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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1901
Page
2
The note offers forwarding of this paper to readers for the summer without extra expense. The piece notes a community picnic by butchers and grocers and a Cicero town board discussion on drainage and taxation. It details recent thefts and police concerns, including a suburban car office burglary with $700 taken and two employees bound and gagged.
Samuel W. Packard, now legal adviser to John Alexander Dowie, resides at 368 Lake Street Oak Park. He earned large contingent fees early in his career including ten percent of a 250 000 verdict and 30 000 from a 300 000 Yankton bond case. Packard reportedly gained 10 000 for the lace import case and currently earns 2000 monthly. he is a deacon at the First Congregational Church.
Historical notices recall falls from upper windows as common fatalities linking to sleepiness and loss of balance. The text warns readers to avoid leaning or sitting near open windows when drowsy at night and to consider safer sleeping conditions.
The Vatican adds six thousand papal coins once in Cardinal Randi’s hoard to its fine collection. The coins were acquired after Pope Pius shifted to the French monetary system in 1862 and retired the old papal coins.
The report lists aristocratic inmates in English custody including Lady Gunning granddaughter of the second Lord Churchill serving years for forged notes, Mrs Osborne jailed for theft of a pearl necklace, Gwynette Maude sentenced for false pretenses, the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland jailed for destroying court papers, and the Count and Countess Leiningen facing various punishments. The Marchioness of Donegal and Countess Waldeck are also noted for their respective offenses and penalties.
The report describes two Sicilian convict dukes of Villarosa jailed near Naples for murdering a young infantry lieutenant betrothed to their sister Princess Catarina. Also named is Prince Caracciola serving ten years for poisoning his wife.
Sir Joseph Frayer recalls Guthrie a stern yet kindly medical figure fifty years ago. In a ward visit with visiting dignitaries, Guthrie chided a dresser for a mistake and then quizzed the student who admitted he did not consider himself clever.
The article notes a natural tunnel used to route the Virginia and southwestern railroad through the Alleghanies from Virginia into Tennessee. About 1,000 feet long, it required only sixty feet of blasting. cliffs at both ends reach 400 feet, and the limestone region yields notable cave scenery per the Indianapolis News.
Secretary of the Navy orders the reestablishment of the European station and assigns Rear Admiral Cromwell to command. His squadron includes the Chicago flagship, Albany, and Nashville, with future battleship assignment to the European post likely from the Kearsarge or Alabama. Also notes Benguet governor Whitmarsh's Manila order and armor-plate target experiments at New York Navy Yard for Sandy Hook trials.
In England brine springs under Norwich pump up the town lowering and raising streets, hotels and shops, while Stonehenge sits behind barbed wire with a paid turnstile. Oddities include a fungus specimen and Sicily’s remarkable natural fertility with vast crops and irrigation.
A regional feature notes Oregon products such as rosy cheeked girls, big red apples, roses, big cherries, long timbers and edible mushrooms among the famed exports.
The article discusses Pliny BE Goddard's observations in the American Anthropologist on how the Hupa of Northern California replace names after burials to avoid hearing the deceased. Examples include old words for wild goose and money falling out of use, and youths adopting new terms like de-kunch-ye-de-d le and mid-ke-o-hat. The process may steadily reshape the language over centuries.
A compilation of facts cites Britain’s massive railway mileage surpassing European totals by over ten thousand miles, plus notes on crow quill pens for minute writing, 1666 silk operatives in England, a 60 foot Delhi iron pillar, UK banking growth from 132 million to over 1 billion, and Canada’s strong display at Glasgow.
A tongue in cheek note from the San Francisco Bulletin questions who has not heard the call to cough up in Tong Island slang. The column playfully suggests the phrase is common currency in local speech.
The Chicago and Northwest railroad offers one day trip excursions with set fares. Lake Geneva Wisconsin leaves Austin at 7 40 a m and Oak Park at 7 47 a m on August 15 with a 1 00 fare. Devils Lake dates August 22 with 1 75 fare. Clinton Iowa trip September 1 with 1 75 round trip.
Round trip tickets will be sold July 1 to October 20 from Chicago to New York at 31 dollars round trip with stopovers in Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia or at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. Visitors can also reach Atlantic City. Send 14 cents for guides. For more information contact C. G. Lemmon or B. N. Austin.
During July and August a ten percent discount on all wall papers is offered. Prices show heavy reductions to beat Chicago, with ranges from 6c per veil for bedroom paper to 12% per roll for ingrain and stripes. A complete line of ready mixed paint, oils, glass, varnishes, etc., is sold at rock bottom prices by Walter W. Mayne at 203 Marion Street Oak Park phone 3843.
Demand deposits and certificates totals are listed with figures for individual accounts and certified checks. P D Castle, cashier, swears to the honesty of the statement before a notary on August 11 1901 in Cook County Illinois.
Classified notices seek carpenter with sidewalk and window screen work in Austin. F E Pray offers loan help for mortgage needs at 107 North Park Ave. Also seeks family washing, rooms to rent in Austin Oak Park area, a 15 year old clerk, a sewist, and a small three to four room flat for an elderly lady in Oak Park River Forest or Ridgeland.
FOR RENT Several modern houses 25 and 80 dollars monthly apply Reno 8 Tuthill 422 N Central avenue Tel 1963 FOR RENT Front and side room in modern cottage 208 Wisconsin avenue Oak Park FOR RENT Three room house 210 Wesley avenue hardwood floors modern bath furnace inquire at house I have two light destart rooms for first class parties Call or address 208 Wisconsin avenue Oak FOR RENT Nicely furnished rooms with or without board in private family one block from Lake street elevated railroad 204 South Prairie avenue Austin
For sale or rent a room modern house with gas electric light hot and cold water furnace 100 feet front shade trees cement walks J J Schoening 127 Grove River Forest also a graphophone for sale or exchange 146 Lake Oak Park a high grade lady's bicycle $15 422 North Central Avenue garland range jewel gas stove and other household effects 254 North Harvey Avenue
Fragmentary notice notes piano tuning service linked to Garner's drug store and C. H. Fantini at Third Avenue. May be part of a classified or ad section. Details are incomplete but indicate availability of tuning work and contact by postal means.
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