Town Notes from Oak Park and Surroundings
A roundup of residents returning from trips and trips planned for Easter week. Notables include Dr J W Tope Mrs J G McMurphy Miss Maud Fitch and J L Ward as they relocate homes. Social events center on Moody meetings cornerstone ceremonies and upcoming Easter sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Ray
South Oak Park Avenue
New York
J. W. Tope
J. G. McMurphy
Washington, D. C
Maud Fitch
Home Avenue
Rubinstein Club
Ann Arbor
Walter Herrick
Dr. Thain
M. Fetter
Belvidere
Fetter & Fetter
Will Starritt
Ward
Oak Park
J. L. Ward
Lake Street
Rolin Furbeck
Scoville Avenue
W. D. Sleep
Nelson Morris & Co
St. Louis
J. E. Hamilton
Pleasant Street
PD. L. Moody
Moody
John Farson
Baptist Social Union
Palmer House
Land of the Montezumas and Mexican Coffee
Special to the Vindicator reports a Austin observer detailing a trip across Mexico to Orizaba Jalapa and Coatepec. He notes high mountain scenery coffee production labor costs at 44 cents daily Mexican money and acre values around 400 pesos for cleared land and 1500 per acre for productive fields. He promotes Yankee enterprise while addressing yellow fever fears and praising the natural beauty and potential of Isthmus Country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic of Mexico
Orizaba
Nnches
Jalapa
Coatepec
New York
Holland
Withal
Vera Cruz
Coatzacoalcos
Annexationists Rally in Library Hall Over Taxed Austin
In Austin a mass meeting drew a sizable crowd as J. J. McCarthy, billed as the Silver Tongued Orator, spoke for the annexation party. He argued joining Austin to Chicago based on tax differences between swampy Moreland and improved Austin property and promised proof of alleged crooked deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Aux Plains
Annexation Party
J. J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Chicago
Moreland
Sketches of the Nominees in Cicero Politics
Campaign notes praise men of business capacity and integrity on both Republican and Democratic tickets. It says nomination on the Republican ticket equates to election, while Democrats wage a strong uphill fight for a slim majority amid high regard for all candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Midway Collegians Edge Austin High in Practice Bout
Midway collegians defeated Austin high school by a practice game at Marshall Field signaling strong pennant potential. Emerson hit a season homer clearing the field and to the south gate while Austin's eight errors compared with Chicago's five. Thorne and Emerson pitched for Austin with Jenkins catching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midway Collegians
Austin
Marshall Field
Emerson
Chicago
Thorne
Jenkins
Campaign Work Discussed by Young Men's Republican Club
The first campaign event aired last Saturday at Avenue Hall with brief remarks from candidates. The spring committee includes Geo H Park Jos Carolan Henry A Taylor S A Rothermel S Vastine and Charles Morris. Vastine was named chairman Taylor secretary and Alt Morris treasurer. An active campaign continues until election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s
Republican Club
Avenue Hall
Geo. H. Park
Jos, Carolan
Henry A. Taylor
S. A. Rothermel
S. Vastine
Charles Morris
Vastine
Mr. Taylor
Alt. Morris
Algie and Mabel Tease Spring Love Theme
In a playful spring moment Mabel and Algie trade quips about young love and its temptations. The lighthearted sketch centers on a flirtatious exchange from the Pick-Me-Up page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algie
Mabel
Republican Nominees For Cicero Apr 19 Election
The article profiles Herbert A. Emerson of Austin as Republican presidential nominee with a long, active public career. It notes his residency, family, and business ties at Emerson Marlowe & Linn. It also mentions John Lewis as supervisor candidate and L. H. Howell as assessor hopeful, detailing background and prominence in local politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert A. Emerson
Austin
Semerson
Caledonia
Beloit
Wis
Valparaiso
Ind
Emerson
N. Central Avenue
Jamerson
Cicero
Oaks Club
Commission House
Mmerson, Marlowe & Linn
South Water Street
Austin Repiblican Club
John Lewis
Suffield
Conn
Chicago
Hfe
Yale College
M. F. Tuley
Moody Sermons Draw Crowds at Oak Park Church
Revivalist Dwight L. Moody preached four sermons at Oak Park Congregational Church drawing overflow crowds for Wednesday and Thursday sessions. Assisting clergy included Rev. W. H. Burns, Rev. John Clarke Hill, Rev. Charles S. Hoyt, F. G. Ensign, and William Newell with a 100-voice chorus. Moody urged rest found only through God’s terms, contrasting it with worldly pursuits. Burglars struck during services, stealing valuables from several attendees’ homes. arrests were made but released. Moody planned to Chicago today and then Pittsburg for six weeks of revival services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight L. Moody
Congregational Church
Oak Park
Moody
Chicago
Pittsburg
W. H. Burns
Methodist Episcopal Church
John Clarke Hill
Presbyterian Church
Austin
Charles S. Hoyt
The
F. G. Ensign
William Newell
Bible Institute
Mr. Moody
Washington
White House
McKinley
Garfield
Lincoln
Jesus
S. S. Niles
Maple Avenue
H. M. Northrup
Grove — Street
A. BE. Brown
North Grove Street
Mary Bryan
M. A. Butz
Mrs Tooley Teases About Husband In Scornful Talk
Mrs Tooley sympathetically mocks Mrs Riley and complains of a worthless shiftless drunken husband. Riley agrees the gossip weighs on her as she defends his good name amid feuding with other women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Town Board Deliberations on Rates and Infrastructure
The town board met last Saturday night approving a 6 percent rate on all warrants bonds and vouchers after May 1st and introducing a resolution to set 5 percent from now. They adopted bids for the Oak Park avenue outfall sewer and referred a gas light ordinance with boundaries to the Citizens Gas and Electric Light Co. for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park Avenue
Citizens’ Gas & Electric Light Co
Traill
Maj
Cheney
Citizens’ Gas & Electric Light Company
Town Board
Harrison Street
Lombard Avenue
Harvard Street
Home Avenue
Twelfth Street
East Avenue
Lexington
Harvard Streets
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News OF the Town
George Horton
Mary A. Houston
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Miss Kerr
C. H. Burras
John Pither
R. BE. Tyler
J. D. MacLean
Dorchester Mapes
R. B. Wilson
South Prairie Avenue
Charles Jewell
Iowa Street
EK. FF. Funke
Midway Park
I. Q. Bettis
Sycamore
Mes
Bettis
Martin Bentler
Josephine Leidig
Elgin
North Park Avenues
H. FE. Rockridge
N. Park Avenue
William Amerson
Central Avenue
Lewis Faulkner
F. H. Zander
Masonic Hall
J. G. MacMurphy
H. I. Frink
South Boulevard
Howard M. Pierce
Butte, Mont
First Presbyterian Church
That City
H. G. Teele
Walnut Avenue
Harry H. Rearden
Republican
Colle
Land OF the
Mexico
FT. A. Snow
States
George E. Plumbe
M. B. Crafts
CL. Jones
J. FE. Cremin
J. C. Freeman
J. Sheram
J. AL. Wurzburg
G. N. Miller
J. FL Cremin
Austin High
Young Men’s Republican Club of
Knight & Brown
Suburban Railway Company
Cicero & Harlem Railway
W. H. Palmer
Linden
Twenty-second Street
Forty Sixth
Forty-eighth Streets
Butler
Amos Shepard
Shepard
D. W. Graham Dee
I. KE. Ballard & Co Cease
C. Gantzer
Jacob R. Drent
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