Oak Park Lamps Debate Winds Through Cicero Town Board
Oak Park citizens packed the committee of the whole meeting to argue incandescent versus arc street lamps. Key figures including A. J. Flitcraft C. S. Woodard and George M. Davis backed arc or incandescence while Water Company allies urged municipal ownership and lower costs. the session stretched past midnight with bids awaiting board decision.
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Cicero
Oak Park
Chicago, Harlem
Batavia Road
Wisconsin Central
Northern Pacific
Cicero Water, Gas and Electric Light Co
E.S. Conway
Austin
Cicero Light, Power and Heat Co
George M. Davis
Oak Park Co
Messrs
A. J. Flitcraft
C. S. Woodard
Flitcraft and Woodard
Ares
Mr. Rearden
Conway
Everett
Baldwin
Patten
Butler
Flitcraft
Woodard
Miller
Rearden
Jefferson
Water Company
River Forest
Maywood
Cambridge
Harvard
Boston Common
Garfield Park
East Avenue
Austin Avenue
Austin Company
J. D. Everett
Republican Club
4.C. Butler
Mr. Flitcraft
Mr. Butler
D. J. Patten
Mr. Flitecraft
Mr. Patten
Washington Boulevard
Jesse A. Baldwin
Wittcraft
Puiler
Skillen
B. S. Conway
John Maclean
Chicago
Whitcraft
Maclean
Wake Davis
Elitcraft
Cicero Board Deliberates On Suburban Rail Nuisance
At a Cicero Town Board committee meeting residents along the Suburban line petitioned against smoke from the railway. Attorney Cratty pressed for relief and calls for a six month revocation if promises are not kept. directors argued electrification and continued cooperation.
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Cicero
Josiah Cratty
Oak Pork
George Weston
S. R. Ainslie
K. K. Napp
Cratty
Weston
Mr. Weston
Mr. Cratty
Ainslie
Cheney
K. K. Knapp
Wesson
Knapp
Tif
Oak Park
Marriage by Proxy in Constantinople Revealed
In Constantinople marriage is a business affair where parents select brides. A visiting mother reviews a daughter's embroidery rugs as proof of merit, then presents them to the son. If approved by both families, the match proceeds by proxy with no meeting of the bride and groom.
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Constantinople
The
Orient
Mamie in Bloomers Sparks Family Exchange
In a sharp exchange, Mamie defends her bloomers while her brother Willie questions their use. The third day after Mamie’s appearance, he challenges her claim to boyhood and her climbing ability.
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Mamie
Wille
Willie
Omaha Bee
A Remedy Cholly Refuses Occupation of Mind
A New York Journal snippet shows Cholly lamenting a lack of mental occupation. An unsympathetic listener suggests a bullet as a remedy, highlighting a dark, satirical tone.
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Cholly
New York Journal
Say, Hargreaves Seeks Bar During Cold
The Cincinnati Enquirer records a brief exchange where Hargreaves notes a severe cold and asks about remedies and the nearest bar. The light dialogue showcases everyday language in a casual social moment.
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Hargreaves
Cincinnati
Mars Observations and Theories in Opposition
An astronomy overview describes Mars in the current opposition with Earth, noting orbital distance variations, apparent surface markings called seas and canals, and debates over vegetation or water as explanations. It cites Schiaparelli, Pickering, Lowell, and Campbell while highlighting uncertainties about Martian atmosphere and possible life.
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Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Tammany
Solar System
Earth
Schiaparelli
Huggins, Vogel
W. W. Campbell
Lick Observatory
Moon
Campbell
South Pole
William H. Pickering
Pickering
Percival Lowell
Boston
Flagstaff
Ariz
Lowell
Ismenius
Euphrates
Protonilus
Reflections in a Chapel at Prison
In a London hospital report a curious prison chapel incident reveals female inmates learned of male visitors through a polished brass cross above the altar acting as a mirror. The cross reflected every man as he moved to his seat, enabling covert sightlines until the object vanished after the revelation.
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London Hospital
A Boy with a Quick Wit
George Pomeroy, a mischievous student, used quick thinking to escape punishment. In sixth grade he and his visiting Buffalo cousin Frank White caused a disruption in class but the teacher was charmed by his polite introduction and invitation, and no punishment was given.
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George Pomeroy
New York State
George
Miss Payne
Frank White
Buffalo
Western Kansas graveside thefts shock towns
Local reports accuse roaming tramps of opening fresh graves in western Kansas. They allegedly exchange clothes with corpses and reseal the graves before dawn, causing community alarm as authorities investigate the bizarre practice.
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Kansas
Gabriel
Man Killed During Tree Felling Near Files Creek
In West Virginia at Files Creek a logging accident killed 20 year old Vincent Louk who had been married six months. The trunk split from the stump as G W Daniels and Louk felled a tree and a splinter struck Louk, killing him instantly.
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Files Creek
W. Va
G. W. Daniels
Vincent Louk
Louk
Quotations on Virtue Duty and Liberty
A compact collection of sayings from Fielding Eliot Mazzini Lowell Carlyle Pepe Johnson and Barrow praising virtue freedom and the moral life. The lines emphasize love with duty, law as heart of the eternal and the value of gentle actions over grand speeches.
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Fielding
George Eliot
Zoroaster
James Russell Lowell
Mazzini
Carlyle
Pepe
Dr. Johnson
Barrow
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Cicero Town Board
Citizens of
Adams
Adams, Green & Co
J. D. Miller
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