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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1900
Page
6
Dr J A Campbell files bankruptcy. Many residents travel and visit relatives in El Paso Freeport Kansas Denver and Chicago. Local events include indoor ball Oaks beat Ashlands 6 1, dances card parties and a missionary rally with John G Paton noted. Families move homes and attend services while others face illness and burglaries.
The Cicero town board met at 122 North Oak Park Ave on Saturday Jan 13 1900. Members present were President Lewis and Trustees Attridge Frink Hafner MacDonald Utley with Traill absent. Committees were appointed on highway cooperation and warrants, water main petition referred, and funds reallocated to a Contingent Fund 1900.
Property owners in the recently annexed Cicero sections are notified that all warrants for special assessments due for improvements are in the hands of the collector F. Fox. They are now due and payable by March 10, 1900, or they will become delinquent. 2 North Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois. January 10, 1900.
The Friday Library Hall concert organized by Mr. T H Stark drew an appreciative audience. The La Grange Mandolin Club under C Windsor and the Haydn Quartet gave main performances with strong vocal solos by Kennard Barradell and Arthur H Sibley. Miss Addie Lloyd and Miss Margery Lloyd contributed recitations, and composer Stark performed Dainty Dearie with mandolins and guitars. The event supported the Austin Christian Church building fund and showcased local musical talent.
The Austin Woman's Club hosts a large gathering with delegates from Maywood and Riverside clubs. State Federation president Mrs. John Farson spoke, and Riverside's Mrs Manny reported the River side Reading club's 25 years of activity with several charter members still active. A musical program featured Mrs. Wells, Bert Bagley, and Edwina Abbott.
At a Cicero Master Plumbers Association meeting held at Williams and Lesch, 64th avenue, officers for the year were elected: George B Burns president, F A Bruce vice president, W A Lesch secretary, H F Brown treasurer. Delegates to the State Association in Chicago January 23 and 24 include Burns president ex officio, Bruce, and W Williams. Alternates are Thomas McGrogan and W A Bunge.
The text notes an address, 5602 South Boulevard, tied to the Austin office of the Vindicator. It documents a location reference without context of event or action.
The Woman's Society of the First Baptist Church of Oak Park met January 12 in the church parlors. A short prayer service followed lunch, then a program promoting home missions. Miss Mary G Burdette of Chicago spoke on the home mission field and prospects for 1900. The society, led by Mrs Gen S Sawyer and new press agent Mrs Chas Burton, looks forward to continued growth. The next meeting is January 26 and all women are welcome.
The Scoville Institute notes extra copies of Harper's Century and Scribner's may be drawn for seven days on fiction or non fiction cards. Exhibits include original illustrations for Hero in Homespun by Daniel C Beard and five color plates from When Boston Braved the King by Frank C Small. Also shown is a development of a book with original makings of A Hero in Homespun. Miss Jane Addams spoke at the auditorium on January 18 in support of the Social Service Group under the Nineteenth Century Club.
Children from South Side elementary schools plan a Brownie and Mother Goose entertainment in Library Hall on January 26 evening and 27 afternoon. Mrs. Taylor of La Grange will direct the musical portion and Mrs. Kempster will supervise the dramatic segment. Proceeds fund books and pictures for the schools.
Phil Sheridan Tent No 4 Daughters of Veterans will present a charity entertainment on Wednesday evening January 24 at Odd Fellows Hall 213 North Park Avenue Austin Tickets priced at 25 cents Miss Clara Griffin serves as president with assistance from Mrs D H Howell president of Austin Circle No 45 Ladies of the G A R
A grand cake walk and ball featuring the latest coon songs. Ten dollars to the best cake walkers. Also a pie eating contest of the most comical coons in Chicago. Managed by Dave Taylor and William Wirt. Tuesday evening February 6 in Library Hall Austin.
Thursday evening January 25 at the Congregational Church presents a chamber program by the Beethoven Club. Performers include Trio Maude Jones piano Ina Ensign violin Rosalie Jacobsohn cello Agnes Hill Dodge soprano Kennard Baradel baritone with accompanist H N Geddes under direction of Mrs D B Mc Cauley and Mr Dudley Traylor.
Chief of Police Ripley issues order designating C Kampp and Son Undertaking as city morgue for the Thirty-fifth precinct. The move formalizes the establishment as the official mortuary facility serving the area.
Sailors trousers known as trombone pants broaden into bell shapes to ease removal if the wearer falls into the water. The design aims to prevent entanglement and aid quick freeing from the legs during a sea accident.
Mr. Frank Bornwell remains very ill with scarlet fever. Birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Mackadan in Geneva. E H Pitkin and F G Ensign attend Beloit college board meeting. Mr. and Mrs. C M Crandell of Lincoln Neb guests of Mrs. Egert and Mrs Crandall in N Hum phrey. Griffiths family of Elmwood avenue travel to California for winter. Dr. Strong lectured on A Trip Through the Skies at the church. Woolsey of Rockford and Judge Ira Smith and Mrs Jarvis of Aurora visited Mrs. D Brink. Eleven Congregational Society ladies attend Home Missionary Society meeting at Douglas Park. Mrs. Strong spoke. Ida M Adams of 434 North Cuyler avenue dies suddenly of acute inflammatory rheumatism at 23. Funeral at Forest Home with Oak Park guests.
The French kidney bean demonstration at Mathew Bros. store drew strong interest. Rev. Farrand leaves Monday for Savannah Mo to assist his father in special services. Charlie Miller will open a barber shop in the Thatcher Building at Thatcher Ave and Lake St. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society was hosted Thursday at Mrs. Hodgson’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Byron C. Porter plan to move into the Kelsey home on Oak Ave. The River Forest Woman's Club met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. A. O. Butler from Oak Park as speaker on American Humor. May Yalding attended.
The Maywood Herald changes hands with N. P. Leaven now leading. The Congregational Church welcomed Harry Armstrong of the Chicago Record back from the Philippines at Jacob Bohlander’s home, sharing his experiences. Harry French, son of J D French, died Tuesday from appendicitis. Frederick Hill the florist sailed from New York to England. W S Bates the impersonator is billed for next Monday’s Baptist lecture. Maywood plans free delivery as clerks and carriers prep for exams.
A collage of brief notes: inward-swing gates ordnance in Columbia, a stain from banana juice on green fruit, comets visible in the 20th century led by Halley’s last sighting in 1835 due 1910 1911, a Russia scam selling paradise tickets to peasants, a proposed national park in the southern Appalachians possibly in Blue Ridge or Smokies, Paris hat charm from Longchamps Loubet incident, a Santa Claus question in a courtroom exchange, New York state forestry purchases 40 000 acres in the Catskills bringing state holdings to 300 000 acres.
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