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Downers Grove Reporter, 31 Oct 1913, p. 1

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Surely. iime aim and the dream: of one genenllon are the commonplace: of succeeding yearn. Nevertheless. Jim tor idle curiosity we are going to visit the doctor some day In his uK-w once and have a “Iklamph” [u a “autograph." or a "photon. taken 0! our little liner. which we at nu hopelouly knocked out lamb in childhood’u In”: your. ' I cruel bmhall. To us of this callous age the pres- ence of an X~ray machine with its at- tendnnt “high frequency" electrlc ap- paratus; its vacuum tubes and the Ital-(ling use. to which it is put. ex- cites only (ha mild comment: “Well. I hear Dr. Maurice Puffer hu an Xâ€"ray machine and all that electric appar- uiuo they have at the city hospitals." It might be that some of those early settlers in a wild flighi oi’ imagination hid dreamed of a flying machine. but It In certain none of them in his farthest night ever fancied that living men would have their skeletons photo- graphed in Main street. Downers Grove. ”mu-urea MM- 177-178 It the founders of Downers Grove could have looked down the years when they took up their abode in what is now the village they would have been astonished at many things which have come to pass. The paved streets, the electric lights. the tele- phones, the countless conveniences of the present day would have more than surprised them. but an apparatus which would In effect strip the flesh from the body and take a picture of the bones within would have. indeed, excited their awe and wonder. Lehmann Michel ROME! RAYS ll VILLAGE Read Our Boy's 1nd Girl’s Contest :- Adler u. Ladies' Aviation Bonnets ......... M “I. u. ’1.“ ”layer and Children’s Knit Hood! 121‘! Mignon Caps -- A- V . u .............................. né. 31.x, Ken's Leather-Lined Him and Gloves” .30., Unlined ............................. lie. I“ Be”: Leather Mitts. Special It .................... 1!! 1‘3? V, , . Speculnt ............ Children's Gloves and Mittens. 3." conrs :39 styles1 The Fair Store canbuy.ll.25 and ............... 8f.” Ladies' Knit Gloves and Mittens. black and'all colors. “a 8:35 Ifaglics' Black Kid Lined Fur Gaunlet Gloves. Men's Dress Kid Gloves. Tans, G_r_¢ys. Eta. Etc.._ Ladies: Kid_Gloves,_black and colon; the best made that you at ........ “gym-a“ u.“ THE NEWS AGENCY Telephone ICC-ll 18 W Railroad Street L. H. Swearingen Co. VOL. xxx. A'n. 12. at ....... ; ................. Lug, laugh-i ue In and burden you: 3 you tannin-Mun Ind Cindi-In. to mu your a you to“. ya- cu appro- “It. chi u would an. to han- Vk-uoh la you" but. fluk- h no Ian-met a tu- Irylohtnndnfladnndmhyedhyan- kn M. Manchu-me Iohuudul My In every lam-e. and m Ion-m "ml Ind-y b IM \‘mnh. Will: um road-Nil Inn-mm. 5m Mun Iva-o nuk- "do you I“! «do day In acid In yum hyphen can! not. you Meson couple“. We WI (My W!!! I mm fl Yl. IARVEL DOIICILED Ill [All STREET Gloves and Mittens 1m Goods Wear Illa pound-uk- m mu You Neeaa Rad about the nwnrd o and to: the arrest of Bandit: undo the Supervi- non. local new. on Mac 2 The Brister class of the Baptist Sunday school spent a, very pleasant evenlng at the lhbcoclz home on '1‘ day. October 28. Thirty-three cn 9 out to enjoy the tun planned by the committee conslatlng of Mrs. Arthur thmnn, Mrs. Punk Dunn and ulnar Zolllnger. nut-ted by an: _c.{€n’n Chester nnd Mlu but]: Chest 1. After the same! a delicious clfete 1. lunch was served. There passed away just recently .1 woman 0! rare faith and hope, Mrs. Mary F. French. She was born in Virginia 76 years ago. From child- hood she had walked ihe way of truth and right. She was buried from the Baptist church where for thirteen ‘years she had been a faithful 'at- tendant. The Rev. R. Wilbur Babcock conducied the service. THE DEATH OF MRS. MARY F. FRENCH“ There wlll he a lecture and enter- tainment course held this winter In the Baptist church. This ls an at- tempt to bring lnto our community hlgh class entertainments to take the place or the regular course that used to beheld in the Auditorium. The first number will be held November 7 and wlll be Dr. Scott Hensley. the; famous lecturer. AN ENTERTAINMENT » ' COURSE. A PLEASANT TIME. DOVVNERS GROVE, DU PAGE COUNTY, ILLINUIS. (K IUHI". ' 81. mm. her :8. 103.1. E. Yuan-1| iron the IIGY'I will. Ind Hr. T. 1'. Ken! the sent and Interest. It A veto of that. to Elbert 0. sun- Iey for Mo generous gift vu alto a» tent] on m Ila-ta of the bard. mama’s pflu. The house m otthemiemmtnlhmor. George 3. Hunt. in nth; "wane namflntnnfleforalfimfor Where”. The film“ (four! of On Page County has «Imam! that the pur- chase o! the library site It Cums ‘streel no Forest avenue In the vll Inge of Downers Grove and m um- um to the Public Min-n Bond of the village I. In teen” with the pro vision a! the will of the late John Oldfield; therefore. be u More... The nae-lot of (he Old- lield mute, on {allow mun“. George 8. "am. in accord-ace with line provision of the cm 0! the late Mr. Oldfield In purchased and m Int-d to the Public Library Bonn! of the village of Downer! Grove I library Ilia eminently nilflmm: Whom. Through the. "morn-fly of our luv- Iovnmn. John OHM“, I’ fund for (he neck-0e o! I "bury we (or our village In net ”an; and M a ”cam manna ol the ”bury Board the following resolution wn unanimously adopted: In «mm» to cam-u; (I. me u - moan-lo ”an as (owner owner. BI- bon (‘. Mule-y, met the deed: mun tuned. "M 8200 on outstanding apo- ml ammoni- Iuiuu “IQ lo! and mold Ibo metal. to the Library WM the “um" o! "m "Immo- dluo building“ Idea IM me question was lulu con-Mona by the clown». on Me Pubflc H Bead. and III- IMIu‘ Library A latlon. and the "m and conditions be!" oppor- mu. "Io (nu-(or was man. Tia-i condition vu remedied by "ac creation oi the Dov-on Grove hi- bnn Hoard. While (he quooiion oi immodiaie building V“ Mill dis- cussed shortly mm (in «um-Mun! of the board ii was "tough! bolt to in" .» auction ol 4: I“. uniii building plan- mmn Milled. mood rend: to any out the provi- Iionu oi the will. Ind had herewiorc bean 4""er "on: wiecling and pra- Ionting Ibo silo only by the fact that no duly nuihoriud public body existed to rmivo ii. NEIGHBORHOOD CARD CLUB. The Neighborhood end can not thohonooflr.ndln.A. Loo The clause in the will making the public bequest specified that any re. mainder ot the sum set apart for the purchase 01' a site should be held by the Librsry Board for use in aiding in the erection of I library building when such a structure should be built. This balance is now on dam“ in the li- brnry building lurid faulting fulfillment ot the wish 9111mm; who look torwsrd to tho ulhbllshment ot the village library in a home of its own In the years that have pound since the death 0! Mr. Oldfield M- execu- tor. George 8. Hunt. has xiv-y- To the trust” of the 82,000 be was; of the benelnctor of our villus tho exocmor, Mr. Helm. added Inter- est on the amount. the tum being do- tarminod by the decree of the court. The spot selected. at Curtis street and Forest avenue. opposlte the Con- gregatlonai Church. met the approval of George B. Hvartt, executor of the last will and testament of the village benefactor. and duly safeguarded by a formal decree of court. the deed has been drawn and recorde transferring the site to the Public Library Board of Downers Grove for a library site for- ever !or the village. The ‘iove which JJhn Oldfield. in his lifetime an honored citizen of Downers Grove, bore the village, bore fruit this week in the nresentationuiu his name, of a valuable site for the Downers Grove Free Public Library. Lot at Curtis Street and Forest Avenue Purchased by George B. Heant. Executor. and Pre- sented to Library Board for get-gem! yprayyf Sig‘e.‘ GWEN“ RECITAL. mag-mmm-na «terminator; flagran- mummudhunnn Wadi-Wynn.” mm mwmm The 0th: Ive mum on (Io cant-{W up. gym Oleoplui.‘ but April the Century wee-In BI- Mn 0! Chicago entered Into a m- tnct to give a III-number mumb- ment comm tn the Methodist church In our muse, commencing In Noven- bet. At that time A number 0! tickets were pledged for Inner! of the mm but votk was not computed. "In Ian-m”. retire-mung the Century Lye". Burma, in W have to £0le Wm. A. McConnIch. (In student or nnlurn. Mrd wnrbhr Ind lunIInIor o! Inlnu nnInnIo Ind InnnIvnnIn. and MI mm frknd. Bronte. mum our u-hooll Tue-day. “route In the no“ wonder“! do; In Ibo world. mm but named. enlnnnIncd. Instructed Ind mnulod mmundn upon thon- nnndn of Ochoa) chIldnn. having a!- may then mm Inn one thousand omen-Inmnh In pnhlIr «tools. Edmlon navy-Mn Mn mum-H u her wand-WM («In o! In!" "I44 Inn. “on In no IrIck. hr um I. wnly mm work. Wm an plum to me an!" I nub" 0! Hilton II "to distant [nuc- um took. W0 hope my oil."- will In” than-cm- o! (In malty. The dchooll will be closed "Id-y. Novomfir 1. In Order um the touch- orl mm “and the Norman: Illlnoh Tuck; n' media. at on Put. An "count pmnm bu bum pm 1 due on! you think that school- master-s arelonen a. bit hll‘d on you in requiring you to do things in order that you my pass the teun oi the school. but” want to warn you that when you 9! out of school you are going to ve harder schoolmuien (Ion you And beforc. For the world "Quito! but we make good. no my tor w hummus. and the man nut doe. i n uncom- to I great deal more on tho nun who wlnhol he bod do a thing: and who promises he win 0 things. E 8. Parks. representing Rue. Pyenon Publishing Co., was a caller a: the mm: of the superintendent 'l‘llq‘sdagg‘aflernoon. Almost our emlre High School at- tended the football game last Friday afternoon at la Grange. betwcn lhu team or the Lyons Township High School and our High School team. 01"“ boys proved entirely too much for the LaGrunge team. and “on anally with a ucoro'ol 34 to 6. We play the Napervllle team solurdny afternoon at the South Side sclntul ground. Games will be ('allod at 2:30. Come out and encourage our boys. um Louise Tuck, second grade ,teacher In the anervillu pubhc schools, spent. Wednvsduy morning {letting the second grade at our South building. The sand tables were put lulo use this week in Miss Mooré‘s and Miss Hpnnlg‘s grades. Oui second month of school and: {run} at Woodrow Wllmn'l Ad- (Ire-0‘00 non. WINS “”221 New York Buckwheat Hm I!“ 1.13 m H mm l', Ml-(>-fim now It it" get: chilly around Let OUR Bull! 5. YOUR M“ '3: W0 Pay 3 per our! Interest Saving Moons“? Farmers and Merchant’ a Bank .’ Lord Lumber Co. I7 We handle commercial checking accouma oi individudly' firms and companies. A great president of the United States once wrote: “831., travagancc rots character; train youth away from it. On the other hand. the habit of raving money.- while it rtiflens ‘ will also brightens the energies. It you would he tore th' I You are beginning right. begin to save." You may think it is a little rally In ln-uin um Coat Talks. but the wrath" o! the past week «mum Ir" ynu that winter is not tat ahead. Let in: fill up your him NOW with out honest weight. good coal with the good hralmg qualitio. winter wedges. strikes n In“, blow or‘two the edge! and Hum It Go.- Clo-n Than As old jack Fins! on his It’s Coming! is here and better than ever before in quality. . ORDER NOW. J. W. NASH Fill up your bins. we admonish you. with Downers Grove. Illinois GOOD COAL Downers Grove. llllnolq Cow-I such Mm no Surplu- "me mulled uuuu- 010.0001» luvoâ€"In- I A. II. I. 9 O. I” on. lot-Ila, oval-no In. 0 I. I. n O P. I. wudLE '

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