Town Board Proceedings on Park Avenue and Fifty-Third Street Crossings
The town board met December 4 1897 in executive session and transacted business on water rebates fire equipment and street work. Resolutions directed upgrades to fire alarms lighting and sidewalks plus sewer and street improvements with multiple referrals to committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Avenue
Fifty- Third Street
E. S. Osgood
R. R. Co
Berwyn Fire Company
Cicero
Austin
Oak Park
South End
Cicero Master Plumbers’ Association
Committee of Whole
Edward H. Betty
U. S
Richard Linddicoot
Morton Park
Andrews and Piper
Berwyn
Special Assessment Committee
Harvey Avenue
John Henerman
Northern Pacific Railway
South Boulevard
Twelfth Street
Out Park Avenue
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
Fifteenth
Havlenb Avenue
Oak Park Avenue
Witty-tiy
Fifty-Third
Ry Traveks
Rearden
Cicero Light, Moat and Power Company
Oswoco Street
Fiftieth Street
Sires Lighting
MacDonald
Ogden Avenue
Central
Fifty-Second Avenues
McDonald
Superior Street
Austin and
Humphrey Avenues
Police Telephone and Signal Company
Chicago Telephone Company
Forty Eighth Avenue
U. and N. WL
Fifty-third Street
Cicero Light, Heat and Power Company
Waller Avenue
Randolph Street
Kinzie Street
Willow Avenue
Lake Street
Cjeeere Water, Gas and Electric Light Company
Jackson Street
Wisconsin Avenue
North Grove Avenue
Thomas Street
Sumphrey Avenue
Euclid and
Wesley Avenues
Highth
Austin and Merrick
Central Avenue
Ohio
Ontario Streets
E. F. Abbott
Ohio Street
Humphrey Avenue
Euclid
D. F. Brennan
Granv Works
Committee On Drainage
Polk Street
Murphy and Sullivan
Sackley and Peterson
West 53d
Chicago Avenue
Dolese and
Shepard
Cuvier Avenue
Fritz Rabe
Cab Fares Reflect Distance Not Time in New System
An American notes that German and Halland cabs use automatic distance meters rather than time, with a dial showing the fare based on distance traveled. The passenger sets the dial on entry and pays for distance, not time, encouraging efficient routes and minimizing disputes.
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Germany
Halland
Mysterious Lake Proves Bottomless in Sligo Hills
In County Sligo a famed depth of a regional lake attracts a professor during a summer ramble. His native guide recalls a cousin who jumped into the pond to prove its depth and reappeared later, claiming he had not drowned but was sending for his clothes from Australia.
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Sligo
Ireland
Pat
Sorr
Australia
Philadelphia Inquirer
Intriguing Rio Hotel Etiquette Tale
A Brazilian hotel practice assigns male chamber staff to rooms, often entering without knocking. A visiting American schoolteacher complains after repeated protests, warning she will report the incident. Juan replies he checks the doorhole before entering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Janeiro
Juan
Senora
Argonaut
The Split in the Party Sparks Prohibition Debate
A dialogue highlights a schism within the Prohibition party as one factions declares departure and others debate the impact on future platforms. The exchange foregrounds internal conflict and shifting allegiances among reform groups.
Mountain Railway Balloons Power Uphill Descent Gondola System
The article describes a novel mountain railway using a T shaped rail guiding a balloon powered train. Traction is vertical upward from the balloon with gravity providing descent, ballast water adds downward force, and wind adjusts load by releasing water.
Queen Amalie of Portugal Acts as Healer by Lisbon Wood
While strolling with a lady of honor near Lisbon, Queen Amalie heard a wood-cutter cry for help. She treated his head injury from a falling branch and helped him to his cabin with support from her companion. Later she checked on his recovery and admitted she knows medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugal
Lisbon
London Post
Amalie
Balloon lifting device tested by Bavarian inventors
Report describes a balloon system with a 1a ft 7 in diameter, lifting capacity Wett pounds, total weights of 4,620 pounds plus 640 pounds passenger allowance, and a storage house for storms. Inventors Volderaner and Brackebusch plan a line up Hochstauffen near Bad Reichenheil to prove the method.
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Expb Station
Messrs
Volderaner
Brackebusch
Hochstauffen
Bad Reichenheil
Bavaria
Northern Sledge Dogs at London Show
Surviving dogs of the Jackson-Tarmsworth von exseulion expedition will appear at the CIAL pages dog show in London. The retracing pack follows Peary’s BISMARCK lineage as the largest Ostiak sledge dog with a strong torso, thick neck, and compact tail. The team, part of the second Arctic canine arcus explorers, began with thirty dogs taken by Mr. Jackson.
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Schwatka
London
Arcus
Firssc
Bismarck
Peary
Mr. Jackson
Names of Months and Their History
The four last months are called the seventh to tenth months because the year began in March under the old calendar. September was the seventh month under Rome. The change to current names came to this country and England in 1753.
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England
Glass used to fill teeth with malleable material
The article discusses glass as a dental filling material replacing older metals. It notes glass is not ordinary and is prepared via a new patented process that makes it soft and malleable, offering a less conspicuous option for decayed teeth.
Fire Dance at Mission Indians Harvest Home Fiesta
The annual Harvest Home fiesta of Southern California Mission Indians culminates with a dramatic fire dance. Chief Orazzo leads over 100 ranchmen and villagers as dancers undress and leap into burning wood, extinguish flames with breath, then stamp out embers amid wild singing and chants.
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Orazzo
Santa Rosa
Rincon
Atlas
A Lad's Frightful Mishap Leaves Boy Near Death
Harry Hagenbuch ten, son of Emerson Hagenbuch of Maple Hill near Montgomery Pa, lies near death from a peculiar accident. While sliding down a bottom stair in the wagon shed a pointed oil can penetrated his chest just below the breast bone, three inches, piercing the lung. He developed pneumonia and severe chest swelling with intense pain, doctor Metzger of Alvira attended.
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Harry Hagenbuch
Emerson Hagenbuch
Maple Hill
Montgomery
Metzger
Alvira
Died Keeping His Pledge After Duel in Lane’s Ravine
William Edwards, 20, said to be from Sheboygan Wisconsin, was killed after a duel with a gang member near Lane’s Ravine on the lake shore. Edwards was shot in the abdomen and later died, preserving a pledge not to reveal the manner of his shooting.
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William Eewhards
Sheboygan
Wis
South Bend
Ind
Edwards
Mishawaka
Lee
Lake Shore
To Marry or Not A Feminine Wage Earner Plight
A dated social meditation argues many New York women face marriage odds as more women work outside the home. It notes imbalanced sex ratios about 110 men per 100 women and links rising employment by women in clerical and service roles to changing marriage prospects.
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New York Herald
New York
Boston club member questioned as college team debate grows
A reader disputes claiming the Boston club are champions of 97 and questions which college they represent while discussing the unresolved football championship reported by the Philadelphia North American.
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Beacon
Boston
Bostons
Philadelphia North American
Devil Times at McKinney After Sermon Dismissal
In McKinney Texas twenty pistol shots rang out following a preacher who had been ejected from the pulpit for declaring there is no devil. No further details were provided about injuries or suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinney, Kyu
Also Mentioned on This Page
Town Board Proceedings
Communications
Prairie Avenue
Madison and
Adams Sts
Kenilworth Ave
Madison St
First Alley
Maple Ave
Howard St
Woodbine Ave
Chicago Ave
Augusta St
Traill
J. D. Corneil
Cicero and
Proviso
I. A. Nottmeyer
Prairie
Austin Avenue
Rylands & Co
American Wringer Company
Prohibition Party
Reform
Mountain Railway
Queena
Belgium
Monte Carlo
Austria
Nice
Clementine
Spa
Aa Farmhouse
Ordear
Balloon Railway
California
Spain
Mediterranean
Papa
Detroit Journal
William Edwards
Mr. Oldboy
Miss Pert
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