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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1895
Page
7
A mix of notes, ads and notices from Oak Park area including Easter sale of gentlemen’s shirts at $3.00 to $1.50, painting services by Magnes with 17 years’ experience, Jno D Saydam druggist ad, hairdresser plans, loan offers, real estate listings, and observatory time by J E Rastalla. Also items on school district meeting, Vindicator collecting job, and local bicycle ads for Columbia and Czarin brands with shop details.
An advertisement seeks a smart ambitious young lady resident of Oak Park Austin or Ridgeland to do collecting and other outside work for the inspiration. Apply at Save 33 labels from Albert Burgess bread and receive a fine carving white. The Washington Ice Co. of Cicero and Proviso announces ice supply for drinking use with fall weight prompt delivery and orders to be left at State Junk or branch office Starlem avenue.
Smith Niles died at his Park Place home on Wednesday at 3:35 pm after a brief pneumonia illness. A resident of Oak Park for many years, he was 72 years and 5 months old. The funeral will be Friday at 10 o'clock from his house with Rev. Dr James Tompkins officiating. Interment follows at Forest Home.
Oak Park Berwyn and Hawthorne join in county court to seek a vote on dividing Cicero into smaller municipalities. Oak Park would include Ridgeland. Berwyn covers Clyde and La Vergne. Hawthorne contains Morton Park and Grant locomotive works. Proposals place Berwyn and Hawthorne south of Twelfth Street and Oak Park north of Twelfth Street. The Austin area lies east of Austin avenue. Election set for April 20 amid claims of strong support for partition by divisionists.
Florence Cremin died at age fifteen days at 427 South Park Ave Austin after a brief illness dating from December. The funeral was held Tuesday with high mass at the Catholic church and a city choir aiding. Rev. L A Campbell led the services with ten priests attending. Florence, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Cremin, was a High School pupil and active Catholic worker.
A bustling Austin and Cicero page rushes through local notices. The text lists shops, cleaners, dressmakers, florists, and hardware stores with prices, schedules, and addresses across Ohio street, Sully, Cornelia, and Park avenues, plus social events, church services, and a Washington Ice Co. setup. It also notes a Baptists sermon, WCTU meeting, and Crusade-like charity hints amid misc personals.
Towns and churches announce a school vacation week in Proviso Township. Misa Waddington visits Mrs Good itch while the Peak Sisters perform in Austin. The Episcopal Mary’s Guild bazaar is set for April 16 and Easter events unfold with lectures, dances, and club festivities across Maywood.
Mrs Helen Nichols, 64, longtime Maywood resident born in Tinmouth Vermont, died at home after a ten day pneumonia illness. Funeral at Episcopal Church conducted by Rev C C Tate with Rev J H Edwards. burial at Forest Home. Widowed wife of Wm T Nichols, she was Maywood’s oldest resident and member of the church.
Melrose Park news notes a busy spring with patrons at the Village Hotel public school week off, Mrs Katharine Madery returning to Melrose Park, and a pharmacy moving into the hall area by May 1. The football team joins the Chicago league, Rev Jackson oversees quarterly conference, and a patronage building committee is formed.
The Riviera Forest church moves Sunday service from 10 45 to 10 30 am. The Presbyterian annual meeting was held midweek with officers elected and reports given. B D Larson Co features a new line of summer underwear at 60 cents a suit. Harry Pinney leaves for Phoenix Arizona with friends bidding him farewell. Save 35 XXXX blues labels from Albert Geo Nordenholt.
The River Forest Presbyterian church hosted the Chicago Presbytery for its spring gathering on Monday April 1 with about 175 clergy and lay delegates at dinner and 200 at tables. The retiring moderator Rev Charles A Lippincott preached the annual sermon and Prof A E Zenos was elected new moderator. Delegates to the General Assembly in Pittsburgh in late May were chosen, led by Rev Reynolds and a slate of clerical and lay principals and alternates. The Reynolds election was by an overwhelming local majority.
Local column items report new babies for Hed Podke and Wm A Krause, a Chicago visit, a husband given a gun by his wife, sales at B J Larson Co, a carriage pony for sale, and multiple personal moves. Other items note a Rheumatism case, market closure, watch repairs, a move to South Maywood, a Headaches medicine, and an open air concert weather permitting.
An essay on the upheaval a new baby causes in a family, from the loss of the old baby’s attention to the reactions of parents and visitors. It contrasts dull growth with the dramatic arrival of the infant, then notes societal fascination with newborns and guardianship themes. It ends with a humorous tease about Susann Nippers confronting nursery changes.
The VINDICATOR features Willines Halley’s Flash Times of California column. It surveys notable events, trends, and quick takes on the state’s happenings with a brisk, period voice.
A Canajoharie resident says Dr King s New Discovery always gives the best results and he would not be without it. A Catskill druggist says it is the best cough remedy and has been trusted for eight years. Trial bottles free with large bottles priced at 50 cents and 1.0. Available at local druggists Lovett in Oak Park and Trail in Austin.
The Chicago Times discusses a claim that eminent women writers are plain, noting figures like Mme de Stael and Austen. It weighs whether scarcity of beauty reflects fate, male dominance, or new female roles, and suggests poets should be beautiful as men are.
Frances Seal, a St Louis businesswoman, rose from telegraph operator to private secretary and political adviser, earning a high income for a woman. Her career spans stenography, press offices, and roles for leading politicians, with stories of sharp salary negotiations and resilience.
A New York note reports a friend claiming paraffin oil on a rag cleans windows and prevents freezing in cold weather. The witness observed bright, spotless panes and noted the method as consistently effective for two weeks after frost.
A ledger fragment lists Loans and Discounts 0.4, Overdrafts secured and unsecured, Cash on hand, Hue from other Banks, Current Expenses including checks, Capital Stock Paid in Surplus Fund, Undivided Profits, Savings Deposits, Individual Deposits subject to check, Demand Certificates of Deposit, and Certified Checks. Castle, cashier of Austin State Bank, swears the statement true. Henry Phlinger, Notary Public, attests date.
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