Local News From Austin and Oak Park 1899
In Chicago July 7 1899 notices update subscribers at The Vindicator address in Austin and Oak Park. Lake Street line extension praised as boon to Cicero while Austin annexation delays threaten public schools with no superintendent or teachers. Forum lists essays by Peffer Lucy Loumbroso and Councill aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingld Gopies
the Vindicator
North Park
Veaus
Austin
Lake Straat
Oak Park
Chicago
South Clinton Street
Lake Street
Cicero
W. A. Peffer
Lord Rosebery
H. W. Lucy
Punch
C. Loumbroso
W. H. Councill
Agricultural and Mechanical College For Negroes
Normal
Ala
Conyne
North Pine Avenue
Graves
Whitehead
Gilbert
Maud Dulin
Myrtle Elwood
Norah Fitzmaurice
H. A. Fitch
Sarah Griswold
A. B. Howly
Tod Jones
P. H. Murphy
Pink Murphy
Cicero and Proviso Ice Company
Franklin Street
Americanism Controversy Arises in Catholic Church
In the July North American Review Dr William Barry author of felt Catholic writer explains the long running Americanism dispute. He traces the history of the controversy clarifies the issues and outlines the stance set by the Pope in his authoritative declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American Review
William Barry
New 60 000 Silver Dollars Planned For Lafayette Monument
The United States government proposes issuing 60 000 silver dollars to honor the Lafayette monument. Four designs are under consideration featuring portraits of Washington Lafayette Lincoln and Grant. A Columbia University instructor had a fine stamps collection stolen. a former friend was arrested and many stamps were later identified on police albums. It is claimed the stamps were taken to hurt the owner's feelings.
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United States
Washington
Lafayette
Lincoln
Grant
Columbia University
Dr. Chittenden
Harper's Round Table
Salt lake wheeled yachts glide on Western Australia
During the rainy season Lane Lefroy dries but becomes a smooth salt floor. Boats on the lake during the dry season bear four wheels to travel across the 100 mile area. This saves labor time and expense on rough terrain as wheeled yachts reach high speeds though slower than Canada’s ice yachts.
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Lane Lefroy
Western Australia
Lake Lefroy
Canada
Boy Chooses Baseball Dream Over Angel Chorus
A Sunday school scene ends with a teacher prompting a boy to join the choir. Johnny replies he would rather be a baseball player first, revealing a practical dream over sacred singing. The moment blends innocence with ambition in a simple classroom anecdote.
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Johnny
New Book Support Holds and Tilts for Easy Reading
A new reading aid features a vertical standard on ball bearings that revolves freely and a tilting rack at the top. It clamps the book and holds it at the desired angle for convenient reading.
Caught Him What became of that clerk who used to rubber
A terse exchange notes a clerk once known for rubber activity being bounced from duty with no further details or context.
British Navy Maintains 150 Vessels Over 25 Years
A British naval fleet includes 150 ships that have served for at least a quarter of a century. The listing highlights long service vessels within the Royal Navy's modern force.
Huge 26 Foot Shark Nets Death Toll Off Delaware Coast
A whip-tailed shark 26 feet long became entangled in a fishing net off the Delaware coast. Captain Green and crew aided in subduing the animal after five men were wounded in the struggle.
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Hattie
Delaware
Captain Green
Green Brothers
Hfe
Seventeenth Century Rhyme on Marriage Color Props
The piece outlines a dated superstition linking wedding dress colors to fate. It presents a sequence of color coded marital outcomes from white to pink, each sentence warning of a particular consequence. The rhythm and misspellings suggest OCR artifacts from an old newspaper poem.
Largest peach tree in the United States found in Maryland
The Napley tree in Kent county Maryland is described as the nation's largest peach tree. Its trunk measures 67 inches in circumference and 22 inches in diameter, about the size of a kerosene barrel. Three limbs are 22, 20, and 20 inches in circumference, and the tree is 25 years old, vigorous and fully bearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
United States
Napley
Kent County
Couple seeks Covington marriage license as mother’s consent blocks
Charles Barneyscraff, 21, and Mary Schemiski, 17, both of Cincinnati, aimed to wed in Covington yesterday but faced denial until the girl could secure her mother’s consent across the river, as Deputy County Clerk Bud McQuerney required.
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Charles Barneyscraff
Mary Schemiski
Cincinnati
Covington
Bud McQuerney
Editor Endorses Chamberlain's Remedy For Colic and Diarrhoea
The Brevard North Carolina editor argues it is acceptable to recommend Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as a preventive treat. The piece notes twenty years of family use and urges keeping a bottle on hand to reduce suffering until a physician can arrive. Sold by Traill and Cooling, Druggists.
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Sylvan Valley News
Brevrad
N. C
Traill & Cooling
Money to Loan by Austin Building and Loan Association
The Austin Building and Loan Association advertises funds to loan with deposits received monthly on two or more shares at fifty cents per share. It pays six percent interest on withdrawals. George H. Park serves as president and John D. Maclean as secretary with offices at room 21, 184 La Salle street in Austin.
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Austin Building and Loan Association
Austin
George H. Park
John D. Maclean
la Balle Street
Harlem Jockey Club Announces Biweekly Meets
The Harlem Jockey Club announces racing every alternate two weeks with the Chicago Jockey Club. The next meet starts July 24 with five or more races rain or shine. Admission is 75 cents and a Lake Street special train runs direct to the grounds.
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Warlem Jockey Club
Chicago Jockey Club
Lake Street
Mary M Shedd Vocal Teacher Held at Steinway Hall
Mary M Shedd, renowned singing teacher, offers free voice tests at 906 Steinway Hall. Public invite for prospective students to sample coaching and vocal assessments.
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Mary M. Shedd
Steinway Hall
Chautauqua Lake Excursion From Chicago Announced
On July 28 the Nickel Plate Road will run an excursion to Chautauqua Lake at one fare for the round trip. Write to General Agent 111 Adams Street Chicago for particulars.
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Nickel Plate Road
Chautauqua Lake
Adams Street
Chicago
Nickel Plate offers excursion to Chautauqua Lake in July
The Nickel Plate will sell excursion tickets to Chautauqua Lake and return on July 28 at a single round trip fare with a return limit of August 29, 1899. Tickets must be deposited at Chautauqua by July 31. Valid on any of three daily trains. Cheap rates to other Eastern points. General Agent address and station details provided.
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Chautauqua Lake
Chautauqua
van Buren Street
Adams Street
Chicago
A Growing Business Adds Modern Printing Power
Mr Q O M Donaldson of Austin's Ohio street printing office has expanded capacity by installing a gas engine and a cylinder press. The upgrades place Austin on par with modern printers, enabling rapid production.
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QO. M. Donaldson
Ohio Street
Austin
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Praised by Newark Druggist
Newark New Jersey druggist Charles Holzhauer touts Chamberlains as safe and effective for coughs colds and hoarseness. Sold by Traill and Cooling, druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain’s
Charles Holzhauer
Drugelist
Newark
N. J
Traill & Cooling
Milk Ad Promotes Pure Milk and Cream by Jorgensen
An advertisement touts pure milk and cream for good health. It promotes Peter C. Jorgensen at 222 North Park Avenue as the seller of the best dairy products.
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Peter C. Jorgensen
North Park Avenue
Piano lessons offered by Chas W Green at Steinway Hall
Chas W Green, a piano teacher using the Leschetitsky method, offers lessons at his residence and in his studio located at 906 Steinway Hall. Contact details indicate availability and instruction in classical piano technique.
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Chas.w. Green
Steinway Hall
Daily Bicycle Prize Contest by New York Star
The New York Star offers a daily high grade bicycle and other prizes for the largest word list formed from THE NEW YORK STAR letters. Webster's Dictionary used for authority. second and third prizes include two watches and more. Subscriptions require stamps, contest runs June 26 to August 21, 1899, with prizes awarded daily and names printed in the Star.
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New York Star
The
Star
West Thirty-Ninth Street
New York City
Scientific Coffee Blending and Honest Trade Practices
The piece argues blending coffee requires knowledge and care and critiques wholesalers who do not blend. It promotes Blair's Red Front at 131 North Park in Austin offering self blended coffee roasted in house, delivered quickly with cash terms and two crackery tickets per pound.
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Blair
Red Front
North Park
Austin
Sidelights on Austin Sidewalks and Shade Trees
A reader urges Austin authorities to trim shade trees along Robinson avenue and Alma street to allow pedestrians to walk upright. The letter asks enforcement to keep bicyclists off sidewalks and thanks the editor in advance for action.
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Austin
Robinson Avenue
Alma Street
Alma
N. B
A Narrow Escape From Consumption Hopeful Testimony
Ada E. Hart of Groton writes of nearly dying from a lung illness diagnosed as consumption after a severe cold and cough. She credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving her life after eight bottles, praising the remedy and noting free trial bottles at local firms Traill & Cooling and Chas. P. Miller.
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Ada E. Hart
Groton
Traill & Cooling’s
Chas. P. Miller’s
New York Star Ad Offers Forty Dollar Bicycle Daily
Notice notes Capt William Astor Chanler congressman from New York as president of the New York Star which is giving away a forty dollar bicycle daily. It lists notable board members including Amos J Cummings Asa Bird Gardner ex Gov Hogg and Col Fred Feig among others.
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William Astor Chanler
New York
New York Star
Amos J. Cummings
M. C
Asa Bird Gardner
Hogg
Texas
Fred Feig
Epidemic of Diarrhoea Reported in Cocoa Nut Grove
Mr. A Sanders of Cocoa nut Grove Florida describes an epidemic of diarrhoea. He had a severe attack but was cured by four doses of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He recommends it to others who call it the best medicine they ever used. For sale by Traill Cooling druggists.
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A. Sanders
Cocoanut Grove
Fla
Chamberlain
Traill & Cooling
Births and bustling town notes from Austin and beyond
Mrs. Charles Tench announces the birth of a nine pound girl. Austin population stands at 11 635 with 2 225 boys and 2 427 girls under 21. Advertised letters list names. District south of Twelfth street adds 280 residents for annexation tally.
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Charles Tench
Bond
Chas. H. Barmm
Chas. J. Meyer
Waller Avenue
Kansas City
J. P. Garner
Austin
Twelfth Street
Chicago
Supreme Court
Oak Park Salon Moves to Lake Street Location
Formerly at 75 Rush Street Chicago opposite Virginia Hotel, the Oak Park facial massages scalp treatment and children's hair cutting shop has moved to 29 Lake Street room 7 Masonic Hall Oak Park. Owner M McGurn invites old and new customers and lists tel 1553.
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Rush Street
Virginia Hotel
Chicago
Lake Street
Masonic Hall
Oak Park
Spain's Greatest Need Elixir Praised in Aiken
Mr. R. P. Olivia of Barcelona winters in Aiken. He credits Electric Bitters with ending back of head pains caused by weak nerves. The ad claims cures for liver and kidney trouble blood purification and nerve strengthening. One bottle 50 cents guaranteed. Sold by Traill & Ecling and Chas. P. Miller.
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R. P. Olivia
Barcelona
Spain
Aiken
S. C
America
Traill
Chas. P. Miller
Excursion by Nickel Plate to Lynn MA and return
One fare round trip from Chicago via Nickel Plate Road for excursion to Lynn Massachusetts with through service to Fort Wayne Buffalo New York Boston and other New England points. Tickets on sale July 10 and 11 return by July 20. Address General Agent 111 Adams Street Chicago.
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Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Buffalo
New York
Boston
New England
Adams Street
Frightful Blunder Promoted to Heal Burns and Sores
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best remedy for pain from burns cuts and bruises and for curing old sores fever sores ulcers boils felons corns and skin eruptions. It claims pile cure and lists Traill & Cooling and Chas P. Miller as local druggists selling the 5 cent box with a guarantee.
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Traill & Cooling
Chas
P. Miller
Hawthorne Season Opens July 10 1899
Hawthorne track in Chicago Jockey Club announces daily racing from July 10 to 22 1899 with five or more races each day. Cicero military band provides music and electric cars run to the grounds. Admission is 75 cents.
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Hawthorne Track
Cicero Military Band
Battle of Manila Corner Event Ad
Don't miss the Battle of Manila at the corner of Wabash Avenue and Hubbard Court urging public attendance.
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Manila
Wabash Avenue
Hubbard Court
Real estate wanted for church in Austin
Wanted to lease or buy on reasonable terms a corner lot in Austin suitable for church. Address Austin Christian Church Trustees.
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Austin
Austin Christian
Church
Chicago Lynn round trip tickets on Y P C U Vestibuled
Tickets on July 10 and 11 from Chicago to Lynn Massachusetts at one fare for round trip. Return valid through July 12 to 20 inclusive. Sleeper cars and dining car service. Address J Calahan 111 Adams Street Chicago.
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Chicago
Lynn
Mass
Calahan
Adams Street
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Harlem Jockey Club
News OF the Town
Aus
Howard Robertson
Chester A. Winn
Springfield
W. O. Cline
Mary Marx
South Park Avenue
Alice Mather
South Pine Avenue
B. Denison
Fifty-second Avenue
Clinton
Iowa
G. L. Marchand
Forty-second Street
Grand Boulevard
May Kent
Anna Martin
Milwaukee
Indiana Street
J. K
Decker
Mason City
George Standart
Misa Lorraine Gilbert
Hunt
Benjamin Franklins March, Jr
B. F. March
Milway Park
New Methodist Church
Harry Date
Y. H. Zander
Mr. Zander
Allen
Kruger
AK Park
Thos. H. Gale
White Lake
Mich
W. W. Oakes
Oak Park Avenue
Henry I. Bard
Johnny Barrick
F. Broberg
F. G. Brown
Maggie Carragher
Fanny Dellano
Wm. Foster
Emma German
James E. Gilvey
J. Gray
Arnesta Hulse
Mary Iverson
Gus Johnson
Wm. A. Keator
M. H. Kerr
T. Kessall
Annie Schuler
L. A. Tainter
John D. Thomas
Geo
A. Williams
H. Wright
Mr. Yonker
St. John’s
Jackson Boulevard
St. Louis Avenue
Phinney
Moreeau
Uncle Rufe
Florida
Sevilla
Miss Charity Martin
Kentucky
Dewey
Neil
International Music Company
Fisher Building
Austin State Bank
State of Hlinats
Reney
Legal Tender
Treasury Notes
Rease
Treasury
National Bank
Iokoes
Certifi- Miles Gho Advall
Certi- Beli Seyty Peleleh
State of
Illinois
Cook
T. Perley D. Castle
Perley D, Castle
F. H. Zander
Jockey Club
Kodak
Eastman Kodak
MelitTbstsi
Bullseye
STI
Cartridge
Eastman
Soho
Eastman Plates
Eastman Platen
Axi
Boe
Eastman Kodaks
Park Avenue
Fway Austin
Ill
Don Rosado
Masonic Building
Astin
Ene
Psc
Bramnan
News Depot
Park Ave
Austin, Oy
Womaking
Park
Mrs. Seales
Pine Avenue
Ogden, Sheldon & Co
Clark Street
R. S. Tuthill
North Central Avenue
Washington Boulevard
T. H. Quinn
C. B. Patrick
St. Bernard
Rex Americus
Denver
River Forest
Willow Avenue
Osgood
Library Hall
Geo. B. Bent
Train & Cooling
Austin, Ti
J. P. Garner & CO
Dr. Fantly M. Rowley
Oak Park Ave
Orrica
Nouss
Oak Park, Ill
Chamber of Commerce Building
Washington St
E. Cor. la Salle
Thaloor Av
Alver
John Price
Justice of the Peace
Fifty-Second St. Aust In
Tif
Lake St
Bell
Ciezs
J. Roath
Ghio St
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