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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1898
Page
2
The Vindicator urges prepaid subscriptions under current management noting arrears. discussions cover Yerkes street control, firehouse near a school, and a board review. Austin Trustees supported public discussion of the Yerkes proposition as a low fare option. Judge La Men a advised adjourning until after September 15 when the forfeiture bond is due, while President Emerson warned against delaying salary decisions.
Mr Yerkes’s bluffing on Lake street and the rail dispute reflect the trustees’ long struggle with value and timing. The community agrees that Mr Trail’s bargain may prove wiser if the ordinance proceeds to allow the elevated. Waiting is seen as prudent at this stage.
A letter from a member of the Seventh Regiment Band volunteers at Camp Alger Falls Church V A requests a fire show and reader interest in notes of camp life. The writer, David McViny, asks for a reply and provides a Chicago address for contact.
The Austin business men's picnic is set for next Thursday July 24 at Crystal Lake. Sixteen events open with bicycle races and run all day. Merchants sponsor prizes and expect a large crowd. admission is 30 cents. This is the third annual picnic following two successful prior events.
The Ladies Society of Kilpatrick Post raffles two quilts at Mrs. A De White’s home 542 North Park avenue Austin on Tuesday afternoon July 19. Proceeds benefit soldiers of Co. EL First Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Result to be announced in next week’s Vindicator.
The Burtch grocery on West North Park Avenue in Austin closed after a prolonged effort to survive. At a sale held Monday and Wednesday, Chas Bender the purchaser removed the store and fixtures.
At their home in Austin on Monday evening July 11 Mr James Johansen and Miss N Hansen married by Rev H S Hoyt. About sixty intimate friends attended this pleasant ceremony. Miss Nellie Barnes of Joliet played the wedding match. The couple left for a brief honeymoon in Wisconsin.
A son, Lawrence Wayne, was born to Mr and Mrs J F Rheinhart nee Smith at 1704 North Avenue on June 25.
Advert says Cushman's Menthol Inhaler eases headaches and lasts all year. Available at all druggists as an everyday comfort. Promotes sending for a Cushman Drug Co catalog from Vincennes Indiana United States.
Coedal opens new display in window. Cea de Platschure disposed of Burteh stock. Blair's store shows new window display. Austin Pharmacy conducts repairs. Bloomberg Johnson open new grocery market at 590 Chicago Avenue.
Phaire, owner of all plants in the Ranch greenhouses, offers the entire stock at very low prices. Palms ferns rubber plants aspidistras fuchias begonias and many other plants are included, with evening hours available at Linden Avenue site.
The Austin Coal Co located at 6620 South Boulevard announces first class coal at significantly reduced rates. The firm emphasizes its buying facility allows lower prices than dealers with a small margin, urging customers to visit promptly. Manager AL PRISBBLE signs the notice.
Irred F. Cross has opened a cigar factory in the room adjoining his barber shop in the Decker building on N. Park Avenue, Austin. The venture offers quality cigars at a very reasonable price, undercutting usual dealer profits.
A narrator notes a blind beggar shifted his position about half a block to better see war bulletins. He had stood at one spot for seven years, but moved when he could no longer read the updates from his former location.
Mails arrive from the east and west with set times for 4:30 p.m 7:35 a.m 5:15 p.m 11 a.m 1:40 p.m 10 a.m 6:35 p.m and mails close times from east 7:30 a.m 1:25 p.m 9:30 a.m 5:00 p.m and west 4:15 p.m 10:20 a.m 5:45 p.m. An advertisement notes loans at Logan Building and Citrus products from Traill & Cooling.
News of the Town advertises Pure Persian insect powder at Miller's drug store. It highlights strong man appearance, prescription filling day or night, refines gum camphor for packing, and special bulk pricing. Chas. P. Miller, druggist.
The prince of Wales enjoys cycling while Sir Thomas Lipton plans numerous London restaurants to offer dinners around eight cents each. Prince Adalbert of Prussia will study on shore after naval training. A Belgian queen was dumped into a lake but unharmed. Prince Safeddin shot his brother-in-law Prince Fuad. the Danish royals plan a summer at Bernstorff with Charlottenlund nearby. Charles ends service on a gunboat.
One of the most attractive pleasure resorts near Chicago is at Gaden's Garden in Harlem. Mr. Gaden has worked to make it the leading attraction with concerts every evening until October 1. Families can feel safe visiting this orderly resort with twenty pieces of perfect harmony.
The partnership of Howard Kehler and O M Donaldson known as the Kehler Donaldson Press is dissolved due to Mr Kehler’s illness. Donaldson will continue the printing business. Signed Howard Kehler and O M Donaldson.
A set of humorous anecdotes from a period newspaper includes Louis XII complaining of being deceived by Ferdinand of Spain, a Cleveland preacher lamenting church indifference, a Washington woman in England with a tiny flag, and Hopkinson Smith as a lighthouse builder who reveals his sales against surgeons.
A Philadelphia Record quip notes a woman praising her new gown despite others finding fault. The exchange shows private satisfaction amid public scrutiny.
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cure for colds. It claims all druggists will refund the money if the remedy fails to cure.
Practical tips for cyclists include checking old rubber patches and tubes before use, tightening loose nuts with brown paper washers, sewing elastic to hats for windy days, and tucking the elastic away to avoid hazard. Foot blisters can be relieved by rubbing methylted spirits with pure tallow on the soles. Sunburn is treated with a one to one mix of olive oil and glycerin applied at bedtime.
A quirky roundup of global trivia notes including camets in Australia, German schoolboys study habits, comets in the solar system, facial proportions, sanctity of the dove, coffee medals in the British Museum, ostrich taming in Africa, New Zealand meat freezing plants, monarch titles, termite nest scales, Paris barber hygiene, Madrid’s faded palaces, and a beggar in Auxerre found with stock securities and rare wines.
The Cicero board of trustees resolved to set aside the evening of July 19 for all matters concerning town water rates and directed the clerk to notify interested parties to attend. The resolution was adopted at a July 12 meeting, 189s, by Town Clerk J.R. Drent.
A perforated plate with sharp points secures carpets when screwed to floors while a seam-ripping tool combines a wire handle and blade to cut stitches as it is dragged. Porcelain monuments use hollow stone filled with concrete after inserting a tablet. A new stovepipe fastener locks sections by matching a V tongue and slit. Lidded kettles vent steam through a curved spout and fattened rim. An improved collar button uses a two part expansible shank and a necktie retaining plate to keep the tie in place.
A compact guide urging clear aims and bold prudence. It emphasizes leveraging others’ know how, treating failures as stepping stones, and maintaining disciplined effort to master business detail and drive progress.
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