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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1897
Page
7
Austin locals reports announce subscription reminders for the Vindicator and school openings on January 3. items include money to loan offers, a railway crossing gate fix, a sacrifice sale on a 765 by 125 building lot, post office unclaimed letters, January magazines, and Praire Union meeting details.
Chilhowie merchant R B Greeve says he suffered consumption and nearly died before using Dr King’s New Discovery. After two bottles he recovered and has run his business for three years. The remedy is guaranteed for coughs colds and consumption with trial bottles free at Lovell’s Drug Store Oak Park and Traill’s drug store Austin.
Oak Park locals report school resumes next Monday and Scoville Institute library hours on New Year's Day. The Oak Park avenue outfall sewer project is confirmed at 73 000 dollars after six trials. Kenilworth Hall hosts public functions. fire department responds to a 3 20 a.m. blaze on Erie Street. Patrons complain about Randolph street line speed and pickup. Local ads offer garment cleaning and tailoring services. Cicero Lodge 217 I O O I plans stag party and lodge deputy election. Post office lists dec 27 1897 claimed letters. Dolese and Shepherd workers seek back pay. Judge Gibbons court decision favorable. Ludwig Zawincki suffers severe eye injury from molten iron. Dr. Lloyd attends.
Harlem locals report the Jolly Five Orchestra ball on New Year’s night with 25 cent admission. Supt. Curtis has grippe and is home. Harlem turning school resumes January 4 and Harlem Public Schools begin January 3. The Waldheim House hosts an old‑time family ball January 8. Village board meets January 3. Harlem Mannerchor hosts a New Year Eve ball. Mrs Gnadtke, longtime resident, dies. Ada Waster of Aurora replaces Kate Dover. Harlem Woman’s Club meets January 5 at 2:30 pm in Library Hall with a health paper by Dr Laff. Kindergarten pupils give parents handwork presents. Library Hall hosts a Harlem Women’s Club sewing school program featuring Mendelssohn Quartette and others. Christmas bags given to 200 children.
Local items report infant illness in the Ryder family and various illnesses including William Halleck and Theo Frantzen's son recovering from lung fever. Dr. Lloyd's infant died Christmas morning of cholera infantum. Thomas Warner’s leg injury shown improvement. A prize masque and waltz contest is planned for January 22 by the Golden Link Pleasure Club at the Auditorium. Bishop and Martin installed a fire plug at Twenty-ninth and Forty-eighth streets. The W.C.O.F. hosts a New Year’s Eve reception and ball in the Auditorium, committee led by Mrs Matt Morgan and others. Nick Buck and others depart for Birdstown Illinois to aid Christie Lowe on a 12,000 acre tract, with twenty houses to be built.
Emerson school now has sufficient radiation and Margaret Morcomb recovers from her accident. Pearl Kolla homes for holidays but suffers quinsy. Few whooping cough cases in Berwyn have vanished. C. E. Piper travels to St. Louis for Royal League matters. Rev. Skinner visits from South Bend for Christmas with daughter Mrs. Tut tle. Mrs. Miesse and child return to Chicago briefly. Oratorical Society aided praise service at church. Berwyn Lodge New Year reception at Berwyn Hall. Library association seeks new books by Jan. 1 at Morrison's. Death of Mrs. Bri. J. Harrison shocks community. condolences to Mr. Harrison and daughter. New Year greetings to several ladies. Sixth grade dispute. move to La Vergne school not favored. Berwyn Lodge attends church with visitors from La Grange Lodge. Rev. Snyder speaks. Mrs. D. H. Roath of Earlville visiting. Mr. F. J. Scholz advertised. upholsterer decorator and designer at 1659 Stanley Ave opposite C B Q depot.
Mrs. Harry Walters from 1442 Flournoy convalesces after sickness. Heinrich the tailor and Schultz the shoemaker move to 356 Forty-eighth street. L. A. Jones of Englewood becomes pharmacist for Druggist Clarisey. Mrs. Martha Foster and her daughter Mrs. H. J. Crow have long illnesses. Mr. and Mrs. Thos Clarisey and Mr. and Mrs. McGuire plan New Year visits. Sutter, injured last week, was buried in Walheim. he leaves a wife and three children. Metropolitan 1 faces Yerkes opposition as cars grow frigid. Peters hall to be divided into three modern flats. Royal Circle at Mandeil forms near Fifty-second Avenue by Lake, with thirty members.
Mrs. Lawson leaves for a week in Racine to visit parents. Miss Arabella Drake of Kansas City visits her uncle Alfred Drake. Grant works ship five car loads of ice machines. Foreman Nolan pushes hard work. A baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. John Lortie grows healthy. Tom Lundrigan New Year’s party draws a good crowd with music and dancing. Abraham Moses plans ten houses on Keith avenue and Forty-ninth street priced at 8000 dollars each. Burgh residents long for brighter lighting, asking for more light to banish darkness.
Advertises a salve claimed to heal cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Priced at 25 cents per box sold by Lovell's drug store Oak Park and Traill's Drug Store Austin.
Clyde residents report Jerry Smeltzer and EW Douglas leaving for San Francisco. Salvation Army held a fruitful meeting at M I church. Mrs A B Whitney vacations in Brookton NY. Mrs A B Bartlett recovering from a cold. Smeltzer telegram to dying father. Jacob Rabisho plans New Year candy and peanuts for Clyde children. G H Douglas to move from Seattle to St Michael Alaska Jan 28. Crawford and Clyde youths attend Jennie Douglas home. Young and McClintock supply music. Union club dance praised for attendance and setup. First piano recital by A Markley pupils had 20 numbers and good refreshments. Margaret Bennet and Cassius Clay Roberts to wed Jan 4 at Church of the Epiphany Ashland boulevard. Informal reception to follow. Vindicator sends best wishes.
Community updates from River Forest include the birth of a girl to Mr and Mrs Howe on December 27 with mother and baby in good condition. Local business moves: Mathews Bros open a market with grocery on Thatcher avenue and Lake street. The River Forest Woman's Club held an afternoon meeting with original conundrums. Twins born December 22 to Mr and Mrs Richards, with both mother and infants reported well.
A collection of quips on life and human nature. Humorous contrasts explore health, vanity, belief, love, wealth, and education with dry wit and pointed observations. Each line presents a pithy moral or irony typical of a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper column.
A collection of admonitions advising practical behavior and social etiquette. It counsels living within income, avoiding public scolding, patient parenting, proper use of tools, restraint with firearms, avoiding half open umbrellas, timing humor, modesty in spending, and courteous speech to women.
A dense directory of Austin churches with addresses and pastors. It lists service times for many congregations including First Baptist North Pine, Congregational on Waller, Morrison’s Academy pastor, and St Paul’s Lutheran among others, with morning and evening hours and rector names.
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