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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1898
Page
2
Various 1890s Headlines and National News Snippets
A mosaic of brief items touches on McKinley’s role, Germany banning American fruit, snow obstructed streets blamed on electric lines, England’s engineers strike, and legislative deadlocks in Congress. Reports mention the Luetgert murder case, Hawaii annexation momentum, a Klondike gold caveat, Alaska lynching, Tucson land office appointment, and political reels winding down as groundhog season returns.
Cold warning from officer on Klondike gold field
A U S officer reports no new placer found in eight months and hundreds endure hunger, cold, and need for fuel and clothing amid ongoing Klondike conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate and House clash over money metal issue
The senate favors silver while the house demands gold. The two chambers are at variance and will remain so. Instead of speeding laws, both houses slow progress. What is the good of a senate, any how.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klondike
Fraser River
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Decker Refuses Assignment in Kalamazoo Gas Case
Mr J E Decker one of the grantees in the gas ordinance declines to assign his interest to Kalamazoo Gas Company He says he wants to see that the company means business and will act decisively in the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Decker
Kalamazoo Gas Company
Decker
Thurston Seeks Electorate Support in Baltimore Speech
Senator Thurston of Nebraska warns the next House may oppose the administration in Baltimore at the Union League Club. He avoids discussing the money question and cautions against further debate on fiscal matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurston
Nebraska
Baltimore
Union League Club
Cicero Gas Franchise Sparks Debate Over Prices and Backers
In Cicero on June 30 the gas franchise was granted to Rotheml, Heald, Melville, Walsh, Decker, Miller, Johnson. Opponents question Kalamazoo Gas Company of Oak Park bidding 90 cents per thousand, urging the old ordinance be kept or returned for rework. They doubt substantial investment and seek transparency on backers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Samuel A. Rothemel
Jas
Hi Heald
A. LB. Melville
J. J. Walsh
J. BE. Decker
J. D. Miller
John W. Johnson
Allen
Kalamazoo Gas Company of
Oak Park
New Gas Company
Austin
Kalamzoo
Reign of the Early Stuarts Lecture Series Opens
Mrs. Katharine F. White led the first parlor lecture at Mrs. B L Dodge's home on a freezing Tuesday morning. A large audience of women attended as she offered a historical review of early Stuart reigns and answered questions clearly. Forty five subscribers have joined the course and the list grows. The next lecture will be at Mrs. Karlin Q Ball's residence on Thursday February 5 at 10 a m with the subject Elizabeth of Bohemia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine F. White
B. L. Dodge
Mercury
Karlin Q. Ball
Elizabeth of
Bohemia
Trade with Snow Causes Street Car Delays on Lake Street
Indignant businessmen armed with snow shovels cleared snow piles blocking Lake Street after a street car company left the tracks iced over. A small army emptied piles onto the tracks forcing removal. Seven cars stalled before the snow plow arrived and traffic resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Street
Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Cows Near Melrose Park
Gustave Lehman aged 56 admitted stealing two cows in Judge Hortons court and was discharged on his own recognizance. He said he robbed a butcher under a bridge near Melrose Park and also confessed taking a cow from Oak Park resident Frank Bedard. He claimed to have found a rope tied to a cow in a cornfield and later turned over the animal to settle a fine. another claimant declined prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave Lehman
Horton
Lehman
Melrose Park
Oklahoma
Melrose
Frank Bedard
Oak Park
Justice of the Peace
A. T. F Piitcraft
Women to Fight Back in Hat Ordinance Case
Savannah women say if a church hat rule is passed they will push for a law forcing men to stay awake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Sleighing parties and social life in Oak Park area
A long list of sleighing parties organized by residents from Oak Park to Maywood includes Miss Hedrick, Miss Search, Miss Kaltenback, the Turners Society, and others. Events span Jan 24 to Feb 12 with dances, drives, and hotel dinners, plus notes on local clubs, church pulpits, new houses, and a public ball at Vorwaert's Turner hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Knapp
Conway Park
S. 1. Baker
River Forest
Riverside
William Bormann
Maywood
West Side
Douglas Smith
North Boulevard
Itaska
EL Standish
Grove Avenue
KE. C. Waller
River Morest
Master Halley
Pease Court
W. A. Taylor
Corner Grove Avenue
Washington Boulevard
Kappke
Maywood Christian Endeavor Society
Glatt
Maywood Grocer
Hawaii
Chicago
The
Tribune
Henry Howard
Oak Park
Titus
Forest Avenue
Howard
Boulevard
Marion Street
Barclay’s Drug Store
Klondike
Kagrippe
F. L. Anderson
Baptist Church
C. Seymour Bullock
Proviso Land Association
Eastern Star Holds Public Installation of Officers
The Eastern Star installed officers for the coming year on Thursday January 27 at 8 pm with Mrs Hageard as installing officer and Mrs Howell grand chaplain. Worthy Matron Mrs Ruby M Moreland Worthy Patron J Erfert Associate Matron Mrs J P Garner Conductress Mrs Fannie Rowley Associate Conductress Miss Addie Austin Treasurer Mrs Gee Leathers Secretary Also appointed officers were Mrs Davidson Mrs Howell Miss May Gardner Mrs Conwill Mrs Seaman Mrs Dunton Mrs H B Martin Mrs Steffon and Mr Bunton About two hundred attended including members and friends A diamond and ruby ring was presented to Past Worthy Matron Ida P Wilson Light refreshments followed the evening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Eastern Star
Hageard
Howell
Wilson
Ruby M. Moreland
J. Erfert
J. P. Garner
Fannie Rowley
K. J. Erfert
Addie Austin
Gee
Leathers
Davidson
May Gardner
Conwill
Seaman
Dunton
H. B. Martin
Steffon
Bunton
Ida P. Whson
Haggard
Austin
Medinah Temple
Delegation Heads to Jacksonville for Illinois Grocers Meeting
A three member committee from the Austin Business Men's Association will depart Monday night for Jacksonville Illinois. Delegates J P Garner G B Cogdal and Harry Decker will attend the Grocers and Merchants Association of Illinois convention spanning Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday next week in Jacksonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Business Men's Association
Jacksonville
Grocers’ and Merchants’ Association of
Ilinois
Aonvention
J. P. Garner
G. B. Cogdal
Harry Decker
Marriage plans of a San Francisco Episcopalian woman
A respected San Francisco woman, raised Episcopalian, told her cook she plans to marry. She claims consultations with two fortune tellers, a clairvoyant, a sign book, a dream on a hair lock, an astrologer, and a medium all advised proceeding, and she vows to marry only after serious consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanrancisco
Our Globe Size and Population, 2072 Prophesied
Prof Ravenstein of the Royal Geographical Society asserts the earth contains 28 million square miles of fertile land, 14 million of steppes, and 1 million of deserts. He estimates a maximum population of about 6.091 billion, reached in 2072, based on 207 people per fertile mile, ten per steppe, and one per desert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenstein
Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain
Berwyn notes on residents and local business moves
Berwyn A J Starr moves to 3428 Harold Avenue. John H Williams and family return to Massachusetts. Louis Hoope sells his grocery. new owners take possession Thursday. Rental ads for front rooms near Carroll and 34th. Death of Thos C Anderson on Carol Avenue. burial at Oakwoods. Local meetings discuss annexation to Chicago or staying with Cicero. Ogden railway franchise under debate. calls for better service and cheaper transport. Presbyterian sleighing party postponed due to severe weather. Berwyn Improvement Club holds a large turnout meeting with committees formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Fifteenth Avenue
Harrison P. Nichols
Edward S. Bryan
Nichols
Mann
Ballard
Coondom
Chicago Grocery Company
Pascal W. Skemp
Fifth Avenue
Maywood
Albert Knapp
Elmhurst
Welch
Woman's Twentieth Century Club
Dickens
Charles Wesecott
Wescott
Louis Hoope
S. I
Carrol Avenue
34Th Street
J. c. Ixolla
Thos. C. Anderson
Carol Avenue
Oakwoods Cemetery
W. B. McLennan
California
Chas. T. Yerkes
Ogden
Austin Avenue
Clyde
Ogden Railway Company
Berwyn Improvement Club
Chicago
Cicero
F. B. Pease
I. M. Williams
M. M. Hitchcock
J. H. Peterson
J. E. Bayrd
Books on the American Revolution at Scoville Institute
A catalog listing available works on colonial America at the Scoville Institute Oak Park includes titles by Brooks E F and Alice M Karle May G Humphrey Sloane W M and others covering Puritan life Revolutionary figures women of the era and historical narratives. The collection features biographies histories chronicles and descriptive listings of novels and travelogues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scoville Institute
Oak Park
Brooks
FE. S
Brown
A. E
Child
I. S
New England
Drake
S. A
Karle
Alice M
Old New York
Iarle
Earle
Margaret Winthrop
Eggleston
Edward
Ellis
G. E
Colony of
Mass, Bay
English
W. H
Ohio
Geo
Rogers Clarke
Lord
P. L
Washington
Frothingham
Richard
U. S
Goodwin
J. A
Pilgrim Republic
Mrs
Maud W
Dolly Madison
Griswold
W. M
North America
Humphrey
May G
Catherine Schuyler
Sloane
Ward
May A
Wharton
Anne H
Martha Washington
Wilson
Woodrow
George Washington
Winslow
Anne Green
Alice M. Harle
Winsor
Justin
Reader’s Handbook of the
Storrs, R. T
Armor-plated fish skin astonishes Portland doctor
Dr. A C Panton of Portland Oregon reports a friend wintering on the Gulf coast sent home the skin of a fish unlike any seen there before. The fifty inch creature bears diamond shaped bone scales, with edges as sharp as shark teeth, giving it a armored appearance and formidable combat traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Panton
Portland
Ore
Gulf of Mexico
Color Changing Flower At Tehuantepec Isthmus
A new flower species discovered at the Tehuantepec isthmus changes color through the day. It is white in the morning, red at noon, and blue at night. The specimen grows on a tree about the size of a guava tree and emits perfume only at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehuantepec
Hawthorne Notes A Hospital Patient And Local Events
Mr. Ford remains at the hospital but not greatly improved. The L Club reports Page's mule dead. Swedish youths plan a Saturday event at Miora's hall. More than thirty attend the sleighing party to Riverside hosted by Hill, Fegmeijer and Kapela. Apollo Club gears for a grand masquerade ball in Auditorium on February 12. Dr. Lloyd has been kept exceedingly busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Maccabees
Vorwaert
Turner Hall
Western Avenue
Hawthorne
A. Grew
Chas. Dilli
John Tlapa
August Bowman
Chas. Woodock
Mr. Grew
Lloyd
Dr King s New Discovery Ad Promises Health Claims
Nothing equals Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. Dealers may push substitutes, but this remedy is safe reliable and money back if not helped. Trial bottle free at Lovell s Drug Store Oak Park and Traill s Drug Store Austin. Regular size 50 cents and 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Lovell’s
Oak Park
Traill
Austin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barras
Cicero, Ill
North Park Avenue
McKinley
Hiffel Tower
Germany
Jines
England
John Bull
New York Senate
Wll
Jack Frost
Gladstone
Luetgert
Johanna Nieman
John Riley
Dave Miendersman
Cuba
Cuban
Montgomery
Matanzas
Alaska
Tanner
Valdes Pass
Dorsey Patten
Tucson
Arizona
Republican Marching Club
Flatman
McGann
Dan Rice
Jim Meyers
Davenport
Madison Street
Haineis
PY Oak Park
Park Circles
Forty-eighth Street
Twenty-fifth Street
al Salder
Berwyn
A. J. Starr
Harold Avenue
John H. Williams
Massachusetts
Mr. Bowbin
Milwaukee
H. F E. Sumner
Worcester
Mass
South Carolina
New York Tribune
Central Ave
South Boulevard
R. H. Traill
Narry Cooling
Chan Biselfort
Train & Cooling
Boulvard
W. H. Newbery & Co
Wax Austin
Linden Park
Moreland
Cberwyn
Mandel
Austin, Ill
I, Dalg“Rd
O. Creen
Austin Milk CO
North Park
Cicero Telephone
Cottle
Emil Blossy
Thomas St
Harlem
Madison St
Ss. B. Wait
Pese
Ontario Street
D. M. Donaldson
Geo. S. Herbert
Chas. P. Miller
Alegretti's
Chas.p. Miller
A. Heinrich
F. Simmons’ Express
Patriots
Hugh Gair
Gair Bros
Lake ST
Oak Park, Ill
Magen
Mystic
W.H. Drechsler
Harlem Avenue
Mrs. Carmichael
O. J. Roath
Ceresota
Ohio St
E. B. Moore & CO
Randolph Street
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