News of the Town highlights local guests and travels
A long list of visitors and residents in town activity fills the column. Among them Mr. Lowell H. Beach joins Western Electric. Major R. E. Osgood visits Belvidere cousin. Mrs. E L Stafford leaves Erie street for Davenport IA. Numerous trips to Marquette Mackinaw Freeport and Lake Bluff are noted along with social gatherings and club events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Beaver
Fostoria
Ohio
Adame
Erie Street
D. Mincer
B. Briard
North Central Avenue
Norman Porter Kellogg
N. P. Kellogg
Charles Saupe
Pekin
Ill
J. H. Gunn
E. L. Stafford
Austin
Davenport
Alfred Adams
Petoskey
Mackinaw
Mich
R. W. Ayres
Superior Street
Miriam Kehler
Bourbon
Ind
James Kehler
Indiana Street
M. Flaws
South Boulevard
Marquette
Michigan
E. W. Sparks
Alton
LL. B. Sager
North Ping Avenue
Skinner
de Kalb
Fred L. Charles
Mabel Richardson
Harlem Race Track a Menace to Illinois
Letters urge action against Harlem race track accusing it of gambling and robbery that ruins families. Citizens call on Civic Federation to close the venue describing it as a low den with corrupt jockeys and widespread harm to nearby residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Federation
Illinois
Harlem Race Track
Prize Winners and What They Get in the Contest
Last week readers solved a math puzzle in which 100 animals cost 100 dollars with cows at 10, hogs at 3, and sheep at 0.50. The five correct first solvers win prizes including a trip across the lake and The Patent Record subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Higginson
Walnut Avenue
Dr. C. Reiterman
South Boulevard
J. A. Burton
Rice Street
B. N. Branch
R. W. Hyman & Co
Dearborn Street
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
E. N. Gill
Erie Street
Roy Kemper
Indiana Street
Inez L. Church
Mra
H. A. Carpenter
Henry Hoffman
South Central
Helen C. Ledgerwood
Washington Boulevard
Laura Mack
Baird Avenue
F. F. Hill
Ontario Street
W. B. Jones
Maple Avenue
Margaret Evans
Cornelia Street
T. A. Hostettler
Superior Street
Oak Park Police Notes Arrests for Vagrancy and Disturbing the Peace
S. P. Widdell a Maywood express man was fined for picking up baggage in Oak Park without a license. Joe Nelson and Walter Kenna were arrested for vagrancy and fined 50 dollars with 30 minutes to leave town. Two Greeks from Halsted street were arrested for disturbing the peace after a river picnic and summoned before Justice Kendall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. P. Widdell
Maywood
Oak Park
Joe Nelson
Walter Kenna
Justice Kendall
Halsted Street
Clifford and
de Jans
Doctor Defends Self After Altercation on Street Car
Dr. W. D. Turner of Pasadena defended himself when a drunken man derided him on a city streetcar. Turner pushed the man, who fell and suffered a severe head injury. He was held at the police station and bonded $300 before being released. Turner was later exonerated at trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Turner
Pasadena
Cal
A. C. Stevens
Howard Avenue
Letter Cline Protest Asks for Prize Offer
Colorado Springs reader B. F. Robinson claims a prize from last week’s Vindicator after outlining a stock purchase with 100 head cattle valued at $100. He asks for a present arguing subscribers are at a disadvantage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
W. O. Cline
B. F. Robinson
Pine Street
Cornerstone Laid for Fifty Second Avenue Church
The cornerstone laying at Fifty second Avenue Presbyterian Church occurred Wednesday evening August 29 at 7 o clock. Rev G F Williams presided with Rev Albert MacCalla assisting, and Rev G B Safford laid the cornerstone marking the start of the new edifice at the Fulton Street site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifty Second Avenue Presbyterian Church
Fifty-second Avenue Presbyterian Church
Fifty-second Avenue
Fulton Street
G. F. Williams
Home Missions
Albert MacCalla
G. B. Safford
Will Organize a Republican Marching Club Meeting
A meeting at the Engine House Lombard and Lake streets next Tuesday September 4 at 8 p m will organize a Republican marching club. A city organizer and precinct captains will be present to instruct on forming the club with good speakers and invitations to young men and all interested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engine House
Lombard and
Lake Streets
Nuggets of Information Across the World
A collection notes varied facts from 19th century life including Prussia wages under 21 pounds yearly, salmon scarcity on the Columbia, South Carolina pension averages of 12.30 dollars, Paris police on bicycles, and a French automobile service between Sengal and Niger. It also mentions a proportional body weight rule, London electric subways, a Grundy county marriage, expected Australian native lifespans, St. Lawrence basin size, and Anglo American Presbyterian growth in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Paris
Sengal
Niger
London
City and Waterloo
City and South
Roses as Symbols of Silence in Ancient Myth and History
The article traces the rose as a symbol of silence in Greek myth, noting Cupid's golden rose to conceal amours. It recounts Pausanias conspiring with Xerxes, the banqueting hall roses, and Pausanias’ pursuit, with reports of asylum, walled entry, and possible death by starvation or collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cupid
Venus
Greece
Pausanias
Xerxes
Detroit Free Press
Iceberg 500 Feet High Seen By Columbian Passengers
A passenger aboard the Leyland line steamship Columbian, arriving from Liverpool, reported a colossal iceberg estimated at 500 feet high. Third Officer Roberts calculated its height, noting few bergs reach such scale in the North Atlantic. The ship passed eight miles south, the berg described as sugar leaf shaped, chilling air to 48 and water to 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyland Line
Columbian
Liverpool
New York Sun
Roberts
North Atlantic
Crow’s Nest
Principal Buck of Austin named Lake View High School principal
At a Chicago Board of Education meeting on Thursday B F Buck of Austin was chosen as principal of Lake View High School. Supt Cooleys recommendation carried the decision amid a field of strong applicants. Austin residents praise the honor but regret his departure. Buck is described as a capable educator with a bright future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck
Austin
Lake View
Chicago Board of Education
B. F. Buck
Supt. Cooley
Kellogg Plans Illinois River Descent To Mississippi
Free Kellogg of 232 N Park Ave will voyage this fall with three companions in a boat down the Illinois River to the Mississippi and on toward the Southern states. He cites an intolerance to northern winters as the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg
N. Park Avenue
Illinois River
Mississippi
Jefferson Lincoln Club to hear C O Burras on August 14
Mr C O Burras will address the Jefferson Lincoln club on Thursday evening August 14 in defense of the McKimley administration. A general discussion will follow and a hot time is expected. The club meets at 231 North Park avenue Masone building. Come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wood
Wisconsin
W. H. French
S. S. Niles
Madison, Wis
Alice Woodard
Louisville, Ky
Whittlesey
Forest Avenue
F. A. Gillette
Lake Bluff
Henry Irving Rasmus
Hervey Booth
Clinton Avenue
F. W. Wilcox
G. C. Hendy
Plattville
Wis
Clara B. Hendy
A. M. Ewart
North Boulevard
St. Louis
May van Ouwerkerk
Sheboygan Falls
Lillian Arentz
Elizabeth Court
L. G. Young
Douglass
Mich
Bartlett
Toledo
Stuart
Minneapolis
J. Smith
Stella Wood
Oak Park
Pellett
South Grove Avenue
George W. Ingersoll
C. O. Burras
Jefferson-Lincoln Club
McKimley
North Park Avenue
Masone
Principal J C Hanna of Oak Park Honored
Prof J C Hanna was elected president of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at its annual meeting in Put-in-Bay Ohio this week. The Oak Park high school principal is widely respected for his service and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Hanna
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Put-in- Bay
Ohio
Large bass caught at Lake Marie anchors Oak Park window
A 7 percent pound black bass was caught by A. Einfeldt on August 16 at Lake Marie in Antioch. The fish, the largest ever caught in the lake, is displayed in Joseph K. Dunlop's office at 204 Lake Street, Oak Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Einfeldt
Lake Marie
Antioch
Joseph K. Dunlop
Lake Street
Oak Park
The Rise of a New York Shoemaker in Bayard Street
The piece traces a shoemaker's rise from scrap leather, improvised work at home in the ghetto, and push cart sales on Hester and Essex streets to opening a small shop in Hester Street. He then expands to wholesale goals, attends auction sales, and moves to Bayard Street basement premises as the business grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
New York Tribune
Mumorous City
Hester and
Essex Streets
Hester Street
Bayard Street
East Side
Pointed Paragraphs on Law, Lies and Thought
Quoted fragments critique envy, quack doctors and petty fusses. Observations note a little woman driving large disputes while a truth-telling age reveals bias. A gambler-like view says ignorance of law spares no one except the well-connected policeman. A bachelor remarks on women and on teaching thinking over sneaking.
Want Ads and social notes from River Forest
Read our want ads on page four. Local notices recap neighbors traveling to Michigan and Illinois, gatherings, visits, and a few fires. Rev Dr Fawcett returns to his pulpit. G A R encampment reports. a Lake Street fire at Vorass’ grocery and a house fire over a store are noted with brief details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilson
Chicago
G. W. Shearburn
N. KE
F. H. Chase
Ashland Avenue
Lake Street
River Forest Fire Company
Oak Park
Harlem School Opens September Fourth
Local notes report Harlem schools begin on September 4 with students and families making fall plans. Henry Licht returns from a two month Europe tour. Several residents travel or announce visits, and a new Forest Home cemetery chapel exterior nears completion. An infant dies and two youths suffer arm injuries from falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
Henry Licht
Europe
M. W. IX. Hawse
St. Joe
C. D. White
Marengo Street
Waukegan
Herman Shultz
Germany
E. W. Sieving
North Elgin Street
C. A. White
Metropolitan Business College
Forest Home Cemetery
H. Burmeister
Franklin Avenue
Forest Home
Groveland
John Losson
Elm Street
Otto Ehert
Dixon Street
Lathrop, Avenue
Cities and Rivers of China Treaty Ports and Capitals
Tientsin is a treaty port on the Peiho river seventy miles from Pekin. Taku forts were three at the mouth of the Pei Ho. Chefoo on Shantung peninsula is a treaty port with favorable climate for Europeans. Pekin is the capital with over a million people. Canton has about 1,600,000. New Chwang is a treaty port 190 miles north of Port Arthur. Wehhei Wei is a British base with a large anchorage. Shanghai is the largest treaty port, twelve miles from the Yangtse mouth, population 586,000. Pei Ho river rises beyond the Great Wall, flows to Pekin and Tientsin, navigable to Pekin for 100 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
Peiho
Pekin
Taku
Chefoo
Shantung
China
Canton
New Chwang
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Liankuntao
Shanghai
Great Wall
Gulf of Liao-Tung
Odds and Ends From the Era of 1517 A D
A miscellany of notes: earliest European arrival in China in 1517, distance Liverpool to Halifax 2450 miles, Glenwood Iowa orchard 800 acres with 133000 bearing trees, Chicago Public Library home circulation 1749775 volumes in year to May 1. Also notes on Japanese share ownership in railways, Hamburg dog taxation, Senator Caffery’s summer outfit, Prof. Oliver Lodge linked to Birmingham, and Col. Aaron T. Bliss as Michigan governor nominee from New York roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Liverpool
England
Halifax
N. S
Glenwood
Iowa
Chicago Public Library
Hamburg
Caffery
Oliver Lodge
New University of Birmingham
Aaron T. Bliss
Michigan
Smithfield
Madison County
New York
Michigan G. A. R
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R. H. Traill
Harry Cooling
Central Ave
Austin, Ill
Lowney
Chocolates
Eureka
Trail
Trall
News OF the Town
Lowell H. Beach
Western Electric Co
R. E. Osgood
Belvidere, NL
E. §. Osgood
Alexander Todd
E. M. Blaisdeil
John Martin
Freeport
North Prairie Avenue
Chas. E. Manny
Bass Lake
Alice Stilwell
Ethel
South Haven
Lulu
Mamie Wurzburg
Kittie
Julia Carr
Jessie Lamb
Winona Assembly Review
Thirty Club
Kuntz
North Fifty-third Street
George Ande
Charles Trescher
William J. Hursha
J. F. Stinson
John Price
Justice Price
Julia
Adele Bentley
Rebecca Smith
Cincinnati
Maude Jones
C. M. Phillips
Form
H. D. Smth
Denver
Jesse Smith
Conant
Miss Jones
White Lake
Wakefield Post
Wakefield
Mass
Phil Sheridan Post
Clara Middleton
Ida Miller
Charles Armiger
George Sharpe
Kenilworth Avenue
St. Katherine’s Guild
C. R. Smith
Wesley Avenue
Paw Paw Lake
Epworth League
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Sampson Rodgers
Blair’s Tea Store
N. Park Ave
Bnd
DR. W. D. Turner
Prussia
Columbia River
Austin Jefferson and Lincoln Club
Unique Shoe Industry
Last Gak Park
Ruth
Anna Louise Strong
M. WK. Irwin
KE. H. Duff
Scoville Avenue
Nellie Welch
Bloomington
Margaret Condon
Naylor Avenue
Harold F. Sayles
Nelson
Kyle
Freeport HL
J. T. Lyon
N. Harvey Avenue
T. R. Tinsley
Benn
Jackson, Mich
Wm. Pearce
N. Taylor Avenue
Nellie Scott
N. Sixty-fourth Avenue
Michillinda
S. Rodgers
Hiram Coombs
Gage’s Lake
Myrtle Cross
Chas. Cummings
Nebraska
Cummings
Julius Mallin
MacFarland
Laura
Grace McClure
Julia MacDonald
Lenna Radford
Kewanee
Prof. Gould
Burt Walter
Clyde R. Harrison
Park Avenue
E. C. Gipe
North Franklin Avenue
J. B. Miller
Thatcher Avenue
Warren Yalding
Dr. Fawcett
J. W. Broughton
R. H. Pierce
Grim
Col
J. W. Bennett
Central Avenue
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