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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1901
Page
3
Oak Park officials prepare to discuss an express service loop at the upcoming town board meeting in response to property owner requests. Barr & Collins used a handbill print cut from a drawing by a local high school girl for a Sunday paper handout, part of a ten Sunday series.
A compilation of aphorisms and reflections from Addison Kingsley Edwards Mor Chesterfield and others. The passages urge constancy, chivalry, fearlessness, cheerful piety, perseverance toward perfection and readiness to depart in God’s time. The autumn leaf metaphor emphasizes completing one’s work before divine call.
The text lists counts for the Old and New Testaments including books, chapters, verses, words and letters. It notes the mid point books Proverbs and 2 Thessalonians, and the middle verses and chapters of several books, highlighting shortest verses and the 117th Psalm as the Bible’s middle.
The article notes this season's skirts are shorter than last year with rough loosely woven fabrics selling from 75 cents upward. Linear collars are about two inches wider than last season and turn-over designs remain popular.
A tense Mississippi Delta tale follows a man haunted by a barber he distrusts as he contemplates violent acts. Mandy warns restraint while the narrator recalls threats and bravado about killing the barber and guarding his own life.
Remember and bring in your suits and overcoats to be pressed and cleaned before the rush. Gentlemen's suit cleaned and pressed, 76c. Gentlemen's pants cleaned and pressed, 25c. Ladies' cloth skirts cleaned and pressed, 50c. A first class tailor will do your work reasonably. Bring it to us at 136 N Park Avenue Austin.
An assortment of confections and sweets advertised for daily freshness at SCHARF & ONTGEN 140 Lake Street Oak Park with notes on mandolin guitar and banjo lessons by SCHARF & OETGEN and Newell art listings. A short item discusses Norway's populist inspired farm loan practice offering 3 percent loans for 25 years to help farmers buy and improve land.
As winter advances, gulls move up the Thames in large numbers seeking food. They invade parks, alarming ducks that suffer as hungry intruders rob them. In St James Park hundreds of gulls are visible from the bridge, floating or circling and crying out while hunting for food.
The judge of the Bility district near Bacs Wendelin Alber celebrated his eldest son’s wedding. The three day festivities consumed two oxen five calves three pigs 25 turkeys 100 geese 250 hens and 80 loaves of bread. Puddings used 70 kilos of sugar and 20 hectolitres of wine were served.
The year’s mourning for Queen Victoria ends January 22, 1902. If Parliament opens the next day it marks the first full state ceremony of the new reign with the king, queen, and royal family members present in England.
A New York press profile portrays Russell Sage as a hearty, practical eater who sustains life with simple fare like crackers, a red apple, and water. The piece notes Sage as a personable, reliable authority on a satisfactory meal.
Gunther K. Ackerman, a young man, is described as bald with a playful explanation. He recalls that during John Kelly's era on the Star, visiting politicians would spin him around on his head for drinks, a joke about his premature hair loss.
The article outlines return to very low hair coils with waves and slight left side parting. It notes evening gowns pair with the ultra low coil, resembling older Langtry styles worn by fashionable women.
Captain Ahern of the Forestry Bureau reports large virgin forest tracts in the Philippines with 10 000 to 20 000 cubic feet of lumber per acre. Trees reach over 160 feet in height and trunks are clear of branches for about 80 feet. Fifty valuable hardwoods are now offered to the wast.
The Atlantic Monthly 1902 will feature Ca ble and Frothingham long stories, short fiction each issue, and political essays on disfranchisement race questions education in colonies. It includes naval and labor studies, travel and reminiscences by Emily Mason Walt Whitman Trowbridge Goldwin Smith and John B. Clark with forecasts for the century ahead.
Beginning with January the Atlantic will add a Books and Comment department by H W Boynton along with Foreign Letters and Literary Essays. New subscribers enrolled before December 20, 1901 receive the November and December 1901 numbers free on request.
Senator Mark Hanna will publish a series on the career of the late President William McKinley in the January National Magazine Boston. The articles promise unique insights from a devoted friend and intimate associate with incidents and character assessments. Subscriptions and single issues are available through the Potter Company in Boston.
The Youth's Companion marks seventy five years as a weekly family paper with high standards and broad appeal. For 1902 it draws top English speaking writers and a surge of new talent. A twenty eight page 1902 prospectus and free sample copies are offered, with a special subscription deal of 1.75 dollars for remaining 1901 issues plus the 1902 calendar lithographed in color. The Herald invites readers to request samples at 195 Columbus avenue Boston Massachusetts.
Nickel Plate Road offers round trip holiday fares at one third off from Dec 24 25 31 1903 and Jan 1 1902 for travel within Central Passenger Association territory. Pullman service on all trains. Dining cars offer meals 85 cents to 1.00. Inquiries to John Y Calahan general agent 111 Adams St Chicago. Depot at Van Buren and Pacific on the Elevated Loop.
Sale of a choice line of nursery stock offered to right persons with steady work and extra inducements. All stock guaranteed. Write for terms and secure a good fall and winter position. Address Hawks Nursery Company Milwaukee Wisconsin Sep M 4.
Room and board for two offered at five dollars weekly with modern improvements at Mrs. Tra Clark's. Mortgage loans and building money available via F. Hu Pray at 107 North Park Avenue, Austin. Piano tuning and repair by L. W. Foster, 480 Randolph Street, Austin. Dressmaking by Miss B., 5725 Ontario Street, Austin.
An old style ad proclaims Cascarets as a bowel and liver health aid. It touts active digestion, suggests remedies for general malaise, and claims six million users with a 10 cent box available at druggists.
Edith H. Loucks offers Pa Pa painting lessons from her Oak Park studio at 421 N Humphrey Ave. The ad highlights conventional designs as a specialty and provides contact details with the address 4405.
Change of schedule for No. 6 from Chicago on the Nickel Plate road creates an express to Ft Wayne Findlay Cleveland Erie Dunkirk Buffalo New York City and Boston leaving Chicago daily at 1120 p m arriving NYC 650 am Boston 1007 am. Daily 1036 a m train from Chicago reaches NYC 330 pm Boston 520 pm. Another 230 p m departure reaches NYC 736 pm next day. Through vestibuled sleeping car and club meals 36c to 1.00. No excess fares. Written details by John Y Calahan general agent 111 Adams street Chicago.
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