs. Alice Geary. Miss Dorothy Peck entertained a few of her friends from Chicage, ov-- er the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Harolid Strokes en-- tertained relatives on Monday eve-- ning.. & Mr. and Mrs. William Fink enter-- tained the Waugenda Euchre Club Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Olsen, of Chicago, spent Sunday at their summer home here.. Mrs. E. H. Dahms spent Friday in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs: George Jaeger and children spent the week end with relat'ves in Chicago. -- Mr. and Mrs. H. LL 6: Mrs. and Mrs. Harry --G aml children spent Sund at the Mort Ritt home Mrs. George Deinlein was a Chica ga caller on Monday. . Mr. and Mrs. Henry Daney left Monday for a month's hunting trip. Quite a number from here attend-- ed the dedication program held in gymnasium auditorium of the Ela township high school at Lake Zurich Saturday. Lawrence Hirne of Lake Zurich was a business calHer Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schacht and family of Rockford spent Sunday at the Dr. J. A. Ross home. Lake. OC Mr. and Mrs. Ray Paddock and Mrs. HMHomer Cook and Mrs. George Blackburn attended the Republican meet'ng at Waukegan on Friday a{-- ternoon. Misses Anita and Louise Bageley atten'sd a show at Fox River grove Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Dalbert and Mr. and Mrs. Strickiand of Danville were the week end guests at the Frank Dick-- son home. 'Mr. and Mrs. Herman Brown and family of' Forest Park were the week end guests at the Andrew Sor-- enson | Miss Mattie Smith of Tower Lake was a caller Saturday afternoon. Pelaltives Mr.oan ternoon. Mr. and \ W e W Mr. and of Melerc and daugh per suppe Mrs. Widi ning. Mr. and Mrs tained relatives Chicago Sahturd Mr. and Mrs. Turnbuil Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sandman, of Lake Zurich, were pleasant callers in this town on Monday evening. Mrs. E. H. Prior is entertaining her mother from Waupaca, Wis., for a few weeks. ; Albert Martin, of Chicago, is visi+-- ing old friends here. Fred Dowe:l and son and Mrs. Tom Cipher and Mrs. Mort Basley, v sited Mrs. Fred DowelH at the Sherman bospital at El&in on Thursday and report that she is doing very nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Stu;fley Stone -- of Chicago spent Monday with the lat-- ter's parents. * Mrs. Grsce Moffitt of Chicago spent Friday evening here. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fentor _ and daughters spent the we k end at the Miles Fuller home. business meeting refreshments were served. _ Nov. TIth there will be a special meeting \t the church par-- lors and the regular meeting will meet on Nov. 15th with Mrs. Bloom-- gren. visit the White House at ten o'clock on the same evening for a musical given in the famous Ea--t Room. '.\'otm! artists and musicians come to Washington especially engaged for the private concert. The first re-- ception will be held November 15, which is consderably early in the social season. This change of dates is explained in the fact that the re tiring Administration leavwes. o'ffice March 4, which allows little time for the four receptions not including the nublic reception on New Year's Day when the general public calls to pay its respects to the President and his lady. These affairs are sources of delight for the socially ambitious and Washington is crowded with th s class of climbers.> Mr re Wal erNnOon. ol arrogance towards industry that has been aided materially by resolu-- t'ons sponsored by so--called "radical groups" 'of the Senate. y Qur Washington Letter KHE a D 0) W IL L A M D A L E Y N. E. A. Correspondent _ LIBERTYVILLE INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1928 \ a Y A. .N. latrseyp enter id friends {rom No 1 W ink Meyer and son Mocso Alce Gearv i.1¢ m+ of y _a's official by their wives, 'h ef Executive he land with all rcasion. Ovwhers M ty in h ant! 0 I} (0) Lt Mr. and day eve-- am and am Jr. erngon Crystal Geary W t M ¥ith on A Y m storm. ine cramping Oof 'the wheels inz to word received Nere ')dé] caused the.--car to crash head on into Death occurted laxt Saturday Mrs. a truck which was moving in an op-- Miller was the daughter of Mr and posite direction. The automobile was Mrs. Charles Eo Maunder of Whit badly damaged. -- inz. Ind.. and had many friends in Both of l?)e women were placed Zion where she lived for some years Mrs. Oscat Morris, 1200 Prospect "Ome, according to Atorneys Run-- drive, Milwaukee, wife of State Sen-- | Yard and. Behanna.. The city stop-- ator Oxc~ar Morris, who was the driv--| D#®d the progress of building last er of the machine in which Mrs. | February on the ground that the Trischman met fatal injuries, is well 'zoning law was being violated. _ on the road to recovery from injur-- |« mm mm ormmmmepech o epmncmmame ies received in the accident. S8he suffered three broken ribs, a gash in her forehead and a bad cut on her FORMER RESlDENT left knee. The accident occurred when the -- + . machine skidded on the wet pave OF ZION IS DEAD ment. 1 The accidént occurred when Mrs M mmmmmanes Morris turned the wheels shorpiy to Mrs Ikirmh_v Guscotte Miller, for-- bring the right wheels of the ma merly of Zion, but more recentiv & el me back qnto the pavement after residents of Janesville, Wis.. died in the car h d gkidded on the wet sur-- Conseption Chile, Soauth Amer '%, face of the concrete during a rain where she was a fmissionary acrorA storm. The cramping of 'the wheels ins to word recefjred Bere C'.slav The victin received a fracture of; the skull, a broken jaw and a frac--| ture of the léeft arm. She did not re--| gain full cansciousness from the time of the gecident untilher death. AMter lylgx in a condition near death for three days, Mrs. Mattie B. Trischman of 523 Park place. Mil-- waukee and prominent in social cir-- cles of the: Wisconsin metropolis, died in the Lake county hospital at 7:30 o'clock: Sunday morning from injuries suffered when an automobile in which she was riding collided with a truck on Green Bay road, near Zion, Thursday morning. 'Ip an automobile dr'~e by Mrs. V. SMIETY WOMAN Kazner of Wadsworth and hurried v 9 to the local hospital, where an ex-- amination showed that Mrs. Trisch-- VICTIM 0F AUTO 'man was seriously hurt. ~-- » | j Headed for Chicago ' The two women had l--ft Milwau-- ACCIDENT DIES kee two hours earlier for Chicago , 9 | where Mrs. Trischman intended to mee --cmame spend tl e day with her father, F. W. Mrs. Mattie B. Trischman of Simmonds, while Mrs. Morris was to Milwaukee Dies in Lake County Hospital ®Metropolitan Chicago includes the Cltyv of Chicago CHICACO HAS GROWN MORE IN 100 YEARS THAN PARIS IN 2,000 All metropolitan centers grow this way. But no other. modern metropolitan center has ever grown so large within so short a civic lifetime. Chicago is still an infant metropolis of less than 100 years! London and Paris are more than--2,000 years old, Berlin nearly 700 and New York more than 300. Chicago already has passed Paris solid population. a IEeW OI the many communities, isolated a relatively short time back, wEich have become fused into Beverly Hills, Morgan P'ark,%lue Island, South Chicago are but a few of ?lgme many As recently as twenty years (;dgi'o, Evanston and Park were still '«<country sub-- urbs". Today one can-- not tell where Chicago leaves off and these communities begin. Edgewater, Ro yo find the ou were to study the growth of every great city, you would gnd it had followed three distinct stages of evolution. First there is born the city. Then follow a host of smaller out-- lying communities.. Finally, with the continued growth of the city and outlying communities, the lines of separation disappear. That has haf)pened- in *Metropolitan Chicago. It is happening today. And it will continue. to happen for generations to come, as you can plainly see by referring to the map of Metropolitan Chicago. No.2 of a Series on 'Metropolitan Chicago: Circuit Judge Edward Shurtleff, of Marengo, today held that the Oak Terrace laundry, at Highwood, was entitled to an injunction restraining the City of Highwood from stopping construction of their new $10,000 home,' according to Atorneys Run-- yard and. Behanna.. The city stop-- ped the progress of building last February on the ground that the zoning law was being violated. _ call n her sister who was:.ill _ _ars. Trischman was a widow and had been a resident of! Milwaukee t<_)r some years following her mar-- rlage HIGHWOOD LOSES LAUNDRY FIGHT ----showing why Metropolitan Chicago has every posstbility of becoming the world's foremost metropolitan center --in population as well as in trade importance --and that in a day relatively near. Leading authorities predict fifteen million population for Metropolitan Chicago within a lifetime. PUBLICG SERvicE CoMPANY Supplying Electricity and Gas to 6,000 squarcs m' sz, » 'uding the Metropolitan Area into which Chicago is g/:cwing. This series on Metropolitan Chicago, when completed, will be bound in booklet form. Address Public Service Company of Northern IWincis, 72 W. Adams St., Chicago, and a copy will be reserved for you. There wl be mo charg. OF NORTHERN IL_inOo"'e This map shows the great arms of outlying population radiating from Chicago along the main arteries of transportation. Chicago is a young city, with abundant room to grow. '"o o o o o o o o o 0o o 0o mour avenue. -- Returning by auto from the Lib ertywlille -- high school Hallowe'et party, Herbert Gould and Charle; \ Fuperal services were held jfrom 4844 North Kenneth Ave., Chicago, and intermment made in Fairmount cemetery at 1 o'clock p. m. Monday. o GRAYSLAKE o iw%PT:o @1 moved int molUur ave Last Oct. 25 Miss | had ltxk;;mis.'urtuno to jure both knee caps. unable to' leave the ho A surprige bi,rt'hdu_v ziven jointl?t to Messrs () 0 o o 0 o0 o0 o0 0o 0o 0o 0o 0o 0o Mr. Teufer was the proprietor of a drug store at Lawrence avenue in Chicago and had been véery success-- ful in business. 6 JOSEPH TEUFER OF LAKE BLUFF DIFES SATURDAY . The deceased who was well known in Lake Bfuff was the father of Phil-- ip Téufer, who for the past two years has been chief of the life guards at the Waukegan municipal beach, and who is now serving 'as a coach at an eastern school. -- ; Joseph Frank . Teufer, aged 68 years, aresident of Lake Bluff for many years passed away at his home on Saturday after a short illness. Druggist and Father of Wau-- kegan Beach Chief Life-- guard Is Summoned °_ G9 o . * rursuam ' ' vs'J...n!.:. (' v\: .QA'V% + tA * on sel i\ % ' *4 A \ % | wl A 5c mR s * A.. <2 9 §\ ® t o o¢ rl: j _ ~ § Et w . . @ N« Hoaok and the territory within 50 to 75 miles of the Chicgago City Hall 3 € Mrs. Townsen their new home residencé C coal, iron and other minerals have proved an irresistible incentive to industry. Chicago has reason to grow. And it has room to grow. Professor J. Paul Goode of the University of Chicago speaks with authority when he says, "So far as anyone at present can see, Chicago may w >Il become the greatest city the world has »ver known." () party s'ince LI¢ have Carey collided 'with another auto at 'Libertyville. Both cars were badly damaged. * tén at1 marr Mrs. Pete -- card party at Mrs. Tower visiting at the Hilderbrant. P Harry Isaar Chicago vigito Mrs. Jason Renehan, with Missi Ann 'Graham, attended a show in | Chicago Wednesday. [ Mrs. Carfield was called to ('hi-] tw cago Oct, 28 on account of the se ; Mrs. C. J. Mille rious illness of_her sister, Mrs. E. late Charles J. M Swlanson. ~resided on Green Mrs. Pete Thomson attended a Waukegan, passed Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Bowers, Mrs. Cleveland and Mr. Thelen mo-- tored to Arnett, Okla., on a visit to Mr. Bowers' sister Mrs. Howard. They covered 2600 miles. Twenty members of Grayslake Camp 386 Royal Neighbors attend-- ed the conventi~© at North Chicago during last week. Leslie Wells of Grayslake acted as one of the escorts; Mr----W. Griggs of Waukegan, as one of the officers at the Truw Kindred held at Oakley _ Blvd., Chicago Masonic Temple Wednesday. 'Mr. Relph Wood of Waukegan acted as Grand Commander on Big Brothers' night. About 23 members of Grayslake 0. E. S. attended Worthy Matrons night at Liberty ille Qct. 31. Vivian Scott, Past Worthy férand Matron, Mlinois, was guest of honor. Miss Aldo Loftus eacted ag Worthy Ma-- tron with 16 membersg from Grays-- lake and Palatine escorting. Mrs. Harry Geary entertaned the Bridge clubh last Tuesday evening. Mrs. Guy Thom&s took first prize, Mrs. Lee Williams second Ne Its unequalled trans-- portation and com.mnu-- nication facili.ies form other reasons. And its abundant nearby resources of What is the reason ? There are many rea-- sons. Chicago's cen-- tral location --in the world's most prosper-- ous nation--and in the heart of America's richest agricultural region--is one reason. cities named is con-- s tantly growing smaller. in population. And the gap between Chicaso and the three other homson Inglesid attend Oct 2 M a W occupy the Argrave cottage ln' Har- vey's subdivision. Rev. Humphrey Nixon and moth-- er, of Antioch, were Callers at the Godfrey home last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. John Adams of Chi-- cago visited here at 'the Rowling home Oct. 28. Mr. and Mrs. Norton Sprague of Chicago visited vith Mrs. Sprague's mother, Mrs. Wells, Oct. 2% Mrs. C. E. Wasehburn, who has been very ill, is reported improv-- ing., MRS. C. J. MILLER DIES IN CHICAGO back on thei}- honeymoon. They will )6 n, passed away at the t aughter, Mrs.oJ. L. Br J. Miller, / widow -- of the s J. Miller, who formerly Green Bay' road near 1 the Daughters of Isa paerty at McHenry. W W if O re Ur

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