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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1899
Page
5
Community items from Austin include church watch services, club entertainments, and visits by residents, with social events at Library Hall, South Park avenue, and Kenilworth Hall. Messages mention illnesses, weddings planned, Christmas gatherings, and unclaimed letters at the Austin office of the Vindicator.
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes Austin, a Chicago suburb, once had a famed street crossing with fifty one telegraph poles at Pine and Lake. The poles served multiple railways and telegraph outfits, creating a tangled web of wires that whistled during storms and sometimes collapsed, prompting a shift to cable systems.
A list of articles and authors featured in the January 1900 issue. Topics include The Tariff as a live issue by Albert J. Hopkins German Art of Today by Ferd Avenarius New Crimes and Penal Ties by Samuel J. Barrows A Living Profit and a Living Wage by E. J. Smith State Historical Collections in the Old Northwest by J. Brigham England and the Higher Morality by Washburn Hopkins Reconstruction in Theological Education by W. F. Slocum Some Defects of the Kindergarten in America by G. Stanley Hall Commercial Possibilities in China A Reply by J. S. Fearon The Boer War of 1881 by an English officer who fought in it The California Quarantine Against Consumptives by Dr S A Knopf Does Colonization Pay by O P Austin Wagner's Personality by Gustav Kobbe.
A New Lippincott's compilation features multiple titles including Portrait of a Young Girl The Bread Line Art and the Camera Two Women An English Music Festival The White Frost The Third Wife A Mormon Episode Behind the Lines The Paris Fair in Outline English Political House Parties A Bookish Corner of New Jersey In the Prince's Shoes The Story of a iye Acrapen Walnuts and Wine.
The Oaks Dramatic Club staged The Chimney Corner a two act drama and The Baron's Wager a comedietta at the club house on Wednesday. A large enthusiastic crowd attended and the evening was a success. Upcoming events include Saturday night lunch and New Year's holiday party. The club’s children held their annual Christmas party Thursday afternoon led by Prof. Peak.
Daniel Hogan a police messenger for twenty six years was struck by a west bound trolley while crossing Lake street and Central avenue at 7 25 Tuesday morning. He suffered cuts and bruises but no serious injuries and returned home unassisted. The incident serves as a warning to pedestrians on busy tracks.
Died December 19 in Groff Valley Cal Mrs J Petch formerly of Austin spent years ill and sought California for health. John Edwin Howland died December 25 at home aged 61 funeral at 655 Prairie Avenue December 25 11am. Emma May Hastings died December 28 funeral December 31 6422 Ricestreet private. Anna Epring died December 27 at 10:30am at daughter Jennie Hollenbeck 1126 Washington Boulevard funeral Sunday at Mary Home cemetery. Mrs Mary Ludiam Hitchcock died at 85 Park Avenue Chicago December 22 after brief illness husband survives funeral held Sunday at residence of her mother C A Hitchcock Rose Hill. Theodore K Kaevre died December 16 at daughter Mrs A A Strom home aged 19 native of Norway funeral by Rev S M Johnson burial Rose Hill.
The P Y A of the First Baptist church invites all to a watch meeting next Sunday. The gin begins at 6 30 with preaching by Rev Clarence Higin Lapp at 7 30. Baptism will be administered and the watch services continue until midnight with New Year greetings.
The First Baptist Church of Austin hosts a New Year’s reception on Thursday evening January 4. All members and the congregation are invited to enjoy music a New Year address by a noted Chicago speaker and refreshments will be served.
The Ladies of the Woman's Club host a New Year reception with the W C T U from 2 to 4 PM at the club rooms. The next regular meeting is Monday Jan 15 with Reciprocity day observed. Mrs Farsons and Mrs Ingalls will attend.
Prof Charles Griffiths has started planning a two day entertainment by elementary students on December 29 and 30 in Library Hall. Mrs Taylor of La Grange directs the musical portion and Mrs Kemster leads the dramatic segment. Proceeds fund books and fixtures for the south side schools.
The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: M. S. Wilcox commander J. K. Parks V. C. J. A. Johnson J. V. C. W. A. Winter Q. M. N. G. Carpenter chaplain H. H. Hendricks O. D. W. Stetson C. G.
At a recent Royal Circle gathering A. Starwood was elected worthy ruler John Price became secretary and John Edis treasurer. Fifty new membership applications were received and thirty five are slated for initiation at the next meeting.
If you did not receive all your Christmas presents, call the Oak Park office to describe missing articles. One mail sack fell under a moving train and its contents mixed up so badly that St. Nic himself cannot tell who they are meant for.
The Rev. Able White will present a Sunday evening discourse themed Prison Cell. The event is at Library Hall with free admission and open invitation to the public.
The Austin W C T U will meet next weekFriday Jan 5 at 2 30 p m at the home of Mrs Prudence Aspen wall 213 South Park avenue The topic is Sabbath Observance Leader Mrs G W Smith All members urged to attend.
Directors announce no future branch library for Chicago, disappointing Austin where hopes had rested on a local branch. The decision ends local prospects for a new branch and keeps public library services centralized.
The ladies of the Austin Methodist church will serve a New Year's dinner in the basement of the new church from 12 to 2.
Charle Knope, a farmer working near Buck farm south of Maywood, was struck and killed by the fast mail train at Melrose Park crossing by La Trobe Steel Works late Wednesday night December 20. His wagon and team were destroyed. the train, eight minutes late, stopped after about three quarters of a mile. Visibility is poor from the north until directly on the track.
L Vihon, a tailor at 113 North Park Avenue in Austin, reports a robbery by a former employee who stole an overcoat and several suit parts.
A 17 year old driver fed cough with foul sputum for seven years. He coughed up a tack eight millimeters long after a period of severe illness. Cavernous breathing and dullness in the lower left lung resolved with recovery. mother recalls swallowing a tack at age 10, previously dismissed as bronchitis.
A Walnut street physician mocks the term wrong lever mania and notes autos carry three levers. He cites cases where drivers mistook controls during excitement, recounting incidents involving Mrs. Oelrichs in Newport, Alfred Vanderbilt, and Henry Lehr, and states no remedy exists.
In France the peasantry trusts wine as a key medicine, using sweetened wine with honey and pepper for measles, a quart of red wine with melted candle for colds, and a mix of eggs, white wine and soot for scarlet or brain fever, reflecting a belief in fermented grape juice’s healing powers.
Notices report individuals from North Sixty-fourth street and beyond facing scarlet fever and pneumonia, plus holiday visits to relatives in Jackson Michigan, Chicago and Pasadena. It notes return from Beloit and Wellesley students, a Santa Claus party, New Year gatherings, cooking and palmistry parties, and a Harlem choral society meeting at Library Hall to form a group with weekly practices starting January 2.
Mrs Throde temi typhoid ill reported bet The Wisconsin Central to start large car shops at Franklin Park A Scherrer jeweler moved to Desplaines avenue for larger trade Harlem Mannerchor set New Year’s Eve entertainment Dec 31 at Throde’s Hall Parish circle invites only members. Court Proviso nominees and Harlem choir discuss conductors and choir formation.
Burt and Dick Marble are home from Lenox College for the holidays. The Woman's Club hosts a New Year reception on Tuesday evening and the River Forest fire department holds a New Year’s event in Firemen’s Hall with tickets at 1. A Burke horse died on Lake Street after overwork during the Christmas rush. Cinch Club children enjoyed Santa Claus and gifts at the Parkers’ home on Ashland Avenue. Christmas observances occurred in churches and schools with Santa visiting the Presbyterian and Methodist trees and school kindergarten exercises praised.
At about 11 a.m. Saturday Mrs. Julia Millard on Lake Street near Oak Park Avenue was accosted by a bold hold up man who grabbed her purse. She screamed and handed the purse to a bystander who faced the robber as he drew a pistol. The desperado escaped as no arrests have been made and police hunt a suspect.
A New Year dinner will be served in the new Methodist Episcopal Church building at the corner of Ohio street and Central avenue on New Year’s day from 1 to 3 p m. Ample provisions are being made to feed a large number of people. Go and lend a hand to the enterprise.
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