Margery Frisbie
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Why do kids no longer play in Arlington Hts. streets?Jul 18, 2012 10:00 am - It could be a hundred years ago: two people sitting outside on a dreamy July evening, luxuriating in the balminess after the heat of the day, listening to faint night no...
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Building your own home was the way to go in 1900sJun 26, 2012 3:34 pm - Henry Leark, who lived at the curve of north Walnut, is famous in my mind for explaining the source of the charming irregularity in that otherwise straight street on our...
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Roots of Arlington Hts. go back almost 200 yearsMay 23, 2012 11:19 am - Arlington Heights is having a very good time celebrating its Quasquicentennial this year, the 125 years since it was incorporated. But the figure pales in my mind compa...
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Arlington Hts. economized on law enforcementApr 26, 2012 3:17 pm - Directed to detour off Dunton Avenue onto Evergreen recently, we passed a corner house that had grown considerably since the last time we rounded that bend. I knew it al...
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Arlington Heights’ utopian neighborhood recalledMar 29, 2012 3:00 pm - Our eighteen-year-old granddaughter, Abby, a freshman at the University of North Carolina, recently had lunch with an octogenarian, who lives an hour from Chapel Hill, a...
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German farmers overcame hardships to settle Arlington HeightsFeb 28, 2012 11:00 pm - In 1848, Friederich Hogreve ran away from his home in Wettmar, Hanover Province, Germany, and found his way across the Atlantic Ocean to Detroit where he boarded a train...
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Circuit riders part of early Arlington Heights historyDec 13, 2011 10:00 pm - Like our nation, Arlington Heights has many roots. Those roots nurture us at a primeval level and enrich our expectations. When we are aware that our backyards were onc...
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Albert Volz played major role in history of Arlington HeightsOct 12, 2011 12:00 am - When the Daily Herald Neighbor section recently called on Arlington Heights residents to go on a treasure hunt in their shoe boxes and attics for historical photos, I re...
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Flooding an ancient problem in Arlington HeightsSep 21, 2011 12:00 am - When torrential rains fall in Arlington Heights, we have residents at village hall complaining of water in their streets and basements, as we did this month. So many of ...
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Arlington Hts.’ 125th a reason to recall earlier timesAug 09, 2011 12:00 am - Arlington Heights will celebrate the 125th anniversary of its incorporation as a village next year. Just thinking about the event stimulates much then-and-now thinking....