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Newspaper

Oak Park Vindicator

Location

Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 03, 1896

Page

6

Cicero Town Board Limits Cigarette Sales In March Meeting

Cicero trustees meet March 28 1896 in Town Hall Austin. Prohibition of cigarette selling urged and tied to street and sewer petitions. Fire house site purchase debated with Ridgeland corner lot chosen. South Euclid avenue asphalt plan approved and contracts prepared.

Ridgeland Engine House Euclid Avenue Town of Cicero Austin Frank Hammond Erie Street Franklin Prairie Avenue Home Avenue Harrison Twelfth Street Wenonah Avenue 12Th Street John N. Young Humphrey Avenue Ontario Street Committee of Whole P. Nelson V Fifty-third Street Kinzie Street Chicago Avenue Gunthorp Fifty-third Street W. O. Preston South Boulevard Austin Avenue Madison Street East Avenue Attridge Peter Nauert Frank Urbanski John Psyk Hawthorne Cicero Master Plumbers’ Association Lake Street Conrad Run Merrick Oak Park Avenue Harlem Avenue Lombard Avenue Dare Ridgeland Fire Company No. 2 C. Vanderwolf H. W. Austin Ogden Street Railway Company Morton Park Ogden Street Railway Co Stanley Avenue Ridgeland Avenue 26Th Street South Euclid Avenue Committee On Highways Cheney Andrew Taiks Andrew Jarecks Oak Park Clyde and Berwyn Committee On Fire and Water Mandell Wisconsin Central Ry Robinson Avenue 48Th Street Augusta Street Prairie Central Avenue Randolph Street McCallum Street Willow Avenue Pine Central Avenues Harvey Avenue Jackson Street Trusteso Thomas Street Marion Street Forest Avenue Ridgeland Fire Association Fire Engine Company No. 2 Iowa Street Hast Fair Oaks Thomas Carroll Brown Grant Works Kenilworth Avenue Garfield Avenue Thirty-first Street Woodbine Avenue Grove Avenue Cicero Avenue Frankland la Vergne Collins & Burgie

City board payroll and expenses list with adjournment note

A tabulated payroll and expense record shows payments to multiple individuals and firms including H P Pierce 500, J Kelly 165 and 60 for basins, Oak Park Clyde and Austin stations, labor rolls across several areas, firemen 628, and various services. The entry ends with the board adjourning to Saturday April 4.

H. P. Pierce W. P. Dunn & Co John Kelly J. D. Corneal Austin Station Oak Park Station Clyde Station Austin Clyde Berwyn Oo Oak Park Ridgeland Hawthorne Morton Park H. R. Pebbles C. D. Vallette Roberts & Co J. A. Martin Theo, Ludemann Wm. Amerson H. D. Headley Lester Andrews

The Palmerston Ideal of Diplomacy

England stands isolated as Palmerston’s diplomacy faces critique from Reformers and peers. The author argues current policy arouses anti British sentiment abroad yet praises English rule over France or Germany over other nations. Madagascar is cited as example of potential betterment under English influence. The Century article by Edward M. Chapman is cited.

Palmerston England Ashburtons Granvilles Clarendons Queen Prince Consort Cobden Bright America Patterston France Germany Madagascar Lord Palmerston Edward M. Chapman

Tallest Man in Congress Cy Sulloway Story

The Globe Democrat profiles Cy Sulloway, a 6 foot 6 inch man said to be the tallest in Congress, recounting how his teenage sympathy for Salvation Army youths led him to courtroom aid and eventual marriage to a Salvation Army captain encountered during a Massachusetts trip.

Cy Sulloway Congress Globe- Democrat Manchester Salvation Army God St. Paul Israel Massachusetts

Marriage Proposal Surprise in Harper's Bazar

Mr Hugging and Miss Dimple discuss marriage in a formal tone. The young woman declares the suitor must be handsome, talented, amiable and faultless. He asks for time to think, replying that the request is sudden and honorably conveyed.

Mr. Hugging Miss Dimple Mr. Huggins Harper’s Bazar

Ravages of Time and Clara-Sadie in Los Angeles World

A brief note from Los Angeles World discusses Clara-Sadie being fit for a month and Maude asking if she shows it. The exchange notes Clara's hair color as an implicit sign of health.

Clara Sadie Maude Los Angles Cal

Scanlan ailing as wife visits him in asylum daily

The aging actor Scanlan lies near death at Bloomingdale asylum White Plains with his mind failing and memory gone. His wife Maggie Jordan visits twice weekly and the theater world remembers his past fame as a songwriter and star of Irish minstrel shows.

Hin Famoan Billy Scanlan Bloomingdale Asylum White Plains Fourteenth Street Theater Scanlan Fortunatus Chauncey Olcott New York America Sharkey Jamaica Magele Jordan May Fiske Springfield Mass New England William Cronin Cronin Minnie Palmer John Rogers Lillian Russell Pastor Broadway Killarney May Jordan William J. Scanlan Bartley Campbell Bloomingdale Augustus Pitou Canada Great Britain Shane Na Lawn Nellie Molly Dot Cortland Cott Secanlan East Twenty-second Street Olcott Clare Seamlan Mavourneen Maggie Jordan William S. Sharkey Robert Dunn Hudson Street Dunn

Long distance telephone brings family joy and pets to call

Tales from the Tacoma Ledger describe long distance use in Merrill Wisconsin and Indianapolis. A Chicago man chats with his family from a soundproof booth and even connects his lame setter Gyp to the line. A Christmas tree phone line delights a mother recovering in hospital and her children at home as a voice from mamma fills the room.

Tacoma Ledger Merrill Wis Chicago Gyp Inllamapolis

Wife Kills Husband in Bed in Albany Indiana

Joseph Linthacum a longtime porter at the Maxedon and Central hotels in Albany Indiana was fatally stabbed in the neck while asleep by his wife Sallie after a fourteen year marriage. Sallie Linthicum confessed to the crime and was jailed. her brother Arthur Withers is held as an accessory. Jealousy is given as the motive.

Joseph Linthacum Maxedon Central Albany Ind Sallie Sallie Linthacum

Bold theft in New York art shop shocks onlookers

A plainly dressed 65 year old woman entered a New York store's art department and cut a valuable small painting from its frame with a knife. She concealed the work under her shawl and left, while nearby witnesses failed to realize what occurred.

New York

Tragic Fire Claims Life of Mrs Oden Near Geneva Ala

Mrs Oden, a farmer's wife near Geneva Alabama, died after her skirt caught fire while burning trash. While in agony she witnessed three large hogs devour her two month old child left nearby.

Oden Geneva Ala

Honor Well Placed for Pine Ridge Aid

Miss Emma C. Sickles, noted for her role during the 1890 Pine Ridge uprising, has been awarded a gold medal by a Paris society with the motto To Save or to Perish. As a former Pine Ridge Indian schoolteacher, she aided the war department with risk, entering hostile camps and informing Gen. Miles to avert a broader slaughter.

Emma C. Sickles Pine Ridge Agency Paris France Sickles War Department Proctor

Bell Telephone Stock Rises on Stock Issue Plans

The Electric Review notes Bell Telephone in Boston market rising from 201 to 204 amid news of a 5000 share issue to fund long distance expansion. The stock has climbed from about 165 over the past year as capitalization grows from 20 million to 50 million, signaling vast growth potential for telephone service.

Electric Review Boston Bell Telephone

Revival of motherhood as a noble ideal voiced

A Reverend Leon Senfield advocates a revival of motherhood as the highest and most noble claim and glory of woman, arguing that no other rights can rival the lustre afforded by motherhood.

Rvtv Leon Senfield

Household Hints on Cleaning, Cooking and Preservation

Practical tips cover eye care with salt, carpet care using coarse brooms, meat weight losses when boiled or roasted, lavender water recipe, jewelry cleaning with ammonia, banana flour yeast prospects, preserving eggs in pickles, beet slices in jars, spiced vinegar, and old potato soaking to improve quality.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Cicero Town Board M. A. Kerr A. Z. Churchill R. C. Newel B. H. Ellsworth C. Kampp H. C. Meyer W. H. Brender S. J. Crafts G. Wallenberg A. M. Bird Kayzer Miora Nic Willems Gustave Steubner Krankland Isayzer Miora Nie Willems Hiawthorre Quincy Street Harrison Street Polk Street Chas, F Schied Tsaac Herr Nelson Hallgren Supreme Court E. H. Smith T. Martin Wim, Amerson Charles Golf Labor J. Wilts Emil Peterson Andrew Oberg Jno. Cline Gutta Percha Co Dritzgen Co P. McDonald Belle Skutlin T. Landeman B.C. Brandstadt F. W. Yale C. J. Lindgren W. S. Cooney H. B. Martin T. H. Gale Jno. Clark S. H. Baker A. Reed Apa Cicero Light, Heat & Power Co Walther & Go Rank Avey Oscar Clemenson H. J. Mohr Frank Avey Geo. Thompson Arthur Piper Poile Walter Roath Day New Albany Ted
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