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Newspaper
Oak Park Reporter Argus
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1906
Page
2
The notice lists the Office of Publication located at 614 Lake Street with a telephone number 4671 and indicates entry in the Post Office at Oak Park HL as a matter of second class.
The Reporter-Argus will be sold weekly at W. W. Oaks' pharmacy on Oak Park Avenue and Fred Parker's news stand at No 06 Marion Street. The Down Town Office will relocate to the Post Office News Co. on Dearborn Street. Walter J. Vanderslice of Oaks Park is the manager.
The Oak Park Reporter Argus and its job printing plant, long run by the editor and printer, are sold to Col W Ainsworth. The present manager announces the termination of ties with the plant on Saturday and thanks patrons for ten years of support. He urges prompt settlement of delinquent accounts to avoid hindrance for all parties.
On the last day of June it will be two years and a half since consolidation of two newspapers and job printing plants. Mr George M Ambrose has had full charge of the business and the credit, and the success of the enterprise belongs to him. For over a year and a half the other partner was ill, while Ambrose remained in active charge. We thank readers for past favors and hope to continue to merit their respect and patronage.
Iris states Sunday saloon operation will be legal in Chicago. A $2000 license raise is proposed to fund police protection for the public.
The son rebels against his father’s authority calling him the First Apostle and alleges royal lineage while condemning his character as corrupt. He asserts there is no doubt about Dowie’s bad blood and condemns the church leader.
A frank note asserts that collusion in courts in Cook County undermines justice and harms litigants. The writer urges reform to ensure fair proceedings and stronger adherence to lawful process within the local judiciary.
The article urges that residents bear the stamp of purity like Caesar's wife and stresses that supporting home business men with exclusive patronage strengthens the town and mutual aid will grow the community.
Edwin Gr Cooley survives a razor thin vote to retain the post of Chicago superintendent of public schools. The result marks a narrow escape for Cooley amid a tight political contest.
Roosevelt wins Senate confirmation by a 36 vote margin with supporters praising the president as a gallant leader and the people standing with him.
A bill appropriating 24000 dollars for the president's travel costs passed the house by 176 to 68. The measure directs government payment of expenses for presidential travel.
One week remains for June brides as time runs short for marriage plans. The notice urges prompt attention to convenient arrangements before opportunities pass.
Regular readers stay informed and wary of scam artists. The paper urges consistent reading to spot fraud attempts and avoid being caught by grafters.
Pittsburg and Allegheny cities unite into a greater Pittsburg but full consolidation awaits constitutional approval by higher courts before the act creating the greater city takes effect.
Variiks in charge of Chicago police matters releases a handbook guiding applicants for batons stars and sticks. It bans umbrellas canes and overcoats as outdated paraphernalia and urges politeness respectfulness and faithfulness as innovations with meaning.
Rome's 1904 census recorded 506 840 residents with a death rate of 18.3 and labeled the Eternal City the healthiest town in Europe. Authorities credit modern sanitation for improved health, noting a high death-rate drop since 1876.
The notice urges readers to send the issue to distant friends or call the office to mail copies for six months or a year. It asks locals to contribute to promote the village and assures the Reporter Argus will help, while readers are urged to do their part.
A list of estimated populations for nations and areas including Russia in Europe and Asia, Japan, Korea, China, India, France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain and Ireland, Austria Hungary, Spain, and Turkey with figures ranging from about 12 million to 426 million.
The text notes strong strain on canned meat consumers and markets as pressures mount on the meat industry. It hints at ongoing hardship and fear among buyers and sellers, with the situation described as demoralizing to market conditions. The passage ends without a clear resolution.
Readers express gratitude and hope after upheaval linked to sensational matters. They pray for responsible parties to learn from the event and act more wisely in the future. The tone is cautious yet hopeful as the community searches for better outcomes.
The piece notes 800000 miles of telegraph and telephone lines in the nation require 32000000 poles. Poles last about twelve years and come from trees sixty years old. To maintain supply, forest losses from ice damage double the number of poles in use. Ongoing experiments aim to extend pole life significantly.
Reported funding shortfalls at the University of Arizona prompt layoffs and anticipated further resignations. Three faculty members were dismissed recently, joining five who departed in the past two weeks, totaling eight losses with more expected. Administrators plan to cut expenses as the educational staff remains reduced.
Amid a parade of extravagant provisions a narrator lists ideal equipment for town defense and public service including patrol wagons engines for sprinkling carts bloodhounds and a Delmonico for all concerned with daily life and weekly rest.
The Loneyworths Nicholas and Alice Roosevelt Longworth enjoy a lavish trip abroad with dining automobiles and lavish entertainments. Internal dissensions arise from envy over inviting certain American colonial families in the Far East, leading to canceled suppers and luncheons and dampening what was to be the greatest outing for Congressman Longworth of Cincinnati and Miss Alice Roosevelt.
Editors in the state have fought against the city mail order house to aid home merchants without pay. The department store magnate now values advertising space and offers to pay, exposing a shift in business dynamics. The piece urges editors to seek reciprocal support from peers who benefit from local commerce.
A husband who balked at dish duty quits the fight after his wife cites scripture from the family Bible and the couple reach a new understanding. The man now enjoys the chore as a source of simple pleasure and household harmony.
President Roosevelt deftly steered the meat bill through Congress despite a tense clash with Chairman Wadsworth. Sharp messages highlighted overlooked provisions and inspectors at the packing houses. The bill passed the House with one vote against, vindicating the president and ending the standoff.
Walter Meltlinger, a former Oak Parker, reports meeting Harvey S. Amerson known as Dick in Elk Rapids Michigan. Amerson has become a leading merchant and holds local offices as alderman chief of the fire department and special police officer. He married Louise Dougherty in January and may rise further in prominence. Oak Parkers and Austinites are noted to fish there with several locals named as visitors.
Mansel Brod erick Greene offers high class piano tuning and repair at reasonable rates with cheerful estimates. Serves Oak Park and Austin from No. 554 Fifty third Avenue at Chicago Avenue, Austin Station. Phone Austin 5131. Specializes in making over old pianos at very low figures.
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