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Newspaper

Oak Park Vindicator

Location

Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1897

Page

7

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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