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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1900
Page
2
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A local council reflects on gambling, law enforcement, and politics amid talk that race tracks overpower state authority. Citizens discuss sidewalks, elevated rail surveyors, Oak Park and Austin unity, and possible town board actions that could favor track interests.
The Jester trial closed Wednesday with an acquittal after long deliberation showing the difficulty of convicting on circumstantial evidence. Attorney Forest of Chicago reportedly earned about $10,000 for prosecuting after years of work.
J. M. C. Hampson of Ontario Street, an Austinite and Times-Herald staff member, compiles the first regular chronicle of Chicago happenings in a London daily paper. He is son of Sir George Francis Hampson and studied at Winchester College and Oxford.
Notes of the Day report a $150 cost to view all Paria exposition sights. Nine British steamship firms show 1899 profits of $4,960,000 vs $4,743,000 in 1898. The marquis of Salisbury maintains about 70 indoor servants. Boston sanitary authorities urge sterilizing barbers mugs brushes and towels. Canadian northwest provinces host diverse colonies. Imperial yeomanry consider farming after the war.
A vivid sketch of Pekin as three distinct districts the Chinese city the Tartar city and the Imperial or Forbidden City. It notes ancient origins dating back to Yen and later dynasties, grand gates and temples the Gate of Extensive Peace the Tranquil Palace of Heaven and the vast imperial gardens and harems, all amid gilded squalor and neglect of modern comforts.
Across Alliance Nebraska the trial of Jack Vance a Butte Creek cattleman centered on a Burlington line shooting claim. He described a pre arranged signal firing on a train to warn his partner and proved accuracy with minor targets in court. The brakeman acknowledged the misinterpretation after Vance demonstrated sharpshooting tricks.
Amy Leslie hails the Hippodrome show as the greatest spectacle with over 600 horsemen and Valkyrielike Amazons. The production blends opera like grandeur with military tableaux, dances, and pantomime in a striking, non circus presentation.
The report describes a Paris amphitheater spectacle featuring clowns trained bears and lions and a family of aerialists entertaining an early crowd. It notes a grand stage show and mentions the Eiffel Tower based route competition offering a capital prize for progress in aerial flight with annual interest awarded.
The Paris based Automobile Club forms the Aero Club to tackle aerial flight. An anonymous donor provides 100000 dollars to award the inventor of the flyable machine.
A ten year old boy in Kansas City led his fat shepherd dog Shep to the central police station to be killed for license nonpayment. Chief McFarland and officers declined to kill the dog, comforting the boy and sending them home together. The scene drew tears and showed the police kindness.
A collection notes the deaths of Mrs. Nannie Callerman Evans and several local residents. Nannie Evans, born 1867 in Springfield Illinois, died July 22 after suffering and was buried in Oak Ridge cemetery. Other obituaries include Mrs. Marguerite Bedard of Oak Park, Martha Worthington of Oak Park, Delller A Sorensen, eight year old Edward C Murdock, and William W Wrightson. services and interments follow in Forest Home and local churches.
Describes a cement mix for securing putty used by carriage painters. Soak plaster of Paris in saturated alum water, dry bake, mix with water and apply. It sets very firmly.
One of London's oldest women’s clubs, the Somerville, on Regent Street, has been forced to close after a drop in support. Founded about twenty years ago to provide a reading room and a rest stop for shoppers, its aims have shifted over time.
WANTED a boy willing to work at a drug store on 53rd and Lake. WANTED a young man for store and delivery work at Keefer Bros on 128 N Oak Park Ave. TO LOAN mortgage questions answered by F B Pray at 107 North Park Ave. WANTED men and women to sell teas coffees baking powders and extracts in Austin and Oak Park for D C Blair at 127 N Park Ave. Austin.
Three room suites available at Morris A. Peterson Ridge land Hotel Oak Park Illinois. Furnished or unfurnished options with first class dining room in connection. Rates very cheap during summer months. Call or write for details.
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