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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1901
Page
7
A writer notes the limited human ability to distinguish many odors and the immature state of the sense of smell. He cites artificial perfume production and suggests smell could mature like color perception with broader cultivation and recognition of odor sources.
A local druggist at Masonic Hall requests continued patronage from the public for Pure Drugs and related items, inviting those in need to call with the telephone number 1043.
Grant of Garden City Fire Works Co presented Alderman Thos M Hunter with the finest fireworks display seen on Lake Delavan. Nearly 1 000 people attended the Fourth evening event. E B Moore & Co showcased an artistically arranged store room and newly completed shop. David Taylor left E B Osgood after nine years, two months and two days to join Oak Park.
Special reduced rates Chicago to New York and return on Nickel Plate routes with three through daily trains. Vestibuled sleeping cars and dining car service on the American club meals plan, prices from 56 to 100 cents. Chicago depot at Van Buren street and Pacific avenue on the elevated loop. John Y. Calahan, general agent, 111 Adams street, Chicago, offers full information and illustrated folder No. 17-fly.
Readable fragments show a street address sequence 49 North Forty-Eighth Avenue and a related residence at 65 N 80th Court with no additional details. The note appears as a mixed entry of property locations and dwelling identifiers without context or dates.
Reading lists Sunday holy communion at 7:90 a m and morning prayer at 10 30 a m with Sunday school at noon and evening prayer at 6 00 p m The article covers multiple church activities including the St Pauls parish events the Sec ond Baptist preaching schedule and other nearby church notes detailing offertory proceeds for a Pinafore benefit and various youth programs and district services.
An evening union service at the First Congregational Church on Sunday the 14th will support the Kirkland Mission. Judge Richard B. Tuthill will speak with Rev. T E Somerville and Rev. C M Morton as advisory speakers. Music by the church choir. Oak Park residents including E S Conway and Geo D Webb back the mission.
Mary Marsh Cleverdon, daughter of J S Cleverdon, wed Harry Eastman Westdale of Oak Park in a July ceremony at the Cleverdon home in Austin. Twenty guests attended with out of town relatives present. the couple plan to settle in Austin after a brief honeymoon amid well wishes and gifts.
J A Kelly recounts a summer bout with dysentery and lawfully used Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with satisfactory results. The Henderson North Carolina citizen notes faster control than prior attacks. Available at Avenue Pharmacy Oak Park Schnitzus’ Pharmacy Austin and G H Harris 79 N 48th Ave.
A string of Oak Park thefts for carpenters tools and clothing is being investigated. Police soon nabbed the clothing thief, who calls himself Pere de Costello, and the chief tool thief is also captured and to face justice in the Hotel de Bastile styled confinement. The record shows that most thieves are caught quickly.
A writer tells of a summer complaint curing a well developed case in their family using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The article endorses keeping a bottle at home and lists Oak Park Schnitzus' Austin G H Harris as sellers.
Frank Bratt a fish dealer at 908 North Park Avenue arranges regular expressing to Chicago with daily trips. Orders called in to telephone 1514.
A small classified item lists Choice Timothy and Prairie Hay available at Roath and Robinson’s, with contact address 449 North Blvd and telephone 195 Oak Park for orders.
Mrs Jones Flesh Grower promises to increase flesh on any body part and enhance bust size with bottles at 2.00 each or three for 600. Facial cream claims to remove blemishes and whiten skin. Ad highlights wrinkles from lack of blood supply and offers free advice with contact at 610 611 Inter Ocean Building Chicago NJ and Central 3633.
In May next Alfonso XIII will reach majority at sixteen and become king in fact as well as in title. The regency ends, and he gains full powers. He will step from child status to attend cabinet meetings and travel widely while his education for office advances.
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