News of the Town and holiday visits in Oak Park
Local brief lists residents home for holidays and other events. Byron Douse J J Walser Jr Harry Crafts and many others return or travel. Clubs, church events, school closings and public notices fill the town page with gatherings, entertainments, and civic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Douse
J. J. Walser, Jr
Harry Crafts
Ann Arbor
Mich
Franklin Ray
South Waller Avenue
Lucille Whitlock
Chicago
Henry Dunmore
North Central Avenue
Fifty Year Franchise Sparks Cicero Transit Shakeup
Cicero voters split the area into four towns after a Tuesday election. C. T. Yerkes secures a fifty year franchise as Austin adopts 5 cent fares and Oak Park Maywood implement 8 cent fares. New ordinances enable Ticket transfers across lines with varied rules east and west of Austin avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Avenue
Oak Park
Cicero
Emerson
Lewis, Utley and Attridge
Rearden
Gunthorp and Howell
Austin
McDonald
Clyde
Statesman
Yerkes
Coombs
Butler
Wisconsin Avenue
Marion Street
Maywood
C. T. Yerkes
Twelfth Street
Chicago Avenue
Lake Street
Randolph Street
Madison Street
Harlem Avenue
Melrose Park
Loop
Ogden Avenue
Cicero Town Board Adjourned Meeting December 14 1898
Cicero town board adjourned meeting December 14 1898 reviewed contracts for Globe Light and Heat Co street lighting and settled accounts for Ridgeland fire engine house work. Trustees approved fund transfers and warrants, dismissed a court case, and ordered supplemental assessments for multiple street improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Lewis
Utley
Globe Light and Heat Co
Wm. J. van Keuren
James Barbeau
Ridgeland
Chas. Sg. Evans
National Surety Co
Election results at Austin Lodge A F and A M
The Austin Lodge A F and A M held its election naming R. R. Jampolis as W M and A E Bartelme as W M emeritus. Other officers include D Oliphant J W L H Howell treasurer R B Wilson Lecy J P Garner S D IF J Effert J D Stewarts R G Martin Thos Langford Chas Bassett marshal Dr H K Stratford chaplain and Tyler kL Didier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Lodge
A. F
A. M
R. R. Jampolis
W. M
A. E. Bartelme
Local notices highlight church, travel, and fire reports
Mrs Goodrich visits in Chicago while Louis Oppenheimer’s son dies of croup. Residents move houses to Ravenswood and River Forest. Maywood and Cicero lines offer 8 cent fares. Fire damages a home on South Fifth avenue with substantial loss. Community events include church entertainments, lectures, and a book sale by Rev Sydney Strong to fund a new church. Multiple obituaries and holiday updates from Oak Park area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
H. Anderson
Chicago
Gunthorp
John Lewis
Circuit Court
Town of
Cicero
Geo. E. Swinscoe
F. L. Race
Washington Boulevard
Robinson Avenue
Harlem Avenue
Maple Avenue
South Boulevard
van Luren Street
Madison Street
Ridgeland Avenue
Ogden Avenue
B. & Q. Railway
Hyman Avenue
Thirty-first
Thirty-ninth Street
Louis Oppenheimer
Lovett
Klurg
North Sixth Avenue
Ravenswood
Edward Kelly
North Third Street
Lake Street
River Forest
The
Episcopal Church Society
Maywood Hall
Congregational Church
Schreiber
South Side
Euchre Club
Kewin
Winderburn
Henry Lineweh
North Wighth Avenue
Tenth Street
Park Ridge Cemetery
Clendennan
Fourth Avenue
H. P. Nichols
J. W. Prindle
August Peterson
Small
Cummings
Bastedo
Krauskopf
Cooley
Maywood
Cicero and Proviso Street Railway
Oak Park
Harlem Community News Briefs and Local Notices
Harlem reports typhoid fever Mr Goode a hardware dealer and illnesses for local residents. The Woman's Club Harlem meets Wednesday afternoon. Mannerchor Society to present a musical at Thodes hall December 31. L Fimmermann selling holiday goods Franklin street. Turners plan Christmas tree Sunday evening with gifts for all children. Mr Quill Wixon street near Brown avenue seriously ill at advanced age. Sunday school Library hall to host Christmas entertainment Tuesday evening with Moving Pictures. Orchestra to perform at German Lutheran church Christmas Eve with all children receiving a present. House at 35 Werdinand Avenue damaged by fire Saturday around 2 AM. owners Theo Kramer and Wm Berning. Berning expanding Madison street dry goods stock. Fire origin unknown. Kramer and Ebsen insured. Beckstein's bowling alley hosts December contest for high score with Otto Schneider at 225 likely winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Hall
Moving Pictures
German Lutheran Church
Werdinand Avenue
Theo
Kramer
Berning
Madison Street
Harlem
August Ebsen
Ebsen
Beckstein
Otto Schneider
Election of Officers for North American Union Aus tin Council
North American Union No 50 Austin Council selects officers for the term. President A A Dean. vice president J B Thompson. chancellor J R Bowes. orator A J Lloyd. secretary Paul C Doty. collector F H Zander. conductor A Chase. pre late F L Parsons. treasurer H K Crane. warden F J Coyle. sentry C H Wiser. trustees L J Whitlock Edward Andrews A J Eaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American Union
Austin Council
A. A. Dean
J. B. Thompson
J. R. Bowes
A. J. Lloyd
Paul C. Doty
F. H. Zander
A. Chase
F. L. Parsons
H. K. Crane
F. J. Coyle
C. H. Wiser
L. J. Whitlock
Edward Andrews
A. J. Eaton
River Forest Social and School Notes Highlight Local Events
Walter Butler of Minneapolis visits cousin Charles Butler while Will Morrison recovers from typhoid. A Sunday school supper, a Christmas tree event, and a school entertainment raise about 60 dollars for the library. Gerald Dunne returns ill from St Mary’s College. Belles Lettres hosts the Goldsmiths. Berwyn Whist Club challenges River Forest Gentlemen’s Whist Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Butler
Minneapolis
Charles Butler
Will Morrison
Presbyterian Church
Gerald Dunne
Judge Dunne
St. Mary’s College
Kansas
Methodist Sunday School
Indoor Ball: Austin Indoor Beats Chicago Cycling 10 to 6
The Austin indoor baseball team defeated the Chicago Cycling club 10 to 6 at Library hall on Tuesday evening. Keefer fanned 25 with no walks, McFarland shined at bat, and one more game remains for a $250 purse in the best two of three. The Austin High crew faces Chicago Unions Monday at 2 PM in Library hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Chicago Cycling Club
Library Hall
Austin Boys
Keefer
McFarland
Austin High School
Chicago Unions
United States
Heirs Challenge Lake Street Use for Elevated Railroad
The heirs of Thomas Clark estate may contest Lake street use for an elevated railroad arguing the street was never dedicated as such and remains the old Lake road. The estate owns most of the south side of Lake street between Fifty-second and Fifty-third streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Street
Austin Avenue
Fifty-second Avenue
Willow Avenue
Willow
South Boulevard
Prairie
Central
Willow Avenues
Thomas Clark
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Lazell’s
Rogers & Gallett’s
Lundberg's
Baldwin's
Traill & Cooling
News OF the Town
Parks
Corner Park Avenue
Funk Street
Walter G. Beeson
Canada
J. Goldenstein
Oaks Club
B. A. McBurney
Pennsylvania
S. W. Silsbee
Woman's Club
Prof. Peak
Kate Thurber
Philadelphia
Ellen Fitzgerald
George Eliot
Austin Woman’s Club
Horace Teele
South Walnut Avenue
W. P. Freeman
Ontario Street
Augustus Griswold
Abbott Block
Mr. Griswold
Winona
Minn
Fred Bettis
Sycamore
Ill
Elmer Robinson
Louise Smith
Prairie Avenue
Louis Falk
Abbington
Iowa
Falk
Stanley C. Crafts
George Amerson
Roscie Jenkins
Chickasaw
Indian Territory
J. W. F. Bennett
Michigan
S. Central Avenue
Lady of the Methodist Church Society
Austin Public Schools
Laura Crawford
C. G. Lemmon
Erie Street
Frank Spink
A. R. Denniston
Walnut Avenue
Adeline Eldred
Edgewater
Soul Culture Club
Dell Barron
Superior Street
Sarnia
Edwin Jarvis Randall
Julia C. McCarthy
Maybell Smith
Lizzie Mitchell
State Normal School
Bloomington
March-Davis Cycle Co
Scoville Library and
the Associated Charities
Rubinstein Club
L. O. Stanton
Milwaukee
Yale University
Seminary Hall
Will Wanzer
S. East Avenue
Elvira Booth
Clinton Avenue
Sydney Ball
Madison University
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
John Farson
Oak Park Avenue
Agnes Garcelon
North Boulevard
Edward Hilton
Dwight Jackson
Home Avenue
W. E. Barton
Boston
Mass
First Congregational Church
Alfred T. Hemingan
Oberlin College
E. 8. Conway
D. Thompson
Lincoln
Neb
Eliza Miller
First Congregational Church Society
Adele Bloodgood
E. S. Fowler
Rollin Furbeck
Euclid Avenue
W. F. Furbeck
Hattie Schneider
W. D. Herrick
Sue Harrington Furbeck
Massachusetts Society
Palmer House
Oak Park Club
William Ritchie
Times-Herald
Helen Kelleher
California
Nakama Club
Masonic Hall
C. Marsh
Julius Kiel
Mary Jones
Postofice
Frank Baumgartner
B. F. Burmeister
Lucy Birkley
Amelia Giersbach
Annie R. Gibbs
A. Goodwin
Frank Parker
E. J. Parker
Sadie Trego
John Ulrich
A. M. Walters
C. E. Wilcox
Yiler
Magazine Club
W. R. Townsend
T. E. Roberts
North Avenue
Ion
Imatigon ST
Be AG A & Hom, Xe
Cicero Town Board
Oliver M. Carson
Thomas Street
Chicago Fire Hose Company
Izetta A. Smith
Poplar Avenue
Town of Oak Grant Park
Berwyn
Aetna
TSS Il
Oneness
Sb Ob
Gten Aces
Spake Besten
Merton Pink
Oo Peete
Mrs. Goodrich
Mrs. Armstrong
Daisy Butler
Frank and
Louis Ensign
Beloit College
Robert Coughil
I’. B. Clark
C. Wright
N. Lombard Avenue
D. W. Kimball
N. Taylor Avenue
M. E. Wood
E. N. Goodwillie
Sydney Strong
Ruth
Florence Carmen Wood
Willard, Carr
Woodford
Boland
Condon
North Taylor Avenue
Harold
Rose Merrill
E. A. Cummings
Presbyterian Hospital
Ellen Langmore Haven
Augustus Haven
J. P. Scoville
Wesley Avenue
Covington
Sydney
Firman
N. Elmwood Avenue
Belles Lettres Society
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