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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 4 Mar 1922, p. 4

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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1922 "Yes, I read and write both the "If you will kindly tell me who my The Four Corner Dancing club will Mrs. Daniel Wilkie, who met with American and Revised Braille, but I|instructors are I shall be very much | hold another of its series of dances!an accident at Community House two can read and write the American |obliged. this evening at the Community House. | weeks ago, continues to improve. 7 Braille very much faster. It is rather "For you and your work, Mr. Had- Tow 0 SCHOOL FIP BLIND m1 books In the a0cege 1e¥: my-Lest or hrs _ Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Cole are wel Shipwrecks in the Baltic sea aver- i type. K. L. Soong." ing a new home on Prairie avenue. age one for every day in the year. The Handicap of Blindness -- "In regard to the extent of my edu- ' y ALLLLLL ILI II TI III ILE Lil III Il]} a K. 1S Chi T cation, I can only say that I have EASTERN LIMITED NEW | | - L. ooong, nese |utor, studied English for about nine years . ! Pens Letter to Wim. Hadley | fo not ksow now muon 1s | NO. SHORE LINE TRAIN||2 While They Last 8 ens . 4 ® my small brain though I know well : os uN : it is shallow indeed when sounded. ™ nu From far-away Shanghai, China, 18|1 can, therefore, only tell you here,| The "Eastern Limited," a new train, ™ t 3 | hoard the call of K. L. Sooas: Sigh Mr. Hadley, that I went through or|added to the schedule of the North fm A large stock of 8 inch conduits, = less Chinese tutor, engaged in a des-| finished the middle .school courses |Shore electric line last week, makes ™ : . n perate fight against the crushing odds | all right. Then blindness deprived me | connection with the "Twentieth Cen- |} mW tile, 8x8x36, always 60c each-- u of extreme poverty, The call comes of my educational advantages, for (tury Limited" at the La Salle station | m u to William A. Bradley, principal of sometime. Then when I came back |in Chicago. This new accommodation || I od : ua the Hadley Correspondence School [to college I could only attend a few |is provided for people in Kenosha, || H peEcia rice C - for the Blind, 913 Oak street, Winnet-| classes in the Department of Arts. Racine, Milwaukee, and other Wiscon- | Hl u ka, and the call is--not for funds, not |I have a liking for literature and so | sin cities who are traveling east. The |§ o> ® 1 for charity, not for sympathy--but,|the course of English literature 1s |south bound train leaves Milwaukee || Hl fees Be for the Braille courses in Shorthand, | the only course I ever completed in |at 9:55 a. m. and arrives in Chicago | H u Short Story Appreciation, Short Story | the college. That was in the summer | at 12:10 p. m., just 30 minutes before | J n Wrriting, Business Correspondence and | of 1919. I stood it all right in that |the "Twentieth Century" leaves the |jM n Business English. course but as I was the very first|La Salle station. Returning the |§H r an YoOS. ™] Every citizen is familiar with the | blind special student here, no formal | "Eastern Limited" leaves chicago at |X ~ aims and purposes of the Hadley Cor- | recognition of my work was made. |9:55 a. m., ten minutes after the |§M Deal . K respondence School, and every citizen | As lectures or class work here all is | "Twentieth Century" arrives. and it x €a ers. in = yal > hoenly jaletesies in K. L. Bassa ou gitigiments Pia ot Bi arrives in Milwaukee at 2:10 p. m. - Coal, Wood, Feed u . oong's remarka . / ooks and as it is extremely har ildi i St. John's University, | and expensive for me to secure the DEATH CALLS MRS. E. 0. MURPHY x Building Material - | Shanghal, China. Jan, 18, 1922. | services of a reader, I almost give up his : - HUBBARD WOODS - Dear Mr. Hadley; ii Tha Kea] attending lectures now, I serve in Fas: al Murphy: ido of Oljee2 v Offs Ad Yard'O N. W. =m "Your kind letter in the American | the low capacity of tutor, but as my | F. Murphy, dies at her home, ce an ar osite Depot nu Braille dated December 21, in reply | present income can scarcely keep my | Elm street, Winnetka, Thursday morn- - Wi 4 128 P w to my inquiry of an earlier date was body and soul together I have to try |ing March 2. Funeral services are to | jo Innetka u heartily welcomed. I have great my hand in business or short story be held iy JiSEncon UR o'clock at . u pleasure to learn that you have writing. It is my desire though, to Se en inl Wi 1 be Sunday EEENNEEEEEEEEEEEE NEE NEEEEEEEEE NE EEE kindly placed my name upon the list lead the tranquil life of a school mas- of students of the Correspondence |ter, but prejudice against the blind School for the Blind. Wherein you here is strong. Besides, I have no have the great homor to be the or- books in the raised type to help me ganizer and principal. The two-fold (along in this line. Such books are purpose of the School is grand and awfully expensive here. I am trying enlightening. I am sure its need will | my best now to apply to those people be felt and its efficient help soon ex- | who care to give away books in the tended everywhere. The spirit of ser-| American Revised or English Braille, vice on the part of all who support so whenever I learn of such generous and take interest in the School is sub- people from the Matilda Ziegler Mag- lime, azine or the Christian Record, I apply "Indeed, as principal, Mr. Hadley, | to them at once, but as distance is so you will eventually come into contact | very great I fear that my application with different types of minds that are | would come to them too late. It is hungering for your intellectual guid- my hope to build a sort of library ance and help. out of these donated books and circu- Awaits With Patience iate them to whomsoever should ab- "Please kindly give me the course | ply for them here. This however is in Shorthand as soon as you see the (only a dream now and I wonder way clear to offer it. In the mean | whether it can ever be realized. time I will wait here with patience [Please pardon my distraction, Mr. and pleasure for your valuable instruc- | Hadley, tion on the courses in Short Story Ap- preciation and Short Story Writing For Better Things to Eat! TELEPHONE WILMETTE 420 5 PHONES -- NO WAITING Wilmette Grocery & Market i Be sure to attend the big sale of foods 1146 CENTRAL AVENUE and Business Correspondence and |2nd home supplies to be held Friday, Business English, as well. March 10, 10 to 5 o'clock at the Congre- L17-1tp gational church. We will carry a full line of FISH in our Meat department during LENT | * LIVE or BOILED LOBSTER, SHRIMPS or CRAB MEA T RECEIVED FRESH DAILY Fresh Dressed Poultry of all kinds. Is Practiced Here-- Not Preached alone MEATS and SEA FOODS Swift's or Armour's Ham Ends, 1b. ........ 15¢ Boneless Codfish, in 1-1b. wood boxes... .. 39¢ Finnan Haddie, in flat glass jar........... 35c Purity Cross Brand Creamed Cod Fish, Finnan Haddie or Creamed Salmon, per can 12%c OZ. Ln $1.25 Gorton's Clams, per can.........:..... cea 18c B. & M. Clam Chowder, large cans........ 35¢c MISCELLANEOUS Imported Holland Edam Cheese, regular price 32.75, this week... ...... ...., $2.25 HRC CORE el Se BE de al aT 29¢ Ginger Cane Molasses, large can Imported French Shelled Walnuts or Shelled Pecans, per 1b. CANNED GOODS Fancy Sugar Corn, Summer's Best, per can 18c Phez Loganberry Juice, 8 oz. bottles, 85¢ size And itis eficient SEIVice" 100 = for:2B8c; doz. LTE a eral ae $2.95 so efficient that the ones. who EYRE canis LSet on WE 11 $1.95 | Ferguson or Pappy's Orange Marmalade, know, who have been here be- Extra Sifted Small Peas, per can, 30c; doz. $3.25 large size jar, 35¢c; Sfor........cu...., $1.00 : T toes, Blue Label, whole solid tomatoes, ¥ fore, simply turn the car over to are, Baan oo I Solin vial o5c | Large Bottle Virginia Dare Wine... .. 5c us and say--"I'll leave it to you what to do with it." Lafayette Loganberries, in heavy syrup, per campadbc; doz, orl $3.85 Blue Label Red Raspberries, Strawberries, Blackberries, or Black Raspberries, the only berries that keep their natural taste and color in cans, is Blue Label Brand. They are different. We offer them this week, per can 30c; doz. doz. They never get stuck on the price. Johnson's Prepared Floor Wax, 75¢ cans. . .59¢ Try iting d soe! 1000 Sheet Roll Silk Tissue Toilet Paper, 12 doz rolls oa, aa $1.25 Crystal White Soap, per 100 bar case. ...$5.25 Pitted White Cherries or Pitted Red Cherries, Blue Label Brand, per can, 45¢; doz.....$5.00 | 20 Mule Team Borax Soap Chips, 15¢ pkg. Large cans of sliced Pineapple, Richelieu 1h Ee ee LL 10c HUBBARD WOODS GARAGE Brand, per can,-39¢; doz. '............ $4.25 ; Grated Pineapple, No. 2 can, 29¢c; doz....$3.25 Pure Bp Preserves, of all flavors, TE Jars, 38 ore. ire a 1.00 1010 NORTH AVENUE Ten Le Le HUBBARD WOODS : Pop Corn, sure to pop, 3 lbs. for........... 35¢c Pears, Sprague, Warner & Co., No. 1 tall cans, Phone Winnetka 617 B00: d0Z. .... Someta dated ah $2.25 Fancy Breakfast Oranges, doz.. ......... 39c . Morning Glory Brand, Large Peaches, No. B14 size can, SHOT: vac cviviomnie void Ja $1.00 | Fancy Grapefruit, doz. .................. 85¢ b

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