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Newspaper

Oak Park Vindicator

Location

Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 24, 1896

Page

7

Leap Year Oysters and Socials Across Austin Maywood Circles

The Austin and Maywood communities report a flurry of social events and notices. Ladies' Aid hosts Leap Yest oyster supper with men cooking. Oak Park Jillities feature minstrel shows and cantatas. church groups plan Old Folks concerts and band events. local deaths, school activities, and weddings fill the town pages with calendar items and society news.

Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society Wm. Amerson Edwin Francis Dra. Reiterman Campbell E. Vermilyea F. L. Race EB. Peirson Geo. Bent A. H.R. Atwood Vermilyea Schaubel Chicago C. H. Zimmerman Della Amerson Bent

Local Builders Advance Homes and Developments on City Streets

Fred Grant the Baird avenue contractor has three houses underway on Baird avenue and Fifty-third street, including a 37 by 60 foot corner on Baird and Frink for Wm Schwae german of Chicago costing about 87000, with hardwood finish and modern interiors. Charles Johnson handles stone work. a new Waverly pharmacy opens at 2763 Lake street near the elevated station. Irwin Young builds a residence on Laurel avenue south of Chicago avenue on land from C B Williams. Ontario and Ohio streets between Willow and Robinson avenues eye paving. Linden Park residents report a rate war among laundrymen. Hogans plans ten new houses on Hill s Elliott property and Robinson avenue with two on Clark avenue progressing. Fifty-third and Lake street flats await lather work.

Fred Grant Baird Avenue Lake and Frink Streets Fifty-third Frink Street Wm. Schwaegerman Chicago C. B. Williams Ontario Ohio Willow Robinson Avenues Linden Park Hogans Hill’s Elliott Robinson Avenue Clark Avenue Fifty-third and Lake Streets Lathers

Maywood notices highlight church events and community life

Community notices from Maywood recount church fundraisers and renovations, lectures, minstrel shows, Sunday school activities, concerts, and social clubs. Local residents and visitors are noted, with dates in January and February, performers named, and venues including CongEnational and M E church, Maywood W C T U, and Prairie club Oak Park.

Oak Park Community Notices and Local Society Updates

A compilation of local items notes coffee cake giveaways for every 25 blue labels saved, school lectures on psychology at Oak Park High, residents moving to River Forest, local merchants advertising groceries and honey products, medical updates on Mrs Thatcher and Mr Barbour, visits by Mrs Marble and others, a police incident near Northwestern depot, and entertainment at the Presbyterian church with violin, dialect recitations, and River Forest Glee Club performances.

Austin Evanston Lake View Oak Park Heard’s Hall English High School West Side Like View Lake Woodhall Oaks Ibert Barges Geo. Nordenhelt Matilda Krongnest Abbott Jones Waukesha Young People’s Society of the Congregational Church Jenewon Soffel Kings Daughters M. E. Church Oak Park High School Glen Club Thev. J. ¥. Aitchison Clara Wheeler Thoms Cooke Grace Stafford Kate Steines Geo. Schneider Henry Stave, Jr Kt. W. Gillette Airs King Maywood Sixth Avenue Davos Hull Pateman Welch's M. E Pellewood Dramatic Company Union Melrose Park Northside Cinch Club J. Bohlander Fartham Robertson Kuis Livermore Maywood W. C. T. U Seals John Evans Little Marty Hancock Chicago Coopland Mackabee Lodge Mesere Joseph George Stevenson L. M. King River Forest Like Street Fourth Avenue McEgan McKean Adams W. Evans Bellewood Ladies’ Missionary Society Congregational Church Mie W. L. Rag Indiana Jennie Foster Hansen Fifteenth Avenue Gertrude Jackson Chapell Orie Henry Ninteenth Avenue Englewood Orson Dickinson North Second Avenue H. W. Tolsted Dr. Tomkins Home Missionary Society D. N. Sinclair John Griffith Twelfth Avenue Test Sherman Texas Mrrs. Sedgwick Twenty-first Avenue R. B. Barney J. A. Guilford Babcock Glen Ellyn Maywood Friends Grandma Houts Hattie Merrill Aurora W. 5. Haythorne Herbert Stratton Ninth Avenue Racine Wisconsin Eameralda Woman's Club Prairie Club Mr. Habbersham Jack Desmond Paris F. D. Butler Nora Desmond Kate Desmond F. B. Klocke F. D. Baler Marquis de Montessin F. B. Klooke Geo. Drew W. T. Barbour Missay Albert Burgese Geo. Nordenholt Dr. Dewey Oak Park High School Silas Barr O. M. Barr Wm. C. Freymuth Boyce & Gilbert Board of Education Hoyt Barbour Larash Wilmeroth Thatcher Avenue Presbyterian Church O. MM. Warr Geneveive Bong Hetrera River Forest Glee Club Messrs. Howser Goodman Harry Thompson Harry Parker Matt Parker Glenn Plumb Charles Schorenburg

Harlem Notices and Social Events Parade Through Village

Harlem afternoon notices report Nordenholt successor Albert Burgess and Hann Bros expanding storage at their grocery. A Turnerverein masquerade ball at Gaden's offers prizes and the village race track amid reform talk. Waldheim rail service expands to two cars. New Henry Troost & Co granite and marble monuments firm forms at Madison and Lathrop. Village Board awards well house contract to August Hillmer. Harlem Social settlement opens a reading room at 120 Madison and starts a day nursery for working mothers with five cents per child.

Waldheim Cicero and Proviso Street Railway Barney Richaria Shama Henry Troost Illerich Madison Street Lathrop Avenue Troost Frank Troost Slaich August Hillmer Harlem Social Settlement Fras. Chamberlain Quinlan Ia

Exoneration of Herat Deal Reported by Cicero Town Board

The Cicero Town Board met January 18, 1496, with Assistant Clerk James Martin filling in. The special committee reported the horse sale to the Austin Fire Department was fair and of full value, with no personal gain by involved parties, though the sale method drew criticism.

Cicero Hellgren James Martin Attridge, Gunthorp Krowng Austin Fire Department Peter McDonald W. G. Davis T. J. Didier Nelson Hallgren Geo. Spotford Rt. R. Jampolis

Cicero Officials Respond to Town Finance Rumor

Collector Frankland will hold Thursday night meetings in February at Town Hall to transact business with taxpayers. Clerk Hallgren reports brokers nationwide asking about a $20,000 bona issue the town has not planned. Town Clerk Nelson Hallgren returns to work after a five day illness with pneumonia.

Frankland Vicero Hallgren Cicero Nelson Hallgren

Robbery at Washington and Howard Ends in Knockdown

W F Goss of the Gors Printing Press Co was struck and robbed on Saturday evening at the corner of Washington boulevard and Howard street in Austin. He lost a $120 pocketbook and a gold watch after two men approached from behind. Goss reported the attack to police but the suspects fled north on Howard avenue.

Ing R. J. Bannett Yosemite Valley Congregational Church Bennett W. EF. Goss Gors Printing Press Co Washington Boulevard Howard Street Austin Fred Goss Mr. Goss

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W. G. Sanborn Zimmerman & Rooth the Oaks Ladies’ Aid Society Austin Congregational Church Elizabeth Dawson Episcopal Church Luther Pardee Martz Mystic Tie Lodge K. of P H. Pillinger & Co M. Ott Austin Packing Co Park Avenue Ontario Street Richard Manny C. E. Manny North Central Avenue Swedish Lutheran Messiah Church Bernh. Bengtson Ohio Street Moreland Cornelius Ford North Pine Avenue Florida Gulf Imperial Quartet Court Cicero Independent Order of Foresters Library Hall Fisher Eucbre Club E. L. Stafford Frank Emerson Stafford Spink Emerson Riggs Laure Crawford G. P. Head Geo. M. Davis Dr. Williams Baptist Young Men's Association Mian Mary Carr K. A. Meadows Fannie Lucas N. Park Avenue J. F. Bartlett F. W. Meadows Frank L. Race Lake St Order of the Eastern Star Emma C. Bartlene Sarah D. Haggard Meta Gammon Gammon Bartlene Haggard Gammon and Howell J.T. Haggard Waa Higesrd L. P. Pitkin Chicago Avenue Call Mike Frank L. Rack Lake Street Ed Nichols Capt. Jennings Norma Cooley Stoughton Cooley Louis Seemann South Second Avenue Third Street Frank Slayter Society Young Ladies of Maywood Austins LaGrange Cooley Dr. Jones Jane Roose Gen. Smith 8. Cooley Hazal Donaldson Alden Alchigon Baptist Sunday School Lillian Wheeler Maywood Opera Hall Davidson Glee Club Chicago University Baptist Church Gav. Townsend Thompson Parkers Plumb Louie Humphreville Star and Crescent Club L. Clark Belles Lettres Miss Boag Card Club H. B. Page Barker Herriman O. M. Berr Prof. Maxwell and Geo. T. Howser Mian Queenie Barker Woman’s Club Walsh Cora Griffin Barr & Collings Mr. Wheeler Franklin Avenue Fred Homer D. Thomson Harlem Albert Burgess Co. Nordenholt Jak Park Hann Bros Turnverein Gaden Barney Zacharias Herat Putwin Communications Potwin 26Th Street Ogden Avenue Wm. Murphy Castle Rudolph Johns South Grove Avenue W. A. Moore Morton Park Club C. W. Coleman John Huermann Ridgeland Brown Ateridge Dave B.B Swinscoe Wrenasmer Poplar Avenues Globe Light & Heat Co Carol Avenue Thirty-fifth Street Maple and Windsor Avenues Stanley Avenues Adams Street Prairie and Forest Avenues Central Avenue Monroe Street Town and Augusta Streets Belleforte Avenues Marion Street Schneider Avenue Scoville Avenue Pleasant Street Fifty-second Committee On Justices of the Peace Treastee Dare Berwyn Corporation Robinson A Oue Twenty-fifth Street Dare R. A. Perking Trustes Brown Board of Trustees Frankland —Wheresar Ogden Street Railway Co Stanley Avenue Ogden Street Railway Sec Escert Committee of Cheney C. B. & Q. Railroad Company Hamill Fire Escape Co Holden Park Othe Cicero Avenue Twenty-eighth Twenty-ninth Streets Town OF W. T. Goss OAK Park Bakery Prop Teter & Martin Enterprise M. Finherty Our Sta J. P. Garner Druavist, Anetin W.F. Arnold Pooto S.ipher A. Welch Draugetet, Marywood G. H. Bollander Merebass Melrose Pure S.L Bartlett Linden Pues Chis. Bendell Real Zancer Reat Estate Wm. Clos, Merchant Os Park F. Dunnebece Metross Park W. W. Clark South Sixth Ave Tn GM Pare Muvin Wheeler Ohio ST P. Hursen & Co W. Lake St W. 12Th St H. B. Willson & CO Attorneys At Law U.S. Pat Washington, D.ca Cataldo Qat Paik
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