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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1899
Page
5
News of the town highlights visits illnesses and social events in Oak Park and Austin. Notables include J. W. F. Bennett at home, Mrs. J. W. Huntress ill, weddings and parties in May, theatre and club entertainments, and upcoming school and civic activities.
Cicero town trustees meet in adjourned session at Austin town hall on April 17 1899 approving C A Sharpe to build a private drain on the north side of Ontario street connecting to sewer in the alley between Linden and Euclid avenues with sewer in Euclid avenue. Work to be overseen by the town engineer and back filling directed to prevent settlement.
The death of James Wilson Sr. occurred Monday at his daughter Mrs L Button’s home in Austin. Born July 30, 1805 in Halifax England he moved to the United States amid 1844 excitement and built a grocery business before emigrating. He resided in Austin for 26 years and was respected as a citizen, church choir member, and temperance worker.
Shortly after midnight Saturday the Lake Street Elevated surface extension from Fifty-second street to Lombard avenue opens linking Cicero with downtown Chicago. Austin residents gain direct access to the business district for one fare via an incline from Forty-eighth street to Willow avenue. The line uses 80‑pound rails on oak ties with rock ballast for a smooth surface and aims to be a model of mechanical perfection, promising great benefit to the surrounding territory.
A long town board session covers police dismissals and license petitions. Reports include a water system survey, plank sidewalks, and a saloon license request. A detailed transit expansion story outlines the Suburban line extending to Harlem avenue with five cent fares and all night trains, boosting Austin real estate and growth.
In a quiet Saturday school election with no opposition, J. S. Stephens won the presidency and Edward Benson and Edward T. Hughes were elected trustees from Melrose Park and Maywood. The Tuesday village vote kept the caucus slate: Charles Wescott as president, trustees William S. Hamilton Charles S. Blake and Jeremiah O'Neil, clerk Charles E. Day, with library trustees L. Vernon Ferris Jean D. Zickler for long term and Charles S. Bullock for short term.
Measles cases improving as families prepare yards for summer. Michigan University students home on vacation. Charity euchre planned by Women's Benevolent Society. Local residents relocate and recover from fire. Katherine Condon to sing for Oak Park Club April 25. Ladies Aid of Second Congregational meets with lunch. Ridgeland Pleasure Club hosts Friday event at Engine House Hall. East End Men's Club meets at Second Congregational Church with elections. Rev. Dr. Sydney Strong to lead seven week Atlantic trip for youths costing 300 per boy. Local residents travel, recover from illness, and celebrate marriages and music events in Maywood and Oak Park.
Mr J M Lane moved to 204 North Park avenue Kruger builds a new residence on Keystone avenue John Broughton bought a new carriage horse Mr and Mrs N M Slarrem returned from the South John O Donal moved into Stewart's Grove street house Mrs Logan of New York visiting her mother Mrs Thatcher Thatcher avenue Mrs James Goodman making improvements on Thatcher avenue Mrs Thomas Jackson and daughter returned from Florida Jacob Kuens of Barr Collins coal office married Miss Sarah Hankens of Maywood Fire department responded to grass fire on Grove avenue Miss Robison to offer shred wheat biscuit demonstration at Congregational Church Thursday to Saturday with Ladies Aid Society sponsorship.
On Tuesday night May 2 the Austin Congregational Sunday school hosts Rev. Geo H Grannis who will present a stereopticon lecture titled The Spanish Empire Its Glory and Fall.
Assessor John Wolf tours Harlem as the Girls Club meets in Library Hall. The Harlem Library Association plans its April 28 meeting to elect a new board, with a reception led by women members. The group operates a kindergarten, an industrial school, a girls club, an Agassiz club for boys and a 1200 volume library in a social center that supports 500 book checkouts monthly.
A piano recital will be held at the Scoville Institute in Oak Park on Friday evening April 28 at 8 15 by Prof William Schmidt of Chicago. The event is billed as a major musical occasion. Schmidt is a skilled musician and Cologne Conservatory graduate. All music lovers are urged to attend.
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