Suburban Notes From Austin Society Circles
Miss Sabina Hereforth of Madison Wis hosts and visits Austin friends. Local moves and arrivals include Mr C M Stome at 435 North Central avenue and Dr S B Dickinson returning from Sioux Falls. A Juniors dance at Library Hall and several church and club events fill the week with social and civic activities.
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Sabina Hereforth
Madison, Wis
Mabel Angela Clapp
Warren O. Kyle
Boston
E. B. Moore
South Park Avenue
C. M. Stome
Superior Street
North Central Avenue
J. Crafts
Roy Marlin
Marion F. Thompson
South Franklin Avenue
Janesville
Wis
Austin High School
Library Hall
L. Lowey
Austin
Germany
S. B. Dickinson
Sioux Falls
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Oak Park Social Roundup Highlights Local News
Oak Park events include engagements and visits from Chicago residents. Fanny Wade and Julius Altschules announce their engagement. M E Irwin moves to new flats. John Seibert and Edwin Owen suffer health and travel notes. Local socials, duck hunts, and a library fundraiser raise funds for Scoville Institute. Municipal notices prepare alleyway ash removal with fees.
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Cinch Club
J. C. Leonard
South Grove Avenue
Starkweather
Raymond
Belvidere
Himerson Ingalls
Ontario Street
M. Hadfield
North Humphrey Avenue
Kidd
The
Plaza
Wil
Will Lecture by Dr McKenzie in Austin Hall
Dr W D McKenzie of Oak Park will give a stereoptician lecture titled An Evening With Ian MacLaren at 207 North Park avenue in Royal League Hall Austin on Thursday April 18 at 8 pm. Proceeds benefit Austin Christian Church. Tickets 25 cents. Readable fragments describe a world traveler and noted writer with broad war era ties.
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Royal League Hall
Austin
Austin Christian. Church
McKenzie
Ian MacLaren
North Park Avenue
South Africa
Qentral Music Hall
Vindicator Office
Nineteenth Century Club Holds April Meeting With Lecture
The Nineteenth Century Club gathered at the Institute on Monday April 8 with a violin solo by Miss Hizman. Mrs Carlos Ward led the Situation Department as Mrs Anronetta B Waterman spoke on Evolution in Literature tracing shifts from early writers to modern aims.
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Institute
Hizman
Carlos Ward
Anronetta
Waterman
Whittier
Tolstoi
Mrs. Stowe
Mrs. Browning
Drummond
Ian MacLaren
Castoria
Elaira Adams
Ruskin
Hemingway
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Gates
Hannah More
Austin High School Minstrels at Library Hall
Austin High School presents a minstrel show directed by Mr. Harry Purse at Library Hall. The program opens with The Wreck of the Hesperus sung by 75 voices, with Mr. Bruce and Miss Hattie Harvey, then the High School Orchestra performs, followed by a duet by Bennett and Stone, and ends with the Austin High School Minstrels and a closing chorus My Country, Tis of Thee.
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Iséttre
Austin High Schoo
Library Hall
Harry Purse
Bruse
Hattie Harvey
Rolland Bennett
Harry Hooker
Bennett
Stone
Austin High School Minstrels
Purse
Harry Ray
Geo. Hunter
Brackett Deniston
Elton Blair
Shirley Snow
Vaughn Houghton
Fred Murray
Richard Sullivan
Robert Smith
Harry Walker
Charles Chapman
Rudolph Prinz
Cicero Town Board Sees New Era with Sworn In Members
The Cicero town board closes its old term as Trustee B B Dutton removes a desk monogram and J J Jones recaps a strong sanitary record and civic cooperation. John Lewis named town attorney. Allen chairs the new board and urges public participation in meetings.
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B. B. Dutton
J. J. Jones
Cicero
Jones
Oak Park Association
J. E. Fristram
John Lewis
Lackley & Petergon
F. A. Hill
William H. Wright
Chicago
North Boulevard
Euclid Avenue
Chicago and Northwestern
Eriecourt
Forest Avenue
Seventy-second Avenue
Ne Hawthorne
Avenue State Bank
Robert
O. BD
Allen
H. N. Norton
Redmond
J. W. Langston
Tristram
John W. Hensel
F. W. Raymond
F. A.brett
Lawrence Crook
Dr Louis Falk to Perform Recitals at Pan American Exposition
Dr Louis Falk will give four organ recitals at the Pan American Exposition with one date set for July 4 at the request of Director General Buchanan. A noted organist and former director of the organ department at the Chicago Musical College for over thirty years, Falk mentored many prominent pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Louis. Falk
Louis Falk
America
Buchanan
Falk
Chicago Musical College
Oaks Club stag supper praised as top Austin event
The Oaks Club held its second stag and supper for about 150 members at $2 a plate last Saturday in Austin. An informal gathering featured a high quality vaudeville show that drew much praise from attendees.
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Oaks Club
Austin
Argentina counts 14 million sheep hit by disease
Foot and mouth disease devastates livestock in Argentina reducing wool supply by an estimated 70 million pounds. The government cuts wool export duties by one third to aid sheep owners amid the disaster.
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Argentina
Woman's Club of Austin Hosts Evening of Music and Plans Meeting
The Woman's Club of Austin reports a full house at Library Hall with the Philharmonic Orchestra at its best and Mrs. Dodge praised for the Star Spangled Banner. The club invites prominent residents to an open meeting Friday and holds its annual meeting Monday April 15 to elect officers and present year-end reports. Lunch will be served. Members must qualify to vote.
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Library Hall
Philharmonic Orchestra
Bke
River Forest Socials Highlight Ladies Night and Club Elections
Miss May Monahan of Longmont Colorado visits Mrs T D Thompson in River Forest as a social is held at 117 Gale avenue. The River Forest Woman's Club meets at Gale avenue, Marie Hofner speaks on Value of Rhythm, and a musical recitation program closes with a farce titled Over Six Cups of Chocolate by the Maranna Club of Oak Park. The Presbyterian Church ladies host an annual dinner serving eighty plates, electing F H Chase and Professor Maxwell as elders, with Ralph Scarritt George Morell and S E H Baker named trustees. Charles E Marble becomes Sunday School superintendent as society reports show a strong financial year with a 700 dollar mortage fund in the Ladies Aid.
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River Forest
F. H. Chase
Professor Maxwell
Ralph Scarritt
George Morell
E H. Baker
Charles E. Marble
Harlem notices and local incidents from the week
The Inde pendent Citizens ticket plans a Harlem meeting at Garden's Hall on April 15. A basement project on Bigin Street aims to level with neighbors. Girls' Club meets April 16 at Alta White's home. Card Club met at E Hoffman’s with prizewinners F Hoffman H Mohr B Hoffman. Common Sense ticket held a mass at Garden's Hall with patriotic speeches. A small fire at 69 North Meringo Street caused minor damage, blamed on a defective flue and insured. Otto Gorke’s home was broken into Monday evening with wedding presents two diamond rings a new suit and seventy dollars stolen. No suspects yet.
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Independent Citizens’” Ticket
Harlem
Gaden’s Hall
J. J. Dellers
Bigin Street
Alta White
Marengo Street
E. Hoffman
Elgin Street
Otto Gorke
Unidentified man found along North Western tracks
A presumed young man about twenty, five feet six, 160 pounds, with new clothing and no valuables, was found dead on the North Western tracks between Oak Avenue and the Des Plaines river. He appeared refined, with multiple broken limbs suggesting a fall from a train, and was taken to Borman's undertaking establishment after Maywood police were notified.
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Oak Avenue
Desplaines River
Robert Man
Lathrop Avenue
Harlem
Norton Bros
Maywood
Borman
International Correspondence Schools Open Austin Office
Messrs Thompson and Sherman, local reps for the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, have opened an office at 6602 South Boulevard in Austin. They report many active scholarships and will provide full information to inquirers. The school has a world wide reputation and its pupils now hold top positions nationwide. They help men and women move from humble positions to better vocations and are welcome in Austin.
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Messrs. Thompson and
Sherman
International Correspondence Schools
Scranton
South Boulevard
Austin
Blue as a universal spring color choice
The selection of blue for a general spring color harmonizes with nature and nearly every complexion and style of beauty. It can be worn by all with slight discrimination as to shade.
Boy With Broken Limb After Wagon Incident
Master Stephen Burton, aged, son of electrician F. M. Burton of 23 South Elgin Street, will nurse a broken limb for ten weeks after hanging onto a wagon driven by C D White of the flour and feed Store on Marengo Street. The boy and two companions played on the road and grabbed the wagon gate as it passed, his foot caught in the wheel, and he was pulled from the gate. Storekeepers carried him home after the accident.
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Stephen Burton
Young Burton
F. M. Burton
South Elgin Street
C. D. White
Marengo Street
Burton
Severe University Inspector Parim Dies after Moscow Riot
P. T. Parim, assistant inspector at the University of Moscow, died in Marinski Hospital from wounds from the riots. Descended from an old noble family, he was unpopular for severity toward students. He died destitute, leaving a widow and four children.
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P. T. Parim
Univesity of
Moscow
Marinski
Devonshire Emerald: World’s Largest Gem Owned by Duke
The Devonshire emerald, two inches in diameter and famed for its finest color, is owned by the Duke of Devonshire. Reportedly purchased by the present duke’s father from Dom Pedro, it stands as the rarest gem in recent years with fabulous value.
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Duke of Devonshire
Dom Pedro
The Compound Engine Comes Into Rapid Use
The compound engine is rapidly entering general use. It promises greater efficiency and power for industrial propulsion and machinery, signaling a shift in mechanical practice and potential productivity gains across factories.
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Corpound
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Marion Street
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B. Breird
Rosalie M. Ladora
Chicago . Medical Society
F. W. Green
Waller Avenue
George M. McCaull
South Waller Avenue
Hazel Barker
Charles H. Burras
South Pine Avenue
Wisconsin
S. H. Woodbury
Washington Boulevard
Thomas Newton
Overton
England
Thomas Duncan
J. J. Miller
Folio Club
Ed Andrews
South Central Avenue
North Pine Avenue
W. B. McCall
P. Limbold
Sophia Street
the Presbyterian Church
William Crawford
Indiana
Walter Beeson
Bert Wheeler
Freemont
Neb
Charles R. Wooden
Centerville
Laura Crawford
Burlington
C. G. Lemmon
Erle Street
Maria White
Ohio
Frank Canfield
South Dakota
Baltimore
Howard Kelly
Johns Hopkins Univeristy Hospital
William Eimfeldt
Hinfeldt
W. W. White
Wisconsin Avenue
Crosta
Cal
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Washington, D. C
Helen
Mt. Vernon Seminary
Orpheus Club
Scoville Institute
Louis G. Volkmar
Mohawk Street
West Lake Street
Volkmar
Tontine Loan and Security Company
Sophie Katherine Clifford
Margareta Amanda Haertel
Ridgeland
Frank Perley
Harlem Avenue
Randolph Streets
F. Ferring
Robert Barton
William B. Barton
First Congregational Church
D. W. Conners
Nineteenth Century Club
Cicero Town Board
Midway Park
J.K. O’neil
Woman's Club OF
Edwin T. Farrar
W. Lake St
Bugg
WDERS
May Monahan
Long Mont, Colo
T. D. Thompson
Gale Avenue
C. C. Collins
Keystone Avenue
River Forest Woman’s Club
Marie R. Hofner
International Correspodence Schools
OAK Park Shoe Store
Laxe St
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