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Newspaper

Oak Park Vindicator

Location

Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1898

Page

11

Moving and shopping ads fill town page notes

The column lists offerings from C I Drechsler 110 Lake Street for moving and furniture services with long experience and guarantees. Weed's and J R Johns advertise clothing and footwear at Lake and Marion streets. Bohlander Bros Maywood promote shade trees. Miller's Drug Store and J Robins advertise goods and prescriptions. R Nolan suffers a serious accident while constructing a building, losing two fingers.

C. I. Drechsler’s Lake St Weed Jd. OR. Johns C. F. Drechsler Lake Street Marion Street C. I. Drechsler Miller’s Ady J. R. Johms Ssi Allegretti Chocolates Adyv Bohlander Bros Maywood C.F. Drechsler's Miller's Drug Store

Ridgeland Notices and Local Happenings Mixed

Frank Pitkin returns from Europe. Easter bunny fashion spotted among three sisters. Vindicator for sale at Ridgeland Pharmacy. Magazine club meets April 23 with Miss Marie Hall. William Lesch relocates to Sprain flats on Lake street. Mrs. Gates improving in health. Ladies of the church host all day sewing today with lunch at 12:30. Easter children's collection nears $415. Mr. Bullen visits from North Humphrey Avenue. Oak Park high glee clubs perform Christoforus at church Sunday evening. Mr. Thayer from Chicago recently in Ridgeland makes a pleasant surprise call. Dr. Melaughlin takes Mrs. Van Lennep to County Hospital for operation. The Gloria from the Twelfth Mass praised by enured youths last Sunday. Mrs. Jevers visiting her parents on Taylor Avenue. Miss Daisy Butler at home over Sunday. Mrs. Ned Cross injured by falling slate mirror on Lombard Avenue. Ridgeland baseball club seeks games with Cicero team ages about 18. Harry McCullagh home from Madison University over Easter. Miss Louchelle Hinsdale of Ilgin visiting for Waterman Hall girls reunion at the Lexington. Mrs. John Lyon hosts luncheon and cards for about forty friends. prizes and a pink green decor.

Ridgeland Magazine Club Marie Hall William Lesch Williams & Lesch Sprain Flats Lake Street R. J. Gates Laneheon Bullen North Humphrey Avenue Oak Park High School Christoforus Thayer Chicago Melaughlin van Lennep Madison University Louchelle Hinsdale Ilgin D. A. Brink Parlor Avenue Waterman Hall Lexington John Lyon Harvey Avene Lwncheon Frank Borwell Bardeau George Butters Edgar Carne Charlie Carr Tatue

River Forest Social and Church Notes

Born Friday April Sth to Mr and Mrs W P Crenshaw a son and heir. The Christian Endeavor gave a special at Mr Trew's home. Miss Griffin, from Indiana, spent Easter with her parents. Mr B Stone, laid up with a cold, is back to work. Miss Lola Holmer plans an extended trip east returning in three months. Miss Ella Morton returns to Racine Wisconsin with her grandparents. The Presbyterian church held a very select program for Easter Sunday.

W. P. Crenshaw Trew Miss. Griffin Indiana B. Stone Lola Holmer Ella Morton Racine Wis

Maritime superstitions and naval naming traditions across nations

The passage surveys diverse topics from Irish woodcock legends to Italian church graveyards and museum collections in Aix-la-Chapelle. It details U.S. naval vessel naming norms, Korean society traits, climate, and geographia, ending with a string of philosophical questions about vacation hair and love.

New Discovery Promises Cures for Coughs and Colds

Household belief shifts to modern remedy Dr Wing's New Discovery praised for consumption throat and chest afflictions. Advertised as safe and effective with money back guarantee and free trial bottles at Lovetts Traill's Drugstore in Austin. Regular price one dollar.

Dr. Wing Lovetts &Traill Austin

Perverse Rail Timetables Delay Hungry Traveler

A man travels from his city to New Jersey and back toward New York, chasing a meal between trains. He misses Poughkeepsie lunch, finds no food on the NY train, and ends up grabbing hot frankfurters from a street vendor in Troy after a long, cold wait.

New Jersey Troy Press New York Metropolis Albany Poughkeepsie Troy Capital First Congress Streets

Indian Look for Lost Object Demonstrates Clever Trick

A Philadelphia Public Ledger note describes a household mystery solved by a child who suggests "look Indian" to spot a tiny missing stickpin. The youngster explains the idea: place the head to the floor to catch sight of small objects, a method he says works on plains and in nurseries alike.

Philadelphia Public Ledger

Adelina Patti Reads as 55 and Plans Toward Retirement

Adelina Patti at age 55 faces retirement but still holds singing contracts through year end. Sir Robert Peel’s personal effects auction at Drayton Manor to settle debts fetched just over 500 in total. Frascuelo the famed torero died in Madrid attracting wide public attention and official inquiries into his illness.

Adelina Patti Sir Robert Peel Drayton Manor Frascuelo Toreador Madrid

Notable Authors and Works Stir Literary World Rumors

J M Barrie recovers at the sea coast as he works on Sentimental Tommy sequel. H G Wells reportedly rewrites a two year project into a fresh serialized book. W D Howells returns to New York to finish a novel about a New England girl who rises to Europe. Hugues Rebella plans a bilingual life of Maupassant with both French and English editions. Tolstoi's On Art, translated by A Maude, may appear in Russian. The Paris library sale in Bordeaux fetches 3000 francs, with Nodier's Les Portes de Fer selling for 31 francs.

J. M. Barrie Tommy H. G. Wells W.D. Howells New York New England Europe Guy de Maupassant Hugues Rebella Maupassant Mauspassant Robert Uf. Sherard Tolstoi London A. Maude Bordeaux Charles Nodier

Notable Literary Figures in Brief Obits and Notices

The article notes the death of poet and engraver William James Linton, husband of novelist Mrs. Lynn Linton. It recalls Alphonse Daudet as a music lover, and Louis Zangwill’s new novel with his pen name Z Z. It mentions Peter Leontius Alishan receiving a Doctorate from the University of Jena, and Justin McCarthy nearing two new works, including England's Nineteenth Century and European-American reminiscences.

William James Linton Es- Bavist Lynn Linton Alphonse Daudet Gluck Beehoven Wagner Chopin Louis Zangwill Cleo Z. Z Alexander von Humboldt Justin McCarthy England McCarthy

Maywood Market Sealer Rewards Honored

The Vindicator notes special obligations to Lysle J. Adams for Maywood items published for two months. It regrets items failed to reach this week’s issue due to unknown reasons.

Lysle J. Adams

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