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Libertyville Independent, 9 Jun 1927, p. 3

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_ _ Can This Be Said PA wm%hut.c}'_r!; ©F WAUKEGAN: 2 Waukegan . citizens were greatly shocked yesterday to hear of> the death of our former Mayor, Edward P. DeWolf. § Mr. DeWolf for' a great many years has been one of our leading citizens ence he branched into real estate and was instrumental in locating the old Washburn--Moen steel plant in Wauke gan. This company was later pur-- chased by the Amer'can Steel and Wire company. He" assisted in the fight for the York, arrived Thuraday, after losing Edward Padélford DeWolf, 79, pio-- neer re#ident of Waukegan, and once ~ MAYOR, LOSES IN ~-- HIGHT FOR LIFE development and progress of this city His business career ranged all the wit trom grocery lines to race horses m..dm;htrhfl e years, his friends says, he lived 100 based onthom-nna'l;n. Mayor in His venture into politics came in 1895 when he was elected mayor. He held office for two years. From 1893 to 1900 he was regent of the Royal aing of the Lake Oounty Historieat ning of the Lake County Bociety he was president. He was also president at one time of the old Battery C stock company, the first His collection of maps and papers dealing with early Lake county hbis w:.:l&ond:am-m or 1ib mt ies ai t an wan gave is reflected id his collections. time to time he was the center of heated controversies, again he could be found in lawsuits over property in mmmmmfi Tamt is wiktiche gare groat C 'ort to which he gave great time and Jan. 12%, 1848.° He was son of WUl+ ity for recovery but he remained con-- scious almost to the last. Failure to aubmit to an operation earlier made his submission to the knife far more (Arnold) DeWolf. His father was prominent in early Chicago history and its treasuror in 1854. He was educated in the public schools of that city and began his bus-- iness life with Bowen brothers, whole-- sale dry goods merchants. For sev-- eral years after 1868 ho conducted 1878 and in 1882 he came to live in Waukegan. It has been a number of years since gow.uhmutn- the time he was &oa pital he was active and usuallf about the street. deserted it between 1878 and 1890 for the wool business. horses.. For many years he lHved at Liberty street and So. Genesese street but just recently had moved to a new rington, Browster & Co.. wholesale Miss Cahrlotte H. Middleton, of Charleston, S. C., became his bride in mayor, died late Thursday afternoon ut the Victory Memorial hospital whore ho had been taken earlier in Advanced Age Acted as Hand-- icap to Recovery of Pioneer Of Any Car But LaSalle? The LaSalle is selling to race--drivers and to de-- butantes--to owners of $1500 and $15,000 cars-- performance. Warranted by the experience of 250,000 Cadiliacs. Powered by the Cadillac 90-- degree, V--type, 8--cylinder engine. Priced lower than any car ever conceived in its class. FOR A SMALL DOWN PAYMENT--with the ap-- ~ praisal value of your used car accepntable as cash --you may possess a La Salle on the liberal term=-- payment plan of the General Motors Accept-- ance Corporation--the famous C. M. A. C. plan. to the speed--inclined and the PROCLAM ATION Chas,. E. Bairstow 111 So. Sheridan Road |-- WYAUKEGAN, ILL. i "we s poiltical purposes. -- Some of the law-- makers who have heretofore turned a deat ear to appeals for their eupport in promoting aviation are nowmaking painful attempts to grab off. a portion of the spotlight In their efforts to find a place in the picture many of these solons present themselves as champions of aviation legislation, with the result that they are making them-- selves ridiculous. After the President and Mrs. Cooll In recognition of Mr. DeWolf's ser-- vices to our City, I would ask that the fl gs of the City be placed at half mast until»after the funeral ser-- vices are held and that, during the passing of the funeral cortege through our streets, the shades of the busi-- ness houses and homes be drawn and that all business shall cease in recog-- nition of his life and services among as befitting the mighty seat of Federal Government. ;::g:@tnnywbl;ic&vmenm te highest ermdm_inmmn!: fent, will in no wise dampen the enthu-- siasm of the tens of thousands of citi-- zens who are planning to acclaim Lnd-- bergh for his --speciacular and <note-- worthy achievement. In some reéspects the reception program is beset with difficulties, --due primarily to petty Washington does not differ greatly from other communities in the bick-- erings for committee places and the much sought for baudges of distinetion hmorbhhthm"w naiona} : tribute. © Messages = at the Senate and House office buid-- ingo this week indicate that certain m"'m""m ington with apparent inent of homage to the returning hero, but in reality they are secking publicity for Washington, June 8--Toh Nation's Capital prepares to stage an appropri-- ate homecoming for Captain L/nberg, on Saturday next. Unlike other Amer-- fcan cities and foreign capitals, the hectic atmosphere incidental to hero-- worshipis is conspicuously absent. The welcome to the aviator will be wamr and genuine, but few expect it to take on a form ofhysteria.Official Washing-- idge extend the government honors to the Fiying Captain and entertain Mrs. Lindbergh and her son at the tempor-- ary White House, the White House re-- tinue wil leave immediately for the Black Hills, where the President ex-- pects to spend three months. The ex-- ecutive offices will be located at Ravn'd City, South Dakota, a small city about thirty miles from Game Lodge, the and has given of his time, effort and his means toward that end. When Mr.>DeWolf was Mayor of this City, he filled the office with great credit to himsel and the city J. Yager and former mayors, Fred W. Buck and J. ¥. Bidinger and John W. Following the the -- funeral oomtootntoum'dmoww city by motorcycle policemen. The services at the grave, like those 'at the church were simple and were made for the eascorting of the Sincerely yours, L. J. Yager Mayor of the City of Waukegan Professor William Z. Ripley, of Har-- vard University, in connection with qpublic atility companies, P. H. Gads-- den, vice president of the United Gas lmtmm% . ~"We are fully in accord with Pr{ faira. 'Of course, I was only one of many. Nobody Goes anything single handed. -- It is only by cooperation that great, human ends are achieved. But I mhm%hmhdmm in that great The people have iammmmmmm ness is being carried on.. And the asore they know about it, the better'it will be for business. Big business, like human life, cannot thrive properily in *' Judge Gary, when asked the ques tion:~ "In all your 80 years of achioeve-- ment, what in your opinion has been your biggest and best job?, replied: '*Helvping to introduce the present 8y#-- te--mof publicity into corporation af-- bution. Large power plants at central points are linked up with each other, and maintain distributing lines to far remote places, to «maller towns and even to the open country regions. All this tends to result in men employed in industry being able more and more 1.t» find homes where they can have more of tht comforts of IMe than they eould in the 'congested centers of the great cities. Electricity contributes to rmmmdm{-_ of the small-- er communities, and tied up with the ,am:u:uut:.h lt:w-n:::fiau- provide K large 'dtyhthomgymiw'r&h velopment is one of the interesting phases of modern advancement in the United States.--Bloomingto (Ill.) Pan-- ';mm will be called in { r, or early in October, for the EnX hss n mntannaleteoms dos for m:u&-gg-u tax, a i'tflhur" at -- percent. Of course, polotics is involved in all of these proposals, but it seems some re-- Mef will be given the taxpayers before the Presidential conventions next year. Aside from the fact that Secretary »f Commerce Hoover is devoting his ufln%fiomw& uation, little is heard of the problem in government cincles. The Corps of Tn-- gineers of the Army, the Public Health Service and other governmental agen-- Proofs waere closed today in the di-- vorce action _ 'started before: Judge C. C. llwsul:hib: Joseph Lucas, Gal: c narses 'hee with qrugity --and taif m :'nd";lo made a counter com» Just as the country towns and the smaller cities hold the preponderance of newspaper circulation in the nation, so the thousands of smaller industries of these towns hold the preponderance of payrolls and general production, ex-- cept in a foew highly specialized in-- President's summer residence. Instead otmmemmamn;ih, President guarded. by reg-- ular army ~troopers, including -- S:our Indians, who have been in the a) gervice for some time.> The dist between the offices and the Presi-- dent's home is so great that be is as-- :mdot.mmbounont,'dfi' vacy. The influx of visitors is to place a--strain upon this accommo-- dations of this ~community. Only a chosen few will get through the lines to the Coolidge home.~ 3 'The second installment on the in-- cometaxes for the current year must be paid by June 15, The Treasury of-- ficials expectt to have definite inform-- ation as to the prospects of a tax re-- duction after this money is paid into the Federal exchequer. The subcom-- mittee on Ways and Meansa has given informal consideration to several fea-- 'tures regarding a revision of> the In-- months of toll. ° i The work of rehabilitation will tem-- porairly stimulate the demand {for building materiails and labor as well as for a large number of industrial products. It is said that every effort will be made to plant <cotton as soon as the water recedes, but it is not reason-- #wwnum areas approximate the normail. Nm. raw szgotton prices are expected to increase and find reflection in the textile trade. Publicity for Utilities Approved by Industry growth has taken place largely within the past 25 years, and has been con-- current with the farreaching develop great industria!l nation, have in mind only the larger cities. But the indus-- trlflontutd-':uordttu and the "country towns" is gradually surpase ing in volume the output of the great centers of population. ternal revenue laws. It is believred that Many Industries in ? «. The Smaller Towns and closely iGentified with the de ceased in the affairs of the --Lake County Historical society. Barwell, C. F. Ingalls and L. O. Brockway, -- friends of long standing s Many who think of our country as a tion on the policy 3 9 Fhas auVuuay y Wumwo-- 0e f Edward Anderson, of Waukegan was a week end guost of: the home folks. Phillip Anderson will have a vaca-- tion all this week. : . $ Several from this vicinity expect to mmrmrml;muumm Miss Una Minto has landed in Bos-- ton, and expects3 to be here for the June meeting .. > * Chidiren's Day will be observed on June 12 at the church. Services will commence at 10 a.:m. standard time. The Yocum© property was sold --at 0o 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 mony, after which the young couple |to Jesse D. Hamilton. Bond of $1300. left on a short wedding trip thru the | Estate consists of claim for injury northern part of Wisconsin. Mr. Fel--|vs, F. H.--Biernatzki and Charles ter is building a home on Lake Cath--| Sweetland for injury. Settled for erine, where he and his wikle will | gg24.50. make their home, as soo nas it is c0OM-- | _ Fanny Day Farwell, Lake Forest-- pleted. . . Exrecutor authorized to sell certain n:(r. and Mrs. Leonad 'E:;: zhtu: .stock.. ven, Florida, are a Nicholas T. Reardon, Waukegan-- home of nt.n'jl?m P. £. Chinn. Will admitted to probate. Estate ---- Mrs. L Bel, of Chicago, recently| vained at $60,000 personal and $12, Mt:"fe'mfl'hhw"bmndummum, Nel-- 'The construction work on the new Ife -- Reardon. _ Letters tes rap Tote on Lake St is '| issued to Nellie Reardon. Proof of ing very rapidly. «The street is clos-- heirship taken. § ed from the infersection at Lake and |._Mary, Clark. Wauconda --. Petition Victoria to the west end of he street | fOF Probate of_ will filed and set for Charles Lux, a well known and high. | »*2ring June 27. iy c'tizen, passed away at Josephine Van Treek, North Ch+-- his home at Antioch, at the age of | C4280--Pstition for --probate of . will w', morning. _ Mr. Lux had | George J. Kautenberg, Waukegan n.u'ralm'm , N. Y¥., July 211;:::0 given to sister, Frances 11, 1843, and came to Illinois with h's | K. Knowles. . Letters testamentary and to this union were tives aver the holdays. : Victor Brown, who has spent some time at Ventrula, Cal., is expected to arrive home this week. Mrs. J.. W. McGee and children left last Sunday for Mexico, Mo., where they expect to spend a month visiting A very preity wedding took place at thoho..o(flnba'lmm Mr. and Mrs. Ratnour, at Elgin, when their only daughter, Zehra, became the wilfe of Viigi) Felter, of Antioch, only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Felter, Rev. A. M. Krahl performed the cere-- was--completely sober when arraigned wheels. ~Holmberg spent Thursday night in <the Kenosbha city Jail and to go easy on rim, and above a't| Thirty actions were taken before not to send him to jail or the work--|Judge Martin C. Decker in the pro-- house. He declared that he would| bate tourt Thursday. These were sgee to it that it would not happen|as follows: again. Rose E. Kane, Waukegan--Potition Judge Slater insisted however that| for probate of will filed--and set for Nels Holmberg of Antioch, <~who was arrested Thursday noon by the Kenosha police on a charge--of driv-- ing an automobile while intoxicated, admitted the charge when arraigned before: Judg. Slater in<Kenosha mu-- nicipal© court ~Friday.> ~He had: been arrested after he drove his> car-- off he would have to do something to impress the circumstances on Hoim-- Nels Hol ; 5 and|and also on Sunday evening June "Senapot t Te bie in . en sce Pometrene the Workhouse. g-_:g_oi_c:g;nit@e%flw the court is that you be com-- sp '@~--~_| ~Next Sunday is Children's Day, and and Worship hbours. ~The service will "@:"**'*~ _ _pEE MOTO *ays teties se ais sls is Relpoue mhves Our m-in%deim:mwa-t will be with us on Friday evening, June 17, Wmmnm JUNE 12 dgy, 10:00 Children's Day P: gmi-j p. 'm. E. n: c; ,n'. ,' Gunday, 7: 45 p. m. Evening worshio. Wednesday,'8 p. m. prayer meeting. Wedanesday, 8:45¢p. m. Sunday Echool Friday, 8 p. m., Quarterly Conference. dered. , + < : -- Barbara Ames, Town of Newport-- Inventory approved. John-- Prowett, 2916 ~Klim 'a drunk and George J. Dow, och ~avenue, Zion, . his comp were :arrested in Kenosha and ed with being drunk over 'the Bothsobered 'up in .the \ DEATH CASES RECORDS REVE 'the 19 27 in Gp9% Al ue, | / h 1A 1J R/A l4 _ . * Tok( e _ PRrucKks | .. \A *670 *885 '1245 1445 fIn THE FINE CAR FIELD THE TREND Is UNDOUBTEDLY TOWARD EiGHTS !-- _ hold on public favor, month after 34 You will experience a new zest in : above $1500, you especially ow fimhbwndmdm:om cights--the one car that is 1 WDWMW)'-#msflmsfi'-i READERS OF THE LIBERTYVILLE INDEPEN-- DENT ARE ALWAYS ASSURED OF THE LATEST NEWS, IN DETAIL, AND FOR ONLY $1.50 A YEAR, WITH NO CHARGE FOR DELIVERY * 150 -- 156 80. 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