Melrose Park Village Officers and Two Public Notices
The document lists Melrose Park Village officers including President G. F. Gehrke, Treasurer William Leesebers, Police Magistrate Peter Bohlander, Marshal Adam Davisson, and Health Commissioner William Iken, with trustees and committee rosters. It also records multiple property transfers and lot-plats in Melrose Park, Maywood, and nearby towns with dates and parcel details, noting connected deeds and charted alleys and blocks.
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Tigaeee
G. F. Gehrke
H. L. Wiliams
John Debus
Public Officials Directory and Trustees Listings
Directory lists President Jacob Bohlander cor Wirth and St Charles aves. Clerk Charles Westcott 89 South Sixth Ave. Trustees Henry FE Akin Charles H Alder William S Hamilton James Johnston Arthur Jones James M Stimpson Village Treasurer Michael J Welch Village Attorney Burleigh AL Dunlap Regular board meetings second and fourth Thursdays at 7 p m Office nights Saturday 7 p m Committees cover Streets and Sewers Water and Fore Parks and Public Works Finance Judiciary Pict and Park with members Akin Johnston Jones
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Storey
Williams
Debus
Benson
Demus
Pine
Richter
Vine
Jacob Bohlander
Wirth
St. Charles Aves
Charles Westcott
South Sixth Ave
Henry FE. Akin
Jones
Aldi
Alder
Johnston
Hamilton
Shiamilton
Akin
Stimpson
Pict
Park
Harlem Villages Board for TRD7 Formed
Harlem villages name the board with President George Schrace and trustees Simil Blossey Charles Hillmer Charles Meselre Wertman Schulz Henry Schumacher Henry Stronck and others. Key municipal roles listed include Village Clerk Henry C Meier Attorney P J Griffen Treasurer Frank Troost Chief Engineer Henry Hilgenberg Engineer John Nurenberg Lineman Gust Quandt Jailer Louis Goldenbogen and Commissioner John Mirow. The board meets every second and fourth Saturday at 8 o'clock a m.
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George Schrace
Rio South Desplaines Ave
Simil Blossey
Thomas St.i
Chas. Hillmer
N. Circle
Chas. Meselre
N. Desplaines Av
Wertman Schulz
Marengo St
Henry DD. Schumacher
Wie
Henry Stronck
N. Blvevnst
Henry C. Meier
Real estate transfers compiled from Chicago area records
A long list of property transfers and deeds filed in Chicago area towns including Berwyn Oak Park and Austin Park. Names such as A Sehnieder M Sehnieder H Schnieder and W T Marshall appear with lots on towns near Harvey, Madison, and Scoville avenues. Dates range May to July with values listed for several parcels and sub Lots in Grant Lococks and Austinville sections.
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Porter Et al
I. Shaw
Austin
Johnston Jr
Ridgeland Ave
Chicago Ave
TA Larson
Clancy Bein Legh
Robinson Ave
P Nielson
John Hom
W 47Th St
North Front
Mastin Chy
GW Browne
Ee Morton
Stautter
Rankman
A Hansen
Morton
MacCollum Av
Pine
M. J. Sehnieder
H. J. Schnieder
A. Sehnieder
Hogenson
Lyman
Gi Pitt
T’s
Jon Congress
Kimball
H Van der _ Ploeg
Axan
Alarrison St
W Dhunter
F Ferris
Teebhesa Pyaar
Towa
Larsen
Ccc
Ceee
Lowa
Olesen
CR Smith
H. A. Butcher
CGC
Lowe
Austin Park
M. Lb
Humphrey
Clarkson St
Front
C. M. Bass
Seetilare
Sleenaaet
Hooker
Division
W. Front
A. J. Tengwald
Dersan Et Abi
Olson & Co S
Harvey
Jackson
Eor
Paulina
Sts. Dunes
Hagens
Burmeister
Soleil Bende
Berwyn
Stanley
Irving
A. C. Anderson
W. H. Tuttle
Thos. H. Gale
St la Salle Street
Chicago
Clifford & W
Asth
Nelson Ave
Bok
Olson
PP Balnes
Township
Naai
Scoville Ave
Pleasant St
J M Noeckin
Tilatt’s
KP Malone
Oxborn
Grant Lococks
Jeffry Ave
Rudolph & Cms
Upadey
Dasher
Emilies Aten
Weogs Baume
Austin Ave
Augusta
Dickey
Ali
Austinville
Ala
Superior
Royal phrases and political theater in European history
A compact review of royal phrase making from Louis XIV to Humbert I, showing how prompters and rulers used lines to shape public perception. It recounts Louis XIV scenes with a prompter, Talleyrand’s Paris quip, and Humbert I’s Naples–Genoa contrast during the cholera outbreak.
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Louis XIV
Paris
Louis
Talleyrand
Louis XVIII
Hill Climbing Techniques For Cyclists
Practical tips from a Bicycle Rider on conquering hills. Maintain steady pedal tread, claw past the dead center, sit forward then adjust position. Short steeps may be spurted with a strong pull on the handles. Long hills favored by walking to conserve strength. A closed mouth during ascent signals controlled effort. gasping indicates overexertion and walking may be wiser.
English Jimmy the match game swindler exposed
The article profiles “English Jimmy,” a London-born boy in the Bowery who roams theaters between acts offering a match that lights a cigarette then reveals himself as a con artist. He recruits assistants, skimps their earnings, and profits by orchestrating the scam across multiple boys.
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Jimmy
London
New York Herald
England
Ideal antiseptic Hermitine gains medical notice in Paris hospitals
Dr Proger chief surgeon at Asmeres asylum told the Academie de Medecine that electrolyzed saline water is non caustic non irritating and can be used on mucous membranes and skin. It removes odors stops putrefaction kills microbes quickly cleanses fetid wounds and hastens healing. He notes domestic deodorizing and cleansing uses as well as antiseptic and healing applications. He reports successful use in angina coryza and incipient diphtheria.
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Paris
Proger
Deaf and Dumb Children’s Asylum
Asmeres
Academie de Medicine
Italy Builds Growing Paper Industry Export Boom Recounts Mills
The article notes Italy expanding paper and related products industry with exports of 2.5 million dollars yearly, up 50 percent in white and packing paper and 25 percent in cardboard over five years. Piedmont Liguria Lombardy and Venetia lead with about 450 mills, 20 000 horsepower and 20 000 workers, over fifty pulp mills.
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Italy
Piedmont
Liguria
Lombardy
Venetia
A $100000 Ber lin Budapest Telephone Line
The new Ber lin Budapest telephone line began April 1 and will be completed by September. Work started at thirteen points over about 620 miles, with 273 miles in German territory 50 in Austrian Silesia and 297 miles in Hungary. Total cost not to exceed $100000.
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Berlin
Budapest
Austrian
Silesia
Hungary
The Pull
A brief Detroit Journal quip about choosing a summer resort to stretch legs, with a witty exchange about how far the legs will stretch.
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Detroit Journal
Honest John Name Echoes in Journal After Office
The Chicago Journal notes a post retirement chapter where a man earned the nickname Honest John through years of steady service and continued work after leaving public office.
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John
Chicago Journal
Drop of Lincoln's Blood Preserved on Playbill
Campfire sketches praise a preserved drop of Lincoln's blood on a playbill held by manager John Ford. It notes the young Civil War soldier who died at 48 and enlisted at age twelve, honoring the nation’s youngest fighter.
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Lincoln
John ©. Ford
L. Thompson
Tiny Lincoln Blood Relic From Ford’s Theatre Playbill
Col James S Chase owns a yellowed play bill from Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre with a brown bloodstain believed to be from President Lincoln. The item was preserved by John T Ford and later by A K Browne and Col Case, who treat it as a family heirloom.
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Lincoln
Ford
Washington
Col
James S. Chase
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
John T. Ford
Assassin Booth
Holliday Street
Baltimore
Academy of Music
A. K. Browne
Browne
Boston Corbett
Laura Kene
John Dyott
Harry Hawk
Miss Keene
Colonel Case
Mr. Ford
D. W. Bliss
Th. Harris ‘Hodges
Bliss
Garfield
Guiteau
Case
Cearly
Edwin Booth
New York
Actors’ Fund
Booth Bevamhe
Booth
Civil War tale from Richmond Kentucky field
William Wilkerson recalls scenes after the 1862 Richmond battle in Kentucky. He identifies and returns a fallen soldier to Cassius M. Clay’s home. While riding the field, he hears groans and finds two wounded soldiers, a Federal and a Confederate, with mangled legs from a cannon ball.
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Lexington
William Wilkerson
Richmond
Kentucky
Cassius M. Clay
Final Confederate Soldier Comforts Dying Federal
A Confederate soldier crawls to a dying Union foe to share water and comfort. He drags himself through blood to reach the Federal, offers his canteen, and both men clasp hands as pity replaces former enmity. The Confederate dies soon after, and the Federal dies the next day.
Venezuelan cadet to graduate with noncitizen certificate
Francesca Alcantara of Venezuela, student at the U S military academy, will graduate with a certificate of proficiency rather than a U S commission. His father was a former Venezuelan president and army commander who supported his study in the United States. The cadet plans to return home to become a captain and help reorganize Venezuela's army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Military Academy
United States
Uncle Sam
Francesca Alcantara
Venezuela
United States Military Academy
Congress
Crespo
History Repeats in War Uniforms and Disguises
The piece notes recurring tactics of wearing enemy gear in ancient and classical battles. It cites Circassian cavalry at Larissa donning fresh uniforms, Aeneas in Greek armor at Troy, and Romans mistaken for Romans at Cannae, illustrating war’s rough, deceptive transformations.
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Larissa
Troy
Aeneas
Cannae
Afri
Trebla
Lake Trasymene
Mistaken Tomb Belieges Father of His Country
Mr S on a holiday at Mount Vernon finds a tearful woman kneeling near a tomb. He clarifies she is overwhelmed by reverence for the tomb of Washington, but she has mistaken the site. He directs her to the tea house near the monument.
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Mr. S
Mount Vernon
Washington
New York Home Journal
Footwear Traditions in Japan a Leather Shoe Factory Story
In Japan a single factory makes leather shoes while most natives wear straw and wool sandals except those appearing in court. The piece contrasts industrial output with traditional daily footwear.
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Japan
Odd Corner Sketches and River Bucking Horse Incident
A mixed digest item with verses about Linden and a dramatic scene at Hohenlinden, followed by news of Henry Boyen surviving a bucking horse on the Gilmer river's edge and a Scottish American report of a riderless horse attacking three women cyclists on the Dumbarton road.
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Dumbarton Road
Glasgow
Second blossoming of apple trees in Essex area
The New Haven Palladium reports many Essex apple trees show a second crop of blossoms with apples as large as cherries on some branches. Fruit expert Bonnell explains a cold snap paused sap, then warmer weather restarted growth, with late-set blossoms maturing with earlier ones. Flowering quinces have also bloomed a second time this season.
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New Haven Palladium
Essex
Bonnell
Was the Horse Killed by a Meteor
A Galveston Daily News item reports near four miles east of town Mr. Cain’s horse was struck by a meteor at about 9:30 PM. The impact caused a large rib fracture and a hole in the flank. Bloodhounds found no evidence of foul play and two observers described a colored meteor display and a loud explosion.
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Galveston Daily News
Mr. Cain
Here
Sacred Brahmin Thread Outline
A description explains the sacred thread worn by Brahmins as a caste marker. It must be made by a Brahmin, consists of three differently colored strands, each forty eight yards long, doubled and twisted together. The passage presents a ritual standard tied to early life identity.
Sacred thread rites across Hindu and Parsees cultures
The text describes the sacred thread worn by Hindus in three caste varieties using cotton hemp and wool. It notes Parsees also wear the thread, with boys ordained at ages seven or nine using fibrous threads from the suru tree. It mentions Monier Williams’ description of the Parsees girdle as seventy two woolen threads tied in a secret knot.
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Monier Williams
Elephant Hunts Wallace Fights Off Charging Beast
In British Central Africa Gazette a hunter named Mr. Wallace who has a Chomo river stockade wounds a large elephant that charges him. After jammed cartridges and a fall the elephant lifts and throws him but compounds no fatal injury. Wallace is carried to camp, while the elephant is tracked sixteen miles and dies near the original spot. Tusks weigh 69 and T1 pounds.
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British Central Africa Gazette
Wallace
Chomo
Mr. Wallace
Hen and Rat Battle Captures Cincinnati Attention
In Cincinnati a ten inch rat attacked a kitchen scrap dish beside a coop. The hen fought fiercely, capturing the rat twice before a neighbor intervened with coal, ending the skirmish as the hen protected her broods. The incident earned the hen the day’s hero title.
Remarkable Creature the Triton Reproduces Amputated Parts
A historical note extols the triton lizard like reptile found across America for its uncanny ability to regrow amputated parts. It cites instances of an amputated leg regrown twelve times in three years and an eye formed in under a year, while tail loss alters gait but is always repaired within five to nine weeks.
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America
Posse Forms to Capture Monster Snake in Kentucky
Wiley J. Franklin near Louisville reports a giant snake in a rocky ravine swallowing a pig. Neighbors including Andy J. Fox suspect losses of lambs and pigs, and a town posse forms to capture the rumored snake alive if possible.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Wiley J. Franklin
Franklin
Andy J. Fox
Singular Bulgarian Custom
A curious Bulgarian custom dictates that all newly married women stay mute for a month after marriage unless spoken to by their husbands. When a permanent end to the silence is desired, the husband gifts her a present and then she may chatter freely.
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Bulgaria
Mystery of P. P. ¢ Ecard Signals Travel Plans
Mrs Cumrox explores a puzzling ecard note reading P. P. ¢. Her daughter clarifies the symbol means the sender is leaving town for travel. The exchange hints at a Pullman palace car journey.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Proviso Directory
Melrose Park Village Officers
Tae
Proviso
Melrose
Glos
Grossdale
Bash
W Blackman
Don Maywood
Dee
J. J Smith
Chattine
Harlem
Carney’s
Mundt
Siniilie
Ae Ce
Otagaenbork Ries
Grant
O Mickle
Sue Grossdale
Moat
Gross
W Wagner
Too Melrose
JS Woodruff
Mc Wachron
Wilsonstadd
St Sor
HH Gillis
Maywood
Ty Pin
Madleer
A Gil
Bryan
Mast
Chy
W. Kingel
Veoh Ory River Forest
Wagewater Pk
P Worrell
Scott Wee
Im Fachner
JS Brown
Ro Luce
M. OR
Barney
Adair
Fate Eel Dale
Riverside
Brad Ish & M's
Me Township
Hoh
Bol
Bartlett & Ros
Bartlett
ST Gunderson
SW. Martin
W Crogsdale
Bartlett & BR
Berenau
Ccbers
Nottmeier Maywood
Kohn
S Hrown Jr
Gros
Bristo
Saa
Tale
Lee
Kavanaugh
H Schmidt
Boy Melrose
Woodruff
Seatle
Township of
Lyg
Noe
USA
Willages Board
Thos. Th. Gate
Lasalle Street
Clcero
Guo
Sou
Boheme
Nea
Allen
West Voint
Hohenlinden
Linden
Iser
le Death
Munich
Dallas Chronicle
Henry Beyen
Gilmer
Rankin’s Landing
White Salmon
Boyen
Mr. Boyen
Cincinnati
Henry Goldberger
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