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Highland Park Press, 17 Apr 1930, p. 22

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Fire in High School Attic Causes Damage Estimated at $10,000 2t 50th Second Street THAT ONLY YEARS CAN ACHIEVE I33 H. P. EIGHT PERFORMANCE HUPMOBILE " hi Time has no substitutes. lt enriches the minds of men as no other luree can do, and A motor car is hill) the minds of. men-in metal. llupmubilc en- gineers six , ears ago pionccrcd in the manufacture of Straight-Eights. Time and experience alone could build these can. Time did-superlatively. So take inst a little of your time to examine the greatest Straight-Eights that time . . . and ”upma- hile . . . have built. ' "a outpatient. gained in six straight yew: of budding ShaigM-Eing makes' tl,. 1930 Hopmobi'es "we great ShaigM-Eigkh ol ”10 your ' “p.000 damage Alt-ft Dee-rm gunman not. .100 H. P. EIGHT ' . 70 H. P. SIX PIICES At _FAcrolty ”on '995 To '2755 the Hiehland The blue was time that the all”! for help The ft inn ld-Shic tire morning a to the art loading he this th they with the two Highland Park ermtpnnies, battled the blue. The art department of the school il located on the third Mor of the build- ine and the flre had eaten into the attic where a large quantity of desks, seats and other school furniture had been stored until it could be installed during the summer vuation. The furniture was badly dnmaged and while the roof is of slate and would not burn. the rafters yt: it were badly charm! and will ave to be A French the! declares that his most appetizing dishes are inspired by music. Jazz should Inspire a yon- derful new brand of hash. A Pennsylvania educator suggests $'rrurlie in stock market. buying and Hing. But where could reliable (when! he found? Phone Highland Park " THE PRESS Made possible through the activi- ties of Samuel lnaull of Mundelein, utility magnateka fund of $60,000,000 to be doled out in loans to home builders as an incentive to home own- ership has been amused in what is to be known as Nixon Asmoeiateea, Ine., and is to be used for home develop- ment in the greater Chicago area in- cluding all property surrounding Chi- cago clear up to Milwaukee, aayar the . Waukegan News-Sun. _ George P. Nixon, Chicago realtor and subdivider, has been made presi- dent of the corporation and he as- sured four hundred tealtors, includ- ing those from Waukegan and North Chicago in attendance at a banquet at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago that the funds available for this home de. vulopment program are unlimited. The United States Cake Survey re. port for the month of March gives Lake Michigan at 580.7 feet tibove mean sea level which is .12 of a foot higher than the average level for February. Indications are that the level during April will be not higher than 580.90 nor lower than 580.40. The levels for March were 1.60 feet above the average March level for the last ten years. and 2.25 feet be- low. the record high stage for March, mo, and 3.16 feet abo've the low stage of March 1926. Reports Insull Aiding . Big Monte-Loan Project "A recent survey declares that the average husband prefers a wife who can cook." Those survey experts are simply finding out everything. Government Report on Lake Levels Is Issued RELIABLE LAUNDRY and DRY CLEANING COMPANY House Furnishings, Drapes, Curtains, Rugs and Blankets beautifully dry cleaned at The Oldest Bushing Concern in Highland Park PHONE 178 i Chicken Inspection t Means Something Here In a certain district of Colombia, South America, every chicken killed. must be presented to government nu- thorities for inspection. This is not a health measure, such as governs the sanitary sihughter of food animals in this country. but is a requirement to prevent the chicken owner from coming into unauthorized possession of any stray emeralds which may happen to be found in the bird's gizzard. . For in this section is located the only emerald producing territory in the southern continent, and fowl: often pick up the 'precious stones in preference to ordinary gravel. An American company is conduct- ing emerald mining operatiqns in Col- ombia, using the primitive methods employed by the early Spaniards, be- cause the region is so inaccessible as to make the trynsportation of mod- ern equipment too costly. A good idea of how diamonds are found in the mines of South Alfie: and elsewhere may be obtained from an exhibit of diamond bearing grav- els and earths in the department of genlogy at Field Museum of Natural History. Included are several speci- mens showing diamonds in the rock matrix a: originally found. Asso- ciated rocks. minerals, and gem ma- terial such as garnet, 'chrysoberyl and zircon are also shown. Fields of Brazil and Arkansas as well as Africa are represented. Exhibit Shows How Diamonds Are Mined , Thursday, April 17, 1930

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