22 Apr 1898
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1898
Page
1
In Austin and Oak Park items, Mrs. George Park hosts Milwaukee sisters while a Rushville guest returns home. A Beethoven club May festival and operatic rehearsals share prominence alongside lectures at the Presbyterian church and school events across Oak Park and nearby.
For sale list offers affordable cottages priced at 300 to 500 cash and monthly terms 20 to 40. Properties include 6 to 8 rooms on 50 to 125 foot lots with trees shrubbery corner paved streets and modern amenities. Large exchange list. address 103 Park Ave.
Oak Park prepares for its fourth season with high expectations and builds on wartime morale. Reports out of Rock Island recount a Sunday afternoon game featuring the cream of the Oak Park baseball club amid local talk and solemn mood.
The Woman's Club of Austin met Monday at 10 o clock with reports from secrecy and treasurer departments, lunch, and the president's report. Officers elected for the coming year include President Mrs. Clara W. Kretzinger as part of a broadly progressive agenda.
The article reports women in the suburbs playing a key role in a decisive victory over licensing saloons. The town rejected licenses with a total vote of 809, electing trustees and a president who pledged to halt blind pigs and push liquor regulation, with majorities ranging around 275.
Four elaborate detached homes on Washington boulevard between Prairie and Franklin avenues will feature buff and blue Bedford stone fronts, heavy porches with stone steps, and distinct Italian Renaissance French and English Gothic and German Renaissance designs. Architect J. Kh. O. Pridmore of Chicago, four houses about 220000 total.
Rumors in Chicago papers claimed Oak Park played Sunday ball angering residents. The Oak Park baseball team did not play last Sunday and opposes Sunday games. The season opens May 14 against Beloit with players Jones Parker Hamlin Johnson Ebert Piel O Connor Andrews Adams. The sheet notes a misreport and reiterates the club’s stance.
First vice president Lizzie Charles second vice president Ida P Wilson recording secretary Nancy O Grifling treasurer Nellie H Abbott and directors Anna Oliphant Patience K E Bortree Maude N Evans Delia B Cline plus department chairmen R Abbie Carr E S Osgood Okalla I F Dyke Lizzie Newell PMID
A small fire at Ci cero Gas on Lombard near Harrison drew all town fire crews and caused minor damage. The event followed intense local debate over Maywood’s saloon license with women forming a Home Protection League and early polls showing a hard fight.
Ouida declares handshakes vulgar and avoids meeting rituals. She enters rooms, sits firmly, and remains seated until she departs, defying customary greetings. Those seeking audience must metaphorically move mountains to meet her.
The Oak Park Tennis club forecasts a bright 1898 season after a reorganization meeting. Initiation fees are dropped until July 1 and a $1 rebate of the $6 annual dues is offered if paid before June 11. Dirt court at Lake Street and Oak Park Avenue will be ready in a week. grass court on Clinton Avenue to follow. Indies dues reduced from $5 to $3. Officers elected include President Geo. Th. Orr and Vice President Thomas Ho. Gale with Treasurer George Lee and Secretary H. G. Swartwout.
The Cumberland mountains ring ing rocks troupe of sixty performers from Eng land will play at a Tuesday evening benefit for Forest Avenue Chapel kindergarten. Myr Till directs with two daughters in songs and readings. Admission is nominal. a large audience is expected in Oak Park.
John Marr Sr aged 72 of Chicago was killed near a Des Plaines station when he walked between a standing train and his awaiting train. He had been visiting his Austin-based daughter and was en route home when the accident occurred. He owned property in Oak Park and Austin and had just recovered from illness.
The Austin Council of the Order of Columbian Knights hosted a stag vaudeville at their lodge hall featuring a city troupe of performers with monologues songs and dancing. Frank Brust supreme vice-president and Edwin B Peifer supreme secretary spoke on order benefits as eight new membership applications were announced.
The Austin council of the National Union held a highly popular closing meeting Monday to boost membership and the order’s utility. The losing division hosted the winners with a banquet served by McLeroth, with many members in attendance. Organizers aim to make this feature a periodic council attraction.
The town board will meet Saturday evening to wind up affairs and hand over to the new members. Retiring are President R. H. Traill Major A. J. Cheney Supervisor A. O. Butler and Assessor S. Gastine. New members-elect are H. A. Emerson president W. P. Utley trustee L. H. Howell assessor and John Lewis supervisor.
A Skaguay dispatch from March 1898 describes the Alaska and British Northwest rush. The writer details buying outfits in Vancouver, freight costs, crowded Thistle passage to Dyea, and delays at Skaguay customs. Convoys, brokers, and daily charges added to the voyage's risk and expense.
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