News of the Town items list dozens of residents traveling
Mrs. C. W. Creary returns from Sycamore Illinois. Misses Mary and Clara Bond leave for Bass Lake Wisconsin. Many locals visit relatives in Cleveland and Denver. Families vacation at Bass Lake Silver Lake and Fox Lake. Several residents announce trips to Michigan Wisconsin and Ontario. A child dies from meningitis. others plan summer cottages and camps. Continued on Page Four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Creary
Sycamore, Ill
Mary
Clara Bond
Bass Lake
Wis
C. C. Wood
Cleveland
Ohio
Frank Spink
Willow Avenue
Ed Lindsay
Boston
North Central Avenue
Judge Ameixson
Lone Tree Point
Mich
Mrave. K. Williamss
J. J. McCarthy
A. J. Sweeney
Midway Park
Clayton Crafts
Denver
Colo
R. K. Campbell
W. B. Guilburt
E. C. Hunsinger
Ontario Street
Bluff Lake
R. H. Traill
Windemere
Silver Lake
Bessie
Julia Conklin
South Haven
F. P. Wallace
Frink Street
White Lake
Sarah Gardner
Boulder
Colorado
Bertine Robinson
Ruby Robens
Chagrin Falls
B. H. Ellsworth
Esmond
George B. Charles
Ella Purvis
South Prairie Avenue
Richardson
Rockford
Austin
C. H. Wells
California
Nakama Club
C. C. Case
Lynn
Mass
W. S. Jones
Pearl Mann
Ocala
Fla
L. E. Brainard
Willie Meacham
Kingston
Canada
Jessie Melville
Michigan
W. Hi, Cotter
Lake Beulah
Wia
Bessie Stinckley
Mobile
Ala
Las Deen
Plaza
Charles L. Schneider
C. B. Ayers
North Oak Park Avenue
Bertha Case
Wisconsin
Illinois
Torbert
Clinton Avenue
Amy Hodge
Catasauqua
Dwight Jackson
Geneva Lake
Edward Lovett
Arizona
Anna Gilbert
Fanning Stevens
South Euclid Avenue
Bramwell Stevens
Elmira
Josephine Torbert
Peake’s Island
A. H. Worswick
Our National Park in the Rockies A Vision of Yellowstone
Miss Anna F. Carter of Oak Park Illinois extols a national park in the Rockies as an unrivaled wonder. She describes electric peak, geysers, hot springs, and colorful terraces with poetic imagery, claiming the area surpasses Europe and other worlds in beauty and variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockies
National Park
Europe
Yellowstone
Niagara
Virginia
Colorado
Yellowstone Lake
Obsidian Cliffe
Anna F. Carter
East Avenue
Oak Park
Austin Business Men's Picnic at Laurelwood Park
The Austin Business Men's Association hosts its annual picnic on Thursday July 20 at Laurelwood Park with Cicero military band entertainment and field sports. Bicycle races include a one third mile dash one mile and five mile handicap with L A W sanction sought. entries due by Monday July 17 at Garner & Co. drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Business Men’s ’ Association
Laurelwood Park
Cicero Military Band
Austin
Garner & Co
Corner Park Avenue
Jake Street
The Glorious Fourth Celebration Amid Rain and Fireworks
Citizens marked the Fourth with picnics and outdoor plans postponed by drizzle yet remained ardent in patriotism. Evening brought clear skies and an impressive fireworks display after a rainy afternoon of noisy explosions and cannon shots.
Oak Park School Census Totals 8799 in District 1
The Oak Park school census shows district 1 population at 8 799 with 3 267 children under 21. There are 1 682 girls and 1 585 boys, a net loss of 59 from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park
Married couple joins in ceremony at Rev. Demorest home
James L. Sanderson of Cleveland Ohio and Helen L. Sanderson of Chicago Illinois wed at Rev. W L Demorest’s residence 5459 Iowa Street on July 3 1899 at 9 p m in a private ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ll. Sanderson
Cleveland, O
Helen L. Sanderson
Chicago
Ill
W. L. Demorest
Iowa
Boiling Mud Lake Emerges Near Grobogana Java
A vast lake of boiling mud lies near Grobogana Java with a circumference of about two miles. Steam bursts upward as immense mud volumes rise and fall, while bubbles on the western edge form and explode at roughly three per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grobogana
Java
Properly Treated
A quarrel erupts as Mrs. Peck accuses the minister who wed the couple of not being paid. Henry erupts with a harsh threat, shouting that the minister deserved to be hung.
Oak Park Teachers for the Coming Year
A list of Oak Park public school teachers elected to preside over the new year. Names span high school through primary grades, with principals noted for each school and several changes announced among departments and grade assignments. Special teachers Netty Adeline Howe and T. P. Giddings are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park Public
William H. Hatch
John Calvin Hanna
Harriet G. King
Fanny B. Bliss
Arthur B. Fairbanks
Frank W. Darling
Alrie V. Hedrick
L. Minna Ferrell
W. E. Life
Maud H. Millard
Louise Swift
Lillian C. Weaver
Alice Brown
Civicians
J. G. Harlor
Mathematcs
South School
Tatther A. Hatch
Carolyn Parsons
Ada Ewen
Inez A. Balch
Katherine Meyers
Charlotte O. Billington
May Allinson
Eloise Hilton
Lucile Dimmock
Wattie A. King
Gertrude A. Fails
Ada M. Strawler
Mary WL. Hood
Thghland Avenue
Edward R. Hendricks
Efffie M. Pike
Netty Adeline Howe
T. P. Giddings
Cicero Driving Club forms with July entertainment planned
Directors rename the Cicero Gentlemen's Driving Association to the Chicago Driving Club and announce a July 16 program featuring wagon and paced races. The track facility expands with stalls shelters and a planned clubhouse while stock increases from 6000 to 10000 dollars and per share from 50 to 100. Temporary stock will be issued in the old name and later exchanged for Chicago Driving Club stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero Gentlemen’s Driving Association
Chicago Driving Club
United States
Walnut Street
Washington Boulevard
Central Avenue
Oak Park Tennis Club Championship Tournament Postponed
The Oak Park Tennis Club announces its annual championship tournament set for July 8 to 15 at the club grounds near Kenilworth Avenue and Washington Boulevard. Prizes include a Prairie Club silver cup and various racquets and accessories. A lawn social will follow the prize presentation. For more details contact Edgar W Carne, 116 South Grove Avenue, Oak Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park
Edgar W Carne
South Grove Avenue
Wedding of Norma Coho and Edward Wayt in Lancaster
Miss Norma Coho daughter of Mr and Mrs M W B Coho of Chicago married Edward A Wayt of Austin at Lancaster on Wednesday. The couple will reside in New York where Wayt works for the International Bank Note Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Norma Coho
M. W. B. Coho
Park Avenue
Chicago
Edward A. Wayt
Austin
New York City
Wayt
International Bank Note Company
Oak Park Club to host postponement golf opening
Weather delayed the informal opening of the Oak Park Club on July 4. The club will likely schedule the planned tournaments for Saturday. New lockers and washrooms are now open and members begin the usual summer program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park
Hobo Cycling and Camera Club
Riverside
Violin Crafted From Century Old Cherry Back
A Missouri man built a unique violin from cherry wood back taken from a table over a hundred years old once owned by Howard Payne College. The back houses twenty one Holy Land wood fragments including a grapevine from the Garden of Gethsemane. Edging shows small diamond shaped wood pieces gathered worldwide, with a horseshoe and a carved cher ry rabbit. Over 150 wood pieces used. maker relied on a pocket knife and a half inch chisel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Missouri
Howard-Payne College
Holy Land
Garden
Gethsemane
Ladies of the G A R plan Austin gathering
A meeting to form a circle of Ladies of the G A R will be held at Odd Fellows Hall North Park Avenue on Friday July 7 at 2 oclock. Mothers wives sisters and widows of Civil War veterans are invited to attend. Mrs White chairwoman and Mrs Howell treasurer noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Odd Fellows’ Hall
North Park Avenue
Society of the Ladies of Kilpatrick Post
White
Howell
Second Congregational Church
C. L. Bicknell
Art Institute
D. W. Kimbell
North Taylor Avenue
C. K. McFadden and Son
Geneva
Ind
McFadden
Harbor Springs
Rare Moa Egg Found in Central Otago Mining District
A massive moa egg, seen floating after a earth fall in a dredging claim in Central Otago, is the second perfect specimen known. The only other perfect egg was found near Kaikoura in the early sixties, nine by seven inches, sold in England for 100 guineas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otago
Kaikoura
England
Costly Drought Drains New South Wales Resources
The drought has slashed NSW flocks from 66 million to 46 million, a loss of 20 million sheep, with net shrinkage near 50 million when natural increase is counted. Horses and cattle also fell by 300000 and 150000 respectively, totaling agricultural losses, while monetary losses from inadequate rainfall range from 60 to 100 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Remarkable Halibut Catches Off Alaskan Coast
Washington special reports on halibut abundance along the North Pacific coast. Small steamers haul cargoes quickly with huge hauls. an American steamer bound for Tacoma landed 133000 pounds off Alaska in three and a half days by eighteen men, worth 3900 dollars at three cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Minneapolis Journal
North Pacific
Alaskan
Tacoma
Door etiquette in ancient Greece and Rome
Greek and Roman doors opened outward requiring a person leaving to knock before opening to avoid collisions with passers-by. This rule reflects social norms and urban street behavior in classical cities.
Social notes from Cleveland and nearby towns
A roundup of residents visiting relatives and traveling for the summer. Miss Helen Willard visits Cleveland. Mr Bullen and Mrs Stevens spend Fourth with families. Miss Kemp heads to Denver. Miss Georgella Lay travels to Waterloo for Chautauqua. Several others return from trips or host gatherings at homes and institutes in Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Willard
Cleveland
Ohio
Bullen
Humphrey Avenue
Howard Ben
Jackson
Mich
Tom Condon
Michigan
Florence Kemp
Harvey Avenue
Denver
Mies Katherine Condon
Taylor Street
Wheaton
William Stevens
North Humphrey Avenue
Attrora
Ill
Robert Caughie
Wright
Lee Vastine
Vasine
South Humphrey Avenue
Georgella Lay
Waterloo
Iowa
Chautauqua ‘Assembly
Harold Kimball
Geneva
Ind
Birds desert plague scenes across cholera outbreaks
The piece notes multiple historic instances where birds flee areas hit by cholera. In 1884 at Malmo jackdaws and sparrows left, in 1846 Karachee birds of prey vanished, and at Port Louis martins disappeared while the epidemic lasted. Thucydides also observed scarcity around Athens in 430 B.C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malmo
Sweden
Karachee
India
Mauritius
Port Louis
Thucydides
Athens
Diamonds Spread Across Pretoria Diamond Field
The Pretoria diamond field area widens with frequent discoveries and promising yields. Early 20th century reports note mine outputs reaching as high as 6,000 carats in the first quarter, signaling strong activity in the wash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
Average illness burden rises nine days yearly
The report notes that humans experience illness on about nine days per year on average. This brief highlights the burden of common ailments and calls for attention to health resilience and preventive care.
Harlems on Harlem Avenue reports wheelmen fined for sidewalk riding
Slot machines vanished from Harlem avenue re sorts. Justice Lehman fined seven Chicago wheelmen for sidewalk riding with fines from 1 to 3 dollars. Fireworks caused by small boys led to a fire at C D Whites feed store on Randolph street Harlem last Sunday. One horse burned along with feed and hay. Loss 1650 with 1100 insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem Avenue
Justice Lehman
Chicago
C. D. White
Randolph Street
Harlem
Jewels set in the body raise rare vanity in Bombay and beyond
A Bombay gentleman wears an emerald stitched to his chest with gold wire and has kept it there for ten years as a lucky gem. A barrister can’t remove a thick gold ring due to a bone rivet. A wealthy invalid fills a decayed instep crevice with gold shaped as a star with a large diamond. A waist belt of gold with a two inch width and eleven stitches to secure it is worn, with chains draping to the knees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Howells Challenge to Century Dictionary on Lunch Terms
A dispute over lunch versus luncheon between Mr William Dean Howells and his wife ends with a Century dictionary citation. Howells cites a sentence about lunched dishes, then reveals it is from his own writing, prompting a witty rebuke that he is no authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dean Howells
Islam seen as rising threat to Christianity in global reach
A commentator notes Islam as a formidable enemy to Christianity. Prof. Vasilief argues Islam spreads rapidly in China while Rev. Mr. Dean of the United Presbyterian church in Calabar reports Moslem missionaries achieving success along the Upper Guinea coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vasilief
China
Dean
United Presbyterian Church of
Calabar
Upper Guinea
Africa
One cock is gure to crow if he hears another
A fragmented old note states a rural superstition about cocks crowing when they hear another nearby. It mentions a single provocation and the general belief among villagers without clear names or dates.
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. I. Traell
Harry Cooling
Train & Cooling, Prescription Druggists
Central Ave
South Boulevard
Northwestern Station
Key West
News OF the Town
C. F. Bonney and Son
San Francisco
Cal
Fred Castle
South Park Avenue
Anna Shepard
May Kent
Sandwich
Lillian McCarthy
Mae Tilton
Lake View
Dawse
Fred Hart
Longlake
Antioch
Frank O. Ballard
Alice
Indianapolis
Louise Potwin
Marguerite Ray
South
Waller Avenue
S. S. Gould
Merrick
Frank AL. Race
Race
A. C. Morris
South Pine Avenue
J. Haddon Smith
Springfield
First Methodist Episcopal Church
W.A. Austin
Euclid Avenue
Omaha
Neb
Frank Baily
Haverford
Wisconsin Avenue
First Congregational Church
Kirkland Mission
Mary E. Coffrey
Henry Doren
Toledo
Fickland Avenue
Conway
Lake Delavan
River Forest Golf Grounds
Mary Waller
Richard Brampton
Leonard
Carter
Miss Jennings
Our National Park
Austin Business Men’s Picnic
Cheers
WM. Beye
Minnie Whitham
Alice P. Watson
Eudora Savage
Lucy Scott
Lillie Parker
Grace Minnis
Alma Lindeblad
Marian Mitchell
Charlotte Earle
NORTH
Emma W. Billington
Jennie L. Wright
Margaret Blanche Pumphrey
Anna Morse
Minnie Brown
Central School
Walter B. Ferguson
Mary Z. Dallas
Elizabeth Adair
Hetta Norris
Edith Kingman
Poyer
Lorena Sidey
Blanche A. Starks
Florence L. Fairbanks
Blanche M. Oakes
Ida J. Wilbur
Margaret V. Henderson
Bertha Andrews
Driving Club
Cicero Gentlemen's Driving Association
Coeding Dry Goods Company
Bacauteet
Geese
Wedding OF Austin Parties
Hot Golf Club
THE
River Forest
Nellie Martin
Beloit
Nesswanger
Kansas City
Andrew Jaicks
Prof
Watson
Hamilton
Maj
G. E. Pickett
J. 10
Pickett
Andrew Jaiks
Minnetonka Lake
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