Charity Ball chair named for Catholic Woman’s National League
Mr. J. S. Thorndyke of 129 South Waller avenue was named chairman of the Charity Ball to be held in the Auditorium under the Catholic Woman's National League. The rental for the one night is $1,500. The piece notes a large flower display at Waldheim cemetery for FE G Lehman with 6,000 roses and cost about $5,000. The Thirty-fifth Ward Republican Club at 233 North Park Avenue shows elaborate flags and lithographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. &. Thorndyke
South Waller Avenue
Catholic Woman's National League
FE. G. Lehman
Waldheim
West Side
Thirty-fifth Ward
Republican Club
Austin
North Park Avenue
McKinley
Current Literature Club plans in Austin
Austin readers are urged to join the Current Literature Club. The program offers 2500 daily sales at 1.50 for titles like Janice Meredith and Richard Carvel while a 75 cent reading option provides three months access in the Current Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Meredith
Richard Carvel
China
R. N. Stephens
Parmelee Current Literature Library
Austin
Chicago
J. L. Ward
Current Literature Club
St Catherine's Church Presents January Entertainment
The Children of Mary Society of St. Catherine's Church will stage an entertainment on Wednesday evening, January 17 at the church hall under Mrs. T. J. Sullivan. Thirty young girls prepared a pantomime and a drama with C Schaff as accompanist. The program features The Orphan's Temptation pantomime and Rebecca's Triumph drama with named performers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children of Mary Society of
St. Catherine’s Church
Church Hall
T. J. Sullivan
Alice Autey
Kittie McBride
Zoe Knowlton
Sadie Kane
Marie Fleming
Cassie McAuley
Jessie Bedard
Edna Stafford
Adele Sweeney
Rebecca
Sadie Morrell
Mary Riordan
Jennie Woodman
Pearl Callaghan
Nellie Dunbar
Odele Kuntzner
Grace Greenwood
Agnes Kramer
Emma Stevens
Florence Koeppe
Alice Leeds
Angela McNally
Maria Wells
Gertrude DeCoverant
Katie Conner
Kate Macartney
Gyp Gerardine Callaghan
Meg
Laura Geselbracht
Art in the Melrose Park School
An art league formed in Melrose Park to acquire pictures for the schools. Membership exceeds 100. Purchases include Palma Vecchio’s St Barbara assigned to seventh grade, A Primary School in Brittany by Geoffrey, and two color facsimiles of Miss Perkins’ pictures for primary grades. The league aims to beautify classrooms and promote art study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose Park
St. Barbara
Palma Vecchio
Brittany
Geoffrey
Austin Office of the Vindicator Address Listing
The entry lists the Austin office of the Vindicator located at 5603 800th Boulevard, serving as a local contact point for readers and advertisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Office OF the Vindicator
5603
800Th Boulevard
Cicero Town Board Action on Warrants and Notices
The Cicero town board votes to issue a $2981.59 contingent fund warrant to treasurer R H Tranl for interest on general warrants in Oct Dec 1899 and to refund special assessment No 694 after court vacated judgment. The board also directs drainage basin checks, tenant notice on Ridgeland flats and a district catch basin cleaning circular. Next meeting set for Jan 14 at 460 elack p am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Tranl
Yeas
Attridge
Frink
Hafner
Jinn
MacDonald
Traill
Utley
East Avenue
Austin Avenue
Chicago Avenue
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Attridge and
Linkways
Linn
MacDonald and Traitt
Ridgeland Flats
Lake Street
Cuyler Avenue
Tost
Chicago & Northwestern
North Oak Park Avenue
James A, Martin
Youth's Companion 1900 plans annual stories and calendars
The Youth's Companion announces 1900 plans with serials by Eva Wilder Brodhead and C A Stephens, plus stories by Jewett Wilkins Deland Phelps Wharton Chopin and others. Readers may get a free fall prospectus and a 1900 calendar with new subscriptions from Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Orne Jewett
Mary B. Wilkins
Margaret Deland
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Edith Wharton
Kate Chopin
Margaret Sang
Miss Addie E K Bennett Obituary at Aurora
Miss Addie E K Bennett of Aurora died last Saturday January 6 from paralysis after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the Charles residence 405 North Central avenue with Rev A M White and Miss Mabel Angela Clapp providing music. The service moved to Bristol J with burial at the family plot as Rev John H Hall of Aurora presided at the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie EK. Bennett
Aurora
Geo. B. Charles
Charles
North Central Avenue
A. M. White
Mabel Angela Clapp
Near-fatal escape on narrow trestle as train rushes by
A young man crossing a quarter mile Nickel Plate trestle over Grand River near Painesville barely escaped death when a fast locomotive thundered behind him. He swung to the bridge edge as his grip seized a front bar, left with bleeding fingers, and finally pulled to safety after the engine passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate
Grand River
Painesville
Saya
Cleveland
Peril to Oriental Commerce from Japanese Imitators
A San Francisco Argonaut report warns about Japanese imitators selling cheaper goods with fake brands and counterfeit packaging. A tramp ship captain bought inferior, falsely labeled items from Japan and discovered the stock was bogus after purchase, noting even the designer names were lithographed to fool buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vrom
San Francisco
Japan
Admiral Dewey as a model of leadership and adaptability
Hon. John Barrett in Harper's Magazine lauds Admiral Dewey as an example of adaptable leadership and the growth of indispensable qualities through the Manila campaign. He highlights Dewey's diplomatic poise, decisiveness, courage, and conviction shaped by his Vermont roots and American training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Dewey
Vermont
Manila
John Barrett
Harper’s Magazine
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Sells Well at Pierson Drug
Manager Martin reports a strong run for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at Pierson drug store selling five bottles to one of other brands. The product is praised for stopping coughs healing sore throats and lungs and delivering quick relief amid the flu season. Traill & Cooling, druggists, offer it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Pierson Drug Store
Chamberlain
Chicago
Oaks Club offers mandolin guitar and banjo lessons
H F Meyers will teach mandolin guitar and banjo at the Oaks Club House every Monday from 2 to 8 pm He invites interested members to call on any member or send a postal card to confirm time and place Reading Athenaeum Building 26 East Van Buren Street room 418
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Meyers
Oaks’ Club
Athenaeum Building
East
van Buren Street
Wife’s Advice Leads Man to Cure with New Discovery
F M Ross of Winfield Tennessee credits his wife with urging Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption after a severe cough. He says doctors gave no relief and the medicine cured him. It claims to cure coughs colds bronchitis la grippe pneumonia asthma hay fever and all chest throat lung maladies. Bottles 50c and 1.00 guaranteed with free trials at local drug stores Traill Cooling Chas P Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Ross
Winfield, Tenn
Dr. King
Traill & Cooling’s
Chas. P. Miller's
Theory of Hearing Presented by Dr Albert Gray
Dr Albert Gray of Glasgow presented a paper at the British Association outlining a basilar membrane analysis of sound as Helmholtz proposed. He argued that pressure variations on nerve terminations are detected and processed in the central nervous system, drawing parallels with tactile sensation and phase differences in musical sounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Association
Albert Gray
Glasgow
Helmholtz
London Daily News
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Fame and Local Availability
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised worldwide for curing cuts burns and skin ailments with guaranteed cures. Sold for 25 cents at Traill and Cooling's and Charles P. Miller's stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Traill and Cooling
Chas. P. Miller
Public official probes inmate soup quality
Numerous complaints reach a public official about food in a jail. He inspects at dinner time, orders a kettle and spoon, tastes the soup, then declares it dirty water. One worker admits they are scrubbing floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Journal
Boston Bird Hospital and Boarding House Run by One Woman
A Boston establishment operates as a bird hospital and boarding house with a woman serving as staff, visiting staff, matron, and housekeeper. Canaries dominate the wards and suffer mainly from lung ailments, requiring soft food. Parrots appear hardy, especially in voice production. Owners leave pets there during summer absences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
aq_ bird
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Praised For Croup Cure
M W Fisher of Liberty West Virginia endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a universal cure for croup. He notes it has been used in his family for years with perfect success and believes it saves children’s lives. Sold by Traill & Cooling, druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Chamberlain
M. W. Fisher
Liberty
W. Va
Traill & Cooling
British Guards in Plain Dress in South Africa
The piece contrasts the glamorous image of a British guardsman in cuirass and helmet with the practical attire worn in South Africa. It notes cork helmets and khaki uniforms, likening them to other troops and remarking that they do not fight in the ornamental regalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Scholarship Free Housing Noted for Draughon Colleges
Advertisement offers tuition scholarships for Draughon Practical Business Colleges in Nashville St Louis Little Rock Fort Worth Galveston Shreveport or Savannah and invites readers to write Illustrated Youth and Age Nashville Tenn for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draughon
Practical
Nashville
St. Louis
Little Rock
Fort Worth
Galveston
Shreveport
Savannah
Best
South
Illustrated Youth and Age
Tenn
China painting lessons and supplies offered at Oak Park
Aulicht method instruction all day Thursdays with paints included. Firing services completed. Prizes for all occasions for sale. Miss Sacoville at 223 Sixty-fourth Avenue, Oak Park, available for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacoville
Sixty-fourth Avenue
Oak Park
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