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Newspaper
Cicero Vindicator
Location
Cicero, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1885
Page
1
The Vindicator Suburban News from Cicero Illinois lists edition details for Saturday April 4 1885 priced five cents. The page mentions Park River Park and locales including Maywood Harlem and nearby communities in the Cicero suburb.
Publication details appear with subscription and office address. Advertising rate table lists column widths and prices across durations with special terms offered to agents.
The Cicero Vindicator announces a new Cicero section, pledging competent management and efforts to earn subscriber and advertiser trust. It highlights attention to Western suburbs along the Northwestern Railroad including Central Park Moreland Austin Ridgeland Oak Park Harlem Riverdale and Maywood with plans to collect items print paragraphs and write editorials.
The Vindicators announce a city office in Room 4 Mendell Block at the Van Buren street corner with Pacific avenue between Rock Island Depot and the Board of Trade Building. The office is ready to receive orders for all kinds of job printing and will execute them in first class style and expeditious manner.
Notice asks readers to check the date beside their names and addresses to show how long they have paid. It serves as a reminder to subscribers and a test for collectors. If not corrected in the next issue, readers are asked to send a postal card confirming payment details.
Announcements list the Opera Festival at Exposition Building with Hoo ley's Robson & Crane in Sharps and Flats. Columbia hosts Minnie Maddern in Capric. Grand Opera House presents We Us Do. Standard features W J Scanlan in Shan na Lawn. Academy of Music shows Roland Reed in Cheek. National Panorama Co presents Battle of Gettysburg.
The holy season of Lent ends as Easter Sunday is observed across the Christian world tomorrow. Many will rejoice in the celebration of the great festival.
Short local paper note states elections will be over next week and promises amendments for any omissions in this issue.
A vessel on the Hudson Bay route was driven ashore by ice at Charlton Island. The crew camped on a glacier and survived on available game until native guides located them and led them back to civilization.
Let us look beyond Lent into the fashions of the coming season. Nearly all evening dresses will be made with trains of more or less length, and waists that are cut round and sleeve less, or with a square neck and elbow sleeves. Brides and their bridesmaids for after Easter weddings have a variety of materials to select from.
It is exceedingly difficult to catch a streetcar on South Town lines unless the passenger stands at a crossing near the track and jumps on as the car moves. The driver watches ahead, fearing a passenger, while the conductor stays inside collecting fare or punching transfer slips.
American papers mocked a Hamilton regiment under Col Booker at Ridgeway near Fort Erie in 1866, not the Queen s Own of Toronto. The unit earned the nickname Scarlet Runners for wearing red coats and fleeing the fight against Fenian invaders.
Chicago Republicans denounce ballot box stuffing and corruption in office amid calls for cleaner elections and accountability from party leaders and supporters. The campaign emphasizes integrity and forces vote reform discussions.
The piece condemns Frank Drake as a byword of reproach and labels the party as a fraud and farce, arguing they only need opportunity to expose themselves by attacking opponents. Toronto excitement rose over troop departure for the Northwest rebellion, with the Queen's Own Regiment of volunteers preparing to march.
Prominent owners of fast road horses advocate center drive upgrades from Fortieth to fifty-fifth street but expect delays. Park Board member Walsh says side drives must be finished first due to cost and time. Town of Lake praises a new united effort and anticipates the ticket’s election, calling it a strong, clean and honest choice that restores harmony.
Helen Wilmaris argues in the Woman's World that monopoly harms industry and commerce, aided by government. She warns that combined powers push society toward oppression, creating tramps and slaves while people bear all burdens without revolt or change.
The Tribune denounces Democrat William Fitzgerald as a bad man for Assessor, contrasts him with Republican Drake and Democrat Sam Chase, and questions reform claims while accusing Drake of profiting from the office and favoring the rich over the poor.
The evening of the grand opera festival opens April 1 as the vast Exposition Building auditorium is transformed with chandeliers gas jets and ornate decorations. Boxes with gold ornamentation and drapings await important figures while 12 000 music lovers fill the parquette dress circle and balcony for two weeks of performances. Management is praised for public spirit and tireless oversight of every detail of this monumental cultural event.
Tur people of the Town of Lake gathered in a nonpartisan convention at the new skating rink in the Stock Yards on Thursday evening. The meeting featured the town’s most representative residents, all classes represented, competing in civic aims beyond politics.
The Inter Ocean reports altercations within the Fifth Ward Republicans as-delegations of kickers clash over the ward committee appointments. Friction centers on Kent allies versus Bliss selections of Jansen Schaefer and Murphy amid accusations of defaulters and misused campaign funds.
David Drpney Fieve addresses the American Geographical Society in New York, objects to Western town names like You Bet and Fish Hook, and argues for more tasteful nomenclature, while criticizing French styled villes and classical names as overdone.
The article notes Dr. Reeh in Berlin directing Europe’s largest microbiology establishment with army surgeons and scores of students. It highlights Dr. Boch’s rise to professor in Berlin and AM. Duelos becoming the first Professor of Microbiology at the Sorbonne, amid debates and state support.
A Daypung man suspects meal tampering and marks the barrel. the next morning the meal drops below his line. He rigs a steel trap in the barrel, catching the thief when he returns. The thief is trapped, fingers damaged, and the man aims to save two more from amputation.
The text describes a rare drawing style in China and Japan formed from thorlenal growth pressed into ink. Images include animals Buddhist pilgrims and laborers with tools, or travelers with implements. Sketches are thumbnail in size, mounted and rolled like scrolls much as ancient site pien y and ink studies.
The passage notes Samuel Vale as the source of Sam Weller’s quirky dialogue and everyday speech in youth. Vale’s quips and comparisons shaped the character’s voice with lines about a tide, roast beef, a Welsh rabbit, a monkey, and a cricket, illustrating his playful stage humor.
A Times style tribute proclaims the United States as soon to lead in modern architecture. It cites rapid development and demands for new conveniences, noting frequent press images of innovative public buildings and striking designs. It highlights western cities as thriving in the new aesthetic era.
The text compares teaching salaries in England and the United States, noting typical master salaries from 3,200 to 7,000 dollars, with fees and perquisites often constituting their income. It cites Eton’s headmaster at about £15,900 annually and suggests many renowned British scholars began in preparatory schools rather than universities.
Joseph Cook says a preacher holding a cigar with the Word in the other is a spectacle that draws attention. A Boston clerical smoker questions why Cook should attract more notice for a cigar than for eating hash or wearing a bootjack and asserts there is no greater wickedness in a cigar than in a plate of hash.
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