The Vindicator Sees Local Government Shifts In Cicero
The Austin based Vindicator reports on Cicero governance changes. Postmaster Hutchison and ex-Trustee Attridge clash over office duties while Editor Rowe allies with Edward Martin against Isaac Herr. Salaries for president, supervisor, and town clerk cut starting March 1. Pettions and protests surge. Town board proceedings featured as a key read.
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Rowe
Edward Martin
Oak Park
Isaac Herr
Town appoints Mr. Cutting as attorney
The town board chose Mr. Cutting as the town attorney praising his legal skill and public speaking ability.
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C. §. Cutting
Cutting Ia
Trustees Vacant as Election Seeks Applicants
Sree sets the posts of Trustees Utley and Attridge to remain vacant until voters choose replacements in the upcoming municipal election. The message asks who wants to serve as a trustee.
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Sree
W’ rAelyan
Utley
Representative Thiemann Seeks School Levy Split Bill
Representative Thiemann introduces a Springfield measure to amend the school law. In villages of 1000 inhabitants the 6 percent school levy would be divided equally between education and building funds.
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Thiemann
Springfield
Town Board Withdraws Cicero Appointees in Grant
The Grant town board complied with the new officers and removed the policemen and firemen appointed by Cicero. It passed a resolution to withdraw policemen and firemen in Oak Park and Berwyn upon request by their newly elected officials.
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Grant
Cicero
Oak Park
Berwyn
Wells Family Seeks Aid After Milk Route Swindle
J. 2D. Wells of Ridgeland 312 North Lombard avenue was swindled in buying a milk route. His family, including a wife with consumption, is in need with little coal. Neighbors appeal to charitable people to help the Wells family.
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J. 2D. Wells
Lombard Avenue
Ridgeland
Photographic advances aid old zoetrope to new films
Photography and magic lantern projection transform the old toy zoetrope into living pictures. The need for many frames for short action implies very long films, with nine and a half miles chronicled. Three such films are planned for a kinematograph, at about $1000 per mile.
Judicial Power in Mexico Outlined
The judicial power of Mexico is entirely distinct from the executive. It comprises the supreme court with fifteen judges serving six year terms, nine circuit courts, and thirty eight district courts. Ordinary civil criminal and correctional courts fall under the department of justice and public instruction.
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Mexico
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Public Instruction
Portraits of Women Spark Debate on Beauty Standards
If some newspaper portraits of hand some women are accurate, beauty is quite a distance outside the cuticle. The remark highlights how press images shape public perception of feminine beauty and push for scrutiny of photo editing and fashion norms.
New York Society Embraces Electric Cabs Amid Fashion Shift
Vanity Fair notes New Yorkers abandoning horse-drawn carriages for electric cabs as a sign of practical value over fad. Mrs John Jacob Astor leads adoption with nightly use, followed by Mrs Schermerhorn. a hundred cabs soon on streets. Also features curious British inn names and a Honolulu remark on race and social mixing in elite circles.
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Lieut
Eames
Dick” Peters
Newport
John Jacob Astor
Great Britain
Brussels
Ixelles
Bradwell
Honolulu
Hawaii
Playwrights debate ending with mob violence in drama
The manager suggests altering the final act of a play by replacing a lynching of the hero with the mob hanging all characters in the opening scene to avoid a climactic mob lynching. The exchange centers on dramatic structure and audience impact.
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Manauger
Wall
Innovative railway spike and household invention roundup
A series of new devices includes a railroad spike with a side slot for a toothed plate locking in place, a leveling dial with a swinging weighted arrow, a shipboard self leveling table design, a cold climate sleeping bag with integrated pillow flaps, a fish transport carrier using an oxygen absorbing upper chamber, rubber suction cups to stop rug slipping, and a wire spiral color changer for railroad lamps.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Local notes on mails and community events in Austin
News of the town reports mail arrival and departure times, local notices, social events, marriages, deaths, and school promotions. It notes Florida travel for Mr. and Mrs. A. A. HI and family, a diphtheria case, a dissolution of a business partnership, a Young Ladies Missionary Society sociable, a Hokey Pokey Euchre Club gathering, and a Swedish Baptist wedding. It adds a death and funeral for Mr. John H. Reece and reminders on school promotions and new classes.
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F. A
Florida
New York City
Gaylord
Minard
D. D. Ward
Young Ladies’ Missionary Society
M. E. Church
Central Avenue
Ohio Street
John H. Reece
S. Fine Avenue
Reece
Sterling, I
Dr King s New Discovery Promises Cure for Grip and Pneumonia
An old newspaper ad warns of influenza like grip and pneumonia risk for travelers abroad. It touts Dr King s New Discovery as an infallible bronchial remedy that kills germs, heals lungs, and prevents after effects. Prices 50 cents and 1.00, trial bottle free at Traill & Cooling and C P Miller drug stores.
The Runaway Boy and a Father’s Threat
The chief of police asks about identifying marks as the boy heads toward Minnesota to fight Indians. The father vows there will be marks once he recaptures him, in a quote from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Minnesota
Cincinnati Enquirer
Enormous Coal Lump Exhibited by Pinninkinnink Company
The Pinninkinnink Coal Company displays a lump of coal weighing over 10,000 pounds at its Clarksburg West Virginia offices. The exhibit highlights the scale of their mining operations and showcases the sheer size of a recent mine yield.
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Pinninkinnink Coal Company
Clarksburg
W. Va
Insurance agency ad for Aetna and Phoenix agents
Frank Page, resident agent at 1118 Central Ave, solicits patronage for Aetna and Phoenix Insurance Companies. He pledges prompt attention to customer needs and notes the firms’ long established reputations and fair loss settlements.
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AETNA
Phoenix
Hartford
Frank Page
Central Ave
Middleton's Amusement Promotes Francisco Lentini Act
Francisco Lentini, the three legged Neapolitan boy, headlines two weeks at Middleton's Clark Street Museum Chicago starting January 22. He is described as sturdy and well formed, not a cripple, but a remarkable curiosity drawing visitors to see his unique third leg.
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Middleton
Francisco Lentini
Clark Street
Chicago
Francisco
Strange Funeral Customs In Kilmalcolm Parish
In Kilmalcolm Renfrewshire the Rev James Murray notes funeral rites marking the period of mourning. A sieve with clay pipes filled with tobacco is passed around before the cortege. Mourners smoke and at the graveside cast their pipes among the mools as the grave is filled.
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James Murray
Kilmalcolm
Renfrewshire
Monet to Loan at Austin Building and Loan
The Austin Building and Loan Association offers loans with deposits accepted monthly on two or more shares at fifty cents per share. It pays six percent interest on withdrawals and encourages all Austin residents to join. George H. Park is president and John D. Maclean secretary, located city offices room 921 184 La Belle street.
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Austin Building and Loan Association
Austin
George H. Park
John D. Maclean
City Offles
la Balle Street
Submarine Searchlights Reveal Vessels Less with Upward Beams
The article explains a naval issue where searchlights on warships expose their position. It notes experiments with submarine lights placed below the water surface that emit rays upward. Observers on deck detect a target when the light emerges, yet the light does not reveal the submarine's own source.
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United States
Guarantee for Tar Syrup Bottles Refund Offer
The undersigned promise a full refund of 60 cent syrup if it fails to cure cough or cold and a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfactory or money back. TRAIN & COOLING Austin Ill. J P Garner & Co.
Danger of stringing Pacific islands with a steel cable
An aged speaker warns that joining many Pacific islets with a steel cable could worsen tensions between America and Asia. He imagines the cable flexing and islands being uprooted, reflecting anxious public sentiment on interregional links.
Legs aid digestion says Chomel as Journal notes
The Journal of Medicine cites Chomel asserting that legs digest as much as the stomach, since exercise improves nutrition by increasing waste elimination, stimulating appetite, and supporting proper digestive conditions.
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Chomel
The
Journal of Medicine
Directors to meet on Feb for name change
Public notice from Chicago Illinois dated January 12 1899 announces a special meeting of the directors of the World's Specialty Co. to be held February third at 8 o'clock in the morning at the home of SWARTWOUT to consider changing the company name. G A Swartwout L M Swartwout signatories.
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Chicago
Ill
World’s Specialty Co
G. A. Swartwout
L. M. Swartwout
The Idea of Sending a Man to Congress with Three Wives
Mrs Meekton ridicules the notion as preposterous. Mr Meekton agrees and suggests a congressman with three wives has enough trouble at home without public duties. Washington Star remark.
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Mr. Meekton
Congress
Washington Star
Story of the Philippines propels sales campaign
Advertisement for a large government financed book The Story of the Philippines by Murat Hak tted. Promotes army camp origin locations and original government photographs. Encourages agents with low prices and big profits and offers outfit free from Breighs pata Chicago address.
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Astive
Philippines
Murat Haktted
War Department
San Francisco
Pacific
Eral Merritt
Honolulu
Hongang
Manila
Aguinaldo
Olympia
Dewey
Bonanza
Breighs Pata
Outfit
Miss Elvira Tooth Plans Six Month California Trip
The Oak Park era notes Miss Elvira Tooth of Suth Canton avenue will depart soon for California for a six month stay. The Magazine Club met with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Blanchard at 322 South East avenue for an evening of music and a lecture on London from an Omnibus by Rev. Charles Scadding at Grace Church. The Oak Park Club hosted a vaudeville program with a farce Villain and Victim and various musical numbers, and announced February events including magician Durno, animated pictures, Washington's Birthday party, and a dance and social schedule.
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S. J. Olbrich
N. Pine Avenue
Olbrich
John B. Fitzgerald
Fred Schock
John T. Milnamow
1618
Park Avenue
Chicago
A. M. White
L. K. Whitcomb
Abingdon
Ill
Austin
Oaks
Charles Granlund
Iowa Street
Sweden
North Park Avenue
North Central Avenue
M. E
Central Avenue
Arthur Gardner
Pine Avenue
New York
Gardner
Racing Union
Elvira Tooth
Suth
Canton Avenue
California
Magazine Club
W. A. Blanchard
South East Avenue
Co. L. Buss
L. A. Babcock
Charles Scadding
Oak Park
Jesse Brown
Isaac Cook
Col. Cassel
M. O. Gale
Catherine Hovenkamp
Hoyt
Fred Hacker
Walter M. Hill
E. L. Kellogg
Edith Knott
E. R. Millan
H. McDonald
Elizabeth Parsons
Athlene Pettes
Frank Thomas
Edith Tyler
J. W. Wilson
Chas. W. Hilton
Oak Park Club
Maye McComish
N. Hoffheimer
P. P. Hogan
Edna Rena Good
Miss Maye McComish
J. H. Wibley
Durno
Washington
BE. A. Bournique
Thomas H. Gale
German Lodge of Royal Circle Formed in Austin
A German speaking lodge of the Royal Circle was organized at Odd Fellows hall in Austin after a Saturday night meeting. The new group will operate in German and aims to become a leading circle. Officers include August Boehm as worthy ruler and Joseph Henry as worthy adviser with several other members listed by city and state.
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Odd Fellows’ Hall
Austin
Royal Circle
August Boehm
S. Willow Avenue
Joseph Henry
Adelheid Meyer
Henry Meyer
Superior Street
Chicago
Ill
Robert Heinrich
R. Hefti
Fritz Lesch
Worthy Guard
John Schaefer
Worthy Sentinel
Chas. E. Humiston
M. D
Worthy
North Park Avenue
Magsonie Building
Josephine Benz
Dr King's New Discovery Promised To Cure Grip
Newspaper ad extols Dr King s New Discovery as a cure for Grip and related coughs and fevers. It claims relief from throat inflammation and sleep loss, preventing pneumonia or consumption, with prices 50 cents and 1.00 and money back guarantee. Trial bottle offered at local drug stores Traill & Cooling and C P Miller.
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Dr. King
Wanted Notices for Piano Use and Housework
Two small ads seek a piano for use in a kindergarten room at a Presbyterian church in Austin and a young girl for light housework at 424 South Waller Avenue, second flat.
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Presbyterian Church
Austin
South Waller Avenue
Seasickness Treated By Red Glasses Claim
A German remedy proposes bright red spectacles with calomel to cure seasickness. Epstein's study links color influence to brain blood vessels, suggesting red glasses redirect blood flow to the brain and relieve symptoms.
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Epstein
Untrustworthy Water Filters Under Health Board Scrutiny
The Maryland board of health reports domestic water filters may steadily lose efficiency. Instances show water passing through filters with outdated packing contained ten to twenty times more bacteria than before filtration.
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Maryland Board of Health
The Modern Method Dialog on Food and Advertising
Quote exchange reflects concern over hunger and rising grocery prices. A Indianapolis Journal snippet notes married men feel pressure as stores promote sales. The remark satirizes consumer scarcity and advertising in urban life.
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Indianapolis Journal
Invented Musical Scale Attributed to Guy Aretino
A monk of Arezzo named Guy Aretino is credited with creating a musical scale around 1025. The core idea and structure of his scale closely resemble the modern diatonic system despite some note name variations.
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Guy Aretino
Arezzo
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