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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1900
Page
7
Manchester Michigan man says his wife, bedridden for five years, regained ability to care for herself after two bottles of Electric Bitters. The remedy claims to cure female diseases and a range of ailments, with a cure guaranteed for 50 cents. Sold by Traill & Cooling and Chas. P. Miller.
A Kansas minister testifies that a severe bilious attack was cured after taking Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He helped a neighbor with one dose and the man was entirely cured, while doctors’ efforts failed. Sold by J. P. Garner & Co. in Austin and Geo Koch & Co. in Moreland.
Mr F H Wells & Son delivers direct from the Elmherst dairy to Austin customers for fresh pure milk. The long established firm at 222 N Park Avenue promises quality service and impurity free milk.
J H Doak of Williams Oregon recalls persistent infant diarrhoea cured by Chamber Remedy after doctors failed. Product listed for sale by J P Garner Austin andGeo Koch Moreland.
Thousands have recovered using Chamberlains Cough Remedy and many stubborn coughs yielded to it. Cases once deemed hopeless or resistant to other treatments were cured. For sale by J. P. Garner & Co Austin and Geo Koch & Co Moreland.
An old newspaper ad offers a $500 reward for cures of liver complaints and related ailments with Liverita the Up-to-Date Little Liver Pill. It markets vegetable pills in multiple box sizes, warns against substitutions, and notes mail order with stamps accepted. Listed Chicago addresses include Nervita Medical Co and Geo. R. Baker Druggist.
Geo. B. Burns dies in St. Augustine at 77 and is interred in Galesburg. Local residents report vacations and property sales on South Taylor Ave. A. Manahan assists in a Miss Old Maid’s Convention entertainment. Church music updates include a new Lyon Healy organ dedication in September. Summer school for Sunday teachers hosts 500 teachers. Social gatherings feature garden parties, birthdays, and hometown visitors with multiple relocations and trips noted.
Miller's drug store advertises choice candies from Miller's, Lazell's perfumes, and Allegretti chocolates with prescriptions filled on site. The ad touts plain and fancy bottles at popular prices and notes Mr. F H Hartless, Austin laundry proprietor, unveiled a new laundry wagon signaling business success.
The article cites Esculapius praising Greek springs Delphi Hierapolis Nauplia Calarrhoe and compares them to West Baden and French Lick on the Menon Route famed for sulphur lHthia springs. They are said to alleviate most illnesses and the pure air and scenery aid mental health. Two trains daily from Dearborn Station. Chicago city ticket office 232 Clark St.
A reflective saying contrasts a woman’s misery from ignorance with an iconoclast who refuses to revere the wealthy she knows. The aphorism explores the burden of knowledge and the stance against wealth privilege.
Merchant tailor L Vikon of 334 North Park Avenue has returned from New York with a full stock of fall and winter fabrics, including imported lines. He says his new offerings cannot be duplicated locally and invites customers to inspect the arriving goods for better values than elsewhere.
Advert Says Doctor teen New Life Pills relieve sick and nervous headaches by purifying blood and boosting health. Priced at 25 cents with money back not offered. Sold by Trail & Cooling and Chas P Miller druggists.
Parmelee Current Literature Library at 5641 Lake Street welcomes readers as Miss B Williams oversees the latest book arrivals this week and offers details to interested patrons seeking up-to-date literature.
O W Wakefield of Columbus Ga asserts Cham berlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy outperforms all proprietary medicines for stomach and bowel troubles. He says it cured two cholera morbus cases in his family and has sold hundreds of bottles to customers with satisfaction. Available from J P Garner Co Austin Geo Koch Co Moreland.
The piece notes no clear instance of two people living cheaper than one. It quips about Senator Caffery dressing in linen home spun, a Panama hat, and a green lined umbrella. It adds Gen. Cronje amusingly at St Helena, passing days golfing with other Boer prisoners.
First Methodist Episcopal Church Austin lists Sunday schedule 9:30 morning service 10:30 class meetings 12:00 Sunday school 6:15 Wesleyan League 7:30 evening sermon. Wednesday 7:45 prayer service. Rev J Clayton Yonker to preach on The Regnancy of Doubt comparing doubting Thomas and his noble place in Christ's company.
The Fifty-Second Avenue Congregational Church at 40 North Fifty Second Avenue lists services: worship and preaching at 4:45 a.m., Sunday school with P. F. Apfel at 12 p.m., Junior Endeavor at 3:30 p.m., Y P S C B,L at 6:30 p.m., evening service at 7:30 p.m., and Wednesday prayer meeting at 8:08 p.m. The Rev. H. W. Lyman is pastor.
The Rev. J. D. Collins leads worship with Sunday services at 10 30 a m Sabbath school at noon and evening service at 7 30 p m Midweek prayer on Wednesday at 8 p m Ladies prayer meeting Thursday at 2 30 p m at Old Presbyterian Church on South boulevard
The First Presbyterian Church in Austin Illinois lists services at Frink and Waller Avenues with Rev M. Johnson as pastor. Sunday worship 10 30 a m Bible school 12 m Junior Endavor 3 45 p m Intermediate Endavor 4 30 p m Senior Endavor 6 15 p m evening worship 7 30 p m Faith Branch 10 30 a m preaching 3 p m Sabbath school 6 p m Endavor Grant Branch 10 a m Sunday school 7 30 p m preaching.
The Euclid Avenue M. E. Church in Oak Park invites all to Sunday services on August 19 1900 with sermons at 11 a m and 7 48 p m. The Epworth League hosts a 745 p m midsummer rally led by young members and a program. Sunday school meets at 945 a m and class meeting at noon with a caution on Protestantism’s text books.
Rev. Geo B Safford preaches Sabbath evenings at 8 p.m. at Lake Street hall near Lake Street and Fifty second avenue Austin I Special music next Sabbath by Mrs Maud Trent and Miss Jennite Brown YW P S C KE meets Sundays at 6 40 p.m. A cordial welcome extended to all.
The Austin Christian church relocates from the Masonic building to 207 North Park Avenue Abbott block. Sunday school begins at 10 with M K Mizenheimer of Oak Park teaching, and preaching at 11 by Pastor Geo A Campbell. Wednesday prayer at 8, and Ladies Aid Society meets Thursdays 2 to 4. Pastor Geo A Campbell.
First Congregational church at corner of Webster Park and Waller Avenue in Demorest announces Sunday service at 10 30 a m Sunday school at noon Y P S C E at 6 15 p m prayer and conference Wednesday at 8 p m Rev C S Prior to preach next Sunday for the Chicago Bible Society and the pastor to resume duties August 12.
A timely warning urges immediate fire insurance with Hartford or Glens Falls through Rena S. Tuthill at 422 N. Central Ave. She also offers coal and wood on short notice.
The notice touts a Monon Route exchange offering the Appetite of a Tramp for the tired feeling at West Baden and French Lick Springs with no extra charge. It promotes sulphur and lithia waters as cures and asserts benefits from pure air and scenery, advertising two daily trains from Dearborn and Chicago ticket office at 232 Clark Street.
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