News of the Town Austin
Mrs. Wm. M. Meredith and son Aaron left for Washington Thursday. Mrs. George Dunlop ill with la grippe over a week. Mrs. C. E. Manney and husband both ill with la grippe. Miss Flora Hayes returned to Austin and boarded with Mrs. De Salie. Miss Esther Brown visited Miss Bertha Pierce over Sunday. Mrs. N. B. Wallace entertained the Q. P. club last Wednesday. Dr. Rosalie M. Ladora testified in the Snell Bone case Tuesday. Mr. G. W. Lameon left for Newark to work with The Prudential Life Insurance Co. in New Jersey. Mr. Wm. Seeberg killed in Amsterdam railroad accident en route to Chicago. Mr. C. W. Ingley of St. Louis arrived to visit his daughters. Mrs. Laurs D. Harger hosted guests with ice cream and cake. Miss Jessie McCarthy hosted a LaSalle luncheon with guests from LaSalle seminary. Dr. George B. Charles to lecture on The Power of New Thought at the Soul Culture club meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. M. Meredith
Aaron
Washington
George C. Amerson
C. E. Manney
North Central Avenue
George Dunlop
Superior Street
Charles Pierson
North Pine Avenue
Flora Hayes
Austin
de Salie
Esther Brown
Bertha Pierce
South Fifty-third Avenue
N. B. Wallace
Q. P
Rosalie M
Ladora
Erie Street
Snell- Bone
Mwa
E. Y F
G. W. Lameon
North Waller Avenue
Prudential Life Insurance Co
Newark
N. J
Wm. Seeberg
John Berg
North Fifty-second Avenue
Amsterdam
N. Y
Chicago
C. W. Ingley
St. Louis
Michigan
A. D. Minard
South
Fifty-third Avenue
Fred Ryder
Ontario Street
Laurs D. Harger
Jessie McCarthy
LaSalle
Wilber
Peoria
Florence Wilbur
Elizabeth Hitchcock
Jennie Maxwell
Gertrude Moore
Jeanette Knights
Ethel Cornell
Helen Harris
Trezare
McCarthy
LaSalle Seminary
Auburndale
Mass
George B. Charles
Soul Culture Club
Everett Sisson
J. K. O'Neil
Oak Park notices and social items from January seek updates
Oak Park reports F E Hall joins Miller Hall and Son firm. Orpheus club to hold concert January 25 at Baptist church. Mrs. Hamilton returns from Milwaukee. Miss Otis to California this Saturday for an open ended stay. Furbeck duo to New York for broker work. John Garling buried at Forest Home after dying January 9 in Wall Lake Iowa. Beard returns from Minneapolis. Nineteenth Century club hosted by entertainee. Delos Hall injures knee near Oak Park State Bank. Walter Pebbles narrowly escapes store window accident. Francis Hemington engages as musician for Henry V stage role in Chicago. Mother's club grows. meets monthly at Scoville Institute. Gertrude Cotsworth plans trip to New York then Italy with companions, six months away. Continued on page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Hall
Miller, Hall & Son
Orpheus Club
the Baptist Church
Hamilton
North Grove Avenue
Milwaukee
Miss Otis
North Kenilworth Avenue
California
Rollin J. Furbeck
New York City
Furbeck
John Garling
Wall Lake
Iowa
Forest Home
Miss Beard
North
Kenilworth Avenue
Minneapolis
Nineteenth Century Club
Delos Hall
Oak Park State Bank
Walter Pebbles
Lake Street
Francis Hemington
Henry V
Mansfield
Grand Opera House
Chicago
Mother's Club
Scoville Institute
Gertrude Cotsworth
South Grove Avenue
Italy
Schiapp
Burlington
Europe
Population and Ward Voting Totals for Alderman Race
Total population 37 000 across 7 wards 35 precincts. Republican votes 3910 Democratic 2100. In the 35th Ward New 10 precincts GOP 1968 Dem 665. 18th Ward 2 precincts GOP 375 Dem 307. 14th Ward 8 precincts GOP 0 Dem 7. 28th Ward 5 precincts GOP 891 Dem 665. Total GOP 3935 Dem 2118. Probable alderman next spring election due to land titers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
35Th Ward
18Th Ward
14Th
28Th
Mass Meeting in Austin on Prohibition Question
Austin residents are invited to a mass meeting Sunday evening January 20 at 7 30 at the Austin M E church Central avenue and Ohio street. The gathering will discuss Chicago saloon plans and the temperance district issue and urge clear local sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Austin M E
Central Avenue
Ohio Street
Chicago
Scientific physical culture for health and vigor
The aim is to develop a harmonious body under willful control, not bulk. Exercise should be for health and physiological effect, with proper doses, in a cheerful air filled room. It stresses women's need for training, especially actresses, and the role of music and overall bodily exercise to prevent issues like plano paralysis. Helen BH Hollingworth advocates this in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Austin
Helen BH. Hollingworth
Austin Woman's Club
Scoville Institute
Oak Park
Tragic Oak Park Accident Claims 12 Year Old
A twelve year old, Earnest Updike, son of F D Updike of 427 Forest Avenue, was killed when struck by an approaching North Western passenger train near Central School. An inquest found death accidental. the engineer testified he blew the whistle but could not avert the collision. Funeral services are set for Friday at 10 AM at Forest Home cemetery, Bishop Anderson presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park
Little Earnest Updike
F. D. Updike
Forest Avenue
Barneat
Axid
Central School
Chas
Bishop Anderson
Barton
Forest Home Cemetery
Approaching wedding plans outline elaborate pre nuptial events
Edith Elliott of Austin is preparing for her wedding with a slate of luncheons, showers, and dinners planned from January 14 to 23. Hostesses include Lillian McCarthy, Mrs Godfrey H. Ball, Miss Welch, and Miss Elliott herself. The ceremony will be at 204 S 53d Avenue. groom is Mr William Mewbre of South Mayen Michigan. The couple will honeymoon south then settle in Michigan near his boat interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Elliott
Austin
Lillian McCarthy
Miliott
Godfrey H. Ball
Lake Avenue
Thurnsey
Welch
Aurora
Wlcott
Edith Conant
Oak Park
Elliott
F. 3. Osgood
al Iilam
Mayen
Mich
Michigan Town
Mewhbre
Fragmented OCR Brief Lacking Coherent Event
The readable text shows garbled phrases about rice, eat, and numbers but no clear event, person, organization, or location. The item lacks actionable details to form a proper news brief.
Cicero Town Board Debates Municipal Light Plant Proposal
The Municipal Ownership Commission urged Cicero to establish a municipal light and water plant with a commercial option. It cited lower costs for hydrants and street lights in towns with public systems and urged immediate steps to acquire Chicago Suburban Light & Water Company property. Citizens protested a nearby wood mill. the issue was referred to counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Ownership Commission
Cicero
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Oak Park
Chicago Suburban Light & Water Company
A. J. Flitcraft
8. D. Attridge
John W. Radford
H. R. Hamilton
Harry T. Fearing
Peasecourt
J. Bernard & Co
Cicero Yaryan Heat & Lighting Company
Norton
C Y G Club Plans First Annual Informal Dance
The C Y G club of Austin hosts its first annual informal dance at Library hall on February 1 1901. Elite Austin society guests expected for a bright evening with committees led by Chairman Robert D Sullivan and groups including Fleming Leeding Hebert Koeppe and Koeppe Mudd Collins Callaghan and others. Proceeds benefit charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Y. G.” Club of
Austin
Library Hall
Robert D. Sullivan
Messrs
H. C. Fleming
Chas. Leeding
R. L. Hebert
Catherine Fleming
Chrystal Conrad
Hazel Howland
Nellie Collins
Messrs. J. Fleming
Everett Thorndyke
William Koeppe
Joseph Kane
Florence Koeppe
May Collins
Pearl Callaghan
Angela Mudd
Union Sociable in Austin at Cedar Street home
Members and friends of the Austin Congregational and Christian Churches are invited to a union sociable on Friday evening January 26 at the home of Mr and Mrs W O Cline 5826 Cedar street Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Congregational and Christian Churches
W. O. Cline
Cedar Street
Summer in January and furnace tips
A short instructions piece explains how to heat rooms like summer in winter by managing furnace drafts and coal. It endorses D. and H. Lackawanna coal and notes Collins Harrison as agents with an office at Traill and Coolings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. & H. Lackawanna
Collins & Harrison
D. & H. Lackawanna Coal
Traill & Coolings
East Oak Park Social Notes Chronicle
Miss Caroline Pitkin leaves for Wellesley to resume studies. Local clubs host events including euchre and readings. several residents plan travel to Nordoff and Grand Rapids. A house on 1002 South Marengo burns, delayed by volunteer firefighters. cause suspected overheated stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Pitkin
Wellesley, Mass
Harlem News Briefs
Frank Troost visits friends in Wisconsin. Carl White has been ill with the grippe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Troost
Wisconsin
Carl White
Grippe
River Forest Social Notes Preview Art League Event
Mr Paul Anderson started Wednesday for Oklahoma. Mrs Van Alstyne and daughter from Marquette Michigan visit Mr Robert Odell. Mr L G Bostedo and family head south for the winter. The Young Married People's Card club met at the Schriner home with Mr Henry Thompson winning the gent s prize and Mrs Schriner the ladies prize. An art exhibit and entertainment by River Forest Art league will be at the school house Tuesday January 22 at 730 pm with an exceptional program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Anderson
Oklahoma
van Alstyne
Marquette
Michigan
Robert Odell
L. G. Bostedo
Lathrop Avenue
Schriner
Henry Thompson
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News OF the Town
Santos
W. A. Ashueman
West North Avenue
West Twelfth Street
W. Kinzie ST
M. E. Church
Renale
Cicero Town Board
LOVI
Union Sociable IN
Putnam Clothing House
Andho Slark Stree
Putnam
Cc. M. Babbitt
Prop
Hart, Gchaffner & Mar
East Oak Park
Gallaher
South Scoville Avenue
East End
W. H. Pearce
North Taylor Avenue
Edith Furlong
Edgar Carne
North Sixty-fourth Avenue
Nordoff
Cal
Annie Evans
North Harvey Avenue
Racine
Wis
Wm. McCullagh
North Lombard Avenue
Woman's Benevolent Society
Frank Boswell
Emma, Shind
Edward McBrady
Pickering
Ontario
Canada
Flora Archer
van de Lehr
North Elgin Street
Annie Smith
Harmonie Society
Ernst Hasselbring
Geo. Schrade
Geo. Wagner
E. Berhold
Alta White
Brendans Kiimier
Annie McCarrell
Clara Lobstine
James Harris
Marengo Street
Harlem
Tel
River Forest
Cross Creek Lehigh Coal
Delos, Hull & Co
S. Boulevard
OAK Park Shoe Store
Lake St
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