Harlem wins at Ogklawn in Cicero roundup
In the Cicero suburb, the Harlem contest results are reported with brief play details and standings. The item notes a victory linked to Harlem and references local teams in the 1885 edition.
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Newspaper
Cicero Vindicator
Location
Cicero, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1885
Page
1
Advertising Rates Published by The Vindicator
Published rates show the cost for display ads and columns with size based pricing. Terms offer special rates to advertising agents and advance payment for annual subscriptions set at 61.50.
Cicero Vindicator Subscribership Announcement
The Cicero Vindicator announces a shift from Lake Vin dicator to Cicero Vindicator with a local focus for western suburbs along the Northwestern Railroad including Central Park Moreland Austin Ridgeland Oak Park Harlem Riverdale and Maywood The paper pledges diligent effort to win subscriber and advertiser confidence and invites a trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Northwestern Railroad
Central Park
Moreland
Austin
Ridgeland
Oak Park
Harlem
Riverdale
Maywood
City Office for The Vindicator Opens in Mendell Block
The Vindicator opens a city office in Room 4 Mendell Block at Van Buren street and Pacific avenue between Rock Island Depot and the Board of Trade Building. It invites patrons to place job printing orders to be completed in first class style and with expeditious service.
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Vindicator’s
Pacific Ave
Cor
van Buren St
Bet
Rock Island
R.R. Depot
New Board of Trade
Chicago
THE
Vindicator
Mendell Block
van Buren Street
Pacific Avenue
Rock Island Depot
New
Notice to subscribers on paid date and balance due
The Vindicator urges subscribers to note the date beside their names and addresses as the payment cutoff. It serves as notice and a check on collectors, requesting a postal card if corrections are needed and noting what was paid.
Publisher's premium distribution for 1885 advance subscribers
The Vindicator publisher plans a premium distribution next week for readers who have prepaid a full year for 1885. Only those with advance subscriptions will be eligible, with notices to send in payments at offices in Chicago and Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Avenue
Chicago
Dearborn Street
Town of Lake
Ash Wednesday Observances Mark Lent Start Across Churches
Last Wednesday marked Ash Wednesday observed by Catholic and Episcopal congregations. It signaled the beginning of the penitential Lenten season, arriving earlier this year.
Weather notes hint at warmth in California and Florida
The Chicago Evening Journal declares warm weather unlikely and notes uncertainty about Chicago forecasts while observing current warmth in California and Florida. Weather outlook contrasts local doubt with a mild regional pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Evening Journal
Chicago
California
Florida
Death of Dr Leopold Damrosch in New York
Distinguished New York musician Dr Leopold Damrosch died after illness with pneumonia. He was born in Posen on October 22, 1882. He fell ill last Tuesday and passed away Sunday shortly after 2 oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold Damrosch
New York
Damrosch
Posen
Frank Tousley Seen As Town Honor Candidate in Englewood
Indications point to Frank Tousley as the coming figure for town honors in Englewood. A Saturday night meeting at Col Foster's and a subsequent gathering at the Eye building last night suggest strong local support for his candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Tousley
Englewood
Col. Foster
Eye
Miss CaLDWELL Receives Papal Golden Rose
Miss CaLDWELL becomes the first American to be awarded the papal golden rose for her year of notable service to the church as the Catholic university in the United States is founded through her munificent donation presented by the Pope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Caldwell
United States
Frank E. Tonsley Targeting Stock Yards Collector Nomination
Information indicates Frank E. Tonsley faces pressure to run for Collector on the Stock Yards ticket in the coming spring. Franksmith supporters reportedly urge him to seek the nomination, and he intends to mount a strong campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Smith
Frank E.tonsley
Stock Yards
Englewood Band to Give Grand Instrumental Concert
Under Jas Cratochvil the Englewood Band will perform at Tillotson Hall Monday evening. Prof E A Brunner assists. Admission is 25 cents. Music lovers and friends of harmony are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Englewood
Jas. Cratochvil
Tillotson’s Hall
E. A. Brunner
J D O Leary Appointed Passenger Agent at Sherman House
J D O Leary takes the post of Passenger Agent for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway at the Sherman House. He was recently connected with the office of the Inland...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.D. O'Leary
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Sherman House
Mr. O'Leary
Inmar
Promotion Praised for Steamship Line Official
A steamship line executive receives broad praise for his promotion, with remarks noting his comprehensive knowledge of passenger traffic on land and water and the confidence shown by colleagues.
Town club prospects spark election-era chatter in Lake
The Lake town clubs show wide variety and growing numbers with a forecast of many more before election day. The remark questions passivity and notes a danger of being clubbed to death as vigorous civic engagement rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Englewood Supervisor Candidate Named Muir Head
A local source reports Albert H. Muir head as the Englewood candidate for Supervisor. John Vehmeyer is said to have withdrawn amid pressure from Christ. Hough. John B. was visited and the text hints at a forthcoming fierce contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert H. Muirhead
Englewood
John Vehmeyer
Christ. Hough
John B
Real estate chase lands Cook County Democrat official in court
Joseph Chesterfield Mackin, secretary to the Cook County Democratic clubs and private secretary to Michael Cassius McDonald, has entangled himself in a legal dispute with a real estate agent. A federal court and grand jury may pursue action, with Joliet as a potential venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Chesterfield Mackin
Cook County
Michael Cassius McDonald
Joliet
Paris Marriage Sparks Society Buzz Over Eva Mackey and Prince Colonna
A Great fuss erupted last week over Eva Mackey of Oakland Convent background marrying Prince Colonna of Italy in Paris. The piece notes her former schoolmate Miss M A Halley of Lake who advertised piano lessons, and humorously contrasts their paths, suggesting the Halley rival seeks advancement by marrying a principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Mackey
Paris
Prince Colonna
Italy
Missy
Oakland
California
Lake
M.A. Halley
Mackey
Colon
Boston Pilot Editor Detained by Treason Conviction
Joan Borie O'Reily, editor of the Boston Pilot, was convicted of high treason in England in 1866 and sentenced to twenty years of penal servitude. He escaped in 1869 and fled to America. He sought to lecture in Canada but decided against it, fearing an additional seventeen years of servitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Borie O’reily
Boston Pilot
England
America
Canada
No. 1 Promotes Copper River Fur Venture in Alaska
The prospectus for the Chicago and Alaska Trading Company names John McCafferty, famed No. 1, as promoter. It aims to expand the fur trade along the Copper River and predicts immense profits. Local citizens are reportedly invested, with hope for prosperity and seal-skin wear for their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago and Alaska Trading Company
John McCafferty
Alaska
Copper
Contrast Between VinpicaTtor and Ojai Climate Noted
A Nordhoff letter to the editor dated February 8 compares the Vinpicator area’s deep winter cold with Ojai California’s mild Pacific breezes. The writer says three weeks of warm, olive and orange trees and brook bathing evoke July in February, inviting curiosity about snow and frost elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VinpicaTtor
Nordhoff
California
Pacific
Ojai
State Labor Convention Platform Adopted at Springfield
The State Labor Convention in Springfield last week adopted a platform promising abolition of contract convict labor. It seeks better protections for railroad workers and miners, promotion of cooperative associations, creation of arbitration boards, and stronger enforcement and penalties for compulsory education laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
California fruit trade to enter new season with freight cuts
The Sacramento Bee notes railways will cut fast freight charges from 800 to 450 per car between Sacramento and Chicago. If growers match price cuts, Chicago and the East could enjoy California fruits at lower cost. Fruit farming yields profits up to 500 to 1000 dollars per acre, with grapes and Bartlett pears illustrating high returns and potential margins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Sacramento
Chicago
East
Sacramento Bee
Bartlett
Prices and tastes drive high fruit costs in California markets
The column analyzes how bids on pears from the Hopping orchard fell to 33 cents per pound with added freight and spoilage risks, driving California fruit prices higher in eastern markets. It notes growers like Porter Brothers paying 6 cents for Marysville peaches and plums, and prunes plunging to around 4 cents due to European and domestic crops, while some growers hoard fruit rather than accept low prices, citing Lusk of Oakland as an example of avarice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Porter Brothers
Marysville
Europe
Lusk
Oakland
Lake Town to Elect Officers This Spring
Lake Town will elect a full slate of town officers this spring including Supervisor Assessor Collector one Trustee Town Clerk and five Justices of the Peace five Constables and several School Directors. District No 2 will elect three directors to succeed McInerney Lawless and J M McCarthy who may seek re election. District No 10 Englewood will choose two directors to succeed Champlin and Brownell. Existing Justices John R Cook John M Moore Union Stock Yards WY P Cory Geo W Hotaling and S D Underwood Englewood are expected to run again. Constables include Jacob Kuhn John Herbert David Bourke Michael Doran T S Fallon and Mr Chase.
Barry declines Lake Town Supervisor bid letter to Tribune
In a February 16 communication from EnGLEwood the author P T Barry declines a nomination for Lake Town Supervisor. He cites his inability to serve now and defends Republican ties noting Irish Americans supported McCarthy for County Commissioner and urging party loyalty to Blaine and Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
P. T. Barry
Lake
Barry
Mr. McCarthy
Republican Party
Blaine
Logan
Republic
T. Bagry
Grant’s Tongue Swelling At Long Branch Now Healed
In late summer Gen. Grant staying at Long Branch suffered a tongue swelling that worsened by September. Doctors advised local treatment and a extracted tooth after consulting Dr. Barker and Dr. Douglass. He reduced smoking from twelve to fifteen cigars daily to half a cigar, then quit until Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sur
Gen. Grant
J. B. Douglass
Grant's Smoking Change Astonishes Doctor
Dr Barker notes General Grant quit smoking after two months without cigars. He praises Grant's extraordinary balance of sensitive nerves and strong endurance. Grant reportedly has not lost appetite and sleeps soundly since vowing to stop smoking.
Senator Garland and Butler Candy Soap Prank
A Washington correspondent recalls a Senate prank where Garland ate a soap cube disguised as caramel, while Voorhees handed him the fake candy and watched the outcome. Butler quipped that nothing would kill Garland as he finished the soap with a straight face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland
Butler
Arkansas
Voorhees
Indiana
Providence
Aul
Stanford in Washington An Exiled Horseman Senatorial Move
Governor Leland Stanford, newly elected senator from California, dislikes society and card games. He owns about 3000 horses and prefers studying the animal to racing. He plans no horse ranch in Washington, foreseeing an exile from his beloved equines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Stanford
California
Washington
Stanford
Senate
Mr. Stanford
Old guardsman claims Wilkes Booth alive amid sensational tale
R. B. James writes to the New York World asserting that Wilkes Booth is alive. He describes witnessing a naval vessel, a boat with counter signs, Booth's body allegedly moved to a ship, then fired into the Atlantic, and denies Booth’s burial anywhere on land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. BR. James
Washington Arsenal
New York World
Wilkes Booth
J. W. Booth
Booth
Boston Corbett
Atlantic Ocean
Surrat
Walking as Cure for Ailments Promoted by Miss Von Hillern
Miss Bertha Von Hinienx claims walking cures many ailments and boosts resistance to illnesses. She says moderate daily walking improves general debility digestion colds fevers and heart disease and restores health in the American people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha von Hinienx
Lecture and city notes from Chicago transit and society pages
Miss Frances J. Willard spoke at the Worst Methodist Episcopal Church on temperance education in public schools. Chicago bar members met Judge Moran’s committee to honor late Justice Pinkney H. Walker. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore lectured at St. Paul’s Church on Wendell Phillips and his times. Baseball enthusiasm remains high. Ai. A. C. Spalding reports unprecedented interest for the season. Cable transit delays affect South Side residents. new machinery improves reliability. The Chinese New Year celebration occurred in Hip Lung’s basement laundry. The Irish-American Council plans St Patrick’s Day parade. 450 men and 50 teams prepared to clear snow, delayed by city finances. Rents and housing trends shift as older houses face price pressures. Marriage licenses issued. divorce filings noted. The tenth annual St John’s Total Abstinence and Benevolent Society reception is set for March 17 at Dent Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances J. Willard
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chcago Bar
Ai. A. C
Spalding
New York
Board of ‘Trade Clearing House
Biake
Twentieth Street
Jey
Chicago
Hip Lung
Clark Street
Hip
Celestials
St. Patrick's Day
Dianer
Ireland
Harrison
Rannis
Dearcorn Stre
O le Pioim
Guishing
Shepherd Brooks
Boston
Super
UEN
Turkey
Cleveland
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