Lively Oak Park notices and church moves in January
Oak Park community items list unfurnished and furnished luge setups near Northwestern Depot. Ivy Leaf Rebekah Lodge No. 428 meets Fridays in Odd Fellows hall with warm welcomes. Banquet at Hotel Plaza noted plus church pastor changes at Second Congregational. Unclaimed letters and local errands fill January notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rover
Oaks Park
Northwestern
Boulevard
Ivy Leaf Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Albert Bur
Lake Street
N. Bowevard
General Grant Council
A. Z. Churchill
Eric Street
Oak Park
Second Congregational Church
Chamberlain
Chicago Theological Seminary
W. A. Bartlett
Sydney Strong
D. D
Cincinnati
Zimmerman
C Routh Co
Ginciolli
Harvey Avenue
New York
Albert Burgess
Geo. H. Burnham
Carrolton
N. Boulevard
PP. S
Tehtat Department
Miss Georgiella Lay Denies Miss Yaw Death Report
Ridgeland Miss Georgiella Lay currently touring as solo pianist with Miss Ellen Beac Yaw's Concert Company denies reports of Miss Yaw's death in Binghamton New York. The rumor claimed Miss Yaw died from a blood vessel rupture while reaching a high note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgiella Lay
Nori Tastor Avenue
Ellen Beac Yaw
Conwrt Company
Miss Yaw
Binghamton
N. Y
Fire alarm network expansion planned for Cicero area
Austin’s system already works well and Berwyn imitates it. South side improvements extend to Hawthorne, then Cicero, creating a citywide fire alarm network. A grand hall event at Auditorium Hall Twenty-ninth street Linden avenue on Saturday January 30 supports moves by Cicero Volunteer Fire Co No 4 and Hawthorne Auditorium Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Berwyn
South Side
Hawthorne
Cicero
Village of
Auditorium Hall
Twenty-ninth Street
Linden Avenue
Cicero Volunteer Fire Co. No. 4
Hawthorne Auditorim Company
Haymarket Announces Cut Prices For First Class Vaudeville
The Haymarket lowers admission to 5 10 15 and 25 cents and promises the same high quality vaudeville. For the week starting Monday Jan 18 the bill features Jey Thatcher Ed Marble Falke and Seaman Dixon Bowers and Dixon Geo Evans known as Honey Boy Barney Fagan and Henriette Byron with a singing and dancing act and Mons Gel Jer performing a daring trapeze act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haymarket
Messrs. Kohn and Castle
Chicago
Jey Thatcher
Ed Marble
Falke and Seaman
Dixon
Bowers
Geo. Evans
Honey Boy
Barney, Fagan
Henrietta Byron
Mons. Gel Jer
Lamb Gift to Major McKinley From Missouri
A lamb from Missouri arrives for Major McKinley as a protective present. The President Elect already has a yard full of eagles and animals, with several towns still to be held from.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major McKinley
Missouri
Pickaninny Minstrels Delight Austin Charity Crowd
A large audience at Library Hall enjoyed a charity minstrel show by town youths led by child star Sam Silsbee. Performers included George Disbrow and Shirley Snow with songs, jokes, a cake walk, and a violin piano duet. Proceeds supported Austin’s poor. organizers thanked Mrs Denniston and Mrs Silsbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Hall
Lite
Sam Silsbee
Sam
Lord Chesterfield
Brackett
Denniston
Billie Emerson
Robert Sullivan
Sullivan
Phoebe
Shirley Snow
Shirley
Johnson's
George Robertshaw
Kentucky
Robertshaw
Virgil J. Titus
Stanley C. Crafts
George Bent
Harry Walker
Geores Disbrow
Linton Hart
Dick Sullivan
Co. B
Adin C. Snow
Maude Jones
Omy Maud
Adin Can
Marty Sullivan
Celeste Wrish
George RB. Denniston
Mirs
S. W. Silsbee
Austin
Taylor A. Snow
Mia. Denniston
Silsbee
Seth Eble
Sam Silshee
Tell
George Stone
Tamale Alley
Walker
le Robertshaw
Bent
Harry Sullivan
Celeste Walsh
Virgil E. Titus
Ebony
Lucia Meyers
Hazel Hart
Brackett Denniston
Mona Tranl
Eliza Quinn
Nellie Bent
George Disbrow
Ava Snow
Marguerite Ray
Albert Lifton
Alan Foster
Louise Potwin
Ernest Pither
Ellis Bonney
Hazel Howland
Florence Kissack
George R. Denniston
Sorce Tee Wgrser Teenageen
W. Silsbee
W. O. Cline
David Oliphant
Fox & Henry
McLerath
North Park Avenue
Cicero's Seat and Austin Community Notes
Local items from Cicero and Austin include updates on residents J T Kretzinger recovering in Florida, George W Church's death, and plans for minstrels at Library Hall. Community groups report meetings, charity events, school notes, unclaimed letters, and ongoing building activity with a focus on civic life and local institutions.
Union area farmer signs hair shaving pledge
A. L. Doris, a wealthy farmer near Union Indiana, signed a contract last week promising to forfeit 1000 dollars if he shaves or cuts his hair before Bryan is elected president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Doris
Union
Ind
Bryan
Elegant signs and social events fill local notices
Mrs M E Spring's music class grows. Linden Park Decorating Co. installs elegant exterior sign. A four month old child dies in Robinson Ave. I J Moffatt builds a $1500 frame house at 232 Ohio St. Comus Club meets Jan 15 at Mrs Corderman's home. Various residents recover from illness. Socials, birthdays, and prize games enliven Oak Park area in mid January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Spring
Linden Park Decorating Company
Eld
Larson
Robinson Avenue
I. J. Moffatt
Ohio Street
Comus Euehre Club
George W. Corderman
Andrews
Fifty-third Street
la Grippe
J. B. Miller
Ay. Annsberg
Chicago Avenue
Charles Corderman
Springfield
H. N. Wendricks
Indiana Street
Alma Social Club
Dr Louis Falk Named Organist for Oak Park Congregational
The Reporter notes Dr Louis Falk of Chicago has joined Oak Park Congregational as organist for the vow sie. Born in 184? in Germany, he studied at Leipzig and in Hesse Cassel, taught at Chicago Musical College, and was organist at Union Park Church since 1871. He earned the Doctor of Music in 1896 and lives at 112 South Waller Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Alk
AL Bauer
Grove Street Lutheran
Rochester
Chicago
Olse
Europe
Willian Veletouar
Homberg
Hesse
Cassel
Muete i
Leipzig Conservatory
Winder Moschetes
Papperitz
Richter
Moritz
Hauptman
Renncke
David
Orgin
Chisago
Dro Collyeria Unity
Chicero Musical College
Fle
Sanoage
America
Falk
Union Park Church
Dr. Falk
South
Waller Avenue
Austin
Proviso Township News Roundup and Local Events
Mrs Parry travels to Cincinnati for family sickness. Y M C A meeting draws forty at Congregational Church. Jackson sisters return from Oshkosh. Proviso Club hosts a dancing party at Opera Hall. University Cadets attend Springfield inauguration. Rev Tate to speak to boys at church. Annie Mercer to stay two weeks then move to St Charles. Kemp returns from Springfield with Second Regiment. Ballavatas health improves, resumes Sunday school. Milwood skating popular. river current too swift for ice. Howard Wells organ recital at Congregational Church with Alin De Sale tenor. Electric and plumbing upgrades noted in houses. Maswog Hotel renovation planned for spring. Maywood Young People’s Directory meets. First Maywood Christian Association meeting held. February 6 prize masquerade by Maywood Central Fire Department. Joel Bullard birthday celebrated. guests extend best wishes. King’s Daughters elected officers. Agnes Pivans noted. Salvation Army work in Maywood praised. anecdotes of humor and mystery in town. King's Daughters fundraiser appeals for clothing and food for Chicago poor. District officers named for King’s Daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carry Anderson
Pari
Mattie Lockwood
Inglewood
C. L. Moore
Fifty-second Avenue
Goldenrod Club
Wlc. Filstrip
Emma Johnson
George HL Brown
Chicago Avenue
Mars
FL Smith
Mya FL Smith
Abs
Hartigan
Winshead
Ehute
Hilton
Opera Hall
David Ballard
Champaign
Springfield
Tate
Annie Mercer
St. Charles
Henry Kemp
Charles Ballavatas
Milwood
Youngens Christiaun Association
Maywood Opera House
Maywood
Maywood Central Fire Department
Joel Bullard
River Forest Community Notes and Gatherings
Belle Lettres plans with Mr. Baker on Monday. Mrs. Thompson suffers erysipelas. Miss Barker ill with grip. Women’s and Presbyterians’ activities vie for the week with prayer meetings and sewing for the poor. Card club meets with M. Lang. missionary program planned. MoE. Charen hosts crowded Sunday services led by Ur Pawcett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Lettres
Baker
Thompson
McKibbon
Galena
River Forest Card Club
M. Lang
Mesdames Angusta Phateher
Latua Larash
Lian Harrdman
Moe
Charen Ia
Ur Pawcett
Oak Park Rentary
Bebe
Binghsi
Chivage
Jeetoo
Aviad Marie Dn
Mduestien
Elias
Village of Harlem government and finances outlined
The village of Harlem outlines its jurisdiction around Oak Park with a single post office, reports a population near 400, and notes cemeteries Waldheim Concordia and others. It lists duties and salaries for the president clerk street commissioner and police, details about taxation and bonds, and names outgoing and aspiring trustees and officers for two-year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghartea
Praviso Amd
Bsae
Oak
Oak Park
Waldheim Barest Dorne
Concordtin
Anak
Ates
Dnditeer Caygattar Op
Village Board Cousiers Gta Pres
Clervk
Vine Piste Dent
Myre
Oto Gorke
Hear
Meder
HLC
Sehmiteher
Millmer
Herman Sehidy
Blase Menty Strunk
Chas. Messe
Tarines
Grufven
Jehar
Wessie Schumacher
Schulz
Strumb
Yaytees
Bie Eau
Bovradion of Trustees
Mo Fer
George Schwade
Henry Mund
World urges restraint while blaming past judgments
A reflective opinion notes that society often accuses individuals of folly while claiming prior knowledge should have warned them. The text discusses accountability, memory, and the pushback between supposed wisdom and error, urging measured response.
It Might Be Worse A Metro Fare Lament Poem
A poem written for the Vindicator recalls transit woes from snow and mud to escalating fares. The speaker pleads to catch the trolley and elevated trains while imagining heaven and a grim farewell if a ride or two fares are not paid.
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Essary
Austin
Buck
Fortleth Street
Partieth Street
Drear
Wonlestley Avenue
Ecity
Flying Chips and Folk Sayings From An Old Table
Acurate fragment presents a collection of maxims on manners, money, and fate. It notes women’s charm as natural verse, warns against cynicism, and mentions bicycle dances as a fashion trend among the rich. It reflects social attitudes with blunt aphorisms.
Fragmentary poem fragment appears in windblown prose
The text presents a garbled literary fragment with scattered phrases about love, memory, and emotion. It references time past, dwellings, thoughts of lovers, and a sense of sorrow, interwoven with broken words and nonstandard spellings that obscure concrete meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saeho
Putin
Reilly at Olympic Theater Promises Irish Humor and Cartoons
CHECAGO AMUSEMENTS presents Pat Reilly this week at the Olympic Theater with rich Irish humor clever dancing and instantaneous cartoons and portraits of public figures. The house reports record crowds and low prices drawing steady patronage including women shoppers seeking a meet up place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Reilly
Olympic Theater
Reilly
Rogers Brothers
Clifford and Huth
Felix and Cain
Smith and Fuller
Fisher and
Carroll
Emery
Marlowe
Bennetto
Reto
Fields and
Salina
Hd Gallagher
Miller
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cicero Precincts
Board of Education
Walter W. Mayne
Forest Ave
Ouls Park
Ivy Leaf Lodge
The
Daughters of Rebekah
Odd Fellows Hall
A. F E. Heuermann
Sarah Morris
Garry
Keystone Lodge
Glazier
Three Links Lodge
Hill
Elite Lodge
Watson
Deering Lodge
Ivy Lodge
the Haymarket
Pickaninny Minstrels
BLU
Zander
North Park
J. T. Kretzinger
Florida
Noble
the Oaks Minstrels
George A. Gulliver
Flint
Mich
Monarch Blcyele Company
Gilbert & Pray
North Wariave
J. M. Burns
Joseph Cremin
George W. Church
North Central Avenue
de. C. W. Coltrin
Lewis I. Hansberry
Sandman
McGrath
Zumerdian Ad Roath Con
St. Catharine’s Dramatic Club
Dion Boucicault
Presbyterian Church
Water Avenue
Frink Street
Dorothy Trail
Gladys Stewart
Helen Elizabeth Pharadyke
Julia Bulekens Norton
Curtis Stratford Crafts
Henry John MacAulay
W. EB. Watlin
Amelia
Jordan
Aimimmercina & Roath Co
Carr
Grace Cook
Melane Cunningham
John Davis
Geo. Dilecher
Flin Engstrand
Maud Higley
S. Hoffmenn
Holenberr
Norman Lavaile
Moftat
Dfivers
R. H. Treili
J. P L. Garner
H.C. Hankermeyer
J. Noble
G. B. Cogdal
F. H. Lartless
G. BE. Fletcher
BL Wayt
J. Semly
Giles Hall
Volunteers of America
Harmony
Linden Park
Louis Falk
Congregtional Churcha
Proviso
Howard Wells
Rockford College
Alin de Sale
Solisi
Rens
SP Dindapo
Dre
Jiis
Great Pile
Young Peoples’ di
Maywood Phall
Morpheus
Terpsrich
Ehiad
King’s Daunters
Mrrs
Anna Bullard
Cleaver
Moore
Agnes Pivans
Gullard
Maity
Salvation Army
Vna Maywodil
Bohlanides
May Wee
River Forest
Melrose Park
Dex Plaines
State Street
Reading Rooms
Adjutant Truelove
Capt
Roberts
Ensign Norman
Soitel
Amat Bullard
Matthews
Morton
Queenie Barker
Crawford
Bassett
Village OF Harlem
Pocahontas
G. E. Fletcher
Abbott Block Austin
Ferom
Hemtven
St. Peter
Phass
Wien
Heme
Mary
Ata
Gabriel
Checago Amusements
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