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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1898
Page
9
Oak Park residents receive travel updates as many return from the South and Europe. The Oak Park High School Glee Club and various locals scheduled events include a Nakama card party, a Steinway Hall recital, and a May 6 class reception at EB. Co. Waller’s River Forest home hosts the juniors seniors event while Miss Hilton and Miss Goodrich perform aperients in Chicago.
The town board passed an amendatory ordinance for Cicero & Proviso Street Railway extending Lake Street work deadlines and allowing express trains with fares capped at 10 cents for long rides. A 25 ride ticket for $2 and 12 ride ticket for $1 were authorized, with a later 20 ride option tied to Union loop access and completion conditions.
The Austin Republican Club met at Lower Library hall to discuss uniting Cicero delegates for county and congressional conventions. A cross-area committee was formed to coordinate with the Young Men's Republican club of Dulk ark. City government was praised and light refreshments were served.
Quiet services were held at 435 North Kenilworth avenue this afternoon for Ruth Davis sister of Mrs. Joseph J. Dunlap. Rev Dr Burns conducted the service at the First M I church followed by interment at Forest Home. Death from apoplexy occurred during the evening service after a day of health.
The town board awarded the Oak Park avenue outfall sewer contract to Farley and Green with the lowest bid of 44 498 10. Four other bidders ranged up to 56 402 25. The project links Oak Park avenue with the intercepting sewer north of Twenty-ninth Street and ties into Central avenue sewer and Ogden ditch, featuring a two ring brick main and an egg shaped section from Twenty fourth Street to the northern limit.
The Beethoven Club announces a May music festival in Austin expected to reflect credit on the club and its members. The city shows strong local musical talent fostered by the group and calls for generous support from all residents to ensure a triumphant finish.
Lavinia Carr died at her daughter’s home on April 9. Funeral services were held Monday at Mr Graves home. Burial followed in Marengo Illinois, her former home.
Michael Healy longtime Austin resident dies on Good Friday morning after nine months of cancer of the throat. Born in Rosemount Ireland he came to America years ago. Survived by a devoted wife and friends he received the last sacraments before death. Funeral services held at St Catharine's church and burial to Calvary.
The Oak Park and Austin clubs hosted state champion CC W Phillips who played fifteen simul games. He lost to Sehenek Giles and Wilson, drew with Baldwin, won the rest, with time forcing unfinished games at midnight. Next meeting will be April 18 at Mr J C Skeen 304 Home avenue.
About 100000 pounds of eider down are gathered yearly in Iceland with 7000 pounds exported. Prices have fallen from over 21 shillings per pound to half that, leaving peasants with little cash. They barter the down for goods from Danish merchants at fjord settlements.
A letter from H L Draper complains of a misprint in the Vindicator notice about renting a flat on South Grove avenue. Draper states he has not rented the flat and notes his brother A N Draper recently married and moving to Niles flats at Wisconsin avenue and South boulevard.
The youngest boarder asks about an eastern magazine planning an international language. The Cheerful Idiot foresees much talk about the idea, implying debate and curiosity.
On Monday morning a gang of workmen started the first dirt for the Lake Street elevated extension. Construction will press forward with the aim of opening the new road by August, despite a September 15 ordinance deadline. The project promises notable progress for the community.
Oak Park Division of the Chicago Union plans a union meeting at Oak Park Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening April 19 with a varied program. An attractive prize will be given to the society with the largest attendance. The April executive committee will meet April 25 at Maywood Presbyterian Church.
Grace Episcopal church Oak Park held an election Monday evening naming Albert W. Cuiles as Senior Warden and Charles Seabury as Junior Warden. Vestry members include H D Pierce Arthur Gustorff Hiram Coombs G K Worthington H R Pebbles W L A Patterson S J Attridge and Thos S Rattles. Nearly 8500 dollars were raised on Faster Sunday for a new church building to be located on Lake Street opposite the Presbyterian church. Corner stone planned to be laid around June 1 with Rev C P Anderson credited for guiding the project.
Eight little girls from Ridgeland visited friends and neighbors unable to leave home on Easter. Under Misses Pitkin Marchant and Scott they sang carols in solos duets and quartets. Each home with elderly residents received pansies as a small gift.
Rev John Clark Hill will deliver his lecture An Evening with the Seoted on Monday evening April 18 at the First Presbyterian Church in Austin. The widely admired platform lecturer is expected to draw a large audience.
John W. Clover, a Chicago Kindergarten College graduate, read a paper before the River Forest Women's Club on How to spend the summer with your children in the country. The following discussion was enjoyed by the ladies and closes the mothers class for the year.
Cicero police announce immediate enforcement of the curfew ordinance with citywide applicability starting today. The notice emphasizes compliance by residents and visitors during curfew hours.
Special to the Vindicator surveys Mexico after travel from Chicago. The writer contends foreign reports omit the rural poor and peon life, arguing that comfort and spectacle mask real conditions. He contrasts abundant wealth with hardship and cites hunger as a path to virtue, noting Mexico’s political setup and ongoing elections.
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