The Vindicator Readers urged to avoid late payments
The Vindicator warns subscribers not to pay subscription bills to collection agencies after November 4, 1897, and to pay only to the Austin office. It notes board meetings with President Emerson and Trustee Gonthorp, and comments on Oak Park police organization and Chicago weather and fire alarm oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coon
North Avenue
Austin
Lake Street
Oak Chicago
South Clinton Street
W. OG. Oline
Austin, Ill
Oak Park
Road extension in Cicero gains momentum after better weather
Mr Yerkes resumes work on the road to link Cicero with the loop as weather moderates. Charles Stoffel, Grant town clerk, warns Cicero police to avoid the newly annexed area. Prairie land lacks police protection and teachers in district No 2 may wait for salaries until taxes are paid. several local politicians suggest this course, risking their own standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stoffel
Grant
Cicero
Cheero
Prairie Land
Water meters urged to curb seasonal waste
The article notes high water waste as pumping stations in villages ran at full capacity to fight freezing. It argues meters on duty would have measured flow and prevented wasted water through cold nights last week.
Cicero Township Split Case Heads to Supreme Court
The appellees John Lewis George J Bliss Albert W Giles and James E Tristram officers of Cicero township completed their brief on Wednesday to determine if Cicero was legally divided and if the new Oak Park township exists. Argument before the Supreme Court is set for next Monday per the Oak Park Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lewis
George J. Bliss
Albert W. Giles
James E. Tristram
Cicero
Oak Park
Supreme Court
The Telephone Situation Expands in Austin Area
The Chicago Telephone Company absorbs Cicero Telephone Company and will install a premier exchange in Austin. Free connections will cover Austin, Oak Park, River Forest, Harlem, Berwyn, Clyde, with service to Chicago and other major cities. Rates start around $18 for residences. broad, affordable service expected as Campbell, the sales solicitor, promotes rapid growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Telephone Company
Cicero Telephone Company
Austin
Oak Park
River Forest
Harlem
Berwyn
Clyde
Chicago
Campbell
Lake Street Elevated lowers tracks for Cicero extension
Commissioner McGann issued a permit to the Lake Street Elevated Company to lower its tracks at West Forty-eighth Street from twenty to fourteen feet. The road seeks the old level to plan an extension through Cicero, with higher costs if kept at twenty feet. Work began immediately on lowering the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGann
Lake Street
Damages Awarded in Cicero Street Railway Suit
August Borman was awarded 12600 damages in his suit against the Cicero and Proviso Street Railway Company in Judge Gibbons court yesterday for injuries from a collision at Lombard avenue and Madison street in March 1894.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Borman
Cicero and Proviso Street Railway Company
Cash Register Fight Between Hallwood and Nanose Firms
Hallwood Cash Register Company sues Nanose Cash Register Company and several firms alleging breach of contract, jurisdictional disputes, and damages. The legal action seeks relief in a federal or state court, with claims extending to related entities and financial remedies. Involved parties and exact counts are not fully specified in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallwood Cash Register Company
Nanoes Cash Register Company
Austin Post Office Mall Service Change Rumors
Clerical staff in the Chicago postoffice discuss proposed attachment of Austin mall service to Chicago. Postmaster Robinson’s supporters oppose the plan but officials say Austin is not at risk. An 1890s act during Cleveland's second term bars extending post office jurisdiction into neighboring towns, a rule not repealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mall
Austin
Robinson
John Hubbard
Boston
Philadelphia
Congress
Cleveland
Town News Briefs From Austin Area Mails and Local Events
News notes arrival and closing times for East and West mail routes. Obituary of G L Hart and infant death on Laurel avenue. Socials at Morton Date and Fifty Second Avenue Congregational church. Death of Samuel C Meredith, oldest Indiana newspaper publisher. Local visits, dances, lectures, and club activities at Austin and Hyde Park with details on venues and speakers. Included are residents, movers, and upcoming minstrel event benefiting Jackson ark Lauilacoum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Hart
West
Irving Youngs
Laurel Avenue
Forest Home
Valentine
Morton
Women's Department
Fifty-Second Avenue
New York
Century Club
Austin High School
Will Decker
Otto Werner
Loomis
W. C
T. A
Frank J. Race
Ontario Street
Geo. Bent
Gertrude Goldenstein
Austin
Florence Steel
Woodlawn
Helen Furman
Chicago
Hans Dorenson
Frank Spink
Willow Avenue
Rink
Randolph Streets
Albert T. Snow
Spink
Atlanta
Kemp
S. M. Johnson
Presbyterian Church
Colorado
Johnson
Kanaga
Rosalie Hall
Hyde Park
Jackson Ark
Invention Talks Through a Plank by Sound Waves
A Washington correspondent describes a device by Mr Edison that uses a diaphragm, ratchet, and a wheel. speaking to the diaphragm makes the wheel turn, via a worm gear, to bore a hole through a board. The inventor patented it for winding a clock, not its talking-through-a-plank use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itdison
Washington
Boston Transcript
Holison
Patent Office
To Kill Rats by Diseano and the Ruasin Microbe
A preliminary communication by Dr Issut schenkeo of Ruasin reports a microbe pathogenic to rats. An epidemic among laboratory rats led to isolation of a bacillus from liver and spleen, highly fatal to rats and mice. Early experiments to use the organism as a living rat poison show limited success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Issutschenkeo
Ruasin
Popular Science Monthly
War color for ships and animal camouflage compared
The article explains naval camouflage in the war with Spain favoring a dull gray with a yellow tint to blend ships with sea and shore. It compares this to how animals like zebras and tigers use black and yellow stripes to merge with their surroundings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Ill boy longs to view snow from bed
A frail child, ill for weeks, hears excited reports of snow, tobogganing, and a Riverside drive coast. He asks his mother to fetch his overcoat so he can watch the snowy world from his bed, a quiet moment amid his illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Drive
New York
Evolution of Political Economy Education in Berlin
Thirty years ago Berlin university professors devoted thirteen hours weekly to political economy. Now the time has more than doubled. The scope expanded to labor rights currency problems social protective legislation and the economic meaning of machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin University
Quote about New Yorkers and boastful pride
A speaker questions a man’s origin then claims New York people avoid bragging about their achievements and never stopped at a fictional place Squalldorf Castoria, implying regional vanity is a marker of identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Squalldorf- Castoria
A Modest Youth Harpers Bazaar Quotation
A youth is asked who is the smartest in the class. Bob answers modestly that his papa says he must not boast. The uncle questions the boy’s claim in a light, moral tone typical of Harper's Bazaar prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Harper’s Bazar
Dr King's New Discovery Promises Grip Cure
An old advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery as a remedy for grip coughs and pneumonia risk. It claims to ease chills fever back pain sore throat and sleeplessness, offering money back and trial bottle free at Traill & Cooling and C P Miller drug stores.
Smiths in the House Highlight Michigan and Kentucky Delegation
The Washington Post notes four Smiths in the House, four Republicans including Adrian Michigan’s Henry C. Smith and S. W. Smith in Michigan, plus David H. Smith of Hodgensville Kentucky. It describes their backgrounds, roles, and amiable temperaments as they join the national delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Washington Post
Smith
David Highbaugh Smith
Hodgensville
Larue County
Kentucky
Mr. Smith
Abraham Lincoln
Henry C. Smith
Adrian
Michigan Smith
George Spalding
Pingree
S. W. Smith
William Alden Smith
Daniel Webster
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Cuba
George W. Smith
Murphysboro
Smiths
National House
Curran Plans Colonial Apartment Block At Kenilworth and Pleasant
Richard Curran is building a large colonial style apartment house at the southeast corner of Kenilworth avenue and Pleasant street. The project cost is set at 75000 dollars and will include forty two apartments ranging from three to sixteen rooms each. Architect on record is J F H O Pridmore. Unclaimed letters in Oak Park include Fannie Allen Anders C Anderson Carl Anderson Mrs Simeon E Baldwin Mrs Edward F Compton Kate Gauss Miss Cora Gobble Jos Greaves Walter Greaves Mrs R M Griswold John Hochstra Frank Mark Mrs H Math er Mr Pettge F Pierce Jr William Pierce Frederick Spencer Fannie L Smith A J Walthers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Curran
Kenilworth Avenue
Pleasant Street
J. FH. O. Pridmore
Oak Park
Fannie Allen
Anders C. Anderson
Carl Anderson
Simeon E. Baldwin
Edward F. Compton
Kate Gauss
Cora Gobble
Seventh Avenue
Jos. Greaves
Walter Greaves
R. M. Griswold
John Hochstra
Frank Mark
H. Mather
Mr. Pettge
F. Pierce, Jr
William Pierce
Frederick Spencer
Fannie L. Smith
A. J. Walthers
Valuable Engravings and a Rembrandt Portrait Sale
The world’s most valuable engravings include Rembrandt’s portrait of a man with a saber, four impressions of which sold for ten thousand dollars. The original plate, first cut to an octagonal oval, produced prints selling for one hundred thirty dollars, then further reduced to yield more prints totaling only four known examples. An unrelated exchange over a broom price ends with a humorous note on the two cent difference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rembrandt
Broom Trust
Honest Face Keeps Jury Freer From Bribes
Sprogles recalls a juror’s bribery scandal and notes that moneyed outsiders avoided him because they believed his face was too honest. Bingle asks what changed his mind.
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Sprogles
Bingle
Storyettes and jokes from a Lancashire mining town
A miner’s grave injury leads to a quip about giving up ale or losing a leg. Dr Conan Doyle writes a humorous note to Ormeau Golf Club about a Songs of Action recital. Carlyle’s tale recalls long English prayers and the Job reading as family devotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancashire
Yale
Conan Doyle
Ormeau Golf Club
Egypt
Vermont
Armeau Club
Carlyle
English Review
England
Kirkaldy
Fire Insurance Agencies Seek Patronage
The Aetna and Phoenix Insurance Companies appoint Frank Page as resident agent at 111 S. Central Ave. He promises prompt attention to customer needs and highlights the insurers' long standing reliability and quick loss settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AETNA
Phoenix Insurance
Phoenix
Hartford
Frank Page
S. Central Ave
Money to loan from The Austin Building and Loan
The Austin Building and Loan Association invites deposits on two or more shares at fifty cents per share and pays six percent interest on withdrawals. A home institution with conservative management invites all Austin residents to become members. George H. Park is president and John D. Maclean secretary, city office room 921 184 La Salle street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Building and Loan Association
Austin
George H. Park
John D. Maclean
la Balle Street
Refund Promise From Greene’s Syrup Firm
A Flinty promise from TRAIN & COOLING of Austin ML and J P Garner & Co notes refund for a 0 cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tariff if no cure for cough or cold is achieved and a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfaction or money refunded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene
Train & Cooling
Austin
ML. J. P. Garner & CO
D D Ward Dissolves Partnership in Austin Illinois Card
Mr D D Ward paperhanger and decorator announces dissolution of partnership and will personally conduct the business. He provides latest wallpaper designs and guarantees first class work. Thanks customers for past favors and seeks continued patronage. Orders and estimates at 5521 Ontario Street Austin Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Ward
Ontario Street
Austin
Tobacco production shifts in Virginia and Kentucky
Before 1859 Virginia led the nation in tobacco with an annual yield of about 122 million pounds. Virginia’s current output is around 50 million pounds per year. Since the Civil War Kentucky has become first in tobacco, yielding about 225 million pounds annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
America
Kontucty
Tough on Chicago Recruit Incapable Soldier Humor
A first army officer fears a Chicago recruit will never become a soldier as when commanded to halt the man panics and raises his hands. A second officer questions why the reaction occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Atricken
Man Unable to Write Often Poses as Defendant in Suit
In a breach of promise case, the man unable to write is seldom the defendant. The remark suggests literacy affects courtroom behavior and perception of credibility in such claims.
Birth registered in East End names Sirds Kitchener
A registrar in London's East End recently recorded the birth of a child named Sirds Kitchener, reflecting a distinctive naming choice reported in the local records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East End
London
Sirds Kitchener
Deadly Grip Threatens Health With Pneumonia Warning
Public health warning urging immediate use of Dr King's New Discovery for bronchial trouble. Describes grip symptoms such as fever chills cough and nasal discharge. Claims the remedy kills germs, heals lungs, and prevents after effects with a 50 cent to 1 dollar price and money back guarantee. Trial bottle offered at Traill & Cooling and C. P. Miller drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traill & Cooling
C. P. Miller
Wartime Photo Trade Offer Targets Soldiers in Camps
An advertisement proclaims an oversized government photo book titled The Story of the Philippines. It claims coverage from San Francisco to trenches, Aguinaldo campaigns, and Dewey’s ships. The flyer promises large profits for agents with free outfit and freight paid, urging mail to Chicago addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Murat Halsted
Officis
Hltorian
San Francisco
Pacific
Merritt
Huavlu U
Honsupg
Mantle
Campa
Aguinaldo
Clymunim
Dewey
Bonanza
Hrimtul
Outfit
Chicago
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Board of Trustees
Emerson
Gunthorp
Lake Street L
Austin A
News OF the Town
TBO
Il. Robertson, P. M
A. M. White
Library Hall
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
Rev. White
Frederick Childs Rounds
F. C. Rounds
J. J. McCarthy
W. H. Rounds
J. J. Randall
Lillian McCarthy
Gertrude Alexander
Carrie Lindley
Evelyn Murray
Oaks Culture Club
the Oaks
Mesdames U
Cutting
Alfred Barker
Henry KL Frink
Ida Belle
Freeman
Wadsworth
George Elliot
Maybelle Noyes
Perry
Miss Atwater
Bessie B. Ricker
Dr. King
Hort Park Ave
Fire Insurance
W. S. Smith
Vencer
Oak Park and
Maywood
Dunlop Bros.’ Bank
Zimmerman & Roath’s Feed Store
Oak Park Avenue
R. N. F. Hiller’s
North Park Avenue
Albert Burgess
Choice Bakery
Goo
North Be
Don Rosado
Ohio Street
A. H. Loomis
Park Avenue
Oak & Tompkins
Mrs. Scales
Old Presbyterian of Austin
W. O. Cline
R. S. Tuthill
North Central Avenue
Pine Avenue
Ogden, Sheldon & Co
Clark Street
Chicago Avenue
Kellogg
N. Park Ave
Depot
T. A. Hostetler
Wheaton
Vicinity
Elbert Mitchell
Kimbell Avenue
Frank Juce
F. BE. Pray. & Son
Florida
Orange Grove
Truck Farm
G. W. Pither
South Willow Avenue
Itl
Sones
Binghamton
Binghamton, N. V
John Price
Justice of the Peace and Notary Publc
Fifty-second St
Austin, Ins
E. E. Prescott
Austin, Illinois
Masonic Hall
P. B. Saur
Justices Peace
Houra
Wesley Ave
Cmyerkce
S. Clark St
E, Lindberg
Marion Street
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