Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 9 Jul 1926, p. 7

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July 9, 1926 WILMETTE LIFE 7 on Thursd.a y , Friday and S aturday, are : Bobby ("Uke") H enshaw, who has b een a headli ner on t he Loe'w e circuit, New York, in a sket ch called "The Me rry Mimic," J ulia E dwards and company in a come dy aerial a ct, "Sun . in the Air;" and Frances Lamonte and Seeman J emery in "Songs, Studies, and Dance.,. The picture which is beiRg showtt I with these acts is "Brown of Harva rd," Istarring \Villiam Haines, Mary Brown and Jack Pickford. ' special tournament over the Fourth of Historic Spot Chosen for Affair 1July week-end. N. L. Hoyt, who playWhich Will Include 1 d" . eel. 36 holes in a match against par, fintshed even up and won the Thomas n tans, 8 U ffal 0 H. Mclnnery trophy. The rest of the score s .follow: Low gross for 36 holes, \Ve who live today in Cook County L. S. Gordon, 70-80-153: low net for haYc little real idea of the early his - 36 holes, ] olm St1..1art, 72-75-147: low tory of the section. We know in gros s in the morning, \V. Mcilvain, Jr., theory that there was a fort called 77; low net in the morning-, \V. A. F o rt Dearborn, that there was a Fort Lanson, 85-14-71. and A. A. Beebe, Dearborn Massacre, that there wa·s a Chicago fir e, and those of middle age remember that there wa s an exposition held there in 1893. That there arc other memorable events in the history o i the county we seem to igno.re. ):or instance, there stretches acro ;;s the southeastern part of the country one of the great Indian trails of the l.'n ited States. Perh aps as long ago as the davs when the mound huilclers \\'<tlHlcrcd- O\'er thi s country thi s tra :: hr . l!·;:m to take form . Buffalo · fo llowed it in their sear ch for pasture. The Indian s on foot and on horseback passed sin gle file year after vear. generation after generation. ce{ltury after ern tury, till they \\·ore this Trail so deep that cYcn toda,-. after 60 year s o i · c nit i'" a t ion . t lw t r c cs s t iII rein a i 11 . East of the ~fi ss i ss iripi the trail :-; tarts at " ·hat is now · Rock Island. whirh wa s for the Indians a sacred :-11t1t when: their YOt\11~ \\·arriors ·came fnr test ' of -;tret;!.!th 'a nd rnural'e to proYc that theY were worth,· ni th ~· hnnor of ful1 -g ~own hraYr s. ·rt \rinds no rth ea:-; t thmng-h Illinoi s. pa s:-; in~ acrrh"' th e ta~tcrn end of Cook Co un t \·, intc, Indi a na. no rt h throu!.!h ~fich il:an ll\· Yp :-; il a nti . Xile :-; and St . To"CPh. t n Dt tr oit. the fnrt of the F~1 ,,. _ li . . h. n~· thi:-; trail passed th e Sacs a nd 1 ht· h ·Xt·..; durin!.!.· t lH' .\m cr ic an Rn·olu iclll t(l thl' lwh1 c1i tlH'ir Brit i. . h f.ath n :" J,,. thi . . tr;,il ra111t· the r-::i niit· fam ;J,. irnm Dc ·trr ,jt. -; lt ·t·pin!.!.· at night lnthc;r c ';tlll1dirt'. till thn· tunwcl ol'f th ,. trail :tt Richtnn and t·ntnl'd th t' C:l! P·ll··t ·0;rrl ic.r tht'ir 11t ' \\. bn'll<' r,n th, · t 'hirag<l ri,·t·r: ll\· this trail canll' till' flr . . t -.ctt lcr . . nf . Ri ciJtc,n. ancl pall' t· d hl'rl' to n1ake homes. 1 Many Events at Indian . 92-21-71, ti ed ; low g ross in the after PLAN PAGEANT FOR no on, R 0. Lord, 78; low net in t he ' Hill Over Fourth of July afternoon, ] . N. McConnell, 79-5-74. ·OLD INDIAN TRAIL T he India n H ill Golf club he ld a START VAUDEVILLE The New Evanston theatre plans to have vaudeville every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The venture is being started for the first time this week, and it has never been done before north of Howard avenue. The Yaudcville will be high clas s as the player s in it haYe been starring on Yaudcville circuits previously. The headliner s for the bill thi s week Phone for a Fan . . a Be Ready for That Next Hot SpellBuy Now! Celebrate E lectrificat io n \' .,,\·, I.J.; ,·v;tr" ;ti:n tht· fir . . t .-.('ttln· r;t111r to tl~v Old Sauk trail. ther t' ; ~ 1·' lit' l1 rlcl a hi.;tnrical pagt'a nt at l~i ch 11111 P;J rl ·. 1\\('llt\· c·i!.!.ll! mill·:-; :'t·\lth Iii the r it ,· on tiH: Tlli no i ~ Central r;l; lrn;Hl. \,·here tl1 r trail cro. :-:es th t' . tr;1rk.;.-a pa!.!.·cant to celebrate tlw 1 c,Jd trail and t11l' di;tmnnd jnLilt·(· (li tl 1 t' l llinni~ Ct"nt r al. and the ron11 ·kti :J:1 ni dcctrifi caticlll a.; far a" Hi r ht \1 1\ P ark T lit· p a g ('a 11 t w i 11 he in· c. a n< I \\'iII gi\·t· ~C('lH'" i rCII11 th e e;trh· hi st<) n · o t I thl' trail. There " ·ill he f1it,· Tnclian -; undn Chid r.o-ge-weo:-;h o f .the ChipJH'\\·a tribe who will take part. and who will :-; tagr. among otht·r th ing-s, tlH. ' la:-t hufLtlo hunt on th r Old ~auk trail. FCir there arc to he buffalo, a dozen Cli them. from the !.!Teat buffalo farm ;tt \\';Jill\night. Can.ada. and therr will he a barbecue racl1 eYeninQ'. with real buffa lo meat. And there ~\'ill he a tent with amm('llH' nb, ancl a rollcctinn of relir"' left from the earh· da \'S-a staQ·r roach and a rm·ercct' wagon . ox~n. household uten sils, specimens of hand \\'ork. and a ll sorts of intcrcstin~ thinQ's. The nagca nt wi ll he held from Tnh· 2.1 to August 1. and north shore ~csi drnts \ dlO are intrrc<;tccl in the c;-~r l \' h iston· of Cook County and of Tll inois a r f' im·ite<l t o atte-nd . Tt is expected that l11rgc rrowcls will Aock to the p~·t!('ant from Ch icago a nd the surrcllm ding· ter r ito ry. ~r r . a nd ~r rs. E. A. Ka n nwYrr. ()01 Lind en a,·e m1 c. tnte r ta ined . about fnrt ,· of t heir fr iend s at a picnic on the F ourtl1 of Tuh· on th e ir lot on th e lake fr nnt in ·Chiwaukee. Mu sic ' "as a spec ial fea tur e of th e affa ir. Guaranteed· Fans, s7 2! a~d Don't let . the coming sultry days and sticky nights find you unprepared- order one or more electric fans now- keep the folks cool, comfortable and happy all summer long. Under the recently reduced lighting rates no one can afford to be without an electric fan comfort. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS 1141 Central Ave., Wilmette Wilmette 2899 Jno. S. Reesman, District Manager ·

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