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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1897
Page
7
This item lists residents traveling to California Florida and Nebraska, visitors from Cleveland and Hope, N D, and local business ads for Burgess and Royal. It notes school music recitals at Scoville Institute, unclaimed letters in Oak Park, and a temperance union benefit at the auditorium with support from trustees and local clergy.
Ridgeland residents report several illnesses and recoveries. Mrs. W D Akin returns from Elgin. Mrs. Bend of Jackson visits daughter Mrs Will Pierce and is ill. Edward Ballard ill with pneumonia. A Ridgeland sister travels to Las Vegas NM. A wedding is rumored among Ridgeland's circle. Mrs William Scott breaks ankle but improves. Fred Blaze has a baby girl. Forty pupils enjoy a sleighing party and lunch at D W Kimball’s. J G Johnson dies of tuberculosis at his sister I G Ensign’s home. Funeral at 9:30 led by Prof Chamberlain. remains go to Kenosha for burial.
The Maywood lodge committee reports on a January 26 1897 charity ball at Maywood hall. Disbursements total 26.53 with hall rents printing and postage and refreshments. Receipts total 102.10 from tickets cloak room donations and refreshments. Balance 75.57. Auditors E A Land and J G Cargon certify correctness.
An item from The World reports New York mystic Platt delivering a bold election forecast. She claims with one hand that the sun will shine, a prediction framed as a dramatic, perhaps prophetic, stance ahead of voting.
News that Hambletonian Rysdyk’s Wambletonian skeleton will be dug up and mounted for exhibition at New York City’s Museum of Natural History. John H Wallace funded, with consent from trustees, to display a representative trotting horse alongside a thoroughbred, draught, and a common horse in future exhibits.
Arthur Balfour in Sheffield argued that England needs more scientific research tied to technical education to regain commercial supremacy. He contrasted Britain's approach with Germanys, noting six major German technical institutes for electrical study and large investments by government municipalities and manufacturers in research and expert training. He warned that neglecting organized science harms national well being and commerce.
European and American street railway firms pursue storage batteries for traction. Hanover Dresden Copenhagen Hagen Paris Berlin plan mixed trolley and battery systems with dozens to hundreds of cars, charging outside city limits, aiming to replace underground depots and expand storage powered service.
A Cleveland Leader item notes Kidder stunned by a mistaken “live” line at the central office. Gulling points out there was no lightning outside and that the line was simply busy.
Rasche filed for divorce citing unspecified grounds. The court asked whether the ground was Dakota or Illinois, with no clear answer provided.
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal notes a character criticizing another for smoking. The dialogue mocks pretended sophistication and the act of smoking as a sign of vice. The tone mirrors a satirical social tangle.
A collage of notices from Austin and Cicero items include money to loan offers by F H Zander and Gilbert & Peay, shop ads for Noble’s Malt Bread and St Catharine’s Guild plans, unclaimed letters, employment agency services, and temporary relocation news. Clergy E Averill departs, leaving a farewell with library chair.
Einden Park hosts a reception at Library Hall on February 27. The Young People's Dramatic Club of St Catherine’s Church plans a February 26 performance at Library Hall. A grand prize masquerade and weltz contest is set for Rehberg’s hall on February 1 to benefit William C. J. Krusemier.
A man and his friend discuss the difficulty of recognizing year changes in bicycle fashion. The speaker notes it is hard to realize it is 97 and not 96, while the other points out bicycle makers no longer differ much in style year to year.
A group of advanced women discuss a bold act by Pepa who refused to have a man buy her soda. She insisted on paying for herself and the two men at a drug store, grabbing the check and leaving with the cashier handled. The tale ends with praise for Pepa and a remark on future recognition.
A Boston Verald correspondent describes a progressive household with an off kitchen salt cabinet, zinc lined closet, cas stove, and a brick roofed play area for children. The piece defines progressive housekeeping as openness to new ideas beyond the kitchen and notes saving time money and nerves by trying new methods.
The New York Journal notes a plan for owners to mark bicycles by scraping enamel from a wheel section then applying wax and a corrosive acid mark. After acid etching, enamel coats hide the mark. ownership could be proven by removing the enamel to reveal the initial mark.
A historic notice describes Lingheath mines at Brandon Suffolk producing around 20,000 gun tints last year. The piece notes the target buyers as African and other savages and details the flint-tapping method with leather bands, hammers, and knapper benches.
An elderly Texas blacksmith, unable to collect a delinquent debt, takes the debtor’s note and writes it himself. He promises to pay Jeemas Nite on June 1 for eleving dollars and states the note becomes null and void if unpaid. Witness lines follow.
A brief comic exchange features Tommy asking if hair in a bottle is real hair. His mother reassures him it is mucilage, explaining why he cannot remove his hat. The note appears in a Good News column.
Report notes Rev. Dwight L. Moody achieves remarkable revival success in New York City, highlighting his broad influence and strong public response amid praise and excerpts from attendees.
Local notes report ongoing illnesses including grip and tonsillitis, a nurse’s throat paralysis, a teacher’s illness, and a salacious trial. Edward Norton named on governor’s staff. Norton factory strike ends after 5 percent wage cut. Sleigh ride accident injures riders. druggist changeover to George Bedford. Community events include dances, open meetings, and a planned township high school.
River Forest updates include Bible Study meeting this Thursday, George Howser's return from a southern trip, bronchitis illness of Mrs. F C Smith, Louise Marble's slow recovery, and a new boy for Mr. and Mrs. Monroe. Parcels of clothing sent to Chicago, sleigh rides for school children, and a planned two story residence for Mrs. Mary A Chandler are noted along with visits to High Point North Carolina and gatherings of the Beles Lettres.
Women’s club members enjoyed a gathering with roll call and parliamentary exercises then a literary program. Mrs. Merman Lieb presented a paper on Fanny Wright the first woman politician. Next week’s program includes Irish literature art lectures and a mothers’ class on child imitation skills.
The two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Frits Lemke died recently from crow. Edward Troost fractured his leg after a horse slip. Gustave and Emil Grunnow sell property and plan a Michigan farming move. Mrs Johanna Struckmann died at 87 with services at her daughter’s home and interment at Waldheim. About twenty streetcar workers attended the funeral. A Madison street electric car struck Louis Vogel’s bakery wagon. driver August Warnecke was bruised and the wagon destroyed. Turners society hosts masquerade events at Gordon’s hall Feb 20 with child 15 cent and adult 25 cent admission. Active Turners to host a grand masquerade at Gordon’s hall to fund travel to the national Turners meeting in St Louis this May. Town population notes and new births mentioned along with local names and streets. A street accident near Desphiines and Madison is reported. details follow. Edward Marbridge, 60, dies at home on Hareem avenue after collapse. wife left destitute. Cicero school board records a fifty foot flagpole for north side school. Prof Adams of Saywood discusses a new high school for Cicero. committee named to study site near Maywood. Schools to close on Washington’s Birthday.
News notes two miles of steam railroad completed in New England this year, evenly split between Maine and Vermont. A Sioux City family disputes a teacher’s claim that Santa Claus is a myth and an elderly Sioux Falls poorhouse resident, blind seven years, regains vision in a symbolic event.
The deputy will staff Down Hall in Austin every Saturday evening from 6 to 10 during February to assist taxpayers and Oak Park Police Station each Monday evening from 7 to WW o'clock. February 4, 1897.
Real estate transfers listed across Cicero Oak Park and nearby suburbs include numerous parcels with changes in ownership and street addresses. Entries mention transfers to and from multiple trustees and realty firms, with dates noted in late 1920s style notation and many blocks and lots referenced in Desplaines area and adjacent suburbs.
Professor L Errara describes a miniature atmospheric cycle using a Bohemian glass vase filled with 92 percent alcohol. Warmth causes vapor rise and cloud formation on a porcelain cover, then condensation and tiny raindrops fall back into the liquid, illustrating the ocean atmosphere cycle in miniature.
The article warns that modern paper made from grass and wood fibres causes records to decay. It notes Prussia Denmark and Italy facing document loss, cites a German professor who says chloride of lime accelerates deterioration, and fears a century hence only fine papers will survive. It contrasts with the old concern over bookworms.
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