Oak Park and Cicero News Roundup of Summer Notices
Oak Park features include visits of residents to Lake Geneva Delavan Lake and South Haven Michigan. Local projects advance, including Euclid avenue improvements and a new jewelry store on Lake Street. Unclaimed letters list and crime note report a 17 year old charged with assault. several families plan summers in Wisconsin and Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McDonald
Canada
Annie Johnson
Avery
South Haven
Mich
Adams
Caroline Adams
Delavan Lake
J. K. Dunlap
Oak Park
Avenue
Margaret Thain
Lake Delevan
Jessie Highman
Fair Oak
Parker, S. D
Hsterlund
H. Pebbles
Euclid Avenue
Cicero's Seat and Austin Notes of Change and Trade
A burst of short notices from Austin and Cicero covers loans from F W Zander and the Austin Building and Loan, local improvements and vacancies, people visiting Michigan and Wisconsin, horse and cattle auctions, yacht plans, plumbing licenses, railway and telegraph upgrades, and a Pacific coast industry survey by J C Rouzer. Names include John D. Maclean, Mrs A B Johnson, Miss Florence Creed, Rev Satterfield, Major George F Meehan, Elmer Hansen, and Cy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Building and Loan Association
John D. Maclean
Sec'y
la Salle St
Chicago
Elmer Hansen
Austin Ivy Goods Company
T. J. Sullivan
Manteno
W. C. Pomeroy
Detroit
Linden Park News In Morning Township
Linden Park residents report citywide happenings from vacations to visits at Devil’s Lake and Paw Paw. Andrew Bartoli wins a 100 wheel at the south side races while J. Reynolds plans a Sunday marriage. a planned Suburban Electric extension triggers local protest and threatened clashes with workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
Harlem Avenue
Madison Street
Mamie Valentine
Georgietta Cordeman
Fifty-second Avenue
Lamont, MW
Artesian wells progress at Cicero and Proviso Electric
One of the wells at the power house is nearly finished and a second will be drilled rapidly. A roller break halted work for days, requiring parts from Milwaukee and repairs in Chicago. Night drilling caused complaints, then was enclosed and resumed with no further issues. A large dynamo will be shipped to Lockport Illinois. The old machines are unused after new electrical engines were installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Parks
Avenue
Prairie Club
Brook
Second Regiment
Corey
Wagner
Rhine
Kela Bela
Peer Gynt
Grieg
Hartmann
Maria
Davila
Largo
Handi
Iyangay
Mayerbeer
Wilson
Rossini
Meyerbeer
Cicero and Proviso Electric Railway Company
Milwaukee
Chicago
Lockport
Lll
Christ Lang
Frank Zimmerman
Brooks Shank
Florida
Jones
Durance Vile
Harlem
Harlem Bank
Eity
John Lange
Lakeview
Messrs. Meier
Bargman
Petersen
Germany
Louis Schwartz
Harlem Avenue
Washington Boulevard
James Dandy
Merle & Heaney
T. Little. C. C. Seheel
Jacob Schuster
Ir. Reed
Schwartz
Carney Subdivision
Marengo Street
Plenry
Areh
Penry J. Moore
William Gross
Fm, Elis & Co
Hillmer Bros
Mil Blossy
John McCie
M. Schneider
W. CG. T. UL
M. I. Church
Peter Bollander
William Thomas
Walter Cullen
A. Anderson
Thesday
Lake Superior
Alert Baseball Club
Thiele’s Grove
Bloss
Willian Prager
Bellewood
Frazer
Dunnebecke
Melrose Park
Cook County
Leonard
Rome
Brighton Park
Brighton Parks
Melrose Parks
Village Board
Twenty-third Avenue
First Street
Dunlop Bros
Oak Park
China
C. A. Scott
Melrose Park Hotel
Mall
Belt Line
Sir John
Wealthy Denmark tops savings per inhabitant in ranking
The piece notes Denmark leads in savings per person at about 350. It also reports women in German factories barred from wearing corsets during work hours, a St. Louis girl christened Cyclonia after a wind storm, 25 million dollars invested in motor carriage manufacturing, a London umbrella insurance company insuring canes, a Mansfield PA potato shipment yielding 12 cents a bushel, and Washington PA’s widow’s row with nine single women and one bachelor nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
St. Louis
Cycdlonia
London
Mansfield
Washington
Grant Works Community News and Developments
Grant Works pays on the 1st and 15th. many new faces arrive as few houses remain vacant. Residents favor Berwyn water over city water. The electric works employ about 200 with plans to add 200 more soon. Jack Evans runs the electric works. a new school is promised with a male principal and two young ladies. Street macadam and gravel improvements shine. bricks sand and stone arrived Friday. The post office sees Cr A McDonald as postmaster with J J McCorkell traveling for a New York house. An ice cream maker, George Bosch, starts his first season under new supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pray
N. Park Ay
Edwards
Austin
Albion
Samuel
Grant Works
Berwyn
Cr. A. McDonald
J. J. McCorkell
New York House
Tra
Roger
Kennedy & Ballard
Jack Evans
George Bosch
Riverside News Sparks and Local Civic Quirks
The piece reports West Chicago dimming lights due to coal scarcity, LaGrange officials aiming for first class sidewalks, and Northwestern Railway disputing ferry landings. Riverside struggles with water supply, rats invade homes and farms, and aldermen are described as city leaders with Chicago ties and notable rail roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaGrange
Northwestern Railway Company
Aurora
Batavia
Geneva
Fleetric Railway
Laurelwood Park
Riverside
Echo
Condolences for Comrade John W Scribner
Resolutions of Condolence from Headquarters Phil Sheridan Post 615 Oak Park Maywood honor Comrade John W Scribner formerly of Company D 2d Battalion 16th Regiment U S Infantry. Post mourns a patriotic American and dedicates tributes to widow, daughter and memory with publication requests and certified copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Sheridan
Department of HL
G. R. A. Qak Park
John W. Scribner
2D Battalion
16Th Regiment
U. S. Infantry
Oak Park
Maywood
Thompson
P.O Hotchkiss
For Rent Eight Room New House on South East Corner
A new eight room house on the South East corner of East avenue and South boulevard is offered for sale with terms including $800 cash and six per cent interest. The listing is by THOS. H. GALE, Room 702, 84 LaSalle Street, Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thony W. Smith
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
J. Edward Rinehart
St. Louis
the Patriotic Sons of America
J. J. Gantzer
North Willow Avenue
New York
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Austin
P. O. Box
S. I
East Avenue
South Boulevard
Thos. H. Gale
la Pails Street
Ills and Happenings From Melrose Park and Vicinity
Townsfolk note illness and travel, with Mrs Mary Stahmer gravely ill and George Thatcher visiting Green Lake. Local social life features church outings, a Typpworth League event for 25 children, and a Sinn of festive gatherings at Thatcher park and Madison street. An unknown man dies on the Chicago and Northern Pacific tracks. in Melrose Park, multiple improvements and social events unfold as Oak Park builders work on new structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frink Street
Emma Winston
Atlanta
George Hilton
Austin
A. P. Orth
South Chicago
Congregational Church
KB. Francis
North Central Avenue
Desplaines
C. N. Grubb
Carpenter
North Park Ave
Austin Packing Co
George Park
Park
Denver
Colorado
Hill
The
Presbyterian Church
Winona Assembly
Eagle Lake
Ind
Institutional Church
Robert McCulloch
Gunthorp
Vinnie Rice
Petoskey, Mich
Gen. H. Burch
Ontario Street
AL Gilbert
Lake Street
Mary Stahmer
George L. Thatcher
Green Lake
McCune
Chicago
Robert Odell
I. J. Griffin
Waukesha
Dr. Boyd
John Dacey
Forest Avenue
Presbyterian Hospital
Madison Street
Thatcher Avenue
Chicago & Northern Acific
River Forest
Oan
Fawcett
Keystone Street
Henry Strubels
Lydia
St. Peter
Magnus Flaws
Milwaukee
Wis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cicero Precincts
al Wagner
G. A. Smyth
Lake Geneva
West Sand
James Ward, Jr
Kenilworth
Judge Ball
Florence Whaples
John Farson
E. H. Pitkin
Dunbar
Fair Oaks Nursery
Rodney F. Johannet
Lewiston, Me
Paul Blatchford
North
Eucclid Avenue
Chicago Ave
J. B. Moose
J. E. Nelson and
South Jlaven
Linda Hardridge
Fred Kettlestrings
Avenue Ice Cream Parlors
W. H. Drechsler
H. G. Fiddelke
W. M. Ketchum
Fair Oaks
Frost
Berea College
First Congregational Church
B. A. Jernberg
Second Congregational Church
St. John Lutheran Schools
Altenheim
North Oak Park Av
Thomas St
Ill
Senne & Co
M. KE. Church
Temperance Hall
R. Anders
J. W. Senne
J. P
Louis Arnt
Lizzie Brassington
L. D. Benedict
Mary Bader
Max Gruber
Arthur Johnston
J. Murphy
George Morse
William R. Patrick
M. Annie Lilly
Simpson Bros
Albert W. Giles
P.M
Norman
Wisconsin Ave
KE. R. Jones
Pleasant Street
Clinton Avenue
Krogman Bros
W. W. Williams
Messrs
Rouse
Home Avenue
Barfield
Garsthwait & McCall
W. Williams
West End
S. Yerkes
W. R. Wickes
A. K E. Brown
S. D. Attridge
H.C
Mr. Thayer
Stunday
Frank Butler
Wisconsin Lakes
Joseph Clark
East
John Carne
California
Kemp
Giessinger
Benton Harbor
White
Taylor Avenue
Charles Wood
W. D. Akin
Elgin
Morris Peterson
the Ridge and Hotel
Constance Smith
Wire
Anthony W. Smith
Edward Rinehart
Harry McCullagh
Madison University
Carroll
Willie Pratt
Madison
University
Chicago & Northwestern
Cicero & Proviso Electric Railway
Lay
Taylor Street
Georgetta
Europe
English Channel
Vienna
Paderewski
Cicero
F.W. Zander
Jim Kehler
H. N. Webb
Michigan
George Gordon
Gammon
Kirkwood
N. J
South Front
Chicago Avenue
A. B. Johnson
Alice
Will. Pillinger
Sylvan Beach
John Eakens
W. A. Pillinger
Whitehall, Mich
Zimmerman & Roath
Oak Vick
Johnson
Kittie Freeman
Nellie Scully
G. B. Cogdal
Central
Ilinois
Mrs
S. L. Bryning
Detroit, Mich
Thomas McGrogan
J. B. Decker
Lone Tree Point
P. G. Biggs
Wing
A. R. Boynton
E. P. Short
Volin
N. Park Ave
J. W. Wilson
C. V. Holsinger
Kansas City
Rev Satterfield
ME Church
W.H. Holmes
Wicker Park Church
A. H. R. Atwood
George F. Meehan
Seventh Infantry
Camp Lincoln
Springfield
Siegel Crafts
Silver Lake
Lake Michigan
G. @. Burns
South Prairie Avenue
Ft. Schlreyer 4
New Park Grocery Company
Chicago and Northwestern Company
Austin Depot
Central Avenue
Cicero Telephone Company
Hbs
Park Avenue
Lanquith
Kerwin Station
LaMena
Traill
Alva
Nelson Hallgren
Fifty-third Street
Fenger
Kearsley
Folger
Poplar Avenue
Pacific Coast
Society of Christian Endeavor
San Francisco
Cal
Los Angeles
Portland
Ore
Linden Park
Chicago and
Robinson Avenues
W. R. Clark
Robinson Avenue
Linden Parkers
South Robinson Avenue
Triacy-Second Street
North Robinson Avenue
Council of
F. Hellyer
RE. P. Ripley
Santa Fe Railroad
Alton Railroad
Story & Camp
Proviso
Tornverein
Gaden’s Grove
Theodore Gerlach
John Burghard
Harlem Maennercher
Phiele’s
Twelfth Street
Medels
Atlen Treland
Lasalle
Gilmore
Devil's Lake
Smith & Henning
Melrose
Id Barker
Railroad Street
Fifteenth Avenue
Justice Dunnebecke