Cicero Town Board Meets December 1896 Proceedings
The Cicero town board met December 26 1896 in the town hall Austin with all members present. Reports cover street lighting bids sewer work grants licenses police staffing and the rejection of a pluming license transfer. Numerous committee references approvals of improved sewers Cuyler avenue and Fyffe avenue and various warrants and repairs were decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Town of
Cicero
Town Hall
Austin
Pierce
Geo. Wissler
Chicago Avenue
Marion Street
Citizens of
Hawthorne
Ed Davis
Thos. Brophy
Wm. Norris
Harrison Street
A. G. Chapin
Prairie Avenue
B&q. RR
H. Crounse
Chicago & Northern Pacific Railroad
Cicero and
Pro- Visa Street Railway
Lake Street
I. H. Wood
Madison Street
Oak Park Avenue
Grant Works
Committee of Whole
Minnie
Budlong
Almer Kibby Wies
Clyde
Anerson
Suburban Railroad Company
Unc
Austin Avenue
Nissen Dros
South Boulevard
Watler Avenua
J.D. Miller
Take Street
Rearden
Adams, Green &Co
Adams, Green & Co
Fyffe Avenue
Risley Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
Trustee Castle
Fyffle Avenue
Fiftieth
Fifty-fourth
Fifty-second Street
Fiftieth Street
Robinson Avenue
Cuyler Avenue
Gheney
Latte
Frio
Dolese & Edenard
Committee On Licenses
Plunber
Rylands & Co
T. B. Kelly & Co
Aisoe
Prustee Reardon
W. W. Nelly & Co
Committee On Drainage
Forest Avenue
Augusta
Thoms Street
A. Barker
Edward A. Barker
Thomas Street
Trustees Castle
I. A. Barker
Jac. Kelly
M. Porter
C. M. Porter
Cheney
Dolese & Shepard
Twenty Sixth Street
Garfield
Clyde Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Central Avenue
Twenty-Sixth
G. C. Almy
Tf. R. Schock
P. J. Gallagher
McDonald
Ogden Avenue
Flimmee
Drent Correcy
Woo
Cooney
Gainthoryp
REV ABBOTTS BOMB AND REVOLUTIONIST CHARGE
A famous Gotham preacher Reverend Lyman Abbott is charged with revolutionary views for his recent utterances on independence and government. He cites Horace Greeley and the Chicago riot, arguing that America no longer believes in the declaration of independence and its philosophy. Abbott began preaching in 1860 and hails from Roxbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Abbott
Dr. Abbott
Horace Greeley
Chicago
America
Abbott
Roxbury
Wrestlers in India See Native Champion Triumph in Tent Match
A Chambers Journal description recalls an English world champion facing a Rajah's private wrestler in an Indian tent. Over 3,000 spectators watched the native swiftly seize control, flip the Englishman, and win as judges supported the native in a unanimous decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Chambers’ Journal
Demolition History Blurs with Empire’s Fall
In a fragmentary note the article hints at confusion between historical demolition narratives and the fall of a vast empire. The piece suggests overlapping eras and rival interpretations of what ended the empire and how its legacy persists.
A Prophetic Grand Vizier Resigns From Turkish Throne
The grand vizier Rucdi Pacha resigned after Abdul Aziz ascended the throne. He said it took ten years to understand Abdul Aziz and ten days to foresee Abdul Hamid's impact. He warned that the line of succession would bring dangers and urged no further request for withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Rucdi Pacha
Abdul Aziz
Abdul Hamid
Carter H Harrison Jr: Chicago mayoral candidate likened to father
Carter Henry Harrison, a familiar Chicago political figure, is described as like his late father in self assertion and independence. The text notes his middle age, broad political experience, and history as a party organizer and delegate, with friends rallying to his name though he previously declined a mayoral bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter Henry Harrison
Chicago
Mr. Harrison
Ele
Harrison
Carter H. Harrison, JR
Progress in Anesthetics
The article discusses a future anesthesia agent that could render a patient insensible to pain without losing consciousness. Methylic ether is noted as partially achieving this, preserving consciousness while blocking pain and allowing rapid recovery. It is viewed as potentially the safest anesthetic, though its gaseous nature makes administration troublesome.
Gold Production Outlook for 1896 Estimated at 270 Million
The director of the United States Mint estimates world gold production in 1896 at 270.9 million dollars, about 17 million more than 1895. The U S output is forecast to contribute 50 million dollars to the world supply this year as a steady rise since 1890 when output was 118.8 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Mint
United States
Haunted Ship Tales and Ghosts Echo Across Wisconsin
A nurseful of uncanny sea tales unfolds from a Weasel-A haunted farm house in Wisconsin and other ghost reports. The Inverurie voyage from Newcastle to San Francisco ends in tragedy with a buried baby and a contested doctor passenger. A gray apparition haunts the hold while crew face mutiny rumors, and other towns report spectral town hall robing figures and stolen records. The Agnes White death case in New York remains open amid divorce and rival lovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Newcastle
San Francisco
Frisco Bay
Doctor Armitage
Wuslace Alexander
Melbourne
Wilcox
Cape St. Roque
Coleman
Mich
Pretty Agnes White
New York City
The Inverurie Ghost Haunts Cushman Place Near Palmyra Wis
Strange noises plague a large brick Cushman homestead known as the Cushman place near Palmyra Wisconsin. Residents report nightly sounds like pounding railroad ties with a spike, shifting rooms, and longer disturbances when Cushman visits. The house was home to J R Cushman and his wife until her death, with two families occupying it since. Local theories suggest trickery, with further investigation planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inverurie
Chicago
Tragic Duck Hunt Fatality In Cold New Orleans Night
John Barker head bookkeeper for Christopher Crowley & Co rice farm died after a cold night duck hunting near Rigolots. He overturned a pirogue in icy water, stayed to hunt, was found dead in the marsh with a dozen ducks aboard. Authorities suspect hypothermia from prolonged exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
John Barker
Christopher Crowley & Co
Barker
Rigolots
Company O
Preserved Corpses Through the Ages
The article recalls remarkable cases of mummified bodies found centuries after death. It cites James I, Edward I, Canute, Roman soldiers in Aberdeen, William the Conqueror and wife, Lady Kilsyth, and others, noting astonishing preservation despite long burial spans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James I
England
Paris
Edward I
Canute
Aberdeen
William the Conqueror
Kilsyth
Thomas Gray
Dorsetshire
Robert Braybrook
London
The Late Shah's Harem and Legacy
The Fortnightly Review notes the late shah Nus hired-din kept a vast harem with three lawful wives and about fifty concubines. The leading wife was shuku-es sultandh, mother of the present king. A former favorite concubine, anys-ed-dowlet, became one of four sinful wives. The story includes court roles for brothers and a tragic hunting lodge collapse tied to a child who saved the shah’s life. The article ends with a claim that the Niagara River under a suspension bridge is the deepest river in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nushired-din
Shuku-Essultandh
Fath Ali Shah
Anderun
Anus-Ed-Dowlet
Amin-I-Akdas
Hick
Inek
Learned minister Thain named editorial director of Advance
Rev Dr Thain, recently chosen editor of the Congregational weekly Advance in Chicago, is a renowned Congregational minister with a long career as preacher and thinker. A Scottish native who came to Illinois at age four, he served in the Ninety-Sixth Illinois volunteers with Grant and Sherman, studied at Chicago Theological Seminary, pastored Turner Junction Dundee and Galesburg First Church, taught at Knox College, and now joins the American board as a corporate member and advisor to Congregational societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Bet
Abbott
University of New York
Matthew Caraby
Abbotts
Lyman
Congregational
Terre Haute
Ind
Ireedman’s League
New England
Harper’s Magazine
Christian Weekly
Dr. Thain
A Distin
AL R Thain
The
Advance
Chicago
Thain
Scotland
America
Lake County
Iinois
Grant
Sherman
Ninety
Illinois Volunteers
Chicago Theological Seminary
Turner Junction
Dundee
Church of Christ
Galesburg
Wialesburg
Knox College
American Board
Sydney Smith Anecdote and Sermon Bet
Lord Houghton records a tale of Rev. Sydney Smith in Yorkshire. At a neighbor’s dinner the squire joke about his sermon spurred Smith to test if others recognize his name in faint sounds. The next day Smith pretended to sneeze the name Kershaw in church, the crowd laughed, and Smith won the wager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Smith
Lord Houghton
Yorkshire
Sydney
Datane Kershaw
Kershaw
Foster Seeks Public Printer Post in Washington
Chicago printer Foster and Co. partner Frel ing C Foster pursues the public printer job in Washington amid strong endorsements. Born in Brewster Massachusetts he has two decades in Chicago publishing and printing. observers warn promises must be sensible and well judged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freling C. Foster
Foster & Co
Chicago
Washington Dispatches
Foster
Brewster
Mass
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Cicero Town Board
Suburban Railroad CO. Wall
Commissioners Castle
Pleasant Street
Pleasant
Washington Boulevard
Titty-third and
Ohio Streets
Dare
Gotham
Soneos
Wis
Jin
Agnies White
Denid
Eimbualmers
Niger
West Africa
Watshela
Festing
Katshella
Shah
Niagara River
Chicago Advance
Guished Theologian
Washington
Preling C. Foster
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