News of the Town highlights many local trips and visits
Mrs. Frank Emerson and family at Paw Paw Lake Michigan. Miss Edith stafford visiting Ravenswood. Miss Hazel Standart guest of Mrs. Conyne at South Haven. Residents plan travels to St Joseph, Des Plaines, Lake Michigan resorts. aviation and theater notices pepper the page.
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Frank Emerson
Paw Paw Lake
Mich
M. J. Blundin
Silver Lake
H. A. Hanson
Eagle Lake
Wis
Baird
Lake Dullivan
A. D. Minard
Michigan
J. W. Attley
South Haven
T. Lattan
Estella
Palatine
Zana Skeels
Walnut Street
Wheaton
H. K. Stratford
Brown’s Lake
Two Teens Killed by Train Near River Forest
Patrick McNeeley of River Forest and George Thronson of Maywood, both 19, were killed by eastbound Chicago and Northwestern passenger train No 156 near the DesPlaines river. Their bodies were found along the tracks and taken to Barmann's. authorities suspect they were struck after moving to the eastbound track following a westbound freight.
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Patrick McNeeley
River Forest
George Thronson
Maywood
Chicago and Northwestern
Desplaines River
Chicago
Wells Street
John Becker
McNeeley
Marshal Kamphouse
Barmann
Thronsen
Norton Brose
Magnus Thronsen
California Avenue
New Oak Park Lecture Course Aims To Reopen Series
Oak Park prepares a revived lecture series funded by subscriptions at one dollar each. The lineup features the Boston Ladies Symphony Orchestra with Harry Donlan, the London Glee Singers performing Pagliacci songs, Ottumwa Male Quartet with Jessie Kleinemann, Bishop Vincent, Rev. Thomas Dixon Jr, Charlotte Perkins Stetson, and Dr. A A Willits. Descriptive circulars are forthcoming as citizens are urged to support this worthy effort.
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Scoville Institute
Boston Ladies’ Symphony Orchestra
Harry Donlan
Bey
Boston
London Glee Singers
England
S. Baring-Gould
Ottumwa
America
Jessie Kleinemann
Vincent
Thomas Dixon
Charlotte Perkins Stetson
A. A. Willits
Apostle of
Sunshine
Oak Park
Around the World in a Month by Rail and Sea Plan
The Russian minister of roads and communications outlines a 33 day global circuit using Bremen to St Petersburg by rail, St Petersburg to Vladivostock by rail, a ten day steamship crossing to San Francisco, a four and a half day rail run to New York, then seven days by sea back to Bremen. A faster 66 day Southampton to New York route via Paris Brindisi Yokohama is noted as current.
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Bremen
St. Petersburg
Vladivostock
San Francisco
New York
Phineas Fogg
Southampton
Paris
Brindisi
Yokohama
Pensions to Divide Among Widows in Austrian Army
Austria's pension bureau will recognize polygamy among soldiers with multiple widows. After Bosnia and Herzegovina occupation many Mohammedans serve as soldiers. An order states that if a soldier leaves several legal widows, the pension shall be divided equally among all widows entitled to pensions.
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Austria
Pension Bureau
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Soft Soled Shoes Said to Calm Nervousness in Celestial Empire
A famous Chinese doctor claims nervousness is avoided in the Celestial empire by soft soled footwear. He asserts hard soles worn by the Anglo-Saxon race provoke extreme nervous temperament.
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Celestial Empire
Waning Interest in Lawn Tennis Sparks Recreation Debate
The Tri-City Progress notes tennis lovers puzzled by falling participation as croquet revival or golf interest grows. It calls tennis a pretty recreation despite waning appeal.
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Tri-City
Woman without arms marries in Christchurch foot ring ceremony
A armless woman wed in Christchurch New Zealand with the ring placed on the fourth toe of her left foot. A similar ceremony occurred at St James church Bury St Edmunds in 1832.
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Christchurch
New Zealand
St. James
Bury St. Edmunds
Moody Bible Institute announces expanded summer course attendance
The Moody Bible Institute issued a midsummer notice praising a larger turnout for Rev. James M. Gray’s summer course. Classes run evenings for 800 to 1,000 attendees, covering Old Testament judges and kings, and New Testament epistles with Leviti cus study. An additional beginner course on Bible interpretation and weekly lessons by Miss Mabel Hall are offered free to the public. Attendees include many ministers and teachers, with details available from the Bible Institute in Chicago.
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Moody Bible Institute
James M. Gray
Israel
Christ
Mabel Hall
International Primary Union
The
Bible Institute
Chicago
Clam Town Invites Bud Amerson to Stay as Doctor
During Bass Lake visit a child ate many green apples and called the one-year-old doctor Bud Amerson. The Vindicator artist witnessed his first professional call, and the child recovered. Locals urge the young doctor to settle there after his medical training.
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Bass Lake
Clam
Bud” Amerson
Five Politicians
A Philadelphia Call vignette from Albany describes a tour guide misidentifying portraits. A stranger pays a quarter for guidance, then learns the guide cannot name Shakespeare or Homer, claiming the heads belong to two politicians whose names he “disremember.”
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Albany
Philadelphia
Shakespeare
Homer
Child questions elephant drinking at Lincoln Park
A young visitor to Lincoln Park in Chicago watches a motionless elephant by a watering trough and asks why someone does not lift the trunk so the animal can drink. The remark highlights a child's limited exposure to zoological wonders.
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Lincoln Park
Chicago
Ape learns golf but misses holes in humorous note
The Boston Herald remarks that a chimpanzee has been taught to play golf and appears to enjoy the game, though he struggles to land the ball in the hole. The line ends with the joke that this is the missing link.
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Boston Herald
In Memory of Dudley S. Stone
The Austin M E Church and Sunday School express sincere sympathy to the Stone family at this time of bereavement. The church lauds him as a faithful member and the Sunday school as a dedicated scholar with a life spent in service to the Master. committee members Abel M White Fred L Charles Charles H Burres.
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Austin M. E. Church
Dudley S. Stone
Abel M. White
Fred L. Charles
Charles H. Burres
Despondent Fireman Ends Life at Forest Home Cemetery
H. D. Meisel a West Polk street resident and city fireman, committed death by own action by drinking carbolic acid at Forest Home Cemetery Saturday around 5 pm. He was 45, recently widowed, and his body was found hours later near the Des Plaines river. Survived by his parents and two brothers. Funeral held Monday afternoon.
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H. D. Meisel
West Polk
Forest Home Cemetery
Desplaines River
Card of Thanks from Mrs D S Stone
Mrs D S Stone expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and condolences during a recent affliction.
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D. S. Stone
Monetary Quotes On Wealth From 19th Century Papers
A collage of humorous and proverbs about money from multiple newspapers cites Stanhope era sentiments. The notes touch avarice, wealth, and the belief money influences action and luck, including quips from the Galveston News St. Paul Dispatch Kansas City Star De Kalb Chronicle Nebraska Journal Atchison Globe Indianapolis Journal and Washington Star.
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Galveston News
St. Paul Dispatch
Kansas City Star
de Kalb Chronicle
Nebraska Journal
Atchison Globe
Watts
Washington Star
Mexico Sugar Industry Lags as Cuba Advances Under U S
The article notes Mexico produces about 80,000 tons of cane sugar annually, all for domestic use, while Cuba makes about 1,000,000 tons with modern machinery. It argues Mexico must modernize to compete, and Cuba could double output in a decade under American direction.
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Mexico
United States
Republic of Mexico
Cuba
Genuine Self Control by a Young Observer
A seven year old boy, Bob, sits quietly during an artist’s gallery showing. He gasps at a spring landscape and nearly voices his honest thought, then refrains, wondering if he should say “Renta” instead. The scene captures a child’s restraint amid adult attention.
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Bob
Renta
Residents take summer trips and local notices
Local residents plan extended eastern trips and vacations to Wisconsin Michigan and Illinois. Families attend club events visit relatives and return from outings while church groups conduct trolley parties and league meetings as city streets are being repaired and residents recover from minor injuries.
River Forest People Leave For Relatives and Visits
Mrs N E Steward returns from Mayville Wisconsin. Miss Katherine Sullivan heads to South Haven Michigan for a week's visit. Mr and Mrs L B Moore depart for Colton New York to visit friends and plan a September return. Mrs F L Monroe and children travel to Penn Illinois for a three week visit with her grandfather. Possible upcoming River Forest wedding. Mrs R C Spencer to Maine for a month or six weeks with Mr Spencer to follow.
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Maria Moore
North Central Avenue
DeKalb
W. F. Daniels
Cedar Street
Desplaines
Ill
A. M. Daniels
Mary Bryant
North Pine Avenue
St. Joseph
Benton Harbor
Mich
Jennie Elliott
Clark Avenue
Bangor
EB. C. Hooker
Edwin Wimpenney
Lizzie
North Park Avenue
William Wimpenney
West Newton
Mass
Roscoe Jenkins
Lone Tree Point
W. Jenkins
Pacific Coast
Eva Ryan
Margaret Phillips
Mason City
Iowa
Clear Lake
Fred L. Charles
M. S
Northern Illinois State Normal School
Charles
Lake View High School
Austin
Klein, McCall
Seigfried
Paulsen
Reifschnider
St.Joseph
St. Joe River
Sally
Jake
Chicago
Dearborn Theater
Schiller
Cinematograph Pictures
Robert Ingalls
Antioch
E. A. Blackmer
Wesley Avenue
Pelton
East Avenue
Erie, Pa
Linda Scales
Hollycourt
West Superior
N. M. Jones
Kenil- Worth Avenue
Lake Bluff
Phelps and
Whittlesey
Jamestown
W. F. Barnard
Grace Phelps
Idaho
Linde Seales
William F. Barnard
Gerts
Lake Street
Tacoma
Wash
Herbert Draper
South Grove Avenue
Mackinac
L. S. Ingman
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dallas
Ontario Street
St. Paul
O. L. Bailey
South Oak Park Avenue
Lakes
Eva Moore
Scoville Institute
A. W. Wood
North Grove Avenue
Minneapolis
May Whittlesey
N. Y
Charles Myall
Chicago Avenue
Morris von Platten
Kenilworth Avenue
Petoskey
Tope
Lake Geneva
N. E. Steward
Mayville
Wis
Katherine. Sullivan
South Haven
River Forest
Mathiew
R. C. Spencer
Grove Street
Most Popular British Novelist Silas Hocking
The most popular Great Britain novelist is Silas Hocking, with publishers noting twenty one years of writing and average weekly sales around 1000 copies. Hocking is a minister in the Methodist Free Church and his works are widely read by dissenting England.
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Great Britain
Silas Hocking
Hocking
Methodist Free Church
England
New York Tribune
Harlem Community Picnic Beats City Work Schedules
Harlem grocers butchers and merchants closed at 10 for a local picnic. A Seventh Illinois Regiment band and the Jolly Thirteen Pleasure Club planned August events at Garden's Grove. Streets and sidewalks committee eyed repairs and a Madison Street brick paving project valued at 14 699.55. A bicycle wreck survivor hosted a picnic at Minard's Grove with a surprise engagement announced.
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Te Penjamin Armhurst
Harlem
Walter
Herman Strunk
Stratford
Wis
Devil's Lake
Crawford Bros
Madison Street
Lathrop Avenues
Jolly Thirteen
Gaden’s Grove
Seventh Illinois Regiment
Charles Berndt
Herman Arndt
Woodford
Minard’s Grove
West Side
Herman
When Death Holds Sway
A Philadelphia Record note states that while nurses say dawn is when death often comes, a French physician after studying over 25 000 cases finds most deaths occur at 2 PM rather than 2 AM.
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Philadelphia
Dam Beneath Nile Will Not Submerge Philae Temple
The Assouan dam construction on the Nile will raise water slightly above the high water mark, ensuring the temple at Philae remains unsubmerged.
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le Safe
Nile
Assouan
Bayot
Philae
Why They Are Costly Tortoise shell from West Indies becomes rich material
Tortoise shell from the West Indies is coarse dirty and lustreless until skilled patient manipulation transforms it into the rich beautiful material it finally becomes.
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West Indies
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R. H. Traill
H. Cooling
Traill & Cooling
Central Ave
South Boulevard
Austin, Ill
News OF the Town
Charles Doane
Oak Park Avenue
Maybell Smith
Humphrey Avenue
Belvidere
H.S. Robinson
South Elgin Avenue
Laurie
Menominee Street
Antioch, Wrs
Grace Lyman
Elsie McFerson
Scotland
George W. Ingersoll
Colorado
Ingersoll
Pike’s Peak
W. T. Smith
Weldon
Scoville Grounds
Finney
H.H. West
Chicago Institute of Osteopathy
Scoville Block
Northwestern
New Oak Park
Pee Bud Amerson
Christian Fellowship
Monetary Matters
Old Mexico
Leeding Dry Goods
Cor
I. P. Commons
Phaff
South Sixtyfourth Avenue
George Butters
North Sixtyfourth Avenue
BE. H. Pitkin
Georgian Bay
Canada
Ames
Katharine Condon
Worth Taylor Avenue
Lake Forst
William Pierce
North Taylor Avenue
Jackson
Clara Condon
Oconomowoc
Orial
E. A. Cummings
North Lombard Avenue
Fond du Lac
Branch
Keney
North Sixty-fourth Avenue
Bevington
South Harvey Avenue
Charles Carr
Kitty
North Harvey Avenue
Waukesha
John Lyon
Little Cedar Lake
D. E. Brink
Louchelle Hinsdell
Elgin
Carlson
Madison
Strong
Second Congregationalist Church
Scott
Margaret
Old Country
McCullough
Edgar Goodwillie
J. C. Biglow
Wm. Stafford
Northwestern Depot
C. C
Mrs. Kranskopf
North Seventh Avenue
Baptist Church
Cicero & Proviso Traction Company
Walter Butler
Epworth League
M. E. Church
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