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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1897
Page
4
In Hawthorne and Clyde areas readers learn of births and marriages, business moves, street light complaints, fire alarms plans, and local social events. Updates cover D. T. Roberts replacement, police staffing concerns, a mansion fire, and community meetings on public fountains and viaduct access.
The piece outlines Cicero as a key Cook County township near Chicago, its annexations since 1869, population shifts, and its desire to govern itself. It details current government structure, elected officers, salaries, revenue sources, school control, precincts, and upcoming election dynamics with names of officeholders and likely contenders.
Mrs. 8. W. Young of Clyde avenue was called to the sickbed of a relative at Maquoketa Iowa. Mrs. Eli Douglass of Garfield avenue spent Saturday Jan 9 visiting friends on the south side in Chicago. Mrs. MacNeal of Garfield avenue who had been visiting friends in Michigan returned home Wednesday Jan 13.
The Austin Vindicator seeks 1000 new readers in Austin with sample copies blessed by a four month offer from now to May 1st. Subscriptions are 50 cents for three months or 2 dollars yearly, with carrier delivery and a collector visiting for payment. Advertisers are urged to notice the expansion and a solicitor will call.
The club at Kenilworth Avenue held its January 9 election with Melancthon Smith as president and Milton Mill as vice president. New board created a financial secretary position, Harry L. Jewell appointed, and multiple standing committees named. About twenty new members joined last month as social and cultural plans for the year were announced. The Associated Charities report progress on the vamp problem and fund-raising efforts at 102 Lake Street. Residents urged more community effort to support the letter carrier’s wheel purchase for a baby buggy and pledged to canvass for funds.
A collage of quotations on virtue happiness and human strength from Volney Carlyle Ruskin Confucius Calderwood Spalding Mudge. The texts emphasize patience moral dependence on noble minds harmony of souls and the value of calm reason over contention.
The Maywood Baptist Church Ladies of the church will host an oyster supper on January 28 to benefit church funds. The M icharen Ladies Aid Society will hold a Greek tea on Friday evening January 22 at Mrs. T. M. Jackson’s home at 310 Thatcher Avenue Ridgeland with a literary program by Mrs. Belle Watson Melville and music by James Armstrong and B Van Alstyn. Admission is 25 cents.
Thos. H. Gale offers money to loan on improved real estate. Located at 84 La Salle Street in Chicago.
Mrs. Dr. Lackie hosts a Burns Anniversary presentation of Walter Scott poem Ladys of the Lake in four acts at the Auditorium under the Scottish Society and Highland Cadets. Florence Forbes leads the choir with a noted scenic display and proceeds aid the Cuban Hospital fund. Ticket prices 50 cents to 1 dollar at Dole Sempil Lyon Healy. Pax office opens January 20 for ticket exchanges.
Mrs Dr Stratford suffered a serious head injury after a fall at her residence on Saturday evening. Suburban Electric completed laying its long rails nicknamed Shanghai on Harrison Street Cicero, spanning nearly three miles from Harlem Avenue to Thirty-ninth Street, where an inline will connect with the Harrison Street depots.
George W. Church manager of the Seth Thomas Clock Company on Wa bash avenue died at his home 243 North Central avenue Austin from heart disease. He lived in Austin nearly thirty years was brother in law of C. S. Castle Cicero town board and president of the Austin State Bank. He was a member of the Oaks Club and the Royal Arcanum. He leaves a widow and a 17 year old son.
The marriage will be held February 4 at River Forest. Other items note Odd Fellows initiation in Cicero with speeches and music, cabinet changes and political shifts, concerts in Austin and Library Hall, a misprint correction on lighting costs, and a 1897 Knights reception. Oak Park Chess Club meets Saturday at 317 Home Ave.
A Saturday midnight gathering at the Oakdale hotel hosted the Austin senators with notable guests, witty toastmaster William Preston, and a strong banquet menu. The event featured humor, lively speeches, and mutual praise, while jokes on Life and the Republic entertained attendees amid substantial feeding and discussion of the Postal Savings Bank and Loan Bill.
Free sample box of Dr King s New Life Pills offered by H E Bucklen Co Chicago to address constipation sick headache malaria and liver troubles with a vegetable formula and guaranteed purity. Available through Lovell s drug store Oak Park Traill s drug store Austin for 25 cents per box.
Real estate deeds list numerous transfers among residents and firms in Berwyn Oak Park Maywood and Riverside. Entries include lots and blocks sold on dates from December 4 to December 30 1896 with buyers such as Dankowski G A Waller J F Caswell L W Baganza M Lamson and J L Rowe and sellers including G Bunnell M Zetterlund and Union Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Cape May lumbermen mine ancient cedar logs buried in swamp muck. They locate trees by probing with iron rods, then dig to expose logs ten to twelve feet deep, some as deep as ninety feet, hauling them to sawmills for processing.
A crowded Grand Central scene ends with a young man aiding an elderly woman. she inquires his name but he declines to reveal it, citing filial duty. The woman reveals her card as Hetty Green, famed as the world's richest person, prompting astonishment at the station.
About 300 organ grinders arrive in London in June from Italy and depart each October, creating a seasonal bustle in the city streets. The tradition draws numerous vendors and attracts curious locals who flock to hear the portable music machines.
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