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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1901
Page
3
Readable OCR lists locations including 49 North Forty-Eighth Avenue and 65 N. 50th Court. The text implies property or residential site identifiers with no narrative context, offering no event, action, or outcome to summarize.
Frank Bratt a fish dealer at 908 North Park Avenue plans regular expressing business with daily trips to Chicago. Place orders by telephone 1514.
The United States establishes a Circuit Court of Appeals in each circuit within a few years to relieve the Supreme Court of less important cases. This expansion shifts routine appellate work away from the high court and broadens access to intermediate appellate review.
A sharp collection of aphorisms on conduct and social life from the Chicago News. Bits lament lack of money work and happiness while poking at gender relationships and vanity with concise witticisms.
Prescription offer from a druggist at Masonic Hall Tel 1045 asks readers in need of Pure Drugs and first class drug store articles to call on him seeking continued patronage.
Mrs. C W Crary is seriously ill at 5615 Superior street. Mr and Mrs L H Howell of 532 North Pine avenue hosted a dinner last Sunday. Mrs Lottie J Wiley and husband with Mr and Mrs H J Hinkley of Chicago visited Illinois dignitaries. Irene Kelch visits Marengo Illinois next week. Mrs Frank Leideck Jr of 5800 Cedar street injured at picnic and may need amputation. Illinois School for Primary and Intermediate Sunday School Workers meets in Second Presbyterian Church daily through August 7. Engagement announced between Dr E E Prescott and Miss Lucila A Colby for fall wedding. Dr Prescott runs dental business at 5606 South Boulevard and Miss Colby works at local telephone exchange.
It is noted the music by Professor Crum at the Business Men's Picnic was the finest yet. Miss E Williams leaves for Colorado Springs for three weeks. Miss Schaffer will run the store over the summer. Dr B Williams, real estate man at 109 South 52d Avenue, reports seven houses and thirteen lots sold since April 1.
Oak Park notices announce Miss Lily Wiltberger will conduct daily sittings for photographs at her home studio except Sundays and Mondays. Visitors are invited to view the work at 209 Wesley avenue.
Mrs E M Maronde offers dressmaking services at 15 North Harlem Avenue with cutting fitting and ladies tailoring. Latest styles available at reasonable prices and experienced in all kinds of dressmaking.
Dr Charles H Utter of Panama Colombia reports a sixteen year old patient with a severe dysentery. After trying all remedies the Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was given as a last resort. Eight hours later she improved and within a week was fully well. For sale by Avenue Pharmacy Oak Park Geo Harris Schnitzus Pharmacy Austin.
Round trip tickets will be sold July 1 to October 20 from Chicago to New York at 31 dollars with stop-overs in Washington Baltimore Philadelphia or at Pan-American Exposition Buffalo. The offer includes visits to Atlantic City and other seaside resorts. Send 14 cents for Guide to Washington and Reasons Why or contact Lemmon T. P. A. 244 Clark St Chicago or B N Austin General Passenger Agent 196 Adams Street Chicago.
The text discusses the rapid reproduction of flies under warm temperatures and ample food, noting that a single female can lay about 120 eggs and a hot summer could yield about 25 million descendants. It cites Packard and The Lancet, and argues that burying organic refuse reduces breeding sites and plague risk.
Reggie argues the problem play is a friend to low budget men who cannot afford outings for dates and family suppers. He jokes that dramatic free expression keeps women away and his allowance intact, hoping plays stay shocking to avoid crime and poverty.
Late winter totals show 34,363 students across German universities with Berlin leading at 6,671 and Munich 4,184. French universities enroll 29,901 with Paris dominant at 12,289. legal and medical faculties are the largest in both nations, followed by philosophical and scientific enrollments.
A faint star in Ursa Major named 1830 Groombridge shows rapid proper motion. Professor Campbell of Lick Observatory reports its radial speed at 150 miles per second toward us while it approaches Earth at 58 to 60 miles per second. Its light takes over 28 years to reach us and its spectrum resembles the sun.
Year by year London becomes more a city of flowers and doves. Pigeons occupy every feasible ledge and rooftop, creating increasing flocks. The birds’ soft wing rush and cooing contrast with the surrounding urban clamor, offering a peaceful addition to town life.
Austin churches list Sunday services and lectures across St Pauls Episcopal Midway Park First Congregational and other denominations. Notable visitors Rev James Rain from Oberlin, Rev R J Whitson of Hiawatha and Rev Geo Campbell visit. several services include Sunday school, evening prayers, and youth programs.
Roath and Robinson’s at 449 North Blvd Tel 185 Oak Park advertise Timothy and Prairie hay for sale. The notice lists stock and contact details for ordering.
A new steam laundry begins operations at 5626 Ohio Street, Austin, promising first class work and guaranteed satisfaction after Monday August 5. Owners Garfield Tod and Fred Olsen, with Olsen’s 18 years in the business, will handle tying laundry and hand ironing, emphasizing prompt pickup and delivery via telephone Austin 1201.
The shop advertises tee cream made fresh daily at Miller's Fountain, highlighting a velvet texture and daily production.
Mrs. Curtis Baker of Bookwalter Ohio reports she treated a neighbor infant with Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after doctors gave up. In two days the child recovered and remains healthy nearly a year later. Sold by Schnitzus Pharmacy Austin.
Real estate money to loan announced by Geo A Philbrick treasurer for the Stock Exchange Building 108 Rua Salle Chicago with no commission by Cherd school trustees.
Fragmentary text refers to a meetert and property PUL Up with a note about reasonable action. Names and full details are missing, making the exact event unclear but suggesting an orderly enforcement or collection matter.
Mrs Mary D Seacrist died suddenly from prostration due to heat at Mount Vernon on Thursday July 25. Born March 13 1843 in Colon Michigan she lived in Illinois and Chicago before moving to Austin. She leaves husband Joseph Seacrist two sons Horace and Willis and three daughters Mrs M J Kinne Mrs Dr E E Simpson and Mrs F D Powell. Burial followed in South Bend Indiana. Miller's ice cream soda notes Oak Park comparison.
An old time ad touts Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a world renowned cure. It promotes Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as mild and pleasant, with listings for Avenue Pharmacy in Oak Park Schnitzus Pharmacy in Austin Miller’s ice cream and fountain drinks at Miller’s.
A digest notes hypnotism studied in French medical colleges. It lists at French and German universities winter enrollments, Lisbon’s discovery of an earthquake era house, American savings deposits, and a French ambassador’s comment on Peter IV of Aragon. It also cites Dublin and Belfast municipal populations and the evolving meaning of rival.
The notes cite sheep as beasts of burden in India and Persia. France ships wine samples by parcel post. New Jersey’s constitution largely unchanged since 1844. The Potomac is about 500 miles long with an estuary in its lower course. Malta’s census shows 185000 total population, up about 8000 in ten years.
The New York Sun notes Pontius Pilate was called a heathen by Christians, worshiping Roman gods and the Emperor as a divine incarnation. It adds that, in Russian tradition, he became a Christian.
Weather Bureau researcher Mr. McAdie notes San Francisco bay area’s unique layout creates a natural lab for daily fog experiments. Ocean, bay, mountains, foothills and valleys, plus westerly winds through the Golden Gate, drive the phenomenon.
A Topeka Capital item reports a wiser voice within a group of harvesters in Rice County. A drunken man at night drenched a tired sleeper, who retorted calmly calling him a fool.
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