Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Oak Park Vindicator in Oak Park, Illinois

We have 16,533,476 pages in Illinois

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Oak Park Vindicator

Location

Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1897

Page

5

Berwyn News Briefs From South Cicero And Nearby

The Pye Brothers shut shop at Forty-eighth and Twenty-fifth streets in South Cicero while Hawthorne quiets under Judge Kapela. Railroad workers Emil Price and Barney Dunne head to Kansas. Pete Nanert leaves Beaumont for Christie & Lowe. Missing switchman Win. Hide last seen July 3. M T Goodman becomes Proviso Centerment paving president. Berwyn items note C K Piper’s Diamond Rule cigar and Roath’s stolen bicycle recovered.

Pye Brothers Forty-eighth Twenty-fifth Hawthorne Kapela Wm. Halleck Stoffel Cox Chicago St. Dionysius Church Creighton's Park Emil Price Barney Dunne Kansas M. Mertens Creighton Ogden Avenue Forty Hawthorne Indians Dake Bakery Dukes Lizzie Colon Hide B. & Q. Road Tawthorne Twenty-first Street M.T. Goodman Austin Goodman

Miss Kirby Returns from Washington and Other Clyde Notes

Local notes report Miss Kirby back from Washington D C and Oliver Dumas home from the lakes for a few weeks. Union Club netted 75 to 80 dollars in their fourth celebration. JC Inman and family move to Clyde while Will Muir and Will Wood are mentioned in racing plans and travels. Rebekah lodge officers were installed by Deputy Mary Ellis as warm attendance marked the meeting.

Kirby Washington, D.C Oliver Dumas Lakes Mabel Moore Madison, Wis Pearl Bartlett Oswego Frank Lawler John Dumas Union Club Serena Grove Manitowoc Wis A. W. Seeorert Avery Clyde Will Wood Los Angeles Cal JC. Inman Chicago Mr. Inman The BL & Q Hancock Avenue A. W. Seegert City West Dadies J. 5. Frost Edna Brooklyn N.Y AL Bo Whitney Frost Dna Mary Eilis United Rebekah Lodge O. F Noble Tda Clark J. W. Barnhurst Ry E. Muir Sarah Smeltzer A.wt. Palmer Lodge

Local Staffing Shifts and Social Notes

Miss Thunberg becomes assistant book keeper at Carlson and Olson. Bird Ellis owns a fine mustang and speaks proudly of the anis mal FLOW. Sadler on Elliott avenue installs an iron man sewer. J Langdon and family move to a new residence on Thirty fourth street. Verne Tracy takes a position as assistant bookkeeper with Zimmermann and Roath in Austin. Henry Brennan joins M Born and Co of Chicago Success. Henry Obermaier, the tensorial artist, has been ill but is back at work. A young Winsor avenue merchant plans nuptials with a Chicago belle. wedding cards will go out in a few weeks.

Berwyn W. FF. Cooney Toledo Roath Winsor Avenue U. S Sadler Elliott Avenue Langdon J. A .Miller Fifth Avenue Mr. Miller Village Board St. Charles Road Miller Bert Miller C. A. Miller Sixth Avenue Burke Elmhurst Lawrence Kalan Belmont Avenue Lakeshore Drive City Alexian Brothers’ Hospital Malan Kalan North Paulina Street Norton Grothers Henry Gray Twining Zacariah Smith

Local Notices and Community Updates From Linden Park

Linden Park items report Mrs. Mills visiting son John S. Mills family at 504 N Willow Ave and Mrs. Cunningham planning a Pennsylvania visit before returning. Schultz expands Diamond Rie cigar work due to rising orders. Lana Linthicum at Springfield encampment with brothers, then to Baltimore for two weeks. Call for grocery orders at No 80 North 52nd Ave. Clarke and Mrs. Giesinger enjoy Milwaukee trip by bike and steamer. T. J. Firstreys furnishes residence with gas and electric chandeliers from Chicago makers. H Crook introduces new price schedule at New Enterprise Com ic Grocery and Market. Louis Mike Thompson departs for New York for two weeks. W C Krusemeier witnesses police assault at Columbus Park and plans to pursue complaint.

John S. Mills N. Willow Avenue Mills Cunningham North Wifty-second Avenue Pennsylvania Flow Schultz North Robinson Chicago Bredsvold & Danielsen Washington Street Louis Mike Thompson N. Robinson Avenue Ritter Bros Jett New York City New York Kyle W. C. Krusemeier Columbu Park She Levi Levi

Beaten Club Goes Quietly to Police After Loss

The Holineis Cycling Club baseball team lost 3 to 1 to Oak Parks at Oak Park grounds. On the way home down Washington Boulevard they were intercepted by Officer James Andrews and escorted to police headquarters. Captain Hansberry warned them to stay off the boulevard.

Holineis Oak Parks Washington Boulevard Austin Park Avenue James Andrews Cicera Andrews Oak Park Hansberry

Suburban Electric Secures Injunction Over Local Rail Clash

Judge Gibbons issued an injunction at the request of Suburban Electric Railway Co restraining Chicago Hammond and Western Railroad Co from interfering with Suburban Electric tracks on Hill Grove Avenue La Grange. The case cites violence while efforts to cross Hill Grove near Hazel Avenue at a lower grade could render Suburban Electric tracks useless.

Suburban Electric Judge Gibbons Suburban Electric Railway Company Chicago, Hammond and Western Railroad Company Hill Grove Avenue la Grange Hazel Avenue

Melrose Park notices sweeten with can rush ban

Melrose Park tidbits report can rushing ordinance praise and enforcement. Local official acts include street improvements, sidewalk cementing and macadamizing Nineteenth avenue south of Randolph. Residents celebrate new residents, baby birthdays, and civic events while a sheriff case changes venue and a mysterious death prompts investigation.

Maywood Social Notes Mention Weddings Fires and Travels

Maywood society items record two young men planning a wheel trip to Dakota the Lehner child ill with diphtheria under Dr Schriber care John Hodgson family off to Lake Delavan Sofie Greenwood moves to Ninth Avenue runs a boarding house Miss Virginia Moore visiting Antioch and Lake Marie Ernest Norton wedding at Milwaukee July 1 a street fire near the library quick extinguished Buck family window smashed meat market glass broken town youths cause mischief and smoke from cigarette atop roof noted.

Dakota Lehner Fourth Avenue Schriber John Hodgson South Marth Avenue Lake Delavan Sofie Greenwood Chicago George Greenwood St. Charles Road Ninth Avenue Virginia Moore Sixth Avenue Antioch Lake Marie Moore Maywood Ernest Norton Milwaukee H. HE. Nichols H. M. Buck Fifth Avenue

Missing Morton Park watchman William Hede feared foul play

William Hede night watchman for the Chicago Burling ton and Quincy railroad has been missing since July 3. He carried his month's salary of 100 dollars and was last seen talking with a stranger near Twenty first street in Chicago. He was soon to be married. Authorities fear foul play.

Mr. Stave Third Avenue Oakley Avenue Stave Proviso Land Association Randolph Street Misses Butt C. Everts Kaapke Nineteenth Avenue Northwestern Depot Northwestern Road Oak Park Knapke Alfred Wishart First Baptist Church Chicago University Preparatory St. Charles Road Madison Street Morton Park William Hede Chicago, Burlington and Quincey Hede Ife Twenty-first Street Chicago

Gale Plans Affordable Homes On East And Scoville

Thomas H. Gale advertises building houses for rent or sale with easy terms and tenant friendly plans on East and Scoville avenues in the first block south of the railroad. He offers long term leases from Room 702 at 84 La Salle Street, Chicago.

East Scoville Avenues N. W

Cautionary tale of Clyde Lady Cyclists

The piece warns Clyde women cyclists about dangerous balance mishaps on Mr Yerkes' car tracks. It reports two riders toppled, one with a swelling and the other unhurt but fallen, cautioning ladies to slow and avoid the tracks to prevent turnover acts.

Clyde

Proposals Wanted for Cicero Pipe Sewer on Oak Park Ave

Sealed proposals in duplicate addressed to the Town Clerk and the President of the Town are invited for constructing a pipe sewer on Oak Park avenue from Chicago avenue to Iowa street in Cicero. Payment from Special Assessment No 589. Bids due July 26 1897 at 7 30 pm with 10 percent certified check. Board may reject any or all bids.

Oak Park Avenue Chicago Avenue Iowa Street Cicero Board of Trustees

Sewer project bid notice Cicero town 1897

Sewer in the alley between Risley avenue and Twenty-sixth street from West Fiftieth street to West Fifty second street in Cicero town under ordinance profile and specifications on file in Engineers Office. Special Assessment No. 585 bids due 7 30 p m July 26 1897 with 10 percent certified check to Town Clerk accompanying each proposal.

Risley Avenue Twenty-sixth Street West Fiftieth Street West Fifty Second Street Cicero Board of Trustees

Proposals for Fuel To Be Opened By Austin School Board

The Board of Education District No 2 Austin Illinois invites sealed proposals for fuel to serve various school buildings. Proposals are sought for the upcoming school term and must be submitted by the stated date.

Board of Education T. 39 N. R. 13 Austin Ill

Also Mentioned on This Page

Robisho Jeff St. Anne Lyman Avenue Stranahan Mr. Stranahan Will Muir Miss Thunberg Carlson & Olson Bird Ellis Linden Park North Fifty-second Ave Baker Bros Clarke H. Crook Comic Grocery and Market Fee Vitek Ilinois Melrose Park I. Dunnebeelke William Thomas Clara Davison Judge Davison Violet Pleasure Club Altenheim Charlie Bigelow Farmer Burns Springfield National Guard Russell Essery Macatawa Park Michigan Edward Casey G. A. Pease G. JH. Hammond PD. G. Butterfield de Witt Lighteenth Avenue Louisa Clements Detroit Mich M. I. Selle Dubuque, Ja John Shoenemann Jacob Kestring Jos. Schwalbe West Superiour M. Bourgeois Julia Nellie Bourgeois Caspar Edmund Rudolph Arthur Bourgeois Mr. Wall West Chicago Buck Cautiin Tilady J. R. Drent F. W. Meadows St.ext Rtentuy Rip Lake Michignan Rush Street Bridge Waivansa KEITA Gon Nas Avent Rialto Bldg ST. Joe Benton Harbor MinouTs Graham & Morton Transportation CO City OF Chicago City OF Milwaukee Louisville St. Joseph Wabash Avenue Michigan Fruit Belt River St Wabash Ave J. H. Graham Pres Prospectus Daily Proviso Cicero Publishing Company Per William Halley Clinton Street
Search Courier

Search the Oak Park Vindicator Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Oak Park Vindicator?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication