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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 Oct 1925, p. 28

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WILMETTE LIFE October 2, 1925 ,. . ' a -~ Prime of Life Easiest Extend ' L" Platforms Mt. Holyoke Completes Prey of Fatal Accidents to Lessen Rush ·Jams Endowment Campaign Approximately one fatality out of t'ach five among persons between 20 and so· years of age i . caused by violence-accident, murder, suicide-according to the annual mortality statistics for Illinois released this weL·k bv Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings, state health director. Violence· outranks 1)\· far any other single means of demise among people in th e most productive period of life. Heart dis~ase. nephritis and cancer. the three leading causes ... of death last year in the order listed, do 80 per· cent oi their destructive work among those \Yho arc more than SO ~·ears of age. leaving violence. which ran ke.d fourth among mortality causes , to w1eld the fatal sickle among the younger, able-bodied population. "Persons who contemplate buying insurance," said Dr. R<ndings in the report. '\,·ill profit by giving some ~tud.'· to tlwse mortalit ,. returns. The chances are I to 5 that- cn·n·onc who succumbs between 20 and 50- Years of age will he a victim of violet1t death. That is the ratio that prevailed in last year's figures and the accident rate is inrrea~ing anm;ally. clue chiefly to the mot~)r car. Furthermore there are about 10 more or less serious accidental injuries ior each accidental dC'ath. The opening of Mount Holyoke this year, ' in the 88th year of its existence, is especially interesting, because it marks the 25th vear of President \Voolley's administration, and the simultaneous completion of the $3,000.000.00 cndo\\·mcnt and building fund, which is to be paid in full December 31, the anniversat'\' of President \\'oolIcy's actual assutilption of the presidenC\·. This endowment assures the future - harmonious development of the college which is already one oi the best equipped oi the colleges for woIllCIJ. ]~Iizabeth Alillar, 510 \~a shington ~ - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ avenue. has returned to 1fount Hoh·oke college for the academic year. Several other north shore girls arc attending at the eastern school. wood-Kenwood and Howard Avenue] ackson Park Lines, with activities in the "lo'o p" probably starting simulContracts have been let for exten- taueously. Every effort \viii be made sion of "L" station platforms to ac- to complete the big job by the end of comodate six and eight-car train , the the present year. Chicago Rapid Transit company lities AT TEACHERS' COLLEGE announced this week. Sixty percent Miss Betty Burtner, daughter of !vf r. of the specifications for fallrication of steel structures also have been placed and 1\Irs. R. D. Burtner. 810 Oakwood in the hands of the ma'n ufactures. avenue has returned to Kalamazoo, First deliveries are expected early in where 'she "·ill take a po st graduate course in the Teachers· college. ~11s s October. Construction work will begin 1111 - Dorotln- Butts, assistant librarian · at mediatly on receipt of the first ·hip- l\ew T~·ier high school last year. is atal ment of steel structures. The first ex- tending the \Vc stern State ":6rm_ ~c nsions \\·ill he made on the Ravens-. School for Teachers, Kalamazoo. ~ ... .. · I 1 ' ~ .,.) I I \\' al C( \\' I ti l i a< s~ .. ~ ~ D c' ) ~ ' ~ 4 c ar Frederick E. Lewi.s Resident. North Shore ' A at th at rc · c \\' X h~ fa tlj tt Funeral Director Mr. Frederick E. Lewis, assisted by Mrs. F. E. Lewis, residing in Wiltnette, will direct funerals in a tnanner to tneet the tnost exacting requiretnents. They have had twenty-one years of successful professional service in this field. Personally recotntnended by Mr. Chas. A. Stevens and Mr. M. R. Leahy of Chicago. They cotne to the North Shore ready to render the tnost care . . ful, courteous, conscientious service. All c~lls \vill be personally attended to by Mr. Lewis, 'vho is the only funeral director residing in New Trier Township. T c h - - - --.,---BAZAAR COMMITTEE MEETS ~~embers oi the fanC\· \York booth ior the St. Augustine's. guild bazaar 11ll't ~1ondav afternoon at the home oi their chairn.Jan, ~~ rs. Earl Eaton Bigelo\\· oi 82() Park avenue. fi Ct~ . e. PI \\' tI ··' for the TruthAboUiSoap a.sk the Women Who Wash Clothes for a Living They are tne ones w.ho know which soap gets clothes clean· est mostquicklyandmost safely without injury to their hands. And 80 per cent of them will instantly reply, "American Family." It has survived them 2.ll- is the favorite above all. Why is it so favored? Because it's pure. Good yellow soap and proud of it, because yellow is the true color of this pure soap-no bleaches u~ed. That purity means Ionge: life for clothes, quicker~ more feet cle~ ning. g s fi d -.t ~t I Very Latest in Modern Limousine Equipment MR. FREDERICK E. LEWIS KIRK'S assisted by MERICAN FAMILY SOAP l·:· ~ !;! ,··, ·· i ,;; :t ··· , s,ii$' MRS. F. E. LEWIS Phone Wilmette 3552 1120 Central Ave. WILMETTE ...

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