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The La Grange Citizen ----------------------- VOLUME XVL - No.23 LA GRANGE, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. JULY 23, 1924. Subscription $2.00 a year ------ [[column 1]] Mrs. Wilkinson Drowned LaGrange Woman and Brother Go to Death Off California Shore - Husband Rescued Mrs. Walter D. Wilkinson, 106 North Fifth avenue, was drowned in the Pacific Ocean near Santa Cruz Island, California, July 23. A heavy sea engulfed a fishing boat in which a party were sailing and Mrs. Wilkinson and her brother, Joseph Stewart of Santa Barbara, and Dr. Harold Bishop of Alhambra were drowned, in some way Mr. Wilkinson was saved, but details reaching here are still very meager. It is understood that the party had been out from shore only about twenty minutes and that a heavy squall approached the vessel. LaGrange friends have anxiously awaited further word but nothing has been heard at this time. The Wilkinson children were not in the boat. The Wilkinsons left here June 24 to spend the summer in California visiting Mrs. Wilkinson's mother and brother and other relatives. She had looked forward to the trip for a long time and expected to stay until their son Walter, fourteen years old, would have to return to L.T.N.M. Their daughter Mary, seventeen, graduated with the class of 1924. The Wilkinsons had lived in La Grange for about twelve years. The last ten of it at the North Fifth avenue address. Mr. Wilkinson is superintendent of Rogers and Company, Chicago printers. Mrs. Wilkinson was a former member of the La Grange Womens' Club and attended the Methodist Church. A NEW ENTERPRISE R. Rosen, registered optometrist, has opened quarters at Sarkin Brothers Drug Store, where he will be every Saturday from ten o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock in the evening. Dr. Rosen also has an office in the Hartford Building at [[?]] North Dearborn in Chicago, where he has practiced his profession for a number of years, and he comes to La Grange highly recommended. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. [[?]] of 133 North [[Stone?]] avenue have moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. THE LA GRANGE STATE BANK FIFTH AVENUE AT BURLINGTON [[image 1]] SAFE . SOUND . CONSERVATIVE Affiliated Member Chicago Clearing House Member Federal Reserve System OFFICERS H.B. Kilgour, President A.H. Kemman, Vice-Pres. W.N. Froom, Cashier B.J. Hubbard, Asst. Cashier H.W. Mogg, Asst. Cashier DIRECTORS Joseph Vial F.D. Cossitt W.N. Froom R.V. Thomas C.L. Iverson H.B. Kilgour A.H. Kemman E.P. McClure C.W. Anderson WE ARE QUALIFIED TO ACT AS ADMINISTRATOR EXECUTOR AND TRUSTEE [[image 2]] The GOLD NUGGET Helmstein's Weekly Messenger IN SUMMER TIME Wrist watches are more useful and show their attentiveness. We have at present the largest selection ever shown in this locality, some new distinctive patterns set with diamond and sapphires, prices from $10 to $75 and guaranteed. O.R. HELMSTEIN Phone 631 Post Office block [[image 3]] IS YOUR COAL BIN FULL? ARE YOU WAITING FOR THE FALL RUSH? If you believe that the mines have the coal loaded ready to ship study the following Government report and order your coal before the cold weather catches you. Estimated United States production of Anthracite (net tons) 1924 Calendar Year 1923 Calendar Year Week ended Week To Date Week To Date July 28...1,856,000 45,592,000 2,105,000 51,392,000 July 5....1,296,000 46,921,000 1,580,000 52,349,000 July 12...1,871,000 48,792,000 2,651,000 54,800,000 We have plenty of coal on hand and in transit to take care of our orders. See our stock before you place your order and be convinced that we have the coal that you want. SUBURBAN ICE CO. PHONES: LaGrange 1600 and 1601. D.D. HAYWARD, Manager BRANCH OFFICE: 10 West Burlington Avenue. [[/column 1]] [[column 2]] "BUCK" WEAVER FLYS NO MORE Aviator Dies After A Brave Struggle - Had Brilliant Career As Pilot And Airplane Expert The Eagle has made his last flight. George E. "Buck" Weaver, 135 Calendar avenue, noted aviator, died as bravely as he had lived Tuesday morning after an illness of three months. He had been at Hillside Sanitarium for six weeks but came home shortly before his death. Until the last, the same spirit which made him one of the pioneer distance flyers and instructors of aviation, bore him up and his wife's devotion and the [[solicitude?]] of his many friends made his last weeks not unhappy. He was only twenty-nine years old. To do him honor, several of his friends who have gained fame in the field of air, will fly over his coffin Thursday afternoon on its journey to Oak Wood Cemetery. Among those who will be here are: Laddie Laird, exhibition flyer and a long time friend; Major Schneider and the noted Eddie StClair. Katherine Stinson, famous woman fyer [[flyer]] is another friend who would like to so honor him but she is now an invalid, confined in a sanitarium. Taught "War Birds" George Weaver was born in Chicago and lived there most of his life although his work has taken him all over the country. He was one of the first to make the Chicago-New York flight in a day. In 1921, he left the hospital after an appendicitis operation to serve his country as a civilian instructor at Rich Field, Waco, Texas, where he trained 100 student flyers for the U.S. services. From this operation came intestinal trouble which developed with the years and caused his death. Weaver had perfected his own planes and was an expert in the mechanical line of aeronautics as well. Last year he flew his cabin plane with his wife, and four year old son, both of whom survive him, in Atlantic City. Among those who learned to fly under Weaver’s instruction is Lt. Manghan, the coast to coast daylight flyer. Weaver knew nearly everyone in the aviation game and for ten years he has been active in it. He learned to fly at the Chicago Aero —————————————————————————— Continued on page 37 [[/column 2]] [[column 3]] OUR "LOOP" SMASHUP CENTER Accident Chart Shows Business District Heavy Offender--Forty-seventh a Bad Highway Too Stop speeding! Stop careless driving! Prevent accidents! This is the slogan adopted by the LaGrange police and motorists are urged to make it their motto as well. On the bulletin board of the station hangs a graphic chart, a map of the village covered with blue dots—showing the location of the smashups reported since January 1, 1924. Seventy-three accidents are listed and it is to be remembered that some smashups have not been reported and in a few cases the reports to not show the exact location. The business section, especially on Fifth and all along the C. B. & Q. is by far the worst section. Driving in the district where it would seem cars would be under greatest control doesn't seem to deter drivers from ramming into each other's autos. Busy Corner Dangerous AT THE BUSY CORNER Fifth and Burlington, eight smashings are listed. At Ashland and Burlington, seven. At Calendar and Fifth, six; three more in Calendar block. At Harris and Fifth, five. The advisability of making Ogden avenue a through street is shown by the fact that four smashings have occurred at Brainard and Ogden. Strangely enough, the streets below the business section as far as Goodman avenue have been very clear. Usually cars speed up on these streets and it would seem that accidents might happen here. Goodman avenue has had four accidents and Forty-seventh street, eleven. It will be remembered that in these smashings, eighteen persons were badly injured enough to need hospital care. Watch The Railroad Several of the accidents at the Burlington tracks have been "struck by trains". Motorists in the business section are warned by police to observe all rules and take caution. Recently a real estate man who has local interests was arrested for speeding and paid a fine of $10. He did something unusual--complimenting the police on arresting him saying it was a good talking point for the town that the traffic laws were enforced. Drivers arrested for speeding are asked to consider this side of the case. Here is the table: SMASHUPS Business Section Fifth at the "Q", eight. Ashland at the "Q", seven. Calendar at Fifth, six. Harris at Fifth, five. In Calendar block, three. Residence Section Brainard and Ogden, four. Burlington and Ogden, four. ([[L.H.B.C ? Q. ?]]) Brainard and "Q", four. Bluff and "Q", four. Kensington and "Q", three. Forty-seventh and Fifth, three. Forty-seventh and Sixth, three. Forty-seventh and Sunset, three. Edgewood and Ogden, two. One each—Spring and Ogden; Sawyer, Washington, East and Ogden (one each). Forty-seventh and Park; Forty-seventh and Spring; Goodman and Brainard, Spring and Seventh, Cossitt and Brainard, Cossit at Fifth and at Bluff; Stone and "Q", Waioala and "Q"; Catherine and "Q"; Sixth and "Q"; Seventh and "Q", Total, 53. DANCE AUGUST 7 A dance will be given at the La Grange Country club Thursday evening, August 7, at 9 p.m. The music will be again furnished by Kay [[Flak's?]] orchestra which ensures "[[something?]]" unusually good. The club members are urged to attend as this is the only dance given by the club during August. Assisting the entertainment committee and hosts and hostesses are the following: Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Sayre, Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. P. Lyon, Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. [[?]], Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mavor, Mr. and Mrs. [[Jas.]] P. Giles, Jr. —————————————————————————— EDGEWOOD GOLF CLUB J. D. Buckley, TI—11–65 had low [[?]] in the qualifying round for the LaGrange Trust and Heritage Bank trophy at Edgewood, The qualifiers were: J. J. MaNamara, C. Labarge, E. P. [[?]], L. J. White, A. G. Caton, S. S. Kellogg, F. Heindrick, J. D. Beckley, A. C. Bell, F. P, Gaylard, K. C. [[?]], E. C. Davies, A. B. Peterson, R. E. Pritchard, H. S. Jackson, H. J. Tamaley. [[/column 3]] [[column 4]] OPEN NEW STORAGE HOUSE Jackson Express And Van Company Moves Into Pretentious New Quarters; Remodel Old Part The brown stone front of “Old New York” and the “Bark Bay District” have nothing on LaGrange’s White Tile Front which throws its imposing presence before the gaze of every “Q” line passenger and the hundreds of automobile tourists who pass through the village. It promises to become the commercial show place of the community; the building which will be pointed at with pride, and with the expectations of surprise. The [[“A”?]], is the Jackson express and Van Company’s LaGrange storage and warehouse on Burlington avenue, the east wing and the office of which is now ready for occupancy. All of the stored goods in the old building has been removed to the new, and wreckers have started to tear out the rubble of the old part so that it may be remodeled to resemble the new part of the building. The beauty of the front of the building is well known to the residents of the community. The white and green tile front is pretentious by day and will be illuminated at night with a set of search lights designed by the same expert who installed the lighting for the Wrigley Tower. A pleasing appearance from without and utility within were the goals which the Jackson people had in mind when they selected the design for the structure. When completed the building will contain around 400,000 square feet of storage space of various kinds. On the first or ground floor, there are two large piano rooms, and is the east wing and the other is the west wing. These rooms front on the street and contain large plate glass show windows. The office is located between the piano rooms, and in back of the office is a rug vault. This is arranged to take care of rugs of different sizes. It has a high ceiling, and the room will be sprayed with preservative material when rugs are stored there. In the rear part of the ground floor are located the [[baths?]], garage, loading and unloading platforms, and a high ceilinged garage space for articles which are set aside for a packing room. [[?]] hundred thousand feet of packing lumber, and other packing materials have been stored there, and a large open space will be available for the packers. A heating plant with an auxillary boiler for hot water, the latter in operation at all times, is also located in the basement. The second floor has been reserved for open storage. That is storage which is piled in a section, and separated from other storage only by a short intervening space. It is widely known that packing such storage as this is an art, for the articles are packed so compactly and so solidly that not an inch of space is wanted, nor is there any danger of the mass collapsing. Seventy separate fire proof rooms are available on the third floor for [[?]] storage. These rooms vary in size, but even the smallest one of them is large enough to safely take care of the ordinary household effects of an average family. Should a fire break out in any of these rooms at any time, it would smother for lack of air. 0 The entire fourth floor is open and will be used for the winter storage of automobiles. Several auto agencies in the village have already made application for [[ample?]] storage space. From the roof of the building one can look down along the C.R. & Q. tracks for many miles and out across the country to the northwest and can see the towers and steeples which stand out above the rest of the indistinguishable [[?]] of villages, woods and open spaces. In looking toward the center of LaGrange all one can see is a vast growth of green leaves topping the trees which tower above the buildings of the village. Evidently the new storage building is higher than any other structure in LaGrange. H. I. Taylor, manager of the LaGrange branch of the Jackson company since March, 1913, is justly proud of his company's new home. It is an honor to him in that it marks the success of eleven years of development of the company's business in this territory. Mr. Taylor has been with the Jackson company since 1907. He has a record of having driven moving trucks for more than 100,000 miles. He drove the first truck that the Jacksons put into service. his early days with Jacksons were spent at the West Twenty-second street branch, the training school for branch managers. [[/column 4]] [[column 5]] [[image 4]] High quality, low price. hard coal, soft coal, steaming coal-all of the highest quality. As prices are lower than they will be next month, buy your coal now. LORD LUMBER CO. Phone Private Exchange All Depts. -La Grange 1010- [[image 5]] LA GRANGE TRUST & SAVINGS BANK (A STATE BANK) Corner Fifth and Calendar Aves. PRUDENCE Though your house may never burn, it is well to keep your fire insurance in force. Houses burn every day. Though your valuables might be safe in your home while you are vacationing, it is well to take no chances. Put them in a Safe Deposit box in our vault. Reasonable rental-perfect protection. LaGrange Trust & Savings Bank (Opposite the Post Office) "Qualified to Act as Administrator Executor and Trustee" "Affiliated Member of Chicago Clearing House" Corner of Fifth and Calendar Avenues LA GRANGE, ILL DIRECTORS OFFICERS DIRECTORS [[/column 5]]
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[[image 1: Ad for The La Grange State Bank]]
[[image 2: Ad for The Gold Nugget (selling watches) - Helmstein's Weekly Messenger]]
[[image 3: Ad for Suburban Ice Co.]]
[[image 4: Ad for Lord Lumber Co.]]
[[image 5: Ad for La Grange Trust & Savings Bank]]
I verified all the La Grange banker names except the 2nd Asst cashier (Mogg?). https://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/OCA/Books2012-02/financingempireh/financingempireh03hust/financingempireh03hust.pdf
*Lieut. Russell Manghan - coast to coast flyer.
Looked up street names on internet for Brainard, Cossit, and Waiola.
Hugh Mavor - building contractor
