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at 359 Central Avenue 8 Alcyon Theatre Building ’ & Infants Wear, .Ca'stom-Made % »L} and Readyâ€"to Wear Corsets . 1‘ field, whose clever and entertaining articles on Paris are appearing in A Line O‘ Type or Two, conducted by Richard Henry Little, in the Chicago Tribune). Of the Sherman House in the Eighteenâ€"seventies Fannie Hale Gardner in the Chicago Daily News of June 15, 1926 in her "Views of Old Chicago" wrote, "On State Street where the Columbus Memorial Buildâ€" ing now stands was a®marble yard where stone masons sawed great blogks asunder. ‘The houses next to theâ€"marble yard were ten feet lower than the sidewalk, which had been elevated ‘to the new street level, esâ€" tablished by lifting the Sherman House about cighteen feet above its original foundations. An earlier acâ€" count in Blanchard‘s History of Chi~ cago says: "In 1846 on the east side of Ciark Street was a yellow brick house belonging to a man named Goodrich, on the corner of Washingâ€" tonâ€"street, and to the north of that wass blocis= of three or four blue hfl-hlld- owned by F. C. Sherâ€" man. + The entire population of Chicago at that time did not -?a.l two in-‘ dred, otie hundred whom subscribed to &-m of Silas Wooster Sherman, became owners of half of the land in Northâ€" field, now _ khown as Northbrook, from the Skokie on the west to the center of town. In 1846 the town was called Sherman, as Everett was caiâ€" man or Shermans, Cook County, 111. Francis C. Sherman was the owner of the famous Sherman House in Chiâ€" cago (now thfim: of Ernest Byâ€" 5. Sterling Sherman owned the land on which the Palmer House is now located, and allowed his title to lapse for failure to pay the taxes beâ€" cause he eonsidered the swampy land of so little value.. Mr. and Mrs. J. Sterling Sherman moved to Northâ€" field in 1838 and bought 159 acres for a dollar and a quarter per acre from the government. The homestead. was led Enmymett. The Deerfield settlers roâ€" ceived their mail addressed to Slfyctâ€" came in the years from 1833 to 1836, from Connecticut, also as subscribers to the Chicago Democrat in 1833 are the of Dr. Eagan, Francis C. nd‘m W. Sherman. Silas W. Sherman also petitioned the legislatâ€" ure for m road from Chicago to Northfield later. > Mrs. ‘Church, a sister of Mr. Sherâ€" man, brotught the first piano into Chiâ€" cago. It was a square one and occuâ€" pied a comspicuous place in the log cabin, which was on the site of the Church building on Wabash avenue. Indians came to the cabin \ to hear Mrs. Charch play the piano and sing. "Music hath charms to sooth the sayâ€" age breast" was well exemplified when the Indians planned an uprisâ€" ing, for the Church and Sherman. families were always notified in adâ€" vance, by friendly Indians, so that they could seeck shelter behind unl palisadés in old Fort Dearborn. for varions birds, such as Nightin~| canoe. * * gale and Robin avenues. Charles Sherman, ~son of Frank, From the county line farm Aun | Was born in the Sherman House. Elizabeth Hook, who was born July M““’th 30, 1853, went to the Methodist Episâ€"| {0"ty years. He died in e copal church in the Oakwood Cemeâ€"|FT2Dk Sherman owned a brick yard tery on Milwaukee avenue, to be mar.|O2 Prgirie road in Northfield, from ried on September 13, 1874, by the| PNith be shipped brick to Chicago to Rev. Andrew A. Adron, to Silas be used in the erection of the buildâ€" Hawley Sherman, born June 8, 1846,| iD&* that he owned. He also helped im East Northfield in a log house| "!"Y 9Ut" Telegraph Road, now Milâ€" where the Sherman house now stands| WA4kee avenue, mear the Northbrook station. ann'ig-nehC.ndh-LSMr-u. H. Sherman was the grandson of Siâ€" M. D. Ogden, Elisha Wadsworth, uwmumg-am'flmm,m.mhuwm. man, and the som of Sterling | Dyer, and Hiram Tucker, were in the and Harriet w-uhmu Jaâ€"| Port Clinton (now Highland Park) l-l.md,& of the| Land Co. Alonzo S. Sherman, a relaâ€" First N Bank, was a brother|tive, who was mayor of Chicago in of Mrs. Silas W. Sherman. The Botsâ€"| 1844, came from Vermont in 1836. fords came to Chicago from Connectâ€"| He spent his later life in Waukegan ieut in 1838. In "Discoveries and Conâ€"|and was President of the War Mass quests of the Northwest with the} meeting when President Lincoin‘s History of Chicago" by Rufus Blanâ€"}call for troops was issued, April 15, chard, published in 1880, a volume of mn.sm.wm:sum.mn-‘ which is the property of W. S. Egan)first sheriff of Cook County from dflhhl1hrk,u.nlbr. W. B.| 1834 to 1836. His son, J. Sterling, Eagan, J, K. Botsford, Silas Wooster mtheflntdcputyntbeumtime.l Sherman, Ezra L. Sherman, Francis| Francis C. Sherman was made an ~â€"__ _of the f JACK and JILL CHILDREN‘S ~~PHOP. â€" °c Friday‘ August 26â€"27, 1927 ~ Continued from page 1 rious birds, such as Nightinâ€" Announcing the Opening by Mra_ J and Francis C., sons majority of the time because she was mearest the school and had the largâ€" W.'llbnthtwmhhwtfhh- ing, President Co doesn‘t scare The children of J. Sterling Sherâ€" man attended the East Northfeld school, called the Sherman â€" school, that was on land donated for the purâ€" pose by J., Sterling Sherman. When the teachers "boarded around", Mrs. Sherman kept them without pay the away the fish by any In this house Mr. and Mrs. Silas H. Sherman spent their honeymoon winter, then moved to a new house built for them on one of the Sherman farms on Dundee road (near the site of a greenhouse now) in the spring of 1875. Gradvally the Sherman family sold their land to German . settlers, (as did all of the Americans} one of whom was Schermer, whose name the town bore as Shermerville, until it was changed to Northbrook about 1922. largt frontâ€" bedroom, (Mrs. Frank Sherman arose in the night to assist her nurse to care for a child that cried. Miscalculating the distance from the doorway of the bedroom to which she was unaccustomed, Mrs. Sherman stepper into the open stairâ€" way, fell, and broke her neek. by 32 feet. The woodwork was enamâ€" elled® white, and heavy wine colored brocaded damask curtains _ hung at the windows. An unfortunate acciâ€" dent occurred which closed the home for further festivities. While having overnight guests, who were given the man. Colonel Sherman was captured by the Confederate soldiers and servâ€" ed eighteen months in Libby prisom during the Civil War. The palatial home of Ezra L. Sherman and his nephew was the.center of social life for the, eliteâ€"of Northfeldâ€"and Dearâ€" ons in es botncte~ N onaiine Anonetuecnn e PB ~~* 1374. The parior if W Redse it3 The big frame house .in Northâ€" brook, now owned by Anthony Batek, with its beautiful grounds, was built for & summer home for Ezra L. Sherâ€" man and his nephew, Colonel Frank Sherman, a son of Francis C. Sherâ€" road was to run from the upper valâ€" ley of the Des Plaines by Wheeling, Helif Day and Libertyville to the Wisâ€" consin line, but was never constructâ€" ed. Dr. Halsey states that "Silas W., the sheriff, came to the Shermerville crossing of the North Branch of the Chicago river in 1838." Ezra later moved to Riverside. Francis C. Sherâ€" man was mayor of Chicago three terms, the first one was from 1841 to 1842. He was a trustee in the town of Chicago in 1835, as appears from a lease of a wharfing lot on the river west of the Clark street bridge. After a cash rental of $2000, paying it in three years, the lessees were to pay an annual rental of "one bariey corn‘ (an old English usage). ; Francis C. Sherman was made an assemblyman in the state legisiature in 1844 in the August election. As a Promoter he was one of the incorporâ€" ators of the Chicago and DesPlaines R. R. Co., in February 1855. The Charles Sherman, son of Frank, (‘;:rh- hd:yhd‘rkh for was forty years. He died hm Frank Sherman owned a brick yard -Pn.i:hmdinflmm M shipped brick to Chicage to h“htbmdhhfldâ€"‘ ings that he owned. He also helped "lay out" Telegraph Road, now IB-I but & "mud hole" and the Shermans could ride around their hotel in a of Continued on page 8 The center of the stage in affairs in Deerfleld last week was occupied by the Municipal Band. Under the direction of Frank â€"W. Russo they presented a delightful program ‘ of music at another open air concert in the Jewett Grove on Saturday eveâ€" ning. The offerings â€" included: March, Washington Post, Sousa Overture Princess of India, King Waltz, Tesoro Mio, Becucci Medley, Summer Eveâ€" ning in Hawail, March, Scott‘s Specâ€" ial, Phillips March Bombastio, Farâ€" The following calendar of events will be held during the fall at the Deerfleld Eastern Star chapter No. 940 : Thursday, September 1 is Advance Officers night, Associate Matron Adâ€" elaide Steiner and Worthy Patron Andrew Yowell from Campbell chapâ€" ter at Highland Park will be in charge. Thursday, September=â€"15, Past Worthy Matrons and Past Worthy Patrons night will be obâ€" served, Past Worthy Matron Emily Knask and Past Worthy Patron Wilâ€" liam B. Carr will preside. Thursday, October sixth, there will be initiation. Thursday, October 20 Worthy Matron‘s and Worthy Paâ€" tron‘s night is to be observed with Worthy Matron Mabel Griggs and Worthy Patron L. E. Thomas of Waukegan presiding. * Thursday, November 3 is "Frignds‘ Night". Worthy _ Matron Myrtle Rhode and Worthy Patron Henry Strenger of Lake Forest are to be in charge. Thursday, November . 17 is "Campbell Chapter night". Worthy Matron Adelaide Greene and Worthy Patron Andrew Yowell of Campbell °"§"'"z Hi‘h‘l-ud Park, will preside. P SNP d abrinbotaliisthvantis B dca $ d i2200 Members of the local chapter are urged to keep these dates in mind and make a special effort to attend. DELIGHTFUL PROGRAM GIVEN MONDAY NIGHT Advance Officers‘ N t,!r.l: Au-u.mund CALENDAR FOR FALL Yowell in East There is a HYDROX Agency Near Your Home SPECIAL THIS WEEK And because they are jealous of health, they are parâ€" ticularly zealous in demanding these healthâ€"giving food values in ice cream. C If your dealer does not sell Hydrox, go to the nearest ~dealer who does. They‘re discriminating peopleâ€"the eaters of Hydrox. They realize the importance of demanding the bestâ€" especially when the difference in price is so trifling. Hydrox eaters not only know th eir food values, but they know the relation of food values to health. Grape Pineapple Between Two Layers of Vanilla They know that Hydrox is made with pure cream. . They know that Hydrox is flavored with real fruits. . Z‘hey know that Hydrox is sweetened with pure cane sugar. ! In commenting on the tremendous ‘mwthofuheo-crynunllu- mond, Ind., industrially, President ‘&Mpcouflhnd“hdfil: m making a political speech, native entcfiin'uddd-mfl- by the protective tariff. * . A German woman aged 63 wants permission to fly across the Atlantic inordertontfldolhrw- inâ€"law. Here is an idea for some felâ€" lanwhohvennufllfnurymoth- ersâ€"inâ€"law. ‘ Overture _ Operatic Mingics &ry‘w&‘-w on : delis, Star Spangled Banner. 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