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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1898
Page
5
Oak Park residents hear of illnesses, travels, sermons, and social events. Mrs. Alice Gray and Chares McDaniels are ill, Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Morris plan Italy travel, and Miss Spencer opens dancing classes at Scoville place. Community meetings, church notices, social clubs, and local visits fill the page with names and dates.
Harlem village officials threaten mandamus if Suburban Railway fails to install gates or flagmen at Desplaines Circle avenues Elgin and Maringo streets. They also review franchise extensions for Lake Street Elevated and Cicero Proviso lines with a five cent fare plan and strict operating schedules. The new firm Tri Palm Pine Apple will base offices in Oak Park.
Cicero trustees met in adjourned session January 8 1898 with all members present. The hall and gallery were crowded as petitions calling for a Lake Street Elevated extension to Harlem avenue with a five cent fare were presented by about 1 000 citizens. A smaller petition requested that no action be taken.
Dr. Chas. H. McLaughlin De Witt Akin and David T. Foley organize a $10,000 pineapple cultivation company at Ridgeland pharmacy. 400 shares of $25 each, nearly fully subscribed, to grow and trade in pineapples and related fruits on land being sought on the east Florida coast.
A Sunday evening mass meeting at Library hall endorsed closer charity cooperation in Austin. Leaders urged replacing handouts with work, collecting clothing for families, and funding municipal relief bureaus. Speakers included Hon. Clayton E. Crafts and pastors from several churches.
The Austin business men held a regular meeting and elected new officers reorganizing on new lines. Many new firms joined and the group aims to be a significant factor in the future. They plan an indoor baseball game in Library hall around February 1 and will send delegates to the February 8 9 10 state meeting in Jacksonville. Justice Harlin’s dissent on an Interstate Commerce Commission ruling was read and discussed. President J P Garner and secretary F H Hartless invite new names and clues.
The Oaks Culture Club hosts a Tuesday afternoon reception on January 18. Miss Jennie B. White and Miss Daisy Hector preside. The program includes piano pieces, recitation The Honor of the Woods by Miss Belle Watson Melville, a talk on Modern and Medieval Women by Mrs Marion Wel Martin, and a vocal solo Ninon by Ardelot.
A Cicero town meeting chaired by R. H. Traill gathered Sunday night to support Union Relief Society. Funds totaling 150 were pledged for Cook County relief and a public appeal urged broader support from local churches and residents. The event featured the Austin Philharmonic Orchestra under Dr C. W. Caltrin and spoke of neighborly duty and aid to distressed families.
The item notes loan firms in many cities offer small sums secured by household furniture. They charge six to twenty percent monthly, highlighting high cost lending practices and local availability.
The city debates an elevated L extension with a five cent Lake street fare and protests against unequal rates. Trustees Butler changes and committee votes loom, with a June first target and heated public resistance.
Loyal Dartmouth alumni in Chicago and nearby held their twenty third annual reunion and dinner at the University club. Guest of honor was President William J Tucker of Dartmouth. Judge Jonas Hutchinson welcomed guests. Tucker received an ovation. Officers elected include H D Pierce president E J Wertheimer and J A Ford vice presidents H H Hilton secretary treasurer E A Kimball C G Dubois W E McCornack executive committee.
At a hearing before Justice Le Mena the state failed to produce evidence tying John Rawley to the Dowell Meindersma murder. Nieman, who had identified Rawley as the “third person,” backtracked on the claim. Rawley’s lawyers warned of possible civil action over the arrest, and alibi witnesses were heard after his discharge.
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