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Sheridan Road News-Letter (1889), 23 Apr 1899, p. 5

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Hi-Buuhhnboenqgudoflilo 1930!ka rill.- Katherine Brown. ‘ _ M11. 1!.‘8. Vai} an .retnrned Mr. Hmy Van Schnikk ruched from ' t"? he'lndlanapohi-s. , home from Ashoville, last week. ' ”:1: warffafl“??blzg mll Ilia Rodforgi has returned 'to her home in Oshkosh, after a long visit with In. Kirk. Milo Adele Slaughter and His. Hand King at Chicago have been visiting Miss Emerson this week. ‘Mine Mabel Daniele of Tuledo, Ohio. reached the Park yesterday and will be I guest oere. Kirk for three yeah. - All the same it looks kind of funny to see Mr. Stubbe beautifying his house so soon after his election. Quiet remarks are being made about this ontbeetreet. ' The Cushing'home is being made a very beautiful one as a result of the work being done on; it. Other homes in the Park being repaired are the Boyuhon'e, Everett’s, Thorne’s, Boulton’g, and Dr. Colburn’s.‘ ' The many friends of Mr Harrie L. Requa are pleased in learning ‘that Mr. Raqua has been 11): lde a member of the firm of Requa Sons of Chiâ€" cago. Thirsv'firm was originally Davis Requa ~one of the olgest and best known firms in Chicago. . Mr Reqna will spend this summer in Evanston. Now is the time to have your residence photographed. Don’t wait until the foliage hides the whole view, but call Brand, the photographer," now, - L - « On Tuesday evening at the home of Miss‘Bessie Cheverton a fancy fleOStume birthday party oc-_ curreé; Each of the guests pres- ent Wt as representing a book,’ and seine of the costumes were un- usual - good. Miss Nellie Palmer was "' he Woman in White,” Miss Mildred Mihills represented “Un- dcr the Red Robe.” Miss Clarkas “The. Red Badge of Courage” was ' good. Miss Annie Cobb, in patches and tatters, was “Hard Times.” Miss Helen Clark. was “The Lilac Sunbonnet.” Misstulia Morgan as Geisha. Miss Fannie Everett went as. "Rose in Bloom,” and for V the boys, perhaps Mr. Wainwright was best as. *“The Pathfinder.” Mr. B; A. bfessenden has re- turned from a trip east, to the old Fessenden homestead near Boston. The Fessenden" home is nearly two a hundred years old. . Mr, Freilxérg is right in line with his handsome new f‘traps” for golf club service, and evidently believes ,m keeping up the improvement“ pace set by our new depot. MarriedwvAt the home of the bride on Green street, last Saturday 'e‘ven- 'ing. Miss Hattie M. Alford and Thomas J. Forrest, one of the pub- lishers of the Naws-Lmn. Rev. A. A. Pfanstiehltied the knot. ’ Miss Nellie Palmer extended a charming ‘courtesy to twenty and more friends on Friday evening a Others good were Messrs. Chanmk ago. It was a birthday party, diet Egan, Bert Greenl Jim Troxel, and dancing made it an enjoyable Tom 'frdxel, George J ones. THE SHERIDAN ROAD NEWS-LETTER. Mr. Fréderick W. Cashing 'will return from London in J une. Miss Shaw of Anemone, Iowa, has been visiting Mrs. Cashing. Mrs. C. ‘W. Kirk he. completely recovered from her illness of last week. Mrs. A. O. Minion and daughter, Blanche, are spending a few' days in New Orleans. Mr. R. W. Patton has gone north to hunt, and recuperate after his long and arduous campaign. _ The new Tanner 561116 18 look- ing very attractive in the last fin- ishing tquches o_f tl_1 inters_._ Mrs. George B‘Car'penter, Miss Carpenter and Mr. Lem Cashing come to the Park today to spend the summer, ' The Ferry Hall concert at the Presbyterian Church last night was a great success; An account of ' it will appear ‘in' next week’s paper- | Mr. C. J. Spencer returned from a Grass Lake hunting trip recently loaded down with ducks, and also bringing With him a goodly lot of pickerel. . ‘ Mr.- George Healer succeeded in bagging four wild geese last week, and next‘_week contemplates a foray on the snipe north of Waukegan. Mr Sydney Biden gave a beau- tiful “Ballad Recital” at the home of Mrs. Nettie R. Jones on Wed- nesday evening. Mr. B. A. Fessenden has re- turned from a trip east, to the old Fesseuden homestead near Boston The Fessenden home 18 nearly two hundred years old. ‘ Mr, Freiberg is right in line with his handsome new f‘trape” for golf club service, and evidently believes .in keeping up the improvement“ pace set‘by our new depot. Married~ At the home of the bride on Green street, last Saturday even- ing, Muss Hattie M. Alford and Thomas J. Forrest, one of the pub- fishers of the Nave Lmn. Rev. A. A. Pfanstnehl‘tied the knot. evening to file many'i'nvited'gheits. At the Highland Park Club on Monday evening a large and ap- preciative audience, composed of may from the Park, besideathe members of the Lake Forest Acad- emy and their' 'nci , thered to witness the laterals: field for the purpose of adequately showing the public’s appreciation of the bravery shown by Messrs. Van Bi r, Pérryman and Baker last Fermi-y in rescuing the Lake Forest boys from the ice floes on the lake. Rev. Pfanstiehl’s speech of presentation was responded to by Mr. Baker in ‘a very happy manner. In his reaponse Mr. Baker made especial mention of Mr. Perryman’s bravery in going out in the boat when he knew ab- solutely nothing about the hand- ling of boats. Mr. Van Riper and the Lake Forest Academy prin- cipal also spoke well and feelinng Mr. Pfanstiehl’s address was as follows : ' Ladlesand Gentlemen: True valor is always accompanied by unselfish- ness. and self-forgetfulneas. . Unsal- tlsh. self-forgetful deeds are always and by whomsoever achieved truly he- roic. Our oWn Holland has said: “Selfishness is never great, and moves to no great deeds, _ ' > .' To honor God, to benefit mankind; To serve with lofty gittsthe lowly needs ,0! the poor race for which the God- ' 'man died. ‘ And do it all for love-oh! this is great! And he who does this wlll achieve a name ‘ Not only great hut. good!" 'cy andherolsm of her charac-ters,-all chosen from lowly life. The glory of a Dewey is but the reflected llght'of the bravery and faithfulness of the men down In the ‘hold of the ship standing him at the guns; The tam. ous achievements of the Caesars. the Alexanders. the Napoleons, the Grants- .of history. were made possible only by _ the herolsms at the men who shoulderâ€" : ed the mnskets. and unmunnuringly w trumped through raln and thine over mugh or smooth roads, and faced the cannon's_ mouth. and braved shot and shell of the enemy. ‘ 'l‘rue heroisms _are to he found in every-day places of every-day Ufa-as well as among those who rm positions that‘are conspicuqusly before the [Subâ€" lic eye." No'f 'ffié héafist valué of George Eliotjs novels. great as is their worth from a literary point of View; Is the. (VinnhnsisA she has ptgt upon the'valian- Time was when tflumhpal ”arches were built. monuments and statued erected; legislative acts passed ~on)!" to commemorate and honor men who achiowd great deeds of war; men who were fierce and daring In destroying human life. To-day, thank God. marks othonor are being erected to the brav- ery of those who were the most new forgntful to save human life. A few REWARD FOR BRAVERY.

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