Plain Statement and Answer to Open Letter on Cicero Grant vote
Opponents urge Cicero residents to vote against forming the Town of Grant arguing minority status, name changes, and race track issues reflect tyranny. They claim residential protections, assessments for improvements, and moral governance justify opposing the new town while highlighting tax and licensing disputes. The letter is signed by Anton Kucaba and others urging voters to protect homes and oppose Grant formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Oak Park
Austin
Hawthorne
Grant
Anton Kucaba
B. B. Dutton
Thos. W
Chicago
Henry
Worthington
Adam Trapp
Gus Stubner
Town of Grant open letter stirs Cicero sewer fight
Reading of an open letter reveals clashes over sewer sizing and taxation. Citizens debate outfall sewers on Ridgeland Oak Park avenues and a proposed Town of Grant amid accusations of unequal assessments and guarded signatures.
Oak Park Drainage Letter Misstates Ridgeland Sewer
Maywood December 12 1 89s reader corrects Proviso Vindicator on Oak Park drainage noting that the Ridgeland avenue sewer is not adequate to meet current demands and signaling further concerns about the drainage system.
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Oak Park
Maywood
Ridgeland Avenue
Village notes on library use and local events
Since September the library has circulated about 600 volumes monthly. The village board cut license fees for events from $5 to $2.50. Diphtheria danger mentioned for a five year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Lonas. Public urged to donate old magazines. Library hours listed. Christmas school exercises announced. Books to be rebound. if a desired title is unavailable, follow guidance. Various social notices including visits, travels, concerts, and a new boys and girls book by Dr. Sydney Strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lonas
South Seventh Avenue
Harper's
Century Cos
Harlem Gospel Meeting and Local Notices
A gospel meeting is set for 108 Madison Street this Friday evening. No school from Thursday the 28th to Tuesday January 3, 1809. August Thode recovering after six weeks with typhoid fever. Mrs. Carrie Bindeman dies after short illness. Charles A. Gestel leaves Garden's saloon to join P Schoenhofen Brewing bottling department. Roos & Schrade offer free calendars for the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Street
Carrie Bindeman
Chas. Bindeman
Elm Street
Charles A. Gestel
Gaden's
P. Schoenhofen Brewing Company
Roos & Schrade
River Forest News Briefs and Local Updates
In River Forest a baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Reedy of Gale avenue joins twenty-one recent births with only three boys. Silas Barr buys the Broughton house on Forest avenue. Twenty-one new Presbyterians unite and are hosted at a church reception. A Belles Lettres Society performance lights up Miss Homer Fri Holidays home. Holiday school recess runs December 22 to January 4 1899 with Christmas exercises on Thursday. Thomas Yorke 18 dies skating on the Desplaines river from a burst blood vessel. A fire devastates the old cottage home school on Boutelle avenue causing about 4000 dollars in damage. origin suspected to be an accident by day workers leaving fire unattended.
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Roberts
First Congregational Church
George Wilson
S. Hast Avenue
William St. Birton
Boston
McClintock
Chicago
Oak Park Club
Cermonon
The
Associated Charities
Hulls Wood Yard
W.C. UT. UL
Mays. Clark
Cicero Gas Company
Oak Park Avenue
Desplaines
Yorke
W. O H. Yorke
N. Kenilworth Avenue
Oak Park
Nakama Club
Masonic Hall
Maud Schroyer
Eva Cleveland
Mira Hatcher
Helen Kelleher
California
Katherine White
B. L. Dodge
I. Q. Ball
Miss Swift
Odd Fellows Hall
Lodies' Guild
Grace Church
Carnes
Cox
S. Oak Park Avenue
Howard Hill
Arthur Conyne
Geo. M. McCaull
Austin
Mopolitan
Munsey's
Recreation
Scientific American
Puck
Joe Ross
Texas
Havana
Board of Education
Maywood
Fifth Avenue
Felix T. Evers Packing Company
Donlevy & Day
Prof. Small
Daniel Twier
Thirteenth Avenue
Madison and
Paulina Streets
Twier
Record
EB. A. Cummings
Denver
Eliza Kimball
Oconomowoc
Wis
Vojie
Second Congregational Chrch
Georgiella Lay
Second Congregational Church
Mesdames Wood
Sweet
Tucker
Williamson
Speck
Ross
Marshal
First Congregational Church of
Sydney Strong
Uncle
Sydney’s Log School
T. R. Glenat
Lucile
Dresden
Germany
Homer
Thomas Yorke
Wheafl- Worth Avenue
Old Cottage Home
Boutelle Avenue
Broatkeywitz
Harmonie Society to Perform in Melrose Park Concert
The Harmonie society attracts interest beyond its home town and plans a concert in Melrose Park on the evening of December 01. Local organizers promote the event as a cultural highlight with a diverse program and notable performers.
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Harmonie Society
Melrose Park
Death verdict verdict on Mrs Bindeman in Harlem coroner case
The coroner's jury in Harlem returned a verdict Tuesday on the death of Mrs Charles Bindeman formerly of Austin finding death caused by septicemia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Bindeman
Harlem
Charles Bindeman
Austin
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Trail & Cooling
Lazell’s
Rogers & Gallett's
Luendberg's
Baldwins
News OF the Town
Mrs
Bert Wheeler
Fremont, Neb
Walter Beeson
T. M. Bfunter
Norway
Charles Pither
Canada
C. Nolte
Davenport
J. H. Gunn
Beethoven Club
Library Hall
O. L. Gehr
Washington Boulevard
Springfield
Peoria
A. A. Fiske
Harvard
Walter Gunthorp
Berwyn
Ged‘dis
R. F. Linn, Jr
Waller Avenue
Percy Warner
S. C. Crafts
William H. Bennett
South Wifty-third Avenue
George Bent
Austin Chess Club
John Paulsen
Pine Avenue
Little Mozart Club
Miss Freeman
T. J. Sullivan
South Waller Avenue
Miss Young
Troy
N. Y
Henry de Vries
Alma Street
State Street
Miss Wate Andrews
Edward Chapin
W. D. Fenholt
Merle M. Stewart
G. Young
Howard Robertson
R. S. Pettibone
S. Prairie Avenue
Book Club
M. E. Sneed
Ruskin
Mattie Warner
Lena Townsend
Baby Picket
St. Boniface
W. HL. French
S. East Avenue
A. M. Hunt
Pleasant Street
Ladies of the Post
LaGrange Club
Walter Gale
Hotel del Prado
Simon
Buncombe
Robinson Avenue
Central Avenue
Ridgeland
North Avenue
Alvord
Harlem Avenue
Lyons
Ogden Ditch
Thirty-ninth Street
C. W. Maynard
Lot Brown
Harry Kemp
Pitkin
Emily McCullough
Lombard Avenue
Alta Brink
Iowa
River Forest
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