Local Oak Park notes mix sermons fires and societies
At Oak Park Congregationalists visit Chicago Commons. Rev C. Hoyt to preach a patriots sermon at 4 or 6 o'clock. Fire on Maple Avenue caused by overheated chimney. D W Bradley home destroyed. insurer $800. Community notices include lectures, theater ads, a bread label promotion, a druggist ad, and multiple club and concert items with local residents and organizations named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyt
Oak Park
Chicago Commons
Graham Taylors
Milwaukee Avenue
Maple Avenue
Parrivantreat
D W. Bradley
Beatley
Welcome of Pastor Gulbert at Oak Park Church Parlor Event
The Congregational church held a social in its parlors last Friday for new pastor Dr. Palmer S. Gulbert and wife Mrs. Gulbert. Hosts Mr. and Mrs. Harry Esisart greeted guests as church teachers gathered around the center. Attendees exchanged handshakes, coffee and cake were served, and the event focused on Christian fellowship rather than speeches. Dr and Mrs Stulbert will now feel at home in Oak Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Palmer S. Gulbert
Harry Esisart
Hulbert
Charel
Christian Fellowship
Stulbert
Oak Park
J. J. McCarthy
Ming
Harry Whelpley
Amerson
Clark
J. P. Hohmann
N. Vanderploeg
Randolph Street
BE. L. Chamvain
W. C.1
A.D. Duncan
J. W. Lambert & Co
Kinzie
Jeannette Crardner
Cliaton
Ada Archer
Irving Park
Edith Elliott
Episcopal Church
Ton Pither
Hebert
Horace Grier
Tatestable
Henry Pillinger
Stephen Powell
South
Walnut Avenue
Austin
British Columbia
Mrs Cora Fisher Sweet Dies After Illness
Mrs. Cora Fisher Sweet, US years old, widow of God Sweet, died after a lung illness worsened by climate. Her husband’s mother, Mrs Eld Ti Sweet, brought her back to Oak Park from Colorado where she had been treated. funeral services were conducted by Francis Rowley with a Rose Hill burial and special Pullman car for the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Fisher Sweet
Sweet
Prom
Dakota
Eld
Colorado
Oak Park
Tonds
Francis Rowley
Rose Hill
Drechsler
Pullman Company
Elopement Tells of Oak Park Couple Wedding in Wisconsin
Mr. A. H. Worswick and Mina Adelle Baxter wed quietly in Burlington Wisconsin on St Valentine’s Day. They live with the groom’s parents at 498 Harlem Ave Pew an case where love forced a swift union. Worswick runs a printing business on Lake Street Oak Park and resumed work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Worswick
Mina Adelle Baxter
K. C. Baxter
South Wesley Avenue
Burlington
Wisconsin
St. Valentine's Try
Harlem Avenue
Conrae
Emeath
Ely
Worswick
Lake Street
Oak Park
Emma Prieas Marries James Brandage in Local Rites
A large family and friends gathered Thursday evening at 224 Elizabeth Street to witness the marriage of Miss Emma Prieas to Mr. James Brandage of Ridgeland. Rev. Grosse performed the ceremony with bridesmaids Mamie Prissi and Mary Brundage and groomsmen Hiram Brondage and John Sievert. The couple will reside in Ridgeland after an informal reception and dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Prieas
Eliztheth Street
Emma
James Brandage
Ridgeland
Mr. Grosse
Mamie Prissi
Mary Brundage
Wand Hiram Brondage
John Sievert
Mrs. Brangage
Ridge- Jund Thats
Dr. Clark
Lombard Avenue
Tudgeland
James Brundage
Emma Priess
Oak Park
Brundage
Ridgeland State
Local Notables and Residents Reported Ill and Traveling
A roster of residents includes E W Phelps laid up with grippe and J C F Clark ill with pneumonia. Mrs W J Cooke and daughter departed for Denver, J E Hamilton's family returned from Austin to 222 Clinton, and Mr and Mrs George Sinden visit New Orleans for a month. Maud Ritchie infant death mourned. Rev C R Anderson officiated funeral. Mrs C Ro Smith and children visit Rockford. K L Goodwillie family visiting O W Derrick as they travel south for health reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Phelps
Ingrippe
W. J. Cooke
Denver
J. C. F. Clark
South Oak Park Avenue
George Sinden
New Orleans
Rasta
Oak Park Avenue
Joseph A. Row
la Creppe
J. E. Hamilton
Austin
Clinton Avenue
Mre
C. Ro Smith
Euclid Avenue
Rockford
Mro
Wm. Ritchie
Maud
Rev. C
Anderson
Ik. L. Goodwilie and
Warsaw
Wee
O. W. Derrick
Alls
Goodwill Be
Ridgeland Club Notables and Local Notes Parade
Ridgeland residents report club entertainments and church topics. A fireman wed Emma Priess of Oak Park. they will reside in Ridgeland. A petitioner's push to extend Like Street Elevated railroad draws civically engaged support. A letter from Jackson Michigan misreads Aunt Oliver Raymond’s estate secrets spurring a late auction of quilts and goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeland
New Jackson
Mich
Oliver Raymond
Wade
Olive
Cicero's Seat and Local Happenings at the Oaks
Saturday night hosts the Oaks gentlemen's night with ladies' fashion notes and local shop mentions. Community updates cover church activities, illness, meetings, elections, and upcoming social events in Austin and Harlem.
Melrose Park Socials and Club Notes Highlight Busy Season
A dense Melrose Park column recounts village socials and club events. The Epworth League, Belles Lettres, and German Circle meet. grand masquerade at the club hall draws about fifty couples. sleigh rides and sleight parties pepper the week. local improvements and church talks also fill the town’s social calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose Park
Messrs. Scharenberg
Giles
Epworth League
G. C. Widney
Nettie Fowler
Nora Munton
Richter
John Englebrecht
Herman Nottmeyer
M. Marotta
Wittmann
St Agnes Guild Musical and Literary Entertains at Maywood Church
The St Agnes Guild of Maywood Episcopal Church presented a Friday evening program on February 22 at Mrs Helen S Nichols home 48 South Fifty Avenue. Performances included piano duets solos readings vocal numbers and club swinging with multiple participants named including Miss Grace Evans Miss Vivian and Greene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Land of Roses
J.W. Lamberts & Co
Winzie
Moon’s Club
Presbyterian Church
Hill
Caurdus Club
Nellie Sharclett
Indian Street
Mee Potwin
Judy Mullin
Edith Wallace
Arthur Martin
Olive Banta
Atumerman & Roath
Will Austin
St. Agnes Guild
Maywood Episcopal Church
Helen S. Nichols
South Fifty Avenue
Peufel’s Marsh
Nichols
Scott
Webb
Mis
Grace Evans
Mendelssohn
Josephine Scot
Loovise Nichols
Voc
Vivian and Greene
Chopin
Garry He Nicoods
Misa Beesie
Phew
Ben King
Mins
Mamie Morgan
Hervey Misa
Woman's Club discusses Deaconesses home and work
At River Forest Women’s Club on Tuesday Mrs Lucy Ryder Meyer spoke on the Deaconesses’ home and work. The home, seven years old, is under Methodist auspices but non denominational in service and supported by other churches. Trained nurses graduate from the Deaconess school and serve without pay beyond their support. Next address will be by Mrs Plarver, president of the General Woman’s club, with Oak Park’s Nineteenth Century Club as guests. A business meeting follows Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Pell
Gra Cleveland
Haafild
Methodist Charet
Webb's
Austin
Branklin St
Oak Park
Walter W. Mayne
Forest Avenue
Maud Powell String Quartet Co
Scoville Institute
Scott-Siddons
Mind Powell
Joseph Kovatik
Franz 2. Kaltenform
Paul Miersch
Katharine Wadsworth
the Enterprise
Sadham
Miller
Woman's Benevolent Society
D. A. Hinsden
Blain
Austin Avenue
Ridgeland
Albert Burgess
Geo. Nordenball
Harlem
Chris Tange Ahall
Kummer
Lange
Klimmer
Otto Gorke
Chris Lange
Ibres
Gorke
George Schrade
Schrade
Jate
Cherkekip
Henry Meier
Leo Haase
Meier
Messrs. Gold and
Hillmer
John Lange
Schulz
A. C.W. Michalsky
Louis Schwass
Borgers
South Harlem
Schumacher
Charles Gotsche
Sone
Esse
Clarke
Kebrade
Lafayette
Enebre
Mrs. Chappell
Miss Johns
San Francisco
St. Luke's Church
River Forest
Electric Light Association
Louis Wagner
Gale Avenue
LaSalle Street
City
Robert Walbank
Art Institute of Chicago
Struble
Me. Herriman
Art Institute
Broughton
Berbour
Lucy Ryder Meyer
Hore
Methodist Church
Unclaimed Letters at Austin Post Office February 1
List shows names including Kernguad Mrs H Jones Mire Tai Go bel Barbara Cody Mr ts Balis Annie bk L H O Connor P M. Mandell residents circulate petition to the Board for a nearby school building. Read the lash Times of California in the Vindicator by William Halley at 207 West Madison Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Kernguad
Willian Halley
Weet
Madison Street
Reception Honoring Mr and Mrs C Corrigan at Potwin Home
Mr and Mrs C Corrigan returned from a Southern trip and were feted with a reception at Henry Potwin’s residence, 226 South Park Avenue, lasting from 3 to 10 PM with about three hundred invitations. Mrs Potwin led reception duties assisted by Mesdames Duryea and Smith and Miss Corrigan and Mary L Potwin. The Janetta Quartete provided music while Tevhart catered the dinner and four young ladies helped in the dining room. The parlors featured ferna and cat flowers and the dining room pink carnations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janetta Quartete
Tevhart
Lillian McCarthy
Edith Elliott
Lillian Bontecon
Mae Potwin
Ferna
Linden Park Notes and Local Changes
Linden Park YW reports Bufton family illness and Jack Bufton back to work after grippe. Citizens fund a local telephone station. Charles Owens starts a new house on Moreland. EF Mann and A Mann wives visit Florida. Louis Grass hosts a Friday birthday at Chicago Avenue home. George H Brown hires a new clerk from Tresness. Seivers Co plumbers dissolve partnership with Jack Bays as sole proprietor. Schumacher family arrives from Germany to visit sons. A near miss on the ill fated Elbe is noted as a mere incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Bufton
Jack Bufton
Grippe
Charles Owens
Alma Street
Moreland
Mesers
A. Mann
Florida
Louis Grass
Chicago Avenue
George H. Brown
Tresness
Seivers & Co
Jack Bays
Schumacher
Germany
Elbe
Dr King’s New Discovery Receives Local Endorsements
A Canajobarie New York resident says Dr King’s New Discovery is always kept at home and delivers the best results. A nearby physician from Catstill New York testifies it is the best cough remedy used for eight years. Trial bottles free and large bottles sold by local druggists L M Lovett Oak Park and RK Trail Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.W. Poller
Canajobarie
N.Y
Dr. King
A. Dykerman Drieuist
Catstill
N.yoo
L. M. Lovett
Oak Park
Trail
Austin
Uncertain local notes on births, deaths, and events
Adam les finishes labor at Hebner's saloon. Four new houses begun in West Maywood subdivision. Village Uni receives drab paint. Gaeger couple of Eighteenth avenue welcome a baby girl born February 1. James Davison ill with typhoid pneumonia for three weeks. Christian Barmster fined 300 and vests for abuse of Marshal Dailey by Justice Covell. Mrs Hint of Pearthteenth area frets over baby boy born Monday February 15. Public school celebrated Washington’s Birthday with exercises. details next week. Mr Gotets recovering from illness planning summer in England. Frederick Schmidt of Twenty-first Avenue dies after two months with lung trouble. aged 63, survived by wife and four sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Maywood
Uni
Gaeger
Eighteenth Avenue
Lave
James Davison
Adam Davison
Christian Barmster
Marshal Dailey
Justice Covell
Hint
C. Gotets
England
Tod
Frederick Schmidt
Twenty-Trst Avenue
Melrose Park
Mars. Schmidt
Masquerades and Local Happenings In Harlem Area
Readable items describe upcoming Masquerade events by Maemercher and Turners, new dynamo installation at the electric works, business notes from B D Larson Co and August Thode Harlem house, and social scenes including William Becker’s Waldheim masquerade with Hasselbrink orchestra. Mary Kinzie’s death at 75 at 137 Circle avenue is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra
Mary Kinzie
Circle Avenue
B. D. Larson & Co
Peter Hart
Electric Light Works
Atund
August Ebsan
August Thode
Harlem House
August Meseke
Desplaines Avenue
William Becker
Waldheim
Prof
Hasselbrink
River Forest Village Board Adopts Sewer Plan and Relates
At an adjourned meeting the River Forest Village Board expunged the Thatcher Ave LNG assessment from the record. It approved lamp installation on Lathrop between Oak and Chicago, reviewed final Lake Street sewer bid estimates, held funds contingent on acceptance, and accepted Louie Humphreville as Village Constable. The board ordered bids for a Keystone Avenue sewer, instructed a new Lake Street sewer atlas, rescinded Mike Young’s sewer license revocation, and passed a deprovement plan for Lake Street with blocks from Harlem to Des Plaines bridge at an estimated $45,000, with assessments on both sides 200 feet back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Judiciary
Electric Light Company
Lathrop Avenue
Oak Avenue
Oak
Chicago Avenues
Kelly & Dillon
Lake Street
Louie Humphreville
C.J. Seeberg
Keystone Avenue
Tarke Street
Epie Heer Wis
Lave Street
Mike Young
Tim
Harlen Avenue
Desplaines Bridge
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Albert Burgasn
Geo. Nornenholt
Jao. D. Suydam
Francia Rowley
Baptist Charch
Albert Shaw
Geo. W. Hayden
C. H. Fantham
W. W. Kirball Co
Suydaard
Washturn- Crosby Co
Heron's Cash Grocery
John M. Walden
Pooley
Washington
Walden
Harlem Pheramcy
Tillinois
Win
ID Shuey
Prairie Club Mandolin Club
Dr. and
Mes. Hulbert
The
Baptist Church
Cicero
the Oaks
Ouka
King's Daughters
D. C
Florence Cremin
South Fork Avenue
Mr. Riddle
Wilcox Avenue
Misa Becker
Iowa Street
Fisher
H. Bolton
the Episcopal Church
Mr. Satterfield
First Regiment
Chattanooga
Oaks
R. H. Traill
UY O
Fitzgerald
Quarterly Union Temperance Meeting
Thomas Westerdale
Congress Shoe
Stenry
People’s Bakery
Abbott Block
People's Bakery
Geo. Nordenholt
Senate
C. O. Burras
Maine
North
Waller Avenue
Springfield
Mand Decker
Superior
Park Avenues
New England
Thore Best Olad
Mrs. Pord
Midway
Gilbert Sa
Hobart Briggs
W. Lifton
Lifton A. Grier
Price l L. McNeal
Robertshaw Mayes
Pither T. Seyfried
Geddey Dobbs
G. Price
Pither E. Smith
R. Hebert
EF. Oconor
G. Hebert
J. Templin Parvin
L. Ed. Brown
Harlem Village
Townsiep
Maywood
Butterick
OC. W. Steines & Co
Jacob Bohllander
St. Mary's Guild
Hatch
Seventh Avenue
C. N. Steines & Co
C. W. Steines & Co
A. W. Wishart
Hell
Heaven
W. Frangenheim
Sixth Avenue
Harrison P. Nichols
C. M. Steines & Co
Maywood Literary Circle
H. J. Hittortf
Oliver J. Westcott
Willard L. Morgan
E. Bardoe Elliott
Eliott
Detroit
Chicago
New York City
North Fifth Avenue
C. Steines & Co
Glen Ellyn
Catlin
Eberhart
Garfield Boulevard
M. E Church
Fesl
C. W. Steines Co
George Washington
John Seemann
First Avenue
North Fifth Street
H. H. Robertson
North Seventh Avenue
Cinch Club
W. Cooper
Fanthorn
G.S. Affolter
Charles Day
Emmia Robertson
Panthern
Albert Barcess
Geo. Nordenbolty
Sumner Fox
N. Sixth Avenue
Fox
Norton Bros
Jorge
Atc. W
A& Cos
Pebroary Lfth
St. Charles Road
Block 6
Block 17
Ashland
Mesflehusen, Walker and Boblander
N. Donaldson
Miret
Flos
Kriver Forest
C. C. Collins
F.C. Moeller
Judge Panney
E.C. Wailer
Job. Miller
John Humphrey
W. H. Reynolds
Clergymen's Society
U.S. Villars
M. E
Thatcher Avenue
D. A. Thatcher
Board of Education
Fred
Brooklyn
N. Y
Arthur
Charles
Herman
Concordia
Church Entertainment
Woman's Club
Linden Park
Larson & GO
Madison St
Harlem, Il
Adam Les
Hebner's Saloon
Deutsche Apothke
Maemercher
Turners
Gadens
Harlem Pharmacy
Henry Fippinger
Elgin and
Madison Streets
H. J. Hittorff
W. ‘J. Griffith
Creo
Nordenholti
Grover
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