08 Aug 1885
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1885
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR reads as a local item mentioning Austin and Oak Park area notes with Harlem reference and a garbled name. The readable pieces imply a community or organizational item but lack clear actions, dates, or outcomes for a fuller summary.
An ordinance amends the town code to restrict railroad operations within Lake to ten miles per hour for passenger trains and six miles per hour for freight cars. The measure, adopted August 55 1885, becomes effective after ten days publication. Attest John R. Cook, Town Clerk.
Society Directly lists meeting days for Masonic Hall groups on Halsted and Forty Fourth Streets. Mispah Lodge meets first and third Mondays. Select Knights and Union Legion hold second and fourth Wednesdays. Rising Star Lodge meets Thursdays. Court Union Foresters meets first and third Fridays. Lake Lodge Loyal Orange Inst meets second and fourth Fridays.
Bishops Hall at Ashland Ave and 47th Street hosts A.Q.U. W Steuben Lodge 232 Mondays. Hafmnong Lodge 2% Tuesdays. Amhelia Lodge 78 meets first and third Thursdays. Harugari Concordia Lodge 455 meets Saturdays.
Schumacher's Hall at Ashland Avenue and Forty-seventh Street hosts Lake Athletic Club on Tuesdays and Fridays. Thomas Halt at Corner LaFlin and Forty-eighth Streets with Independent order Mutual Aid of Illinois. Arnoldsville Benevolent Society meets on the second and fourth Thursdays. Arnoldsville Building and Loan Association every Wednesday evening. Citizens' League of the Town of Lake office at 4247 Halsted Street upstairs.
Court Enterprise No 36 meets first and third Mondays at Walther's Hall 331 State Street SONS OF HERMANN No 17 meets every Tuesday QO D Douglas Grove No 51 meets every Wednesday D O H Schiller Lodge No 347 meets every Thursday ROYAL ARCANUM Lodge No 604 meets second meeting fourth Fridays H H Division No 19 meets first Saturday con RT OF MONOR No , meets second and fourth Saturdays
Mystic Star Lodge No. 758 meets first and third Mondays at Browns Hall corner State and Forty seventh streets. Hyde Park Lodge No. 722 meets every Tuesday evening. Court General Washington No. 6282 meets second and fourth Thursdays. Mistletoe Lodge No. 142 meets first and third Thursdays. Brotherhood Locomotive Firemen meet first and third Saturdays.
Kinnally Hall at 5942 State Street hosts Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers events. Eclipse Division No 11 meets every Friday night while C H Division No 26 gathers on the second Saturday each month.
Buchman's Hall Albany Street hosts Knights of Pythias Lake Lodge No 119 every Monday. O BR R C Stanfield Division No 41 meets first and third Mondays at noon and second and fourth Sundays at 1 54 pm. RB B Hobbs Division No 4 meets first and third Sundays at 2 pm and second and fourth Mondays at 2 pm. Marquette Court No 53 meets second and fourth Thursdays. Yard Masters A and B Association No 4 meets every second Saturday monthly.
Local Assembly No. 15u7 of the Knights of Labor meets on the second and fourth Sundays each month at Eber's Lake Hall, 315 Boot Street, inviting members to attend and participate.
Division No 6 officers include President Thos L O'Donovan at 4276 Shurtleff Ave Vice President S C Killiher 4523 Halsted Recording Secretary M Marky 4337 Halsted Financial Secretary John Moore 141 Halsted Treasurer John B Feree 4240 Shurtleff Avenue
The notice lists schedules for local Masonic and affiliated groups at Masonic Hall Morony Block Wentworth Avenue Englewood. It details dates for Normal Lodge No 519 Alexander Encampment No 19 Englewood Lodge No 60 Elwood M Jarrett Chapter No 174 and Englewood Lodge No 41OC OH.
Temperance Hall in Eye Building hosts Sons of Temperance Englewood Division No. 2 every Tuesday evening. Court Englewood No. 47 meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays. LO. G. T. Pioneer Lodge No. x holds sessions every Saturday.
Memorial Hall at Sixty Third Street hosts alternate Mondays for the Englewood Union Veteran Club. George G Meade Post 444 meets on the second and fourth Thursdays. Citizens' Association of Englewood holds meetings called by the Secretary. Soldiers Memorial Association meets at the call of the President.
ENGLEWOOD groups list meeting patterns for the season: Acorn Club convenes at members’ homes every alternate Friday evening. Loan and Building Association meets second Monday monthly. Senior Club gathers in Tillotson's Block with annual meeting the first Saturday after the first Monday in June. Executive Committee meets first Saturday after the same Monday. Help Club meets at Wentworth arenas on Chestnut corner by request. Woman’s Christian Temperance Union meets Mondays at 2 00 p m on School Street near Chestnut.
NEW ERA LODGE NO 434 meets Thursdays at 7 14 in Tallman Hall South Englewood visiting members welcome LADIES AID CHURCH SOCIETY meets Thursdays at 3 pm in Tallman Hall
The Lake Vindicator is published weekly on Saturdays in Lake town Cook County Illinois with annual subscription at $1.50 paid in advance. Editor and proprietor is William Halley. Office locations include 4711 Dearborn Street Stock Yards Office 819 Root Street General Office 209 State Street Kimball Block. Rates of advertising available on request.
The Fifth Ward Vindicator notes it is published every Saturday in Chicago Illinois within the Second Congressional District. William Halley serves as editor and proprietor with offices at 2155 Archer Avenue and Kimball Block room 25. Subscription is $1.50 annually in advance.
The Cicero Vindicator lists subscription terms and office addresses in Cicero and Oak Park. It notes the Southern Exposition opening in Louisville from August 15 to October 24 with a grand display of American and foreign exhibits.
The Hyde Park summer resort at South End experienced severe damage from Sunday’s storm. Officials report more than $500 in losses to the pier and artificial island structures.
An examination shows local option and non partisan agitation effective in the southern states south of the Mason Dixon line.
Residents note the dry streets soon after a heavy Sunday rain, praising the town and city authorities for effective storm response and cleanup efforts.
Funeral processions heading to Mount Olivet proceed daily by State street Vincennes avenue Halsted street Ashland avenue and Western avenue with Brighton and South Lynne included on the latter route.
Grex Hrewsey, former Adjutant General of Militia for Arkansas, now Chief Engineer for the Town of Cicero, has been employed to examine and report on the Wentworth avenue project, and he carries a voluminous professional record.
A rare cyclone struck Philadelphia on Monday, killing two people and injuring about fifty. Property damage reached about 450000 dollars as the storm crossed from southeast Philadelphia into Camden New Jersey.
The French were the first colonists of Illinois with Kaskaskia as their initial settlement and capital. Pierre Menard served as the first Lieutenant Governor, and a monument to him is now being erected and nearly completed.
The six year old prophecy warned of untold disaster between 1880 and 186 and predicted pestilence in the final year. It claims America would suffer, yet so far the continent has escaped though the danger remains uncertain for any day ahead.
Napo leon Barsaloux, a State street furniture dealer, has compounded with his creditors and will soon resume business. The article notes his honesty, merchant ability, and that heavy expenses and declining trade caused his failure, while praising his friends.
The Tuer Irish Nationalists of Chicago will host Senator Riddieberger of Virginia at a grand banquet in McCoy's European Hotel on the 17th instant. About 200 guests are expected, with tickets set at 2 12 per couple. The event promises ample dining, wine, and patriotic oratory.
President Egan issued a watt for the Executive Committee of the Irish National League of America with one delegate from each state and territory. The committee will convene at MecCor's Hotel in Chicago on the morning of August 15 to consider a communication from Mr. Parnell on important Irish matters.
Two brickyards in the southwestern and northwestern city districts reopened Tuesday after recent disruptions. Plant managers cited improved safety measures and stable supply chains as key factors enabling a steady restart. Local workers welcomed the decision, hoping for subsequent production gains.
A brief suspension ends as 3000 brickmakers return to their posts at prior wages. Brick workers note 30 million bricks sold during the strike and 4 million destroyed by recent storms, easing market pressure.
Hyde Park town board debated the Metropolitan Gas Company's ordinance on Monday night. On motion by Howard and seconded by Tobin the ordinance was laid on the table. Hyde Park already has one gas utility with only the village served. Pullman has its own gas plant while South Chicago and nearby villages are still oil lit.
Among the gentlemen on Change in Chicago last Thursday week was Colonel Charles Clarke of Elora the Speaker of the Ontario Legislature. Clarke is related to the editor of THE Vispirator by marriage. He is now serving his second four year term as Speaker and was elected the second time without opposition. He visited the Town of Lake with his wife and children.
The text discusses Bridgeport smells and health concerns in case of pestilence in Chicago. It states that when cholera appeared in Chicago, Bridgeport suffered as little as other city areas, aiming to reassure uneasy residents.
City Council hears petitions signed by many urging Captain Banfield be kept on the force. The writer condemns the petitions as supporting a brutal policeman and questions the signers motives while calling for their names to be published.
It is likely this year will see more streets improved in Chicago than ever before. Competition among contractors and cheaper materials have driven prices down while better terms emerge, including a year’s credit, reducing the need to carry over materials or risk contract defaults.
Bridgeport pumps draw lake water through the main river branch and Fullerton avenue conduit to push lake water into the North Branch. Maintained steadily these operations prevent lake water near the crib from being defiled by sewage and keep river water relatively pure away from the lake.
The editor of THE Vnspiteat Tor reports a polite invite from Louisville Kentucky’s Southern Exposition president to attend the grand opening on the 15th inst. He declines due to busyness collecting overdue subscriber payments while continuing daily operations. A Fifth Ward subscriber offers two months’ dues and hints at a Chicago City Railway Company connection.
A Monday blaze along Toronto Esplanade destroyed property valued around 21 million. The waterfront stretch of about a mile suffered extensive losses including factories elevators boat-buses ferries schooners wharves and coal yards. The disaster marks the largest fire in the city’s history with 100000 residents and many familiar local names affected.
The remains of General Grant will be buried in the park burial place in New York City today. The funeral procession starts from City Hall at ten in the morning along Fifth Avenue. Similar processions are planned in other Union cities with Chicago units joining at 10 o'clock under Captain Jas J Healy at Michigan Avenue and Adams Street.
Hyde Park Board votes 2000 dollars for street improvements on South State Street, to be matched by county and the Town of Lake, tackling a heavily traveled neglected thoroughfare in Lake and Hyde Park.
The passage notes Sweden's taciturn society where people honor others with hats and bows. It describes polite customs on trains, hotels, shops, ferries, canal locks, and everyday interactions, highlighting orderly, respectful behavior among all social classes.
A heavy Sunday rainfall in Chicago inundated cellars but caused no major damage. The storm flushed sewers and helped cleaning, with Bridgeport and southwestern districts most affected. Currents from the Illinois and Michigan Canal and river forks could have caused disaster were it not for the drainage and northeast wind keeping waters in bounds.
The first Lake View Directory by R. Donnelly & Sons highlights rapid area growth in Deering Ravenswood Rosehill Summerdale Argyle Park and surrounding villages. It cites accessible rail and streetcar lines an active fire police and health system and pure lake water via Holly. It estimates Lake View’s population around 40 000 though the school census suggests about 20 000 reflecting swift expansion.
Citizens in the northern parts of Cicero schedule a Sunday evening meeting at Austin Town Hall to examine the water question and flood protections for Oak Park Austin Ridgeland Moreland and Central Park. The article commends Scoville for offering to fund a water works project and invites feasible alternatives for fire protection. Brighton may source water from Lake once pumped capacity expands.
The Wise family in Waterford features multiple mayors and officials from the 15th to 17th centuries. John Wise is noted as a Republican gubernatorial candidate in Virginia. A Thomas Wyse, a noted Irishman, is mentioned as a member of Parliament.
The article notes a Waterford contemporary of Daniel O Connell who advanced Catholic emancipation and education. It discusses his marriage to a Widow Bonaparte and mentions the Napoleon Wyse as his stepson. Wise criticizes General Fitzhugh Lee while praising his amiability and network of friends, arguing his name would not win if it were Fitzhugh South.
The Munster Bank failure triggers deposit withdrawals at the Provincial Bank of Ireland with a drop of 14,000 in the last month. Lord Carnarvon invites a Limerick deputation to Dublin Castle to discuss the extra police tax, while Dublin plots a peaceful settlement. Detective findings show Robert Farquharson, bank manager, sailed to Spain the night of his departure from Dublin.
The passage argues a half hour on a croquet ground reveals a person’s true nature under adversity. It claims cheaters show themselves when competing for advantage and loyal friends remain reliable when a friend is favored in a tight game.
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