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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1901
Page
5
Suburban Austin news notes many residents plan a trip to the Mississippi next Sunday. Capt. Percy B. Coffin leads Co A to Springfield Missouri. Several residents depart for Milwaukee Indianapolis and Bass Lake Michigan for visits and vacations.
Oak Park notes show A. W. Pebbles family leaving for Antioch W. R. Wilsnach returning to work Miss Mabel Thain's extended Hast trip C P Miller family from Chester Lake and other relocations. Local topics include the Westward Ho Golf Club opening a new clubhouse a betrothal and fall wedding plans and fire incidents at the baseball park with council and street work updates.
The Scoville Institute reports closures on July 4 and 5 with repairs July 8 and 7. Starting July 15 through September 1 the institute will be closed daily 12 to 2 pm and 6 to 7 pm, otherwise open as usual.
Last Thursday evening June 27 the annual commencement exercises were held in the Austin High School assembly hall. Thirty seven graduates, an exceptional class for the newly added city high school, competed for merit awards, with Miss Beulah E. Church winning a $120 Chicago University scholarship. Second was Miss Mattie Gunthorp and third Victor Gallup. The class list includes both Classical and General course graduates, and the Victor F. Lawson essay prizes for patriotism were won by Sam Gerloff and Graham Porter.
Miss Minnie Post and pupils from Miss Freeman Mrs O Neil and Mr Chapek gave a recital at No 4 Cody block in Austin. The program featured Edith Oram March of the Little Tin Soldiers Lois Thompson and Miss Post Evening Dorothy Robertson Canzoniera Alfred Hill The Robin Sings in the Apple Tree Rose Kane The Butterfly Marlon Comstock.
Police raided a South Oak Park Tuesday night party at a club known as the blind pig. Groth admitted supplying beer and whisky but billed cigars as costs. Justice Walker fined Groth seventy dollars and guests eight dollars each. Walker, a club member, delivered stern penalties. Airwin Improve Mack noted as the beauti e on Friday.
The First regiment J. N. G. leaves Friday night for Springfield where they will be in camp for two weeks. Local boys attending include Company F members Albert Morrison Frank Keefer Thomas E Healy Eugene Hull Clarence Parker Charles Bingham Albert Esch Clifford Howard Charles Bosworth Reg Lovett and Company D members Dean Micknal Fred Fischer Ralph Sherman Wayne Sherman Warren Gilland J Marshall and Capt Chenneworth.
We answer yes if you have the money and expect no price drop. Coal will rise ten cents a ton each month until September 1. An order for Lackawanna coal was placed, praised as the best burned. Go give Traill an order. Barr & Collins, Tel. 41.
A letter from Oak Park dated July 3 1901 complains that concertgoers are disturbed by talkative companions at the Sco ville grounds. The writer urges band managers to protect patrons, noting similar theater efforts to curb nuisances. The remedy suggested is a firm, prompt response if needed.
Oak Park charity leaders propose a camp with backing from the Bureau of Associated Charities in Chicago. If Oak Park residents contribute 500 dollars, the bureau will add 300 to 400 more and operate a Camp Oak Park in a favorable location. Contributions go to A C Haven of Chicago. funds may also support aid to the needy if the goal isn’t met.
Johnny Robnett, a colored porter, was killed in Maywood last week. He carried Industrial Life Insurance for $49 payable to his grandmother in Kansas City Mo. He paid only two weeks of premiums.
The Gideons, a Christian traveling group, plan two union gatherings in Austin on Sunday July 14. The first at Swedish Mission Church on Franklin and Iowa at 4 p.m., and a second later at the Methodist Church on Ohio Street and Central Avenue after Austin churches adjourn. The group is part of a national organization with about 1800 members and roughly 200 in Chicago. their annual convention is underway in Madison Wisconsin.
Oak Park Illinois June 29 1901 the Oak Park Improvement Association will hold its regular monthly meeting at Scoville Institute parlors on Saturday July 6 at 8 o clock A report from the street improvement committee is expected and the secretary GEO R HEMINGWAY urges full attendance for open discussion
Judge Grosscup granted a supercedeas allowing case reopening and potential indictment quash. Parties admit no serious charges were proven, held on a technicality. Friends in Austin hope the matter is settled.
Alderman Hunter misplaced his June salary of 125 dollars and has not received it. He is away with his family at Lake Delavan for the summer, and is known for wagering and charity donations with his pay.
The Austin Circle No. 45 G A R met on the battle’s anniversary with Kilpatrick Post invited to observe. Comrades including Gettysburg participants spoke. A dime Jawn social is planned at Mrs. L H Howell’s home July 9 with ice cream and cake.
M. Meline former minister and head of the international commission of agriculture writes from Paris to European agricultural societies urging protection of useful birds ahead of a draft convention on protecting feathered allies and limiting harmful species.
New South Wales has spent £743000 across fifteen years to destroy more than 24 million pests including kangaroos wallabies dingoes and other noxious animals as part of wildlife management.
River Forest reports a Belles Lettre Society picnic at Hawthorne Glen with members and ex members enjoying a Saturday afternoon gathering. Married Louis Stafford wed Minnie Cotton near Joliet, the bride’s home, on Wednesday evening. Frank Honqver of Franklin buys a new automobile and seeks a barn. Mrs Frank D Butler and children head to Oshkosh for the summer. Butler will join later. The Butler family celebrate the golden wedding of Mrs Butler’s parents with all living relatives present. St Luke’s RC Church held a confirmation for nearly one hundred children officiated by Bishop Edward J Dunne of Dallas Texas, a brother of Rev Richard Dunne. The first communion was held Sunday morning.
About 700 sidewalk repair notices have been sent as Harlem faces two damage suits over walks. A suit against Suburban Railroad seeks service on its right of way and a 6 percent rate per ordinance. Substation gains noted January to July. Money order total 2722.22, stamps 1444.60. Board approves right of way changes for Chicago Aurora and Wheaton Ry, including a new street, interlocking switches, and a Hannah street sewer connection following land purchases.
Home protection advice emphasizes affordable lightning rods to safeguard families and property, noting the low cost and strong safety benefits.
The Rev. Foscott of River Forest, reported to have died from ptomaine poisoning in Wisconsin a month earlier, did not die from poisoning. Authorities now state he suffered years of stomach and heart trouble and died from that old malady.
The largest steamers grew from the Berlin Meade at 620 feet and 8000 tons in 1881 to the City of Paris at 560 feet and 16000 tons in 1891, and experts predict further rapid growth as harbor channels and docks expand.
Finnickey Finnikin voices frustration over velvet-handed moneyed elites pushing prices up and burdening common workers in Pennsylvania amid economic tension and social strain.
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