Water pipe bids for Cicero Special Nos 616 617 634
Sealed proposals invite furnishing and laying cast iron water supply pipes in Cicero precincts 48th avenue west from Congress to Van Buren, Kenilworth avenue Chicago to August, and Erie street from Walker to Austin. Bids due April 11 1899 with 10 percent certified check. board reserves right to reject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Local Improvements
48Th Avenue
Congress Street
van Buren Street
50Th Avenue
County Court of
Cook County
H. A. Emerson
R. A. Carpenter
Austin, Ill
Kenilworth Avenue
Chicago Avenue
August Street
County Court
Erie Street
Waller Avenue
Austin Avenue
A. D
Improvement by grading curbing and paving Erie street
Special No 635 invites bids for improving Erie street from Waller avenue to Austin avenue by grading curbing and paving with asphalt. The notice is dated March 31 1899 and signed by the President and Secretary of the Board of Local Improvements in Austin NL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Local Improvements
Erie Street
Waller Avenue
Austin Avenue
County Court of
Cook County
H. A. Emerson
R. A. Carpenter
Austin, NL
AT VICTORIA'S COURT A window into royal habits
The article sketches the queen’s dislikes and possessions noting a favored piano a Georgiana of Amboyna wood and a total of 60 pianos across her palaces It reports that visiting royals pay their own expenses at Buckingham Palace and that large royal bounties have grown from a small gesture years ago including a story of three sovereigns sent to a new mother and the evolving meaning of the queens bounty
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Wales and Daughters
Princess of Wales
London
Buckingham Palace
Prince of Wales
Mr. Moulton
Vegetarian diet helps Mme Lehmann revive health and career
The article recounts soprano Mme Lilli Lehmann adopting a vegetarian diet after illness, crediting improved nerves and energy. She describes a daily routine of vegetables and rice with milk, fruit, and occasional fish, asserting increased stamina for Isolde and other roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isolde
Mme
Lilli Lehmann
The
New York Herald
Mme. Lehmann
Eugen d’Albert
Prof
Klindworth
America
Turquoise demand and mines from Persia to New Mexico
A New York wholesale dealer notes turquoise is highly sought by women. Finest gems come from Nishapur in Persia. Rush mine atop a 5000 foot peak yields deep colored stones. Mining involves tunnels and ladders. stones are sorted in Meshed and flaws reduce value. Prices range from 1 to 50 dollars, quality dictates value. Also a China Methodist school reports 50 girls rescued from a river where they were cast in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington Star
Los Cerillos
Grant County
New Mexico
Nishapur
Persia
Mesked
China
Religious Thought Snippets From Diverse Clergy Voices
A collection of brief quotations from ministers and religious leaders across denominations. Statements praise divine healing and God as Father, emphasize song in scripture, and urge reverence for past traditions and education of children. Include notes from Combs Behrends Carwardine Coddington Stone Farlow Mills Gibbons Harris and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Combs
Independent
Kansas City
Behrends
Congregationalist
Brooklyn
N. Y
W. H. Carwardine
Methodist
Chicago
Christ
I. P. Coddington
Universalist
Rochester
G. W. Stone
Unitarian
Alfred Farlow
Christian Scientist
B. Fay Mills
Boston
Baltimore
Rabbi M. H. Harris
New York City
Dr Kings New Life Pills Offer Health Boost
The ad touts Dr Kings New Life Pills claiming health, will, and energy from balanced digestion. Priced at 25 cents, available at Traill and Cooling's and Chas Miller's drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Traill & Cooling’s
Chas. P. Miller’s
Wise Words On Minds And Duty In Public Life
A historical clipping notes moral maxims from Burke Warner and others, then reports that last year 8,844 divorces were requested in 24 U.S. cities with 6,608 granted. It highlights tension between idealism and practical outcomes in society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke
Charles Dudley Warner
Vale of Tears
T. B. Aldrich
Leigh Hunt
Owen Meredith
United States
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Dlhaus
Psu
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Austin Av
Oak Park
Blair
Park Ave
Cicero
Gas Oak Park Avenue
IK Park
A. D. Minard
South Boulevard
Austin
Conrad Kampp
Co. Kampp & Son
North Park Avenue
North 48Th
Avenue
Rob
T. S. Ward
Lake Street
Bassfasturer
Victoria's Court
Mme Lilli Lehmann
Istin
Rose of
Madela Phillips
Tror- Ie Ee
Mary A. Sutton
Mary E. Alexander
Lulu Stoehr
Martha Stoehr
Pennsylvania
California
Uniontown
Pittsburg
Mahela, Phillips
Mary BE. Alexander
Lula Stoehr
Alexander
Phillips
Sutton
Cedes
Mrs. Stoehr
Stoehr
Martha
Uni
Maria Furnace
Yough River
Connellsville
George W. Phillips
Bunker Hill
Republic
Mrs. Sutton
W. B. Sut
E. Williams
Mrs. Leidig
Oak Park and
Maywood
Dunlop Bros
Bank
C. Ella Taylor
N. Park Ave
Leidig
B. Patrick
Telephone
Bismarck
G.vanderwolff
Austin Express
River Forest
Cwhe Park Av
Oitry Offilia Tackeon Street
Wasp
Oxford
la Salle
Carmichael
Cicero Telephone
Insley Bros
Waller Ave
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