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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1898
Page
2
The Vindicator urges summer subscribers to update addresses and prepaid dues. The publisher notes management has run the paper over half a year and asks readers in arrears to send payment. The item mentions a 1,200 person Austin picnic and local debates on a Corrigan race track. It also cites the Cicero gas works funding and a potential injunction over an engine house site.
The passage surveys prominent names and themes from late 19th or early 20th century society. It notes President Faure's private study routine, Beaconsfield’s dinner speech habit, Princess Chimay’s touring, Rev Denis O Callaghan delivering Boston’s Fourth of July oration, and lineage among clergy. It also covers church politics, London officials, Prince Massimo of Rome, and Zola's unpopularity among military factions in France, with Zola cycling near Medan and facing hostile crowds.
Tickets on August 1 and 2 for a round trip to Saratoga New York with return by August 31 through the Nickel Plate Road for Young People’s Christian Union of United Presbyterian church. Address J Y Calahan Chicago for full particulars. Barcelona theater activity reported despite war with 500000 inhabitants and eleven theaters.
Austin page continues with mail arrival and departure times for east and west routes. Classified items promote money to Titan Building loans, Traill and Cooling ads for beverages and medicinal violet soap. A lost pocketbook reward is listed for H B Husted, and a cigar promotion for the U S Maine by I W Schultz.
Moth balls ten cents a pound and pure Persian insect powder advertised at Miller’s drug store. A strong man appearance is teased with a question. Prescriptions filled day or night at Miller’s. Extra refined gum camphor offered for spring packing with quantity discounts. Charles P. Miller, druggist.
Advertisements at one cent per word for first insertion with special monthly rates. Notices of help wanted or wanted items in these columns. The Vindicator for sale at Don Rosado's News Depot 5624 Ohio St Austin A H Loomis News Depot 149 Park Ave Austin Oak and Tompkins 105 Oak Park Ave newsdealers and stationers Mrs Scales 142 Lake St news dealer and confectioner.
Report notes an imperial Russian understudy seen at carriage windows, the Prince of Wales eyeing a Cannes villa, and a modest memorial plan for Robert Louis Stevenson in Edinburgh. It recalls the funeral of the Duc de Bassano with Empress Eugenie represented, and a birth certificate bearing Bonaparte signatures.
The Austin Fair at 218 N Park Avenue offers ready servants and help on short notice. Call for terms at 50 cents. C M Burdick, proprietor.
Mrs. Thos. Quinn seeks a few boarders at reasonable rates in Austin offering all home comforts.
A compact patriotic call promotes the U S Maine 5 cent cigar, urging readers to choose the affordable brand praised for quality and national pride. The message frames the cigar as superior value and a patriotic choice.
Vanity Fair notes Russian women enforcing bans on street riding in St Petersburg in bifurcated dress while applauding a rise in female railway guards. It reports on a proposed international match between Gregoire de Wallant and Helen N. Tisdel awaiting Count Cassini's arrival and reflects on Russia's progress toward modern roles for women in public life.
In Austin the cigar trade remains robust as FLW Schultz promotes cigars made from tobacco he buys. He states his U.S. Maine and Diamond Rule blends cannot be equaled in the country and urges dealers to try his product.
In closing down of the Ranch greenhouses owner Baldwin offers entire stock for sale at very low prices. Palms ferns rubber plants aspidistras fuchias begonias and many more plants available. Open evenings at The Ranch Linden Avenue and Superior Street.
Fare to Saratoga N Y and return on August 1 and 2 for Young People's Christian Union of United Presbyterian church. Return limit August 31 with tickets deposited at Saratoga joint agent. Cheap rates to other eastern points. Inquiries at 111 Adams Street Chicago. Buren Street station, Chicago.
A collage of comic quips and light jokes from multiple papers. Dialectal asides, puns, and cartoon captions touch on social manners, fashion, and travel humor. The collection pairs wit with everyday situations, including misread signs and attire for bicycles.
Listing of patriotic goods in red white and blue including scarves brooches writing paper draperies flags and naval warfare games. Items span clothing accessories laundry bags and decorative trims with national color motifs for summer and party use.
Soothe and cure that aching head with Cushman's Menthol Inhaler from Cushman Drug Co Vincennes Indiana. An everyday companion and comfort. Airdruggists advertise the inhaler and offer a valuable book by mail.
The Austin Coal Co located at 9520 South Boulevard announces it can furnish first class coal at significantly reduced prices due to its buying facility. Manager A. P. Prebule urges customers to visit immediately to save money.
Fred Cross opens a small cigar factory in the room adjoining his barber shop at the Decker building N Park avenue Austin. The venture offers affordable cigars and bypasses usual dealers profit with stock noted as high quality for the price.
The Village of River Forest invites sealed proposals for grading curb and cedar block paving of Franklin avenue from Madison to C N W right of way. Bids open August 1 1898 at 9 p m bonds pay 6 percent interest from special assessment plans at 84 La Salle Chicago. Ten percent certified check required. bids may be rejected. contract let as a whole.
Advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cure for colds. It claims druggists will refund the money if the product fails to cure.
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