Melrose Park Local News And Board Elections Update
Melrose Park reports minor injuries from a street fall as Mrea Largot seeks counsel in her late husband’s estate. Mrs Anensta Tobleskie’s husband faces arrest for assault and battery with a peace-keeping bond set at 50 dollars. The Board of Education election is scheduled for April 21 with incumbents Harrison Nichols and others discussed. smallpox death and infections in the community are noted with quarantine lifted after Barker family exposure.
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Mrea
Largot
Nineteenth Avenue
Maywood
Anensta Tobleskie
Fourteenth Avenue
Davison
Constable Manch
Board of Education
Melrose Park
Harrison P. Nichols
John Soffel
Peter Bohlgfider
Romie
M. Blass
Melrose
Duncan
Melrose Election Ends in Landslide Victory for Gojen Ticket
The Melrose village vote last Tuesday produced clear margins for the Gojen ticket. For President Louis Nottmeyer 186 to 84. for Treasurer John Debus 196 to 78. for H.C. Giles 192 to 73. for Clerk Wm. Leeseberg 187 to 77. The victorious party paraded with the Melrose Park brass band, led by Henry Be Hug and Richard Bailey, promising a sweep of the town’s administration.
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Goien
Nottmeyer
Louis Nottmeyer
D. €. Gojen
Trnsteen
John Debus
Geo. W. Gray
H.C. Giles
Henry KF
Glow
Minjority
FE. A. Dand
Perry Giles
Wm. Leeseberg
Samuel Allen
Melrosa Park
Henry Be- Hug
Richard Bailey
Gojen
de Stephano
M. Floss
G. F. Gehrke
Leeseberg
Maywood
River Forest News Highlights Local Happenings and Sports
River Forest community notes include a typhoid illness in George W. Clark, a loss to Melrose Park 6 0 in baseball, and a rematch set for Saturday. Mrs. Buell’s elocution recital, church activities, and school caucus on April 1st are reported along with fire department elections and building projects.
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River Forest
Melrose Park
Melrose
Buell
Keystone Avenue
Mis. Boyer
O. J. Barragaist
Ladies’ Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Dr. Wherry
India
Schoos
Old School House
Village Burglary Spares Key Homes as May Concert Looms
Amid talk of a May concert featuring solix, duets and sacred selections, villagers report burglaries on S. E B. Baker Franklin street and others. Cash and checks were taken from Baker and Monroe, with Bostedy and O'Brien disturbed but noting intruders. Election results favor Citizens ticket by slim margins, amid alleged fraud claims and colonization accusations.
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S. E B. Baker
GL Bostedy
Mr. Monroe
Mrs. O’brien
Mr. Baker
Franklin Street
Mr. Bostedy
Jessie Parker
River Forest Council approves street and utility plans
The River Forest Village Board met in special session to approve changes for a fire truck passage, vacate an alley, and adopt multiple street, sidewalk, and sewer improvements. They authorized water and gas works, drainage pipes, and crosswalks, with several ordinances passed and bids opened.
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River Forest Village Board
Cost
Baker
Broughton
Kennedy
Scharenberg
Smith
Fire and Water Committee
Cicero Gas Company
Lithrop & Seavern
River Forest
Gerts
Ashland Avenue
Hawthornevenue
Madison Street
Boutelle Avenue
Warn
Central Avenue
Lathrop Avenue
Lake Street
Washington
City committees plan Cedar block pavement and water stubs
The Committee on Streets and Sidewalks must prepare an ordinance for a thirty foot wide cedar block pavement and the Committee on Fire and Water to draft plans for water stubs on Thatcher avenue from Central to Chicago Avenues. The Clerk was told to advertise for bids for water stubs and Gale avenue improvement. The Board adjourned to last Thursday evening for committee reports on these proposed improvements.
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Dunne
Grove Street
Northern Pacific Railroad
Chicago Avenue
Bopin
Oak Park
Central Avenue
Lathrop Avenues
Williams Street
Bonda
Keyslong Avenue
Birchwood Avenue
Lake Street
Washingtontreet
Desplaines River
Thatcher Avenue
Oak Avenue
Central
Chicago Avenues
Gale Avenue
Harlem Village News From Judge Vogt To School Elections
Judge Vogt builds a dwelling on Hannah street near Madison. Fred Blase returns from Elgin with plans for a millinery shop at 108 Elgin street by May 1. Infant Charlotte Hacker christened. Enterprise opens new Harlem store at Harlem avenue and Franklin street. Village Board report delayed due to type limits. Wilhelmina Marth dies of scarlet fever aged twenty. A stabbing incites a case with Otto Luedhke in self defense. bonds set at $200. School caucus favors Regulars then Citizens. Farley nominated for Board president. Board members elected Witt Roos Evert. Harlem village election narrows. Klimmer vs Kistenbroker and Strunk. Trustee race tight with Bradner defeated by Gold. detailed votes listed. possible contest over illegal voting. Village Board canvassed results.
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Judge Vogt
Hannah Street
Madison
Fred Blase
Elgin
Elgin Street
Charlotte
Charles Hacker
Enterprise People
Harlem Avenue
Franklin Street
G. Kunz
Wilhelmina Marth
Wm. Schroeder
Luedke
Vogt
Farley
WP. J. Largo
Board of Education
J.J. Dellers
Mrr. Appel
Peter Farley
Albert J. Witt
Albert Roos
John Evert
Joseph Chase
August Meseke
Mesuke
Chase
Evert
Citiezens
A. E. Bradner
J.H. Gold
Joseph F. Klimmer
A. W. Kistenbroker
Henry Strunk
Chas. Hillmer
J. W W. Gold
H. W. Luetke
John Mirow
John Huenmer
McDaniell
John J. Glow
Brunkh E. Kramer
Union League
Por Ciak
Henry C. Meier
George Schrade
Engineer dies after fall from elevated road in Fortiett area
A. L. Whitney of 506 South Lincoln street, age 30, was killed early Wednesday when he fell from an elevated road near Fortiett street while working around his engine. He died en route to the county morgue with no one present. He leaves a wife.
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A. L. Whitney
Lincoln Street
Fortiett Street
Central Park
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