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Highland Park News-Letter (1904), 6 Oct 1906, p. 1

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3’ HIGHLAND'PARK ~ _ A fun! rearâ€"end collision between than“ pm:- tnin Ind : freight. which wu standing on the norm-bound true!" of the C. 3', N. W. Railway canal-Nd just. south of the nation early last Wed- {$an morning. 3nd the Ila-emu ofthe pnper train ' read-ed so severe injuries that he died Ihortly inerwudu. The coilinion took place just. opposite the Northwestern Military Acuiemy. The freight ‘ in: uniting orders to proceed north .whe'n we .. paper tnin. running about 4') miles an ‘honr, omhod into the rear of the tnin. The fireman “ find the enginber of flu: fut trnin jumped, the fire in": striking the “one nlmwments of the visduct. with; nature Injurieshthe bud and internal lnjpfiea. “'4' .1!“ engined-1mm unhurt» The By the elm-{put work of the firemen, however, the fire Was under comm! in uhout two hours. The (roce‘ry store. which was owned by Ben Goldberg. wigs compiezely wrecked, and the‘ building W,“ ‘damaged to the extent of several hundred denim. Why has the Chicago 'l‘elephoée Company in- stalled hundreds of residence extension 'elephones lince August In? In it. because the rental rate ha been reducedjo my cents per month? pumugeu w me extent. or several hundred dollars. It Was a narrow escape from a serious disaster to the whoie business section of St. Johns av name, out} much credit. 2“ due to th. members of the volâ€" unteer fire department, and especially one mem- .‘her, W. L. Farmer, who penen-ated the dense smoke and fought the fire in the baseman. The most serious fire that. he: occurred in High- land' Park for years was discovered about 1:30 Wednesday afternoon in the Imminent. of the High- land Perk Grocery on St. Johns evenue. Some time elapsed before the alarm was sounded, bui the firemen responded promptly and quickly got two lines'of hose on the fire. flooding the basement and the store above. Owing to the great. volume of suflocuing smoke it was impossible to fight. the blue at. clase‘ quarters. kind it was feared for a time that the whole block. which belongs to the Thomp- eouxoseafo, wu doomed. All the mail and movable property in the poeboflice. which was just north, wu removed. and J. A. Blomdahl, whose shoe store is just somh moved such of his stock as could be moved. Cgmfi'ou Answer This? A Narrow Escape A Fatal Wreck l9 HIGI~ gfire From Holluld the journey is bx way of the duct, RhineJfis second lacuna. i_n_\o Sw‘tzeflmd, and arm“ here the lecturer bu spent many summers climbing .' The uni! reccliuflzing the “High Mpg”. and it. will prove qwaawmi am new and» um. hi-r the ‘ sweat of the "Jungfrau” , Yours truly Ill. mumtmu}: myth". H F. w Dmrmxluzéfag ' . New York und Chivugo .w w }, ->.vvrr Tonight Dwight Elm-dork the lecturer on trnvelavm begin his second Gonmullnvinin theatre with “Holland“ as his subject. His Ion-tunes this ye» will form a. jam-nay through seven! inure»- ing and lovely countries into Southern Italy. In hi1 lecture on Hollnnd. owing m the «matey of his rainy Dutch friend; he hu some remarkable bictum ofthe tiny homes and 90mm. villlges in this wry pictureaque country. and nanny 'splendid motion piptnres 0‘ the life a! the streams and on the cunnls. ‘ South into I?” is the next stage of the journey and in these In“ two lectures Mr. Eiméudorf gi. ea hid :ndienee the result, ‘01 ten yen-'3 study and work. ‘ The lectures at. Rgvinia. will bu given on five consecutive Saturday evenings, the subjects being: “Holland" "I‘he Rhine' ‘Switzerlnnd‘,’ “Hwy l" and “Nady II” There~ls a great need in this city for a goat} Inteligence Ofllce. and run in a buéi‘nem way would certainly pay. there are so many all: for help of both kinds both men and women. Chicago and Evanalon supply the greater part taking the money which could be kept here. This department is a business of its own and should be run saperately from other business. could be done in a conténlent priv'nte house and no cxtrb. expense to the perwn conducting it, and celtainly would be a great, help to the patrons here. I would gladly do till I could to help any one starting an ofllce. I enn'not attend to this branch any longer my own business claim- ing all my attention. Hoping some one will think i‘avorebly of my little suggesting. fl) PARK, ILL Elmcndorf at Ravinia Park Respectnf I ly, Mn. G. Bohl. Deu- Slr: Why don‘t we who punk :5 may mixers do, to go three-(puma as in. or two-him. or In", or I third. or n qunrter? There are two aorta 0! pint: all puiut, true mint. strong psint, tull- «unsure; and part pgiu', all. paint, Wonk mint. short-measure. M r. AII'OB Bfiggins. Pluinfield~ N. J.. shiny: natd )5 gallons of paint for his house: Demo took I1. The paint. maul-curlers are two sort-z Dam Ind the rest. The‘dmket of the October term of Circuit. Court which meets u; Waukeg‘nn next month shows 21 new divorce canes. besides 17 old oneu, which pro- bably win he heard 'this term. The dockat also shows 38 people’s cases. of whigh only one is new. There are several Highwood cases in the fist. 88788 mm Letter to Mr. S. H. Harrington Get Your Pictures THE FLETCHER BUILD/I16 cturnu amu: Or go! some pumj pictures They're good if the] are cheap Nor a short (in. only On a Post card [Circuit Court Highland Yuk. m.‘ cr 33

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