City board approves streetcar venture with Chicago lines
The ordinance contemplates a fifty year franchise for streetcar service with fare five cents in town for twenty years and twelve rides for a dollar on multiple routes. It includes transfer options between lines, trolley overhead wiring, and conditions tied to elevated tracks extension to Harlem Avenue. Additional measures cover rebates, drainage work, street repairs, and board committee actions with multiple resolutions adopted.
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Chicago Avenue
Madison Street
12Th Street
48Th Street
Orden Street Company
Lake Street
Union
Matison Street
Maghson Street
Ogden Street
Ogden Avenue
Chicago
States
Austin Avenue
Harlem Avenue
South Boulevard
Lombard Avenue
Randolph Street
Harlem Avyenne
Rearden
Willow Avenue
18Th Street
Watson
48Th Avenue
Vastine
Pine
Chicago Avenues
Builer
McDonald
29Th Street
Attridge
Grant
Jeffery
Keith
Berwyn Social Roundup Includes Visitors and Local Moves
Henry Brennan of Co BRB & Q works in Berwyn as Christmas nears. Edgar Noble visited Geo J. Tucker. FE Hubbard plans a Jan 15 move to a rebuilt home. Mrs Reynolds and son head to Quincy after holidays. Judge McCartney hosts relatives. Entre Nous Club met in Masonic Hall. Rev Larber to spend Christmas with Mrs Knies. Vern Tracey to work at Bankers National via the Marquette building. John Dedrick represents a Chicago wholesale grocer in Iowa. Mrs Dobson from DeKalb visiting. Mrs Nicholson hosts. Mrs Rush refits Home Bakery with new fixtures and magazines. John Williams selling Baldwin Ave corner home. plans eastward move. RE Roath introduces Marmet gas house coke at his coal business. M P Rogers mourns lost overcoat at Mandel Bros. S C Postlewait rents Obermaier building and plans funeral parlor by Jan 1. Joseph Ratum buried in Mount Hebron after San Antonio death on the trip home for holidays. Mon eeday December 13: family returns from San Antonio to Berwyn. Ratum’s death shrouded in distress. Wy.
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Henry Brennan
Co. Brb. & Q
Edgar Noble
Ch’e
Geo. J. Tucker
FE. Hubbard
Reynolds
Quincy
McCartney
Galesburg
Judge McCartney
John Williams
Baldwin Avenue
Thirty-third Street
RE. D. Roath
Marmet Company
M. P. Rogers
Mandel Bros
S.C. Postlewait of
Chicago
PLC. Obermaier
Windsor Avenue
Obermaier
Joseph Ratum
Berwyn
San Antonio
Texas
Mount Hebron
Moneeday, Dee
Palestine
Ber- WY
Trustworthy travelers wanted for responsible Illinois post
Dominion Company seeks active individuals to travel for an established house in Illinois. Monthly fifty or sixty five pounds plus expenses offered. Refer ence required. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope. Desk Y Chicago.
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Ilinois
the Dominion Company
Desk
Chivaga
River Forest Holiday Notes and Community Updates
River Forest residents at holiday time see closures and travel as families relocate to California for two years and new homes open on Lake Street. Local clubs stage Christmas programs and plays while St Luke's Church plans three Christmas masses and special music.
Harlem News Roundup of Local Events and Personalnotes
John Sukeub returns to Chicago with his wife and six year old daughter after time in Hungary. A pupil concert by Miss Katherine Schuster’s students excites a Harlem Library Hall crowd. Mrs Lena Schink advances a two story brick on Madison street valued at $5000 for a clothing shop and flats. A judge sharply admonishes parents to discipline their children. Harlem Turnverein hosts a turning school Christmas event with a Santa ball. Mrs Albert Roos entertains a euchre party with numerous couples. The mother of Arthur Kistenbroker dies aged 82. her remains rest at Forest Home amid a large crowd. Mrs Kistenbrok er and Washington Hesing died same day. Numerous school church entertainments and Santa Claus rounds continue as the community cheers the holiday season.
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Thomas Jackson
Lange
Park Avenue
Franklin Avenue
Andrews
M. i. Church
Santa Chrus
St. Luke's Church
Father Dunne
Presbyterian Church
C. Collins
Uncle Jack
Miss Homer
Mrs. Bird
Jessie Grant
Clara Bird
Miss Hoyt
Miss Ruggles
Miss Jacobs
Sarah Maud Ruggles
Sam Solomon
Peter Ruggles
Carl Townsend
Cornelius Ruggles
Henry Pringle
Harlem Turnverein
Gaden’s Hall
Santa Claus
Albert Roos
A. Roos
Wm. Haase
Frank Hosler
A. Hosler
Scharenhberg
R. F. Arnold
Blessman
Luethke
Houser
Geo. Schrade
Arthur Kistenbroker
Desplaines Avenue
Forest Home
Chicago
Schrade
Buceklen’s Arnica Salve Offered for Skin Ailments
Buceklen’s Arnica Salve advertised as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers and many skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded with a 25 cent price per box. Sold by Lovell’s Drug Store Oak Park and Traill’s Drug Store Austin.
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Perto
Lovell
Oak Park
Traill
Austin
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C. B. Bartlett
Agt
Inter State B. & L. Assn
HL W. Austin
Hubbard Miller
Jerome I. Bates
Harnstrom & Co
Thos. EK. Fry
C. 1. Bliss
PL Sheldon
VW. W. Jones
HE Treasor
D. W. Rider
A. J. McDonald
J. M. Sanford
J. M. Gault
Prairie
Oak Park Avenue
Committee On Police and Sanitary
J. N. Howe
Cannock
Cicero
Hawthorne
Chicago Portland Cement Ate
Tual
Sackley & Peterson
Custer
Dolese & Shepard
Nelson Telgren
Andrews and
Piper
Rudigen
Case
Baker
Board
Etic
Anthony
Masonic Hall
O. B. Larber
Mt. Pleasant
John L. Knies
Vern A. ‘Tracey
Bankers’ National Bank
Marquette
John R. Dedrick
Fliteman
Iowa
Dobson
DeKalb
Chas. Nicholson
Rush
The
Home Bakery
River Forest
Gee
BH. Townsend
Od. Towensend
Don
N. Barr
One & Col Ge
Aurora
E. Legar
California
Alpha Literary Society
Miss McArthur
Matthews Bros
Ralph Scarret
Lathrop Avenue
Harlem
John Sukeub
Hungary
Katherine Schuster
Library Hall
Lena Schink
Lehmann
Buceklen
Arnica Salve
Kodak
Hill & Shuman
Dearborn St
James
Stork Aaner
T. Park Ave
Mrs. Carmichael
A. Bruce
A. Bungs
Bruce & Bunge
Burkey & Milan
Tlemen
Poes
Estaurant
Clark Street
PEA
Chicago Hotel Connection
FF. A. Hill
Monroe St
Cicero Gas CO
Oak Park Ave
Cicero Water, Gas and Electric Light CO
Oak Park, Ill
Marion
Graham
West Washington Street
Ternear & CO
Conrad Kampp
North Park Ave
Austin, Ill
Moreland
North 48Th Ave
L. Hoepe
Berwyn Grocer
W. W. Kimball Co
Wabash Av
Kimball Organs
W. WW. Kimball
E. S. Conway
A. G. Cone
Rob
T. J. Ward
J. Scholz
Marshall Field & Co
Stanley Avenue
Elliot Avenue
Ms. Dale
Lake ST
Harper & Buttendorff
Sunloe Banig Oak Park
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