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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1896
Page
8
Local notes from Oak Park and Cicero include property ads, lectures by Dr. Hulbert on Burns, and the Ridgeland Woman's Benevolent Society meeting. The Enterprise reports staff changes, birthdays, business openings, a forthcoming art school, wedding and funeral mentions, and a missing Northwestern railroad agent.
Miss Mary Chamberlain recovers from diphtheria as local society items highlight parties, entertainments, lectures, church plans, birthdays, and club gatherings across Maywood and Melrose Park. Notable entries include Leap Year ball, fundraisers, and organ committee advances.
A fragment notes a $10,000 6 percent loan to Call and see M Flaherty with I Gilbert. It then offers a 10 percent discount on dry goods to cut out and present this notice. Address: E A Dyer 105 Robinson Avenue Linden Park.
Alderman James L. Francis of Chicago and Rev. John Burgus of Keokuk endorse Dr King s New Discovery as an ideal remedy. They claim five decades of use with speedy relief. Free trial battles at Oak Park and Austin drug stores. Price 250 per box.
A regional column lists residents and visitors including Gore Fogarty Bode Scott Greene Hughes Stimpson Coup land Steele Wing Nichole Walker New comb Templeton Tidman Tate Steines A Evans Morgan Buck Covelle Coupland Hughes Morgan Buck Ferns Wing Appleton Maas Warner Bush Hodgson Dall Aldoes Tate Evans Fogarty Westcott Bode Doyle and others. A Maywood barber adds rear baths with hot and cold water and sells five bath tickets for a dollar. A fire alarm in Ber wyn roused the department early Tuesday but the fire proved across the river. Miss Matilda Kronqueat returns to work with Mrs Abbott Jones in Waukesha. A minstrel show by the colored 400 on January 30 at the Congregational hall for the organ fund will be repeated on March 3 with improved acts. Reserved-seat tickets go on Feb 24 at Thomson's drug store. general admission from company members or ladies in charge. One mint wolfe leather chair giveaway announced for each 24 XXNIX label from leaves.
Philip T. Colgrove of Hastings born April 17 1858 in Winchester Tennessee rose through Knights of Pythias ranks. He became Supreme Vice Chancellor in 1894 and is noted as the youngest to hold that post and a capable orator. Endowment Bank figures show large gains with 41 000 members and over 82 million in endowment in force and ten million paid to beneficiaries since inception.
In River Forest a local advertisement touts Alvert Burgese Monarch Brand canned goods as the best. It urges shoppers to buy from Boyce & Gilbert with claims of fresh quality and city prices for groceries.
The Jenny Lind grave on Malvern Hills England is marked by a costly cross monument. The Swedish nightingale’s husband visited her grave daily, flowers in hand, and her American agent Barnum met the family. Barnum noted portraits and busts in the house and her last days spent singing for the indigent clergymen.
The piece argues that a woman prefers a superior partner and resents a husband who lacks business acumen. It notes women may outshine men in business and warns that this shifts feelings to surprise pity and contempt. It also describes interior design advice on white engine turned furnishings and the use of mahogany or cherry for contrast.
A damaged notice advertises a local market offering meat and groceries at low prices with phrases about cheap goods. It mentions dairy products, butter substitutes, fresh produce, and on premises dressings, inviting customers to compare prices with Cook County retailers. The eye catching claims warn readers about scams offering nothing for something.
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