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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1899
Page
9
Notices record mail arrival and departure times for the Matla Post Office plus a roundup of local social events. Mentions include visits by H S Davis, Mrs Bryning, and Mrs Gibson, chess club updates, a Cuba veteran talk, and a 11:30 Euchre Club concert by the new Military Band led by Henry Griffing.
Members of the Thirty-fifth Ward Republican Club will meet Monday evening December 11 1899 at 8 o clock in the court room engine house Waller avenue Austin for the election of ward club officers and central committeeman. By order of the Board of Trustees. Co R LA MENA Trustee.
A. R. Stanley offers watch and clock repair with promptness and precision. Nissen Bros. report record Thanksgiving turkey sales. P. N. Corset Co. associate Mr Downs sparked a corset trade furore, aiding J. A. and B. McCann in securing the sale of a famed corset.
Dr Rasmus opened with a trip back 3000 years seeking the hour's subject. Next week Christmas book exhibit for children and a Madonnas display at Scoville Institute. Unitarian fair success with decorated booths and dinners. Hunter Publishing Company, Oak Park, gains incorporation. Star weekly for youth gains circulation. Unclaimed letters listed.
The Battle of Manila, hailed as one of Chicago's seven wonders, is reborn as a $50,000 production under new management. Promoters promise an experience beyond a painting, with electrical effects described as wonderful and unforgettable.
Advertises permanent home based office work with salary of 900 dollars yearly plus expenses. Seeks several bright honest individuals as managers in nearby counties. Requires references from any bank, enclose self addressed stamped envelope. Dept. 3, Chicago.
D B Johnson of Richmond Indiana says Chamberlain's Pain Balm cured his rheumatism after since 1862. He reports a swollen painful foot improved after one application and credits the balm with relief. Trail and Cooling druggists sell the product.
First Methodist Episcopal Church led by Abel M. White lists Sunday schedule: 9:30 morning worship 10:30 class meetings 12:00 Sunday school 6:15 Epworth League devotional 7:30 evening sermon. Wednesday 7:45 mid week prayer service.
First Congregational Church led by Pastor W. L. Demorest announces morning service at 10 30 with Sunday school at 12 15. Junior C E at 3 30 and Intermediate at 4 15 followed by reaper service from 5 to 6 p m at the Waller Midway location.
Early communion at 7 30 a m Morning worship at 10 30 Sunday school at 12 noon Evening service at 7 30 Rev L L Mitchell rector 6731 Ohio street Austin Episcopal church on Waller Avenue and Ohio Street delivers weekly services.
The Rev. Clarence Elgine Lapp plans Sunday services at First Baptist Church Pine Avenue Ohio Street with 10 30 a m sermon 12 m Sunday School 4 p m Junior B Y P A 6 30 p m Senior B Y P U 7 30 p m preaching. A sermon in song previously drew a large crowd and forthcoming themes include Morning All At It and Evening Writing Your Name on Sand.
The Rev. J. D. Collins pastor leads Sunday worship at 10 20 morning with Sabbath school at noon and an evening service at 7 30. Midweek prayer is Wednesday at 8 p m. Ladies prayer meeting Thursday at 2 30 p m at the Old Presbyterian Church on South Boulevard.
The Austin Christian Church holds services every Sunday at 11 o'clock led by Pastor George A. Campbell. Sunday school sessions run at 10 and 9:45 at the Christian Church location.
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran on Waller avenue and Iowa street in Austin offers Sunday school at 9 30 a m morning service at 10 30 a m and evening service at 7 30 p m Pastor J N Brandelle resides at 725 North Waller avenue and leads worship on Sundays
The First Presbyterian Church of Austin reports its Sunday School choir will conduct musical services on Sunday. Rev Johnson delivers a temperance sermon that condemns saloons and gambling in forthright terms, timely and forcible in character.
English Lutheran Church announces Sunday school at 2 30 p m and preaching at 3 15 p m at the office of La Mena Thiele 6735 West Chicago avenue Austin The public is invited W C Seidel pastor.
A local jeweler thanks patrons and invites continued support during the season. He advertises a full supply of novelties and standard goods with reasonable prices, offers two hours’ notice to obtain items from a leading city jewelry house, and notes repair services for watches clocks and jewelry.
Euclid Avenue M E Church led by J Clayton Yonker announces Sunday school at 9 30 with S H Goodyear as superintendent. Services at 11 a m and 7 46 p m with Prof H M Hamill speaking at 9 30 and 11. Union Sunday school and Eva Cleveland singing at 11. No evening service due to union meeting at First Congregational Church.
A mother reports her son’s chronic diarrhoea being cured after using two bottles of Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. She hopes others affected may benefit and notes the product is sold by Traill & Cooling, druggists.
The Rev. Irving Rasmus presents sermons at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m with Sunday school at noon and Epworth League at 6 30 p m at Lake Street and Forest Avenue location.
Students may obtain round trip tickets at fare and a third via Central Passenger Association on Nickel Plate lines. Tickets sold on day of closing and day before closing, valid through Jan 10 1900. For Fort Wayne Cleveland Fostoria Erie and other points contact General Agent 111 Adams Street Chicago or Chicago Passenger Station Van Buren and Pacific on the elevated loop No. 50.
An advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best cure for burns, cuts, boils, ulcers, old sores, fever sores, felons, corns, and skin eruptions. It promises rapid pain relief and healing with a 26 cent price and a cure guarantee from local druggists Trafll & Cooling and Chas. P. Miller.
Five new members were initiated at the Royal Circle regular meeting on Thursday evening. State deputy F. D. Rugg attended and impressed the group with remarks on the order. Thirteen more are planned for the next gathering. Van is a hustler and no mistake.
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