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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1898
Page
5
Long column notes residents at Lake Geneva Lake Zurich and other spots. Entries include visits and summer trips by dozens of families, marriages, outings, a shampoo scam warning, band concert recap, and local society reports. The piece ends with a note of continued coverage on page four.
Oak Park with 9 wins in 13 games leads the city club's batting and fielding averages compiled by W. S. Flitcraft. Fred Hamlin tops batting. Hayden Jones has perfect 1.000 fielding. O'Connor and Harley Parker follow in batting and fielding rankings.
A special meeting of Washington Camp No. 47 honors Daniel A Stone of Co. D First Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry who died in Santiago and received a soldier’s burial in Cuba. The camp adopts a floral tribute, mourning badge, record entry, public memorial service, and a copy to the deceased’s family.
Mrs LaCasse of New York claims her berth was beside Mrs E S Osgood and Ed win during the ill fated voyage. She says she heard the captain promise the ship would not sink after the accident, despite the mate's warning it was above water. Investigations show the captain caused the tragedy by sailing at excessive speed in fog.
Mr. Wm. Singerfelter had Mr. Fred Semmek arrested Tuesday for using threatening language. Neighbors living at 5231 Kelzie Avenue in Linden Park are involved after Mrs. A. Semmek visited Singerfelter to raise complaints. Trial set before Judge Price.
The Vindicator invites submissions under 200 words on City Government in Cicero. Regular subscribers in Cicero or families in Cicero must participate. The contest closes when enough replies arrive to justify it. The editor reserves judgment and payment of five dollars for the best piece.
The directors met Tuesday to arrange the yearly program. Talented performers have been secured and the outlook for the coming year is bright. The first meeting is Monday, September 5.
Arthur Gardiner of South Pine Avenue Austin holder of the world half mile handicap bicycle title was defeated in Washington D C on Wednesday by Fred Simms by two and two fifth seconds Gardiner still owns many other championship records.
A Polish picnic party of five drowned on the Desplaines River near Summit last Sunday after a row boat capsized. Three boys and two girls were in the boat. authorities cite the boys’ carelessness as the cause.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination for the post office service in Austin to be held between October 1 and October 15, 1898. Applicants must file Form 101 with the secretary of the local board before closing business on September 1. After filing, examinees will be notified of the exact exam date. S.C. Higginson, Secretary Local Board.
Mr Corrigan seeks a liquor license while admitting the race track may open next Monday. He expects a town board that means business when he attempts even a trial race.
A statistical overview of Mexico cites a population of 12 619, trade marks 749 registered since 1890, and 150 patents issued in the year. Marriages average over 50 000 annually. exports have risen 400 percent in twenty years. The republic has 1 532 post offices with 61 new openings, 66 000 km of telegraph lines and 20 000 km of telephone wires. There are 17 museums, 83 libraries with 457 431 volumes, and 30 scientific societies. Rail construction adds 762 km this year for a total of 12 157 km. Coinage value averages 26 million dollars yearly. Mexico counts 531 periodicals, 48 dailies, 223 weeklies, and 92 monthlies. Thirteen colonies are government established. 34 in all, with 7 000 colonists government founded and 4 000 more by companies. The country has 11 512 schools with 6 027 for males, 3 104 for females, and 2 381 mixed. Attendee counts reach 490 746 with public school funding near five and a half million dollars.
A humorous list defines terms with sharp wit. It satirizes marriage, conversationalists, impulse, and experts, noting how definitions reveal social absurdities and human foibles through playful phrasing.
The Vindicator reports Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co has agents in Cicero seeking to enter Austin and Oak Park after reorganization. Yerkes interests shrink after Sept 15, enabling the Metropolitan to capture local business. Yerkes advised to withdraw until franchises lapse, while Randolph Madison and South Boulevard routes are reviewed. A free bus runs Fifty-second to Forty-eighth Street terminal, signaling active plans. It is said Yerkes cannot gain control of their stock.
A collection of brief, quirky statements covers topics from sugar beet history to beetlelike wealth, with notes on Beings and places. It mentions 1747 sugar beet origins, 90 reporters in the House of Commons gallery, and odd facts about Cochin China, coal prices, and Chinese officers rights. It also references population class shares, Crimean war casualties, Harvard Randall hall funding, a Spanish bond auction, and Lake Ontario to Michigan shoreline lengths. Col William J Bryan uses an old wagon at Fort Omaha, and aluminium’s first article for a French imperial prince was 1856.
A bank accepting a check in lieu of cash for stock sale is treated as a voluntary payment. future deposits cannot be blocked by the payer. A check presented to a banker is an absolute appropriation of money on deposit. An officer of a foreign company with no local business cannot be served to render in person jurisdiction. An asphalt monopoly via exclusive supplier premises voids street paving bids under public policy.
Clarence Schneider returns from South Haven Michigan and Miss Margaretta Hart from Magnolia Illinois. Births and illnesses include a girl born to Mrs T Wolenstein and another birth rejoices Rev Krier. Various trips to Grand Haven Macatawa Park Lake Michigan and Alaska noted along with hospital fund drive and community events. Ridgeland Cricket Club loses to Chicago Cricket Club by nine runs.
Many residents return from travels in Michigan and Iowa. Plans include paving South Franklin and Keystone avenues, removal of a rocky ball grounds grandstand, and upcoming church events at Van Alstyn’s and St. Luke's with a grand picnic on August 6. Reverend Dunne of St Luke's to visit family in town.
A Camden house once home to Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie is to be bought by a residents syndicate for 165000 and seventy acres. The mansion will become a club house, with the land used for a golf course. Queen Victoria recently praised days and royal horseflesh during a London visit.
A summer garden is added at L G Schwass residence Elm Street Harlem avenue. Electric railway paving between Harlem avenue and Madison street underway. Roos and Schrade offer mortgage lending on good security and fire insurance in top companies. Mrs. J Schink dies in Chicago and will be interred at Waldheim cemetery. A horse died after being hitched to a wagon carrying hay on Harlem near Elm. At Harlem race track, the thoroughbred Sir Hobart wins the fifth race by long lengths at 1 56, with heavy bookmaker losses amid many small bets.
The Belgian queen arrives at Palais Royal Spa to stay five months with a large suite. Greece’s queen is the only female admiral by honorary Russian rank. Spain’s queen counsels her son and prays for her land. Sweden’s Prince Carl plans Norway summer visits. The German Emperor cruises Norway’s coast with a Bergen stop for a fishery exhibition. Dutch coronation guests include Indian princes and a Lulu royal deputation. Prince Albert serves in a foreign army and earns the Black Eagle. Princess Henrietta of Christian’s line elopes with Dr Esmarch, later ennobled.
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