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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1899
Page
5
Oak Park residents share Thanksgiving visits travel and local club events. Notables include Miss Harriet Smith visiting in Nunda Illinois and George Rankin house sale to I K Ratcliff of Mount Pleasant Ohio. The Oak Park Club hosts a holiday party while schools add a night session opening next week.
A Sunday morning blaze at the First M E Church in Moreland started when the janitor ignited the church fires. Fire progressed to the attic near a chimney, forcing the pastor and family to flee at breakfast time. The pastor had just received 424 dollars, now lost with his sister’s clothes in the blaze. The church, insured for 5000 dollars, had been recently altered from incomplete gymnasium plans into a combined parsonage and lecture room.
Nissen Bros invites Austin shoppers to visit their store offering competitive stocks and prices. The message promises no schemes and urges careful buyers to benefit from their experience and business methods. Contact at TeLlAustin 49 and Nissen Brotiter 139-141 N Parke.
The New England dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Whitcomb 422 North Pine Avenue on Thursday evening November 23 was a grand success. Tables were elegantly decorated with silverware and fine dishes. The refreshments committee served an excellent supper with over 100 attendees. The ladies express thanks to the hosts for their generous hospitality.
The church, with six thousand nearby residents, reports debts paid except a $2000 mortgage due in 1902. Rev. R. A. Morley led a year of revival with many converts and a boy evangelist present. Trustees plan immediate construction of a brick and stone church, plus a temporary frame building for services during building.
Miss Della G Amerson hosted a charming Cinderella party Thursday night for about fifty guests. Each guest received a pink slipper program from a court costume page, with blindfolded slipper fitting awarding a hand painted tray. Music by Rosale Briard and Victor Hinshaw drew cheers from attendees.
Mrs. J. J. Burns of 6500 Washington boulevard and her husband and child were crossing at Central avenue when an approaching westbound train struck her. She escaped serious injury but was taken to Dr Head's office in shock. The incident highlights dangerous crossings claimed to be unguarded despite patrols. The writer urges Elevated Railway Company to guard crossings to protect school children.
Early Monday at midnight a Great Western engine collided with a Milwaukee and St Paul freight at Forest Home due to dense fog. Both trains wrecked with two beef cars overturned and oar cars derailed. the Great Western engine left the track and the brakeman was seriously injured. Traffic resumed late Monday after a large rescue crew worked through the debris.
The Austin Republican Club met Tuesday night and elected Chas. S. Cutting as president L. H. Howell as first vice president Jnc. D. Maclean as second vice president E. W. Thomas as third vice president A. Christianson as fourth vice president J. E. Thorndike as treasurer and Jas. A. Martin as secretary for the upcoming year.
Frank G. Tyrrall opened the Austin Lecture Course with a lively lecture titled Fun in Fact and Fiction. The hall was full for an hour and a half of humor. The next talk, December 19, will be by Dr. Herbert L. Willett on Savonarola. Tickets are 25 cents from Christian Church members.
The Rev Dr Rasmus spoke Tuesday evening at First M E Church in Oak Park. The lecture offered a thoughtful critique of literature highlighting both its merits and faults and established the speaker as a highly capable lecturer.
The ladies of Austin Christian Church host a chicken pie dinner at their hall on 235 North Park Avenue. It will be served Wednesday at noon, December 6, for 25 cents. All are invited.
A meditation on passions described as convulsion fits that seemingly fortify briefly but leave lasting fatigue. The quote attributes the effect to a Popean reflection, linking intense feeling with eventual frailty.
A gala event featured tableaux and refreshments as a gang announced midnight, prompting the party to disperse amid praise for the charming entertainment.
The fragment cites H. G. Adams on pleasure’s sinless war and the need for restraint. It reads as a moral maxim linking first motives to restraint and then action to moderation in desire.
The article notes Northwestern shops complete two new structures while residents secure relics from a Methodist church fire. It lists address changes, new stores opened by A G Pearson in Evanston, a shoe department addition, and various community happenings including a foot ball team, a camp fire reunion, and club meetings with musical programs.
River Forest notes recall the Presbyterian bazaar to be held at the church next Friday evening. Mesdames M. M. and J. G. McKibben visited Rock Island this week. Mrs. Manahan and daughter, guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Thompson, departed for Santa Fe New Mexico. The Belles-Lettres Society discussed Benjamin Franklin as the most noted American. Phil Sheridan Post ladies hosted a G A R social at Mr. Chappel’s home last Friday with over forty attendees. Dr Fawcett’s Sunday sermon questions what a departed spirit could deliver in vivid terms.
A large Oak Park audience greeted a complimentary concert at the Second Congregational Church featuring Maximilian Dick Miss Isabelle Bratnober and Miss Georgiella Lay. Selections included Mozart Grieg Scherzo Fantastique and Ave Maria with violin obligato.
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