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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1898
Page
2
An fragmented advertisement notice cites business manager and display ads. It mentions a price and advance payment, an Austin office address, and references to attention grabbing placement and artful setting of advertisements.
The Springfield column rails at various figures and policies, praising some reforms while lampooning others. It cites Hanna, Bliss, Kraus, Knott election as Chicago board president, and rails at the postal savings bank bill and executive sessions as overreaches.
The text laments the senate's cherished privilege of holding secret sessions and predicts Billy will sustain the warfare with growing support behind him as backers rally.
The sanitary board awarded the eight track swing bridge project at Campbell avenue to King Bridge company of Cleveland for 225000 dollars. The substructure is estimated to cost an additional 93000 dollars.
The county shifts to 16 jurors per court from 24 to save money, cutting overall juror pay by 28,500 dollars this week.
The jury commission sought clerks but funds were tight. On Tuesday the county board appointed Roswell H Mason, son of the former Chicago mayor Roswell D Mason who led the city during the great fire.
A jumble of 1890s observations covers Moreland’s sewer woes, trade gaps, a Nevada senator in Chicago with Bryan, a kindergarten proposal in Austin, a Scott-like portrait of Ric Murphy, a Michigan governor’s tax measures, postmaster changes in Maywood, anti-Semitic comments rebutted, calls for free forest near River Forest, Swiss referendum ideas, and debates on secrecy in the US Senate.
A critic argues the Senate is an outdated relic from a era of limited intelligence and property-based power, questioning its relevance and function in modern governance.
Crowds at the county building prompt praise for Collector H. H. Reardon. Taxes can be adjusted at room 921 The Temple 184 La Salle street to stop interest on special assessments. Personal taxes are overdue and should be paid immediately. general taxes due before March 1.
Charles Clarke requests removal of his Oak Park Vindicator delivery from his Ontario, Canada address dated January 4, 1898. He praises W Halley for past courtesy and urges the paper to stay independent and local, hoping it could become a daily newspaper in the future.
The Oak Park Club Smoker on January 15 promises a notable program with Opie Read and Col. Wm. Visscher as headliners. Read is described as a leading storyteller with an endless repertoire, while Visscher adds Southern folk lore and song. The event is billed as a great evening of entertainment.
A survey of several patent ideas including a penholder with a retractable sliding catch and release knob, an wind guard for bicycle lamps, a metal fastener for carpet edges, a bed with canopy and height adjustment, a V shaped flour sifter mechanism, wagon wheel fellae tightening wedges, a fire alarm system using fusible cords, and a mercury zinc boiler cleaner to prevent incrustation in boilers.
The column profiles M Paty de Clam, Edward Rose, and others in arts and diplomacy. It notes de Clam's shift from law to drama and role as critic, Wans Richter's burned early compositions, Seidgen Bey’s swift ascent in Turkish diplomacy, Coppes as a bachelor with many cats, and Massenet’s vow to write no more operas along with his cigar habit and social aloofness.
Maywood updates cover illness, club meetings, and social events. Notable items include grippe illnesses, the Men’s Club and North Side Card Club gatherings, a crokono party, and the King’s Daughters meeting. Local business openings, a cigar ad, a hospital update on Mr Steines, and a charity concert by the Columbian Band are noted.
Dr. Clark and Mrs. L Humphreville are ill. Mr Bennett of Edgewater Park ill with kidney trouble. Mr and Mrs Brooks to move to Kenosha. Mr H E Chapman confined at home three weeks. Ground broken for Mr McCulloughs new house on Ashland avenue. Horse of E C Waller injured and shot. Geo Waple on extended country tour after holidays. Mr Wm Merryman returns from Minneapolis after daughter death. Rudolph Lilley moves milk depot to River Forest at Thatcher and Hawthorne. Presbyterian Men’s League meets Friday. doing good work. Maria Louise Marble dies aged 12. funeral and interment at Forest Home. C C Colling auctioneer at twelfth annual Knights Templar charity ball. net gains over last year by $500 due to Ex-Mayor Swift absence.
Notes of the Day recount a Kentucky man marrying the granddaughter of the girl who once refused him, alongside other varied tidbits from the period Sun. A calculation states the British army totals 63 067 regulars and volunteers. A woman travels from South Africa to South Dakota seeking divorce, and the New Haven horse guards vote to attend the Paris Exposition in 1900. Mexican natives numbered about 150 000 Aztec survivors per Lumholtz, while Lancashire's 1700 cotton firms run 72 million spindles.
Worthington editor endorses Electric Bitters as a powerful tonic for constipation and sick headaches. Chicago woman Annie Stehle recovered after six bottles, regaining strength. bottles priced 50 cents and 1.00, available at Lovell’s Oak Fork and Traill’s Austin drug stores.
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