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December 22, 1928 WINNETKA TALK 85 78 FOR SALE--VACANT 102 FOR SALE--MISCELLANEOUS r ~ TT Cc VACANT--125x160 WINNETKA HERE IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAU- tiful lots left of the few remaining in Winnetka. Building restriction. On a quiet drive--no trees but a beautiful outlook at a price at least $30 a foot under anything comparable Address Talk A-221. T8SLTN13-tfe Tr TTA r TATTAMT\L VACANT--WINNETKA HALF ACRE--BEAUTIFULLY WOOD- ed, highly restricted, on private road- way, surrounded by fine homes--close to schools and not too far from trans- portation--to acceptable purchaser only, at lowest price for high-class property in Village Address Talk A-221. T8LTN13-tfc 80 BUSINES PROPERTIES r TATTA TAT WINNETKA ELM ST. BUSINESS PROPERTY 125 Feet Frontage Can sell in parcels of 50 or 75 feet or will build to suit responsible tenant HILL, & STONE Exclusive Agents Winnetka 1544 SOLTN13-1te 84 REAL ESTATE « - " N FOR SALE WINNETKA HOMES and VACANT P. W. Bradstreet & Son Insurance and Loans 799 Elm St. Winnetka Meyers Bank Bldg Phone 162 84T42-1te INT INTATA AN TTA ANNOUNCEMENT ABSENCE FROM WINNETKA WILL make it impossible for me to give my business any personal attention between now and January 10, 1929, after which time your continued patronage will be greatly appreciated. r Ax 7 yD UTR EET DUDLEY BRADSTREET Real Estate and Insurance 522 Center St. Phone Winn. 806 84T42-3te 13th ED. ENCY. BRIT. INCLUDING latest vols. & bookcase, also gd. violin, bargains. Tel. Winn. 2030. 102LLTN13-1tc ALL KINDS OF BICYCLES, VELOCI- pedes, scooters and wagons. G. Soder- blom., 906 Linden, H. Wds. Tel. Winn. 204. 102L'TN13-1te y a AFA CY XMAS GIFT 22 PROUTY ANNEX--WINN 2256. Stove heater, lumber, 4 gold chairs, $25 each; dining rm. suite, 7 chairs, 4 leaves ; odd chairs, rockers, wash boiler ; swinging shelf, Duofold & mattress, springs, antique linen closet, linen win- dow shades, 25c. 102LLTN13-1tc KITCHEN CABINET; PORCH RUG 8x10; swing, cot, stove, doll buggy, bed and dresser, girl's bicycle. Tel. Winn. 754. 102LT13-1tp LAYING LEGHORN HENS, $1.25 EACH. Tel. Winn. 1985. 102L'TN13-1te ONE DRESS SUIT AND ONE TUXEDO, size 40. Wilmette 205. 102LT13-1tc. LARGE SIZE BASSINETTE AND MAT- tress, new. Reed Stroller, play pen, high chair. Blue Axminster rug 7x4%. Tel Wilmatta 208% 1021, TN13-1tp 96 WANTED TO BUY--HOUSES MUST HAVE GOOD 7 OR 8 ROOM house in Winnetka, Hubbard Woods or Glencoe. Prefer to deal with owner. Write Winnetka Talk A-232. 96TN42-1te 99 ANTIQUES AT THE LITTLE HOUSE OF INTER- est, 312 So. Ave., Glencoe, Tel. Glencoe 732, will be found many delightful antiques, a few of which are listed be- low; Sheffield coffee urn, six pewter plates, pewter bowls, pitchers & beakers, screens, mahogany & gilt mirror, wind- sor chair, rare antique jewelry & bro- cades, Christmas papers, candies & nuts. 99T42-1tp 100 FOR SALE--HOUSEHOLD GOODS 2 SLOAN'S STERLING CHENILLE rugs, taupe, one is 9x12, the other 9x11. Tel. Winn. 629. 100T'N42-1tc 101 WTD. TO BUY--HSEHLD. GOODS WANTED TO BUY--SECOND-HAND furniture and other household goods. Highest prices for same. Crost Furni- ture store, 1004-6 Emerson St., Evans- ton, Ill. Ph. Univ. 189. 101LTN48-tfe 102 FOR SALE--MISC. EVE. GOWN, IVORY SATIN IMPORT; 2 men's suits; several 14-16 yr. dresses. Very reas. Tel. Winn. 2005. 102T42-1tc FOR SALE--3 BABY DOLLS, CHARM- ingly dressed; 1 small doll bed; left from Yule Lane Shops. Greatly re- duced. Tel. Winn. 1770. 102T42-1te 2 FORMAL DRESSES, size 14-16. WORN once. $10 each or 2 for $18. Tel. Glen- coe 235. 102T42-1te SKATES, CHAUTAUQUA DESK, TEA cart, evening dresses, size 36-38. Fur trimmed coat & hat, 8 yrs. exc. cond. Tel. Winn. 1267. 102T42-1tc TUXEDO AND SILK VEST; SIZE 37; exc. cond. Winn. 661. 102T42-1tc TUXEDO AND VEST, SIZE 36--PER- fect cond., $20. Tel. Winn. 2448. 102LTN13-1te AM. FLYER ELECT. TRAIN OUTFIT, very comp., good cond. $10. Bronze table lamp, silk shade, $10, and strong fron cot, $3. Wilmette 2152. 102LTN13-1te 103 WANTED TO BUY--MISC. WANTED -- CLEAN, WHITE RAGS, 10c per lb. 1232 Central Ave. Wil- mette. 103LTN48-tfp WANTED TO BUY table. Call. Glencoe 1091, USED POOL 103TN42-1tc I will not be responsible for debts con- tracted by anyone but myself. GEORGE W. HUFTON T40-3tp WINNETKA PARK DISTRICT NOTICE Winnetka, Illinois, December 22, 1928 Notice is hereby given that sealed bids for the construction of the following im- provement: That Lot Nine (9) in Barber's Sub- division of a part of Block Twenty-six (26) in John C. Garland's Addition to Winnetka, being a Subdivision of the North One Hundred Twenty (120) Acres of the Southwest Quarter of Section Twenty-one (21) in Township Forty-two (42) North, Range Thirteen (13) East of the Third Principal Meridian, according to the plat of said Barber's Subdivision, recorded in the office of the Recorder of Cook County, Illinois, on the seventh day of September, A. D. 1927, as Document Number 9770868. 4 Also, Lots Twelve (12), Thirteen (13), Fourteen (14) and Fifteen (15) in Kiewik Park Subdivision of part of Block Twen- ty-six (26) in John C. Garland's Addi- tion to Winnetka, being a subdivifion of the North One Hundred Twenty (120) Acres of the Southwest Quarter of Sec- tion Twenty-one (21) in Township Forty- two (42), North, Range Thirteen (13) East of the Third Principal Meridian, ac- cording to the plat of said Kiewik Park Subdivision recorded in the office of the Recorder of Cook County, Illinois, on the thirteenth day of September, A. D. 1927, as Document Number 9776299 ; All of the hereinabove described lots, tracts and parcels of land, being within the Winnetka Park District, County of Cook and State of Illinois, be condemned by the said Winnetka Park District for use as a public park, and that the said lands when so condemned be improved by clearing, grading, plowing, harrowing, raking, rolling, planting and seeding, with grass seed, planting trees and shrubs, constructing concrete block meter vault, water service connection, water pipes, sprinkler hydrants, and removal of al} surplus materials, including the cost o engineering services, all labor and ma- terials, and all other expenses necessary to construct said proposed local improve- ment, all within the Winnetka Park Dis- trict, County of Cook and State of Illinois, all as more particularly shown and described in the Ordinance and upon the drawings attached thereto and the spe- cifications prepared therefor now on file in the office of Messrs. Windes & Marsh, , 598 Birch Street, Winnetka, Illinois, Engineers for the Winnetka Park District, the said improvement being otherwise known as Winnetka Park District Special Assessment No. 470,217, in the Superior Court of Cook County, all in accordance with the Ordinance heretofore passed therefor, will be received by the Board of Local Improvements of the Winnetka Park District by or before eight (8) o'clock P. M. on Thursday, January 3, 1929, at which hour all bids will be opened at a meeting to be held in the meeting room of the Winnetka Park District in the Village Hall in the Village of Win- netka, Cook County, Illinois. Contractors will be paid in bonds bear- ing interest at the rate of five per cent (5%) per annum for all estimates ap- proved by the Board of Local Improve- Gathered About Our Christmas Tree Talk Photo Despite the fact that semi-summery weather prevailed when our photogra- pher snapped this picture, the community Christmas tree on the Village Hall square did its best to assume a Yuletide atmosphere. Grouped about the tree anxiously awaiting the blanket of snow destined to complete the setting are Corinne Cole, Rose McKendry, Jane McKendry, Charles Cole, and Ralph Rock- wood. REVIEW BIOGRAPHIES Reviews of George Arliss' biography, "Up the Years From Bloomsbury," and the biography of Donn Byrne, made up the program for the December meeting of the Friends in Council of Evanston Friday afternoon at the Or- rington hotel. Mrs H. M. Paynter, of Glencoe, gave two reviews. Mrs. George P. Nichols, 519 War- wick road, left Kenilworth Thursday for New Haven, N. Y., where she ex- pects to spend the Christmas holidays with her niece. ments in the sum of One Hundred Dol- lars ($100.00) and over and when the amount of balance due on any estimate is less than the sum of One Hundred Dollars (3100.00), the same will be paid by time warrants. In addition to the usual bond for construction and main- tenance in the sum equal to one-third of the amount of the bid accepted by the Board of Local Improvements, the successful bidder will be required to furnish an indemnity and defense policy in some reliable company indemnifying the Winnetka Park District against loss from liability for damages on account of injury or death suffered by reason of the performance of the work required to be performed by the said contractor, by any person or persons including such liability imposed under the employer's liability and workmen's compensation law of the State of Illinois, and the amendments thereto, in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). GEORGE B. MASSEY, President of the Board of Local Improvements of the Winnetka Park District. FREDERICK DICKINSON, Attorney for Winnetka Park District. T42-1te Mrs. Lyman M. Drake, Jr., Taken by Death Tuesday Funeral services were held in St. James' Episcopal church, Cass and Huron streets, Chicago, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Mrs. Lyman Manley Drake Jr., who died last Tuesday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, William L. Jacoby, 1367 N. State street, Chicago. Before her marriage last May, Mrs. Drake was Miss Mary Jacoby, a member of the younger social set. She had been ill with influenza only two days. Mrs. Drake was educated at the Chicago Latin school and at Les Fourgeres in Lausanne, Switzerland. She was interested in welfare work, being secretary of the Junior league and a member of the Service club. She was on the Children's Memorial hospital board and was the youngest member of the Eli Bates Settlement house board. Mrs. Drake also was president of the Chicago Latin School Alumnae association. Although a resident of Chicago, Mrs. Drake was well known on the north shore. She was the daughter- m-law of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman M Drake, of 933 Lake avenue, Wilmette. There are 1,470, 740 residential light- ing customers of electric light and pow- er companies in Illinois. Approximately half of these, living in Chicago, ars served by one company, the Common- wealth Edison company.