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Highland Park Press, 29 May 1929, p. 41

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have | already conâ€" =â€" ses, the last of which. .. $16,000. Last year constructed the auto ng between the audiâ€" â€" ower house. _ _ & ES DEPARTMENT E CONSTRUCTION son, senior at the 'th:e: _recent meeting ‘Education Monday â€" nd auxiliary North Shore s, 12 forest points and Countryside region ! s rstrom, ‘aged 19, will rom the Waukegan school next month. on an extremely inâ€" is reported by: the ‘During the thirteen A o oogd Pn t L0 thile w oe sE seA dn ay, May 30, 1929 ;“fi:lgh school, who ce in the Olympicyg . Is he has never ‘will be bought in errace subâ€"division oy‘s Record â€" ool Attendance ORE i of a house by the Trades department oN PAGE 24 ~ _â€" Vincent Binet, was awarded the prize i ~**~~of ~$1,000° ferâ€"theâ€"best_volumg_â€"of. o â€"â€" â€"~verse published. during the year by an American author. â€" . °_ °_ > Thursday, May 30, 1929 Public Library Has ' Pulitzer Prize Books The Pulitzer awards for 1928 were announced last week by .the trustees. ef Columbia university. â€"The prize winners in letters include Julia Peterâ€" kin, Stephen Vincent Binet, Elmer Rice, Fred Albert Shannon and Burâ€" ton Hendrick for his work in editing Walter Page‘s life and letters. _ s andâ€" power ‘of ‘the stage," Elmerâ€"L. Rice was awarded $1,000 for his play, "Street Scene" which is now being played at the Playhouse in New York. The prize of $2,000 "for the best book of the year upon the history of the United States" was awarded to "The Organization and Administraâ€" tion of the Union Army, 1861â€"65," Fred Albert Shannon. «â€" â€"= / "For the best Ameérican biography: teaching patriotic and unselfish servâ€" ices to the people, illustrated by an eminent example, excluding as too obâ€" vious the names of George Washingâ€" ton andâ€"Abraham Lincoln," the prize of $1,000 went to Burton J. Hendrick for his "The Training of an Ameriâ€" can:â€" The Earlier Life and Letters of Walter H. Page." This is the gsecâ€" ond time ‘Hendrick has won the Pulitâ€" zer award for biography. ks MATHIAS ZAHNLE IS ___ ACCIDENTALLY SHOT Mr. Zahnle was born July 24, 1855,, in Deerfield township and lived . on the old homestead on Ridge road unâ€" til about three years ago, when he removed to the farm near Gilmer. His wife, whose maiden name was Emma MeCosker, and â€"toâ€"whom â€"he was married May 23, 1877, died March 12, 1927. Many of his old friends also had passed on, and because he missed them in the old familiar places in this vicinity, he had grown to prefer living on the Gilmer farm, which he had modernized in~every way. Children Living All of his eight children are living. They are Mrs. Cecelia Mooney, Ridge road, Mrs. Katherine Glader, Ridge road; Mrs. Sophia Klemp, Ridge road; Frank Zahnle, Grayslake; Fred Euâ€" gene and William Zahnle, Highland Park; Aloysius . Zahnle, Highwood. There are 26 grandchildren and five greatâ€"grandchildren. ~ Brothersâ€" and sisters of the decedent living are: George and Joseph Zahnle, Mrs. Josâ€" eph Siegele, Mrs. Daniel Garrity and Miss Louisa Zahnle, all of Highland Park. ~A brother, Jacob, died 18 years ago, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Rectenâ€" wald, 48 years ago. T 2 _ _ Mr. Zahnle was a large man, hale and hearty despite his years and alâ€" ways active. He loved to workâ€"about his home and many are the fine imâ€" provements he made on his residence on the Gilmer farm. He liked dancing and often attended such gatherings "John Brown‘s* Body," by Stephen {Continued from page 3) where he was always one of the chief spirits and could ~dance as well as many‘ a: man half his age. He atâ€" tended aâ€"dance near Mundelein only a few days before his death and greatly enjoyed the party, his relaâ€" tives report. # 2 . Widely Esteemed f He was widely known in this seeâ€" tion and greatly beloved because of hisâ€"fine character and aniformly kindâ€" liness of manner and loyalty of his friends, mary of whom are now reâ€" calling instances of his .good deeds and kindly sympathy. By all who knew him he was held in high esteem, and the news of his death was a great Send Investigator to â€"~~ ~ _ Obtain Information _ About Kansas Bank Old log homestead of Zahnle family built about 90 years ago and razed in recent years. Mother of Mathias Zahnle shown sitting before door. Eureka, Kas., to learn the names of those who will beâ€"defendants in a suit for $100,000 to recover money deposited in a Eureka bank by Bracher when he was county treasurer. ‘At a meeting of the trustees of the Roy Bracher estate it was decided Saturday to send an im-restigato: to Either Fred W.â€"Buck or William Hardy, bot&.eof whom are trustees, will make trip. > .zâ€"ss .{ }". Names of the defendants, «&heir ability to pay judgments, and a reâ€" ported fund set aside by the bank to take care of the $100,000 claim will be looked up. The $100,000° was entered on the bank books as a deposit of $100 while Bracher, and later Ira Pearsall, who became treasurer, wereâ€" given certiâ€" ficates. of deposit for $100,000. The trustees are trying to get the money to pay business men who supâ€" plied Bracher with the money to clear up the shortage in the treasury. T H E â€"P R ES S | Cal., arrived this morning to _apgnd‘ a few weeks with her son, Mr. Johrn Doul! of Green Bay road. | ~Mr..and Mrs. Frank Bock and Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bock of 417 Mcâ€" Daniels avenue are suffering from ptomaine poisoning as the result of eating lemon pie Tuesday evening. The pie was. purchased from a Wauâ€" kegan bakery and. it is thought that \ the pie was the cause of the poisonâ€" ing, owing: to the fact that another member~of the family who had not eaten the pie was not ill.. Mr. Frank Bock‘s legs are paralyzed, but this is .probably * only â€" a _ itemporary . conidiâ€" T Minfe......__ _nn.nn. lc css oo L ons The Ravinia committee of. Arden Shore will meet at Mrs. H. A. Selâ€" lerys. Tuesday, June 4, at 3, for tea and to report the results of the drive. It is hoped that the people will send in their subscription by that time if they have not already done so, The following women are on the commitâ€" e Local and Personal News ; Antiâ€"Saloon League X@ARLALALAAALAGPLLLLALLLALLL LP TT Y Y YY?P P 9 55 9P P P 9P P PP PP T77 1408 CHICAGO AVENUE + EVANSTON Here are your moccasins for vacation Lt‘s the way theyre made thai makes them fit" PaooL & PIPER Tur Bov or girl who has these. sporty(00"""o Moceasins to wear this spring and summer is sure to be the envy of all playmates. And of course, since they‘re from Pool & Piper‘s. they have comâ€" fort and long wear, too. The Moccasins in the picture are of pliable tan eik skin and they have crepe rubber soles. _ . ie s lg'::'z $500 gs,f‘f:'6$6°° (,\2'"38$700 « & OINc. s CHILDREN‘s SHOE SPECIALISTS â€" in an aftractive twoâ€"lone pig skin with dark smoked at only fifty cents more Store hours â€"â€" 8 to 6 In the game last*Friday night of the Business Men‘s Indoor Baseball league, â€" played between the Hunter Sport ‘Shop team and the Highland Park Press Nine, the â€"Sport Shop trounced the Press aggregation badâ€" ly in the game ending in a score of 27â€"5 in favor of the Sport Shop. Other games are scheduledâ€" elsewhere in this paper. ofi 5 Education is said to increase earnâ€" ingâ€"power, and the ball players who tearned how in theâ€"coBHegeâ€" will â€"say has these sportyâ€"looking pring and summer is sure laymates. And of course, & Piper‘s. they have comâ€" +. The Moceasins in the twoâ€"tone > combination ~of smoked elk trim, priced is more per pAif. _â€" Meeting Here June 6 41

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