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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 27 Aug 1927, p. 20

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18 WINNETKA TALK August 27, 1927 Inaugurate Coach Service Between Chicago-Milwaukee Regular daily motor coach service between the Chicago Loop and down- town Milwaukee was inaugurated this week by the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee railroad. Two trips are made daily each way, with a high- speed operating schedule of three hours and a half between the business centers of the two cities. Parlor-observation coaches are being used in this new interstate service, to Individually Tailored Furs You may select any fur from our unusual stock of new skins and have your coat tailored to your in- dividual requirements by our master craftsmen. We have many models now on display showing the new styles so much in vogue this season. We are allowing substan- tial concessions in prices on all furs selected during August. Have your coats remodeled now. Elliott Fur Co. Manufacturers PHONE CENTRAL 1678 Suite 1400-1-2, 17 N. State St. OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAYS which regular rail ticket rates apply.| This gives the traveler the combined | victories, three defeats and one tie in Connection in either direction with North Shore line trains are made at Wilson avenue and Dempster street, Niles Center, with transfer privileges at these stations. This new limited service is the fastest motor coach schedule ever instituted between Chicago and Milwaukee. Coaches leave the Auditorium hotel, Congress street and Michigan boule- vard, northbound daily at 8:20 a. m. and 2:20 p. m., standard time, arriving at Milwaukee terminal at 12 o'clock noon and 6 p. m., respectively. Stops are at 223 S. Wabash avenue, Wilson avenue and Dempster street thence operating without stop into Milwaukee. Southbound coaches leave Milwaukee terminal at 8:30 a. m. and 2:30 p. m,, standard time, arriving at 223 South Wabash avenue in the Chicago Loop at 12 o'clock noon and 6 p. m., respec- tively. The coaches operate on Sheridan road between the Loop and Wilson avenue, and along Ashland and Mec- Cormick boulevards between Wilson avenue and Dempster street. The route between Dempster street and Mil- waukee is along the Waukegan road through the scenic Skokie Valley, on what is officially U. S. Route No. 41. advantage of limited service and an en- | the last five years. Last season's scalps joyable trip through one of the most | including those of Wabash, Kalamazoo beautiful regions in the Chicago metro- | Normal and Franklin, which fell by a politan area. Bradley F frst Foe for Illini Football Squad | son. Bradley's crack football team, cham- pion of the Little Nineteen for the past two years and holder of the remarkable record of tweny-four straight victories in three years, will be the opening op- ponent for the University of Illinois in the Illini stadium October 1. Since all Peoria is coming in a body to cheer for Bradley and the Boy Scouts of the state will assemble for their annual day in the stadium, far more interest than usually attaches to an opening game will be apparent. A. J. Robertson, the coach who has such a remarkable record with Bradley, is conservative regarding the outlook for his youngsters but his partisans be- lieve that the Little Nineteen champs will prove tartars and possibly upset Zuppke's warriors. At any rate, it seems safe to predict that there will be a spirited contest. topheavy total of 49 to 0. Bradley has available fifteen out of the nineteen players who were awarded letters for their exceptional performances last sea- Bradley will play Macomb Normal at Peoria preliminary to its invasion of | the stadium, which will give Robert- son's lads an opportunity to increase | their list of straight victories to twenty- This Robertson, who sat in football classes under Zuppke in the summer of | 1919, has coached Bradley to forty-one five. Bob Zuppke has arranged to have one of his best scouts on hand. Brad- ley may be smaller than Illinois but there's that record. COLLECTION OF FOSSILS A collection of fossils of plants which bloomed on the earth more than three hundred million years ago--said to be the largest collection of its kind in the west--has been received at Field Museum of Natural History, the direc- tor of the museum announced this week. The collection was obtained for permanent installation in Field Muse- um through the courtesy of the Na- tional Museum at Washington, D. C,, by Dr. B. E. Dahlgren, acting curator of botany at the Chicago institution, during a recent visit to the capitol. bad little part. A fine talent. But something painting. He bad drawn a little, cartoons and the like-- facile things in which enriching light and shadow That was six weeks ago. Today he can produce lovely things like the dry brush work above: his first picture! is necessary to the production of fine drawing and And what this young man needed we are proud to be able to give here at the Academy: kh \ i (/ ' criticism, and designs. more than talent CARL SCHEFFLER, Director Fall Term Sept. 6 Wi A "FINE TALENT, BUT-- method and intelligent instruction Perhaps your pencil does tricks. You find it hard to keep from making little scratches and cartoons We'd be glad to talk to you about turning that restlessness in your pencil to work--work that may pay you a substantial monetary return and certainly will pay in the larger returns of your pleasure in creation. There are classes at all hours, for your convenience. The EVANSTON ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS Carlson Building, 636 Church St., Evanston ar Zk 4 & and helpful Ra Jan

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