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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1899
Page
2
The Vindicator lists subscription rates and addresses for Austin and Oak Park offices. It notes reader alerts for prompt delivery and reports on town board finances and salaries. A local post office strike and mail train incidents are mentioned along with a court suit, resignations, and officials’ pay debate.
The piece calls Christian voters in Cicero to form a League of Christian Voters to unify action and elect good men to town and congressional offices. It laments division by political tricks and urges men to vote as they pray and join the movement.
Officers arrested four Austin residents charged with selling beer in amounts under a gallon. William Hankemeyer Lewis Wedekind August Grernman George Wall faced warrants and arraignments before Justice La Mena with bonds set at 300 dollars. Wall's hearing is Aug 16 others Aug 18. Police acted independently of the Austin Church Federation which had filed complaints.
Treasurer O J Roath of the Austin Business Men's Association reports the picnic held three weeks ago drew 1 089 attendees. Receipts excluding ground privileges totaled 500 15 with disbursements 432 85 leaving net cash receipts 67 30 and 23 50 still outstanding. Remaining funds 90 80 after all bills collected.
A Boston municipal official hired a watcher to monitor a public drinking place from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. to measure patronage. During those hours, exactly 9,335 people used the fountain funded by the city. The fountain features four faucets.
Major Delaford marries Mrs Flashington after a heated courtship amid rumors of her late husband’s death. The bride’s temper unsettles the household. Delaford’s cousin Rosamond arrives, and Mrs Delaford locks herself in her room, trapping her in a grated iron door after days of tension.
Justina Delaford battles with Maj. Delaford over moving closer to the park as Rosamond Bly visits. A tense scene includes calls for restraint and threats of insanity while a party is barred from leaving.
Mrs Delaford frets over rumors of insanity after a frightful scene with Felix and the asylum hint. Maj Delaford consoles her, Rosamond reconciles with Justina, and a playful reminder of lunatics and asylums seals the peace in a domestic comedy note from the New York News.
Leo Lubin, a 17 year old with a police record, hid in a garbage can to escape the county jail. During exercise, two trusted inmates carried him out and dumped him in a larger garbage box where he remained two hours. The garbage wagon driver nearly fainted when Lubin emerged covered in grease and trash. He escaped through open gates into Illinois street and vanished.
A Georgia clergyman and a Hoosier seek a marriage license in the courthouse. The groom offers a pumpkin as payment after the ordinary and a nearby parson agree to perform the ceremony. The bride is summoned from the street. the knot is tied with no formal charge, the groom promising a pumpkin to settle the bill.
Patrons at the Alexandra theater last Saturday witnessed veteran Irish comedian Grattan Riggs lifted into the air when a doorway stage set swung unexpectedly. The fall did not cause serious injury as Riggs, though heavier now, avoided harm despite the dramatic mishap.
Robert Burns witnessed a wealthy Greenock merchant fall into the harbor as a sailor rushed to save him. The rescue left the man with only minor injuries, but the merchant offered a shilling in thanks. Burns urged silence, saying the gentleman rightly knew his life’s value.
The Elizabeth Journal notes wide availability of Dewey hats and Funston hats while corresponding Dewey heads and Funston heads remain scarce.
Austin items list mail arrival and closure times from east and west, local visits, excursions, trips, and gatherings. Includes notices of residents traveling to Michigan City Fox Lake and Long Lake camping, plus school events and a bass lake fishing record.
During the Civil War and the recent war with Spain diarrhoea troubled troops. David Taylor of Wind Ridge Greene County Pa. suffered chronic symptoms but found quick relief with Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by Trail & Cooling druggists.
Patron urged to purchase two patriotic tunes from International Music Company at the Fisher Building Chicago. Each song priced at 25 cents, totaling 50 cents for both.
William Einfeldt and family enjoy a Lake Marie summer outing with favorable fishing reports. Dr Melvin and Charles Miller depart for fishing. Miller returns while the doctor stays another week as Mrs Melvin visits relatives. An attempted post office burglary leaves the safe untouched and no letters are stolen. list of unclaimed letters is released by Oak Park postmaster W. A. Hutchinson.
Board of Trustees of Harlem Village seeks a Cook County Court assessment of costs for grading curbing and paving Madison street from Harlem avenue to Lathrop avenue. Final hearing set for August 28 1899. Objections may be filed. four installments bear 6 percent interest. Clair D Vallette commissioner.
A coal yard is set up at the corner of Austin avenue and Lake street in Austin Illinois to accept orders for coal and wood and deliver on short notice. Postal orders are attended to and 2000 pounds to the ton is guaranteed with price savings claimed. Branch at Pillinger's shoe store 109 North Park avenue Austin. Telephone Austin 14 Co B Patrick.
Manchester Michigan man George D Williams recounts his wife’s recovery from years of illness. He credits Electric Bitters with restoring mobility and easing nervous, sleep and pain issues. Each bottle guaranteed 50 cents, sold by local druggists Traill Cooling and Chas P Miller.
A first class personally conducted trip to Lake Geneva on Saturday August 19 departs Austin at 7 42 a m with stops at Ridge land Avenue Oak Park River Forest and Williams Bay arriving 10 25 a m. Return leaves Williams Bay 5 50 p m arriving Austin 8 50 p m. Round trip $1 tickets via C N W Ry or excursion agent C H Tinkham Chicago.
For sale jewel gas range with water front and six months use quarter sawed oak wardrobe one lady's wheel and one gentleman's wheel at 113 Walnut Avenue.
Refined gentleman requests pleasant well furnished room and good table board in Oak Park or Austin. Address A. D. H. care Vindicator Austin.
The Harlem Jockey Club and Chicago Jockey Club will run races every other week with the next meet starting July 24. Special features planned for each day include five or more races rain or shine. Admission is 75 cents with a Lake Street special train direct to the grounds.
Don t miss the Battle of Manila event at the corner of Wabash avenue and Hubbard court. Highlights and activities promised for the occasion.
A Rhode Island mother recounts how Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved her child from severe dysentery. She urges other mothers to use this medicine, noting it proved very effective and relieved her family's worry. Trail & Cooling sold the product locally.
Chicago Jockey Club Hawthorne track runs July 10 1899 to July 22 with five or more races daily. Music by Cicero military band and electric cars run to grounds. Admission 75 cents.
Austin Christian Church Trustees seek to lease or buy a corner lot in Austin on reasonable terms for church property.
Advertises the soothing healing properties and pleasant taste of Chamberlains Cough Remedy. Claims prompt and permanent cures and notes availability at Trail and Cooling druggists for purchase.
Mr. Charles Holzhauer of Newark N J endorses Chamberlains cough remedy as safer and more effective than other remedies for coughs colds and hoarseness. Traill & Cooling Druggists sell the product.
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