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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
2
The Vindicator marks its twenty year anniversary and notes strong community reception. Articles report Oak Park road work progress, Lake Street discussions, and widespread commendations for the Christmas issue. J D Ambrose promotes Humana Society, Max Muller’s enduring labor, and a Cuban annexation push. Commonwealth Electric lights Moreland district stores. Beethoven Club of Austin grows as Chicago audience praises The Messiah.
The Chicago council passes a redistricting ordinance cutting a small portion from the 36th ward. The reform leaves about 39,000 residents and preserves a Republican majority in the west end, with the ward described as overwhelmingly Republican.
A Chicago mother sent a note to Miss Fitzgerald for her son Adolph. She explains he swallowed a brass padlock last night and asks the teacher to excuse him if he experiences any pain at school today.
The aldermen of the 36th ward report residents to the county agent and ensure needs are met promptly. They also personally helped by providing a Christmas dinner to many families.
A local plumber was arrested last Friday while roughing in work on Chicago houses for tapping mains and using water without a permit. The case went to trial and a fine with costs was imposed on Monday but was later withdrawn and costs remitted. Clerk Tris tram advised which caused the trouble.
The speaker argues Alderman Hunter's demand to relieve Mandel residents from paying water special assessments is just and that President Jones plans to allow the relief. The issue is tied to Cicero seeking a settlement with Chicago over parks intended as public use.
The writer notes dwindling attendance and interest in secret societies and lodges over the past years. Regular meetings see few members, with wives and children rarely aware of lodge nights. The causes are popular clubs and recurrent officer re elections that create a clique and stifle new blood.
Poet Charles G Blanden showcases verse in a dainty volume titled A Valley Muse. The piece blends literary craft with civic duties as Blanden, a busy businessman and school board member, shares reflective poems including the meditation To Memory about memory and loss.
Berwyn Record lauds a local writer Mr. Blanden for polished verse blending classical beauty with nature themes. The review highlights his delicate taste, original lines, and philosophical touches, noting no dull verse and strong descriptive power that may place him among notable poets.
Thirteen colored women aged 5 to 75 study at a Jersey City night school. Some born into slavery have learned enough to read a history of the United States and its emancipation.
The Chickasaw Indians performed the stump dance near Eret in Indian Territory to ward off evil spirits. Hundreds watched as authorities kept a close watch to prevent disturbances that could threaten nearby settlers.
Settlement figures from Tacoma Washington recount a Fourth of July street railway disaster where a loaded car plunged forty feet from Belin street bridge into a gulch killing forty five and injuring one hundred five. All damage claims are settled totaling one hundred thousand dollars.
Dust piles on ship decks despite frequent cleaning. Sails trap airborne particles as vessels move, acting as dust catchers across the fleet.
A style report notes long running success of triple capes and suggests a severe garment can be softened by adding thick heavy guipure collars. The feature highlights dramatic collar shapes and couture pairing choices seen in current collections.
The United States contributed nearly half of the fund's total income last year, illustrating growing Egyptological interest across America as cited by the United States London Spectator.
Salesmen on the road report large orders for shirtwaists for next spring and expect heavy demand. Manufacturers say demand has far exceeded expectations and they will have to produce many more garments in that style.
Laplanders returning to their homeland from Alaska report the transplanting of reindeer has failed. They say Alaska’s climate is unhealthy for Laplanders and that feeding differences caused the propagation plan to fail.
The king of Italy is described as vigorous due to a Spartan childhood regime. He rose at daybreak and bathed in cold water year round. A late rise meant no breakfast, and every morning combined study with educational amusements.
A Berlin correspondent notes one large hotel now serves afternoon tea between four and five, a welcome change for shoppers far from home. The piece contrasts German and English tea customs, describes beverages and foods, and mentions the local habit of saying mahzeit after meals, used widely even by the uneducated.
Harper's Weekly notes renewed attention to the Caroline Islands after Germany bought the group from Spain. A petition from Kusaie leaders asks to be annexed to the United States, citing long inter course with Americans. A Pacific legend explains the islands forming when a man cast soil to create land for a mother to rest.
The coffee industry in tropical Africa shows rapid development. English missionaries introduced the seed about five years ago to test local suitability. Uganda alone exported 100 tons last year and the current year's outlook promises even more.
The battleship trials are being delayed due to difficulty in securing machinery and hull materials. The ship was to be ready this year, but congested steel factories and high demand threaten completion, causing disappointment in the Navy Department.
The document shows cash on hand including gold and silver coins and treasury certificates, river certificates, and legal tender notes. It lists time deposits, demand deposits, certificates, and certified checks with totals, then is sworn by P. D. Castle as cashier before Notary Henry Pillinger on December 24.
W. A. Ashleman, proprietor of the Itasca Creamery, opens a new tea and coffee branch at 5631 Lake Street Austin. The store room is remodeled with fixtures for the line and a wagon to call on trade. The creamery founded in 1893 plans to run the tea and coffee business separately, selling only goods with no prizes or gifts. Contact Austin telephones 1603.
John Howard Jones aged 64 died at his home 425 South Clinton Avenue on Thursday December 27 He leaves a wife two sons and a daughter A former Chicago resident he served on the board of trade and was superintendent of the postal station at Halsted and Washington Streets in the Cleveland era In recent years he worked in wholesale grocery and brokerage The obituary notes funeral plans were not yet set Also Mrs Gillespie of Gale Avenue River Forest died December 26 with interment at Forest Home Cemetery
Mrs. Marie Xaible aged 84 died December 24 at the German Old People's Home of Harlem. Interment is scheduled for December 26 at Altenheim placing the deceased in the local community’s care network.
The notice explains ongoing additions to the city business directory and invites any local business to submit its address if missing. It identifies PLASTEROERS with H. R. Lakin at 604 South Scoville Avenue and signals multiple weeks of listings to complete the record.
B D Blanton of Thackerville Texas paid over $200 to doctors over two years for a running sore on his leg. He avoided amputation after using one box of Bucklen's Amica Salve. Also advertised as a guaranteed cure for piles at 25 cents a box by local druggists Traill & Cooling and Chas P Miller.
The text notes U S coffee import estimates at 550 million pounds annually and per person consumption around eight pounds. It contrasts with Holland at 21 pounds, Denmark 13.89, Belgium 13.48, and Great Britain at one pound, illustrating international variation in coffee use.
English engineers survey Tampico and surrounding country to supply drinking water and a complete sewerage system. If undertaken this would create a ready market for plumbing supplies, but there is currently no plumbing establishment in the port.
The foreman of a Detroit chemistry firm reports opening a cask of white arsenic and finding about twenty five wormlike creatures feeding on the poison. He says he has never seen such worms before and notes the strange sight at the facility.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway announces round trip excursion tickets on several January to April dates to numerous Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and Michigan Peninsulas destinations. Tickets are one fare plus 2 dollars for the round trip and are valid 21 days. For rates and routes contact F. A. Miller in Chicago. Also a musical program at First Baptist Church in Austin Sunday night.
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