Advertisements and notices from a vintage newspaper
Fragments describe an Austin office address at 149 North Park Avenue and notes on display ads. The text asserts advertisements are artistically set and attention commanding, with a price of $1.50 per annum in advance and references to a pictorial command of respect.
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Austin
North Park Avenue
Central Ave
South Boulevard
R. H. Raill
Marty Cooling
Chas. Rickfort
Chicago Tribune editorial notes a bustling political week
Wheat rose to a dollar on the board of trade then slipped to 94 1/2 cents. Chicago figures fuse politics and culture with talks of town boards and annexation, the White Squadron and Hawaiian affairs, and a glare over Prohibition corkscrews. The piece mentions ministers at the Chicago Theological Seminary and Robert Burns celebrations.
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Board of Trade
Conviction of the uxoreide Merry Rejoiced by Tribune
The Tribune rejoices in the prompt conviction of the uxoreide Merry. Our contemporary notes the criminal had neither friends nor money and suggests the trial could have stretched longer if he had means.
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Tribune
Uxoreide
Monetary reform bankers face US public opposition
The speaker ridicules bankers at a recent Indianapolis gathering for proposing a return to prewar wild cat banking, arguing Americans will not accept such drastic monetary conditions again.
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Indianapolis
United States
Cook County caucus aims to curb assessors with new five member board
Illinois lawmakers from Cook County held a caucus endorsing abolition of township assessors. They propose a five member board of supervisors of assessments to replace the three member system, promising reforms but signaling new offices and jobs.
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Cook County
Illinois
Board of Supervisors of Assessments
Revenue bill faces GOP hurdle as votes loom
The plan to pass the revenue measure faces a tough hurdle with 77 Republican votes needed before the House. In other news, Gustav Rolle, a 60 year old German by birth, shot himself at his wife's grave in Forest Home Cemetery last Saturday and died Tuesday in county hospital after his wife’s death unsettled his mind.
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RTE
House
Gustav Rolle
Forest Home Cemetery
Rolle
United States Favors Annexation of Hawaiian Islands
The article asserts broad public support in the United States for annexing Hawaii. It argues opponents act from commercial motives and expresses a desire to bring the Kanaka people into the union, praising their intelligence and amiability.
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United States
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific
Senate debate over silver bonds resolution heats up
The Senate held a sharp discussion on the money question on Tuesday as the Teller resolution requiring the secretary of the treasury to pay bondholders in silver comes up. With silverites possessing a working majority this session, the measure is likely to pass.
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United States Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
Powers Faces Heated Spring Campaign Amid New Paper
Johnny Powers of the Nineteenth ward prepares for a tough spring contest as Miss Addams attacks from a new campaign paper titled La Tribunal Jana. The piece hints that free chickens and turkeys carry more force than words in politics.
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Johnny Powers
Allerman
Miss Addams
Bankers push for replacing US paper money with bank notes
The writer condemns bankers for pressuring Congress to abolish United States paper money in favor of bank paper and questions the public's tolerance for such a change. The passage warns against schemes by money dealers and asserts distrust of their motives.
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Congress
United States
Rise of American manufacturing and exports praised
The speaker notes a shift toward cheap manufactured goods and says the United States can sell to Europe cheaper than European makers can, even with high labor costs. They point to rapidly growing export trade and recall a past where American-made tools were undesirable, now seen as best in the world, attributing this to protection.
Semicentennial Gold Discovery Sparks San Francisco Demonstrations
San Francisco hosts lively events this week to mark the 50th anniversary of James Marshall's Coloma gold discovery. The piece credits gold and silver profits for rapid railroad development, fruit culture growth, wheat production, and broader economic advances.
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San Francisco
Coloma
James Marshall
Pneumonia Claims Several Residents in Local Winter
Pneumonia proves fatal in this locality with multiple recent deaths. Town Attorney Finch of Austin died earlier, followed by Eunice Steele and Igmma Steele of River Forest. Jabez White Williams and his wife of Oak Park died in succession, with a double funeral held. Authorities urge vigilance and remedies against the disease and colds.
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Finch
Austin
Eunice Steele
River Forest
Igmma
Jabez White Williams
Oak Park
The Lake Street Extension and Cicero Rail Plan
The editorial argues for immediate approval of an elevated Lake Street extension into Cicero. It criticizes delays by the Cicero town board, notes general demand for cheap Chicago access, and cites Mr Yerkes offering a fifty year surface line extension in exchange for elevated service. It concludes with a call to secure the elevated line.
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Cicero
Chicago
Cicero and Proviso Railway
Ogden Railway
Yerkes
Reflections on Referendum Use and Legislative Process
In reply to J. W. EL the writer explains that referendums would be only partially used and costly. They argue representative legislation remains essential as bills pass through committees houses vetoes and courts. The writer questions where a referendum would fit and notes elections could gauge approval without extra cost.
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J. W. EL
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Debate on Voting Reforms and Direct Democracy
The text argues for voting reforms such as vote by ballot, cumulative voting, minority representation, and the Australian ballot. It endorses initiative and referendum as steps toward Swiss style democracy and questions the current representative system as merely a mockery.
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SOG Eeepare
Maywood Neighbors Report Community News and Incidents
Maywood notices report weather visits illnesses and home building plans. Local figures including Dr. Clendenen and Mr. Thompson recover from illness while Proviso Lands builds homes and a new Swedish Lutheran church rises on Eighth Avenue. A resident is robbed and another nearly frozen man is saved by ambulance. The piece closes with a Lafayette anecdote and a jab at civil service politics体现 a busy town update.
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Thompson
North Side
Timothy O'Sullivan
Eighteenth Avenue
Irving Clendenen
Kerwin
Seventeenth Avenue
Proviso Land Association
M. Schnelzer
Twenty-first Avenue
Oak Street
Case
Maywood Woman’s Club
J. Tucker
St. Charles Road
Swedish Lutheran Church
Eighth Avenue
Lake Street
Dr. Beaman
Eye and
Maywood
Dr. Greer
Chicago
Fourth Avenue
K.D. Stone
Postal Telegraph Company
Proviso Lands Association
Same
Local notes tease Austin minstrel show and politics
The column hints at a planned "black-face" minstrel event by Austin women provoking male interest, warns of future rival acts, and comments on higher taxes assessed by Assessor Vantine. It muses on spring elections, Cicero's fate, and an orchestra misadventure with a rhythm-blasting baby in the front row. It also cites Wisconsin justice appointment by Governor Schofield, noting the appointee's lack of polish despite credentials.
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Austin
Vantine
Cicero
Schofield
Wisconsin
Wausau
Justice Newman
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Ois
W.G. W
Harlem Storm Isolation Notes Frank Collard Opens Plumbing Shop
Harlem remains cut off by the storm while Frank Collard opens a plumbing shop at 142 Madison Street. Other items report diphtheria cases, a Judge Lehmann phone number, a infant christening, and local society events. The village boards approve new smoke consumers and a busy street railway project employs over 100 workers. The storm brings some relief as some families gain work shoveling snow.
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Harlem
Frank Collard
Madison Street
Henry Schroeder
Judge Lehmann
Oak Park
Emil Seeck
Grosse
Lutheran Church
Young Men’s Christian Society
German Lutheran Church
The
Turners
Elmhurst
Heb Ickert
Lathrop Avenue
Forest Home
Cicero & Proviso Street Railway
Desphines Avenue
Aborigines Practiced Dentistry Found In Ohio Skeleton
Charles Noel examining Indian mounds near Portsmouth and on the Feart farm uncovered a skeleton that partly crumbled but showed a dental practice among aborigines. All teeth except two were present and those two were filled with pearls in the skull.
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Charles Noel
Portsmouth
Feart Farm
Sciota
Paper Watches Exhibit Reveals Novel Dresden Craft
A Dresden watchmaker displayed a watch made entirely of paper. The article notes the paper watch is prepared to be as serviceable as standard timepieces.
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Dresden
Electric Bitters touted as nerve tonic and blood purifier
Purported to restore tired nervous systems to vigor, Electric Bitters is described as a purely vegetable tonic that tones nerve centers in the stomach, stimulates the liver and kidneys, purifies blood, improves appetite and digestion, and is sold for 50 cents or $1 at Lover's Cut Store in Oak Park and Mraili's drug store in Austin.
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Lover’s Cut
Oak Park
Mraili
Austin
Public Notice Harlem Village bonds payment request
Anyone holding bonds and warrants against the village of Harlem Cook county Illinois payable with the taxes of 1896 to present them for payment at Dunlop Bros Bank Oak Park IL or to Frank Troost village treasurer No interest will be paid after twenty days publication of this issue Frank Troost Treasurer Village of Harlem
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Harlem
Cook County
Illinois
Dunlop Bros.’ Bank
Oak Park
Frank Troost
River Forest Local News Roundup
A. P. Grant and Henry Struble are sick with potential pneumonia while Mrs. Luce and Mrs. Broughton attend family concerns. Barr & Collins report January business strong. New baby for Louis Humphreville family born Friday January 21. Burglaries, travel, and house projects feature among town events with sleighing fun at Barr & Collins. Harriet Steel dies of pneumonia after sister Anice. The Jacobs home is burglarized as Goldsmith buys property and initiates a new residence project.
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A. P. Grant
Henry Struble
Luce
Thatcher Avenue
John Broughton
Chi‘uaabo
Barr & Collins
Louis Humphreville
Armour
Swift
Mathews Ibros
John Downey
W. H. Reedy
St. Luke's Church
Calvary Cemetery
RE. J. Brooks
Racine
Mr. Brooks
I’. E. Marsh
Hal Chambers
Texas
Harvey Richards
California
Belles Letters Society
A. F. Millikan
North Park Avenue
Harriet Steel
Forest Home
Anice
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A. Hill
the Tribune
Congregational Church
Chicago Theological Seminary
Dole
Gov. Tanner
Alexander H. Revell
Union League Club
Republican Club
Grippe
Northwestern
Austin Park Improvement Club
Sam
Cleveland
Morgan
Robert Burns
Sons of Scotia
Bobby
BE. A. Cummings & Co
Lake Hotel Company
Michigan Avenue
Adams Street
China
Dennis Kearney
Ife
Itan
Kettle
Pot
House of Congress
Me—McComas
Washington
Maryland
Springfield
Johnny
Frank Collier
Collier
Klondike
Bessie Dupee
Clendenen
Sewing Society of the Congregational Church
W. M. Halbert
Wm. Twining
Arkansas
Louisiana
Alabama
Tanner
Hot Springs
Maywood Twentieth Century Club
Forty-sixth Street
Charles Reilly
Wighth Avenue
Merrill
Lafayette
Edith Sochel
America
Madame de Montagu
Madame du Montagu
White House
Civil Service
Memphis Commercial Appeal
North-Western Station
W.H. Drechsler
Loke Street
Oak’ Par’, Ill
F. Simmons’ Express
and Vanco
Simmooonnns
W. Leke St
H.R. Richmond
Mer
Hugh Gair
Gair Bros
Lake ST
Oak Park, Ill
Magee
W. H. Newbery & Co
Wah Austin
Linden Park
Clyde
Hawthorne
Moreland, Rwyn, and Mandel
Austin, Ill
CNRS
F. Drecsisler
Unodertaker
Deavis
Lake
Ww. S. Smith
Bener NW Coal and Wood
Oak Park and
Duplop Bros.’ Bank
Zimmerman & Roath’s Feed Store
Oak Park Av
Thompson’s Drug Store
Dalgard
O, Green
Austin Milk CO
North Park Ave
Albert Burgess
North Boul
Scranton
L. S. Pinney
Lake Ein Austin, Il
O. J. Roath
Ceresota
Ohio St
Cicero Telephone
Harlem Arena
Mrs. Carmichael
A. Heinrich
E. B. Moore & CO
Randolph Street
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