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Highland Park Press, 22 Nov 1928, p. 9

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Edward Weich, retired veteran cabâ€" man, and a resident of Waukegan for all of his life of 73 years, passed away at the home of his sister, Mrs. J. C. Merchant, at 415 Cory avenue, Friâ€" day night. Desth came after an ilâ€" ness of less. than a week. William A. Melody, a pioneer resiâ€" dent of Waukegan and Lake county «@~~â€"«dGisd tast week st the home of his , _ daughter, Mrs. William McCarthy of NEW BOOKS ADDED AT PUBLIC LIBRARY The Deerfleld Public Library added duritig National Book ‘week the folâ€" lowing new adult books: Good Mornâ€" ing America by Carl Sandberg, Beâ€" Caawell who was a member of conâ€" gress from 1880 to 1891 tells of the appearahce of Chicago in 1836. A poem by W.G. Hubbard des< cribes Chicago from 1835 to 1882. If you wish to learn much of local Hâ€"-r!m your order with the of the American Leâ€" gion for the history of Deerfleld. Enliven your long evenings 9 mwedkt this enturrththne m To mflhhhhuq.lp.fl. , sev of bunco, and five of western settlement. The story of the in an account by L. B. Caswell, grandâ€" In the days when the settlers listâ€" :::!‘ ened for the sound of their own cowâ€" x ,, bells {for every bei thad a different |,,,, sound and keen ears recognized the _( tinklco(unbellontbe.nnym."m or the one returning from the PMSt~ / Keyj ure.) books were -ono(nlux-ry;.m ch-ntb-yugtoday.‘l\elqnviun‘ 4 mmlclintbehrubhsvmcn-:‘v“ livened by taies of the former homeâ€" ; # state during the ten months, it stands first among those communities for the toal value of residential building« built during the period. NUMEROUS EVENTS in DEERFIELD HISTORY Waukegan, while it stands fourth in the valueAnl all types of buildings month. A total of 173 visits were made by the nurse including instrucâ€" tive talks. ‘There were 45 tubercular patients at the October clinic. Three hundred and eightyâ€"six tuâ€" berculosis cases are listed for the county in October by Miss Theda Waterman, nurse of the Lake County Antiâ€"Tuberculosis society. That is an increase of 10 over the previous Inquest into the death of Mrs. Marâ€" garet O‘Brien, aged 74 years, who was found dead in her room in the Zion home, disclosed the fact that the body of the aged woman probably had lain in her room for three or four days before it was discovered. Approval of the plans and specifiâ€" cations for the remodelling of the large residence on the Highley tract into a building for the housing of the city offices and for the erection of an auditorium building on the land was granted by the Waukegan city council in meeting last week. company, last week and burned the wooden structure to the ground, desâ€" stroying all of the chemical laboraâ€" tory equipment in the plant. can of oil, fire spread like lighining age. Mr. Melody‘s health h'ldiin;; failing. NEIGHBORHKHOOD PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTiSERS This Part of North Shore with a PICC _ !"° _ Col. Smith offered the fourth $1,000 ray ©0#, reward for the assailants of Miss the PSSt~ / Kelley Sunday. Lake Forest added a luxury â€"$4.000 to this. â€" m r en ons ® all the who '4_“’ -. PFriâ€" Ralph Ross, ticket agent at the Ediâ€" son Court station of the North Shore Line at Waukegan, last week are stil} mystified as to. the identity of the bandit trio who forced Rosa to ride 'fltfiâ€"b%g“ robbed the safe in the office of | VISITING (H'E}‘ICERS AT |\ _ 0. E.8. ETING NOV. 15 the fiscal year of the chapter and clecâ€" fl-dgl'.-tth-l- ing of Thursday, December 6. meeting there was a social hour and refreshments were served by commit~ tee, Mmes. A. J. Johnson, Harry Cla~ Ar the regular meeting of the Deerfield O. E. S. Chapter held Thursâ€" day evening, Nov. 15, Mrs. Clara Rugen, Worthy Matron of Glenview Chapter; Mrs. Vivian Seott, Past Worthy Grand Matron, of Alice Chap« ter, Chicago; Edward H. Selig, Past Worthy Patron of local Chapter, parâ€" ticipated in ceremonies when three new members were initiated into the The third $1.000 was held up for police by Col. Smith a week ago when the mystery burning of Miss Elfrieda Knaak, Deerfield Sunday school teacher, was brought to his attention. Next came an offer of a $1,000 reâ€"‘ ward for the arrest of Clarence Loâ€" witz, Chicago, who was accused of . bothering school children at Lake\ In point of age the $1,000 offered by States Attorney A. V. Smith in 1925 for the arrest of John McGuire, of Chicago, under indictment on a charge of murdering Mrs. Minnie Mellinger of Waukegan, is the oldest. With the joint offer of the county and city of Lake Forest of a $5,000 reward for the arrest of the person or persons who struck down Miss Edna KelMey, 23, Lake Forest school teacher, Nov. 10, the amount of outâ€" standing rewnrds are brought to TOTAL OF REWARDS IN COUNTY FOR CRIMINALS With Recent Lake Lake Forest Case Amount Nows is $8.â€" > 000, Report Says The member in charge of the part)r are grateful for the support received | and especially to those who donated! :rd pillow cases also donated by”hi;i Miss Ellen Klug of Northbrook won the lovely luncheon set donated by Mrs. Jennie Douglas of Chicago and Mrs. Chas. Steiner the embroidâ€" The ham donated by Mr. Sol Shaâ€" piro was awarded to Mr. Thomas Culâ€" len of Chicago. George Pettis, Mrs. Jennie Douglas, Mr..James Wilson, Mrs. William Kent, Mrs. James Wilson. The makers of high scores found it quite difficult to select a prize as there was an unusuaily large assortâ€" ment of beautiful prizes. The door‘ prize, a live duck donated by Mr. Thilo Toll was awarded to Mys. Henry: Peterson. l to W. M. Houck, E. E. Schmidt, Mrs. Minnie Pfingsten, A. Zienns, Mrs. A. Johnson, Mrs. Conrad Uchtman, Mrs. E. E. Schmidt, and Carl Maw.. at bridge were Mr. F. H. Meyer, Le Roy Scully, Mrs. Alex Willman, Miss Eleanor Meyer and Mrs. E. H. Selig. Five hundred prizes were awarded One of the events of last week‘s calendar included the card and bunce party of Saturday evening which was sponsored by the Deerficld O. E. S., and held in the Masonic temple on Waukegan road. The temple has been recently decorated and it lent an atâ€" tractive background for the occasion. hnndred, seven of bunco and five ORA gA:‘l'Y__ é‘fwnnu Bridge, 300 and Bunce Played: The bunce prizes went to William The Higbland Park: A great deal of enthusiasm was manifested and it is quite evident that it will result in a local brotherâ€" in Des Plgines for the purpose of effecting an organization of Arlington tive and interesting lecture at the ie se S ons ies bahn, 'i”“h. Il-ryh:l‘h-‘et; enroder attendéd a meeting on Sunday [ifl. After the death of Mr. Mills, \l\'& Mills moved to Washington, D. C., where she maintained her apartâ€" ment home but during the past year whe has been staying with her sisâ€" ter, Mrs. Victor Rossbach of Los Anâ€" |fice of Dr. Ross in Wauconda. The physician ordered the man taken to | Palatine hosoitel but it was seen that | Robel was fatally wounded. geles, Cal. Mr. Mills was pastor of the Second Presbyterian church at in the sinking of the steamship Vesâ€" tris which foundered 275 miles off the Virginia Shoals last week. Mrs. Mills, the daughtcr of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Smith of Miliâ€" burn, was born and raised in Millâ€" burn and left here about 35 years ago when she became the bride of John M. Mills and moved to Evansâ€" ! _ Bresette went away happy, unless]’ he is a perfect actor with the nbil-l ity to cover up his real feeling. He | gave away his best suit of clothes to | [l‘vllow prisoners. | WOROm EORNCT TOST MPL NMrs. John M. Mills, 65 of Los Anâ€"‘ tertaimment it will be v geles. Cal., formerly Miss Mable price of admission and Smith of Millburn, is listed among | patronage. those missing and unaccounted ferill c _ _2 The inquest was held Thursday at the Palatine hospital by the Cook county coroner. Webber summoned aid and the wounded man was rushed to the ofâ€" When Robel and his friend, James Webber, also of Chicago, raised out of a blind to shoot at some ducks, Robel excitediy stepped in front of his friend‘s gun and the shot tore a laree hole in his side. FORMER RESIDENT MISSING IN WRECK Harry Robel, 25 vears old. Chicago, died at Palatine last week from gun~ shot wounds received while hunting near Wauconda. He was sick all day yesterday. Brown i showed a gleaming white set of teeth ; Throw a smile that was not felt inâ€" wardly. He had his bible tucked in’ his pocket and had mailed a last | Itter to a Negro organization im } which he asked for funds to fight his | case the limit. | HUNTER DIES FROM j WwOUNDS; ACCIDENT| iff â€" John DeSmit, Deputy Sheriff George Heckinger, Donald Doolittle, Patrolman _ William Blaylock, _ and Stahi‘s chauffeur. The prisoners left the county . jail in three cars and Sheriff . Lawrence Doolittle headed the motorcade. Among those making the trip were: Constable Frank Brence, T. J. Stahl Constable â€" Francis â€" Beckman, / Leo Daily, Joseph Oltusk, Deputy Sherâ€" iff â€" John DeSmit Devuty Sheri® The law provides that persons conâ€" demned to death, outside of Cook county, must forfeit their life at the state prison. take place i: possible, treme penalty from hanging. ~ An electric chair has been received and is being installed in the old prison today. Although the judgment of the court was that the men should die beâ€" tween sunrise and sunset on Dec. 15 it is possible that the execution will Three men condemned to die in the electric chair Dec. 15 for the murder dwm_!-q‘li!h-w.m The men, John Brown, Claud Clark and Dominick Bresette, will be the first to die Pn the électric chair in lilinois since the law changed the exâ€" removed to the death cells at Joliet ‘Three Found Guilty of Murder of William Beck at Milburn Taken to Jolict; to Die j December 15 Clark was t!glpoudont when he left as near after midnight as THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1928 | _ The Deerfield football team on Sunâ€" | day afternoon at Lake Forest scored Fanother victory when they defeated Lake Forest 6â€"0. Carlson made the touch down whichwas the only score | made during the game. Next Sunâ€" day the local team will meet the ’\\‘oodstock team at Woodstock. | DEFEAT LAKE FOREST | IN GAME SUNDAY '.‘ With Christmas just around the | corner ~mart women will no doubt | avail themselves of the opportunity | to select gifts from the display to be found 3t the Annual Bazar of the | Doreas society .of the Presbyterian ‘church which will be held Thursday, {| December 6. It will open at four o‘clock and at five o‘clock, supper will‘ be served. Besides the fancy goods | there will be a large assortment of | fot):er article<, the tasty home bakery ‘goods, the delicious candies should | be an attraction for any member of | the family while an abundance of | pleasure for the children will be found ‘in the grab bag. ‘ ROYAL NEICHBORS TO _ _ PRESENT 3 ACT PLAY The game on Thanksgiving will bring the season to a close. Attractive red and v;l:ite ;ngt- ers have been ordered for the team Charles A. Partridge, of Waukegan, | said: "The name of Lake county beâ€" \ came a proverb in the Northwest for { all that was noble or generous or patriotic in the grand work of alleviâ€" | ating the suffering of the soldiers" Iin the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to‘ Kirst St. and Eim Place In this Civil War Lake county furâ€" nished about 2,000 men, of whom more than 1600 were volunteers and this with a population of less than 10,000. Many enlisted in Chicago and were not credited to Lake county. ANNUAL BAZAAR DEC. 16 OF DORCAS SOCIETY On The work of the women in the World War for the Red Cross is too recent to need repetition, but that during the Civil War needs repeatâ€" ing as follows: civic duty. On account of the amount lof time invovied, a new set of workâ€" minnsullychwennchym. Beâ€" cause of the excellent record that this vicinity has always borne in relief work, a historical bit of information of sixtyâ€"five years ago, that has been uncovered for the occasion is reâ€" peated for your clippings of local history. ing for the Red Cross are being paid for their work, those who are doing the voluntary service wish to have the statement made that all are giving their services without any In view of the fact that some people think that the women who are solicitâ€" The Giyl Who Forgot." a three act WOMEN GIVE SERVICE IN RED CROSS DRIVE ELM PLACE SERVICE STATION A Complete Line of is worthy of P R ES T O NE The Perfect Antiâ€"Freeze DOES NOT â€" GLYCERINE AND ALCOHOL t in some locations three \gources of power available. The North Shore Line management is confident that these automatic gates will greatly inâ€" crease public security by eliminating grade crossing hazards whereever they are installed." "Failure of a vehicle to stop will not result in these gates being desâ€" troyed when the arms are down, as the barriers swing around parallel to the road when struck. Springs in the gate posts then automatically reâ€" turn the arms to normal upright posiâ€" tion. Possibility of power failure was the only obstacle to overcom;v'lr'h-i;‘ is guarded against by having two and ALCOHOL "These automatic safety gates furâ€" nish as nearly a perfect crossing proâ€" tection as human ingenuity has yet made possible," said Mr. Blackhall in | announcing this move to increase the ; safety of North Shore Line grade | crossings. "The approaching train itâ€"| self operates the gates by closing an electric track: circuit, which is arâ€" ranged so that warning is given by both bells .and lights at least 35 secâ€" ond: ahead of train at the the hiFhest speed operated. In our practical tests the circuit was completed by apâ€" proaching trains when 2,200 feet from the crossings. The girls are warngd that Leap Lake Bluff, Fort Sheridan a Other Towns to Get Them; Also Several on the Skokie Branch TO INSTALL 26 SHORTLY AUTOMATIC GATES ON N. S. LINE, PLAN Vitaphone and Movietone will be at the Alcyon Theatre Eveready Watch For Dates Phone Highland Park 35450 |_ Winter Oils and Greages Clarence W. Balke of Highland Park has received a patent on his devise to obtain vacuums. The latâ€" |ter patent has been assigned to the | Fansteel Products company of North | Chicago. Patents have been issued at Washâ€" ington to the following Lake county men, according to information reâ€" ceived today: . Harold N. Hansen of Highwood has been granted a patent on a ventilaâ€" tor. to warrant the proposed condemnaâ€" tion proceedings. These people wer« represented, by Attorney Earle H. Cray, of “'aukezam At the conciusion of a prolonged debate on the subject. the hearing was continued until November 27. PATENTS ISSUED TO RESIDENTS OF COUNTY A large number of colored people attended, a few of whom, residing in the proposed park area, voiced their objections en the hasis that there is not sufficient necessity for the park The project was outlined in detail by Park board officials, illustrated by a number of pictures shown on the screen, each of which was explained by Sherman Booth. Two hundred people attended the first public hearing on the proposed South Glencoe park improvement, held at the South school auditorium, last week. Even after she passed the century mark Mrs. Winne maintained her inâ€" terest in national and international events. Up to the time of her death she was a faithful reader of newsâ€" papers and magazines. Upon meetâ€" ing Col. Charles A. Lindbergh several months ago, after his transâ€"Atlantic fight, Mrs. Winne remarked that she considered it one of the high lights of her long life. She was born Janâ€" uary 8, 1828. DISCUSS PLAN FOR NEW GLENCOE PARK idence in Evanston. Mr. Winne Ehâ€"e_d more than fifty years ago. Mrs. Frances M. Winne, who would have been 101 years old next January B, died last week at the home of her sonâ€"inâ€"law, Dr. Frank C. Dakin, of 1134 Hinman avenue, Evanston. Mrs. Winne had been a resident of Evanston for sixty years. She was a native of Catskill, N. Y., and came to Chicago with her husband. Abraâ€" ham L. Winne, shortly before the great Chicago fire. The Winnes alâ€" most immediately took up their resâ€" wWOMAN AGED OVER 100 IS DEAD AT EVANSTON TELEPHONE H. P. 557â€"55%

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