Vindicator Printing Company Prospectus Promotes Joint Stock Venture
The prospectus outlines forming a $25 000 capital joint stock company to publish the Vindicator and other works. The plan aims to relieve the editor’s burden, expand circulation especially locally, attract capital, and double or triple advertising revenue with professional management and town printing. The move seeks to produce a modern daily in Cicero as the town grows. The piece also notes the newspaper’s role in public life and calls for stock subscriptions.
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Tlave
Vindicator
Phe
Tam
Anind
Civero
Chicago
Chicago Press
Thie Company
Yuyself
Onve
Jabor
Anny
Deda
Tle
Cicero
Editorial Notes on Cicero Street Railways and City Move
Editorial reviews the Cicero street railway franchises and an independent city government push. It notes possible fall elections after legislative changes, criticizes the Demoralization faction for inaction, and reports a Austin Executive Committee meeting forming a five member sub committee to advance Cicero city government with Whitehead, Carokin, Bennett, Andrews, and Harley.
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Austin
Cicero
Whitehed
Harley
Sabe
Messrs
Whitehead
Carokin
TE Bennett
Andrews
We Harley
Mrr
Tadley
Trustees’ Uneasy Meeting Sparks Voting Delay
The meeting reveals Trustee Gunthorp’s hesitation to vote on the Metropolitan franchise ordinance. He sought excusal from voting, inquired about the tally, and postponed until after Trustee Moore’s vote, then aligned with Moore. Commentators view Chairman Witship as overreaching, likening him to a guardian.
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Trav
Gunthorp
Prustee Atetridge
Prustee Moore
Moore
Finance Committee
Coins Pinanenil School Debate in Chicago Progress
The Hore Harvey discussion in Chicago shows Mr Horr as the more dominant, favoring rhetoric over logic while Mr Harvey is steadier, better prepared with facts and figures. Coins Financial School has sustained the controversy with persuasive arguments and solid data according to the readable text.
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Hore-Harvey
Chicago
Horr
May Harvey
Harr
Harvey
Coins Financial School
Cicero Real Estate Assessment for 1805 Shows North Side Growth
Cicero realty assessment for 1805, by Assessor Attridge, records a 545 lot increase. North of Chicago Avenue accounts for 12000 of the rise, Madison Street area holds 82000, with 12000 south of Madison. Total Cicero valuations reach 4,625,685. 45 percent north of Madison, 26 percent between Madison and Twenty second, 200 percent south of Twenty second. Berwyn residents note a 45,000 reduction in south Cicero valuations while north of Madison shows a 46,000 gain.
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Cicero
Attridge
Chicago Avenue
Madison Street
Cicero Realty
Madison
Twenty-second Streets
Twenty-second Street
Berwyn
Tax Sale Notice Urges Quick Payment to Avoid High Penalty
An old notice warns residents that the annual tax sale for unpaid taxes and special assessments starts in August. It cautions that delaying payments could incur a 26 percent penalty and urges readers to go to the courthouse to settle up promptly.
Civil Service Reform and Swift's City Victory
An editorial praises civil service reform under Mayor George Be Swift and denounces gangster politics in Chicago. It argues the new administration ends pay roll abuse, imposes strict oversight, and seeks a businesslike government responsive to taxpayers. The piece predicts lasting change and urges public support.
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Vorue
Civic Federation
George B. Swift
Chicago
America
George Be Switt
Civil Service
Swift
Mayor Swift
Doodle Gate
Thea
Town Board Criticized Over Advertisements in Local Paper
The Cicero Town Board refused to publish town notices in the Vinpreator amid printing errors by the Reporter. The Town Attorney warned of court issues and costly delays, while the board, led by Bom bastus Cheney, faced standstill operations and reduced advertising. Critics say bidding has sunk from fifteen to twenty applicants to five or six, harming news coverage and attracting poorer bids.
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Cicero
Par- Heuhur Board of Trustees
Bombastus Cheney
Yefoman Town Board
The British Elections Surprise and Tory Victory
The piece analyzes a dramatic British election shift as Chartist reforms move forward yet the Conservatives triumph. It blames the Liberal administration’s weakness and House of Lords opposition for the defeat, noting the Lords blocked Home Rule and several reforms.
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Gladstone
House of Peers
House of Lords
Tory Majority Emerges as Irish Home Rule Fades
The Irish parliamentary factions' quarrels provoke public discontent with Home Rule, while the House of Lords solidifies its authority. By July 24 poll results, Conservatives lead Unionists, Liberal-Unionists, and Liberals, with parliament likely to secure a broad Tory majority. Key topics shifted away include home rule and the disestablishment of the English Church, while reforms focus on poor laws, local liberty for Ireland, colonial growth, and possible silver standard movement.
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England
Ireland
House of Lords
Premium on Ignorance Haunts Cicero Ads
A local editorial blasts Cicero town notices for typographical errors. It cites miscapitalizations such as Town of Cicero appearing oddly, misspelled terms like engineer, missing punctuation, and omission of the word dollars in a sample ad. The piece condemns officials for premia on ignorance and incompetence.
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Cicero
Town of
Nelson Hallgren
Liquor Interest Blamed for Harcourt Defeat at Derby Election
Sir William Vernon Harcourt loses in Derbyshire elections with liquor interests blamed. Publicans decry the oral option measure empowering communities to regulate liquor traffic, saying it harms their industry and helps liberal reverses. Harcourt’s prestige suffers as Sarcourt likely fails to retain borough seat.
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William Vernon Harcourt
Derbys
Sarcourt
Man shoots at woman in Linden Park home
John Wilson, 22, of Moreland, visited Esther Anderson at her Linden Park home and after a dispute drew a revolver and fired a shot behind her right ear. The bullet caused a minor facial wound. Wilson fled but was captured by Cicero Police and held at Austin station. Esther Anderson's mother and Charles Severson aided the injured girl.
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Chas. Severson
Alma Street
Linden Park
John Wilson
Hubbard Street
Moreland
Esther
Wilson
Lake Street
Severson
Hale
Cicero
Young Wilson
Forty-eighth
Lake Streets
Ivy
Sreest
Austin
Esther Anderson
Charles Severson
Plans for Austin Methodist Church Progress
The M. E. Church in Austin has moved plans to the Building Committee after a report from the Financial Committee led by Edward Francis and secretary F. H. Zander. The Building Committee, including Jonathan Dunfee Johnson E ule and Edward Church, will determine labor and material costs over the next two weeks and aim to break ground soon after.
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Austin
Edward Francis
F. H. Zander
Jonathan Dunfee
Johnson E Ule
Edward Church
Death of Mrs Schwartz at North Park Avenue
Elizabeth Schwartz wife of T Schwartz died at home on North Park avenue July 23. The funeral led by Rev Hill at 1 pm at the Presbyterian Church and interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery. She was twenty nine years six months old and left a son and two daughters aged six and eight. Mr Schwartz a tailor on North Park avenue.
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Elizabeth Schwartz
T. Schwartz
North Park Avenue
Mr. Hill
Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Schwartz
North Park Avenues
No Annexation and City Government for Cicero Meeting
An Austin gathering led by E J Whitehead urged Cicero to adopt City Government rather than remain a town. The group endorsed changing Cicero’s form, forming an Austin Executive Committee, and sought 400 signatures to place the issue before voters after legislative changes allowed fall elections.
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E. J. Whitehead
Cicero
Mr. A. Gilbert
South Boulevard
Central Avenue
Austin
Mosare
Geo. H. Park
Walser
Mas. A. Bond
W. Andrewa
John J. Maclean
Frank Race
St. LaMona
D. Oliphant
Jos
H. Carlin
J. W. Bennett
Will Hl. Bennett
H. ©. Reardon
R. R. Jampolis
Gov
B. Charles
H. A. Stallwood
P. V. Castle
Mc. Prey
Mc. Banta
S$. A. Welp
Ridgeland
Peter McDonald
P. H. Downey
Clyde
William Halley
Senate
Muir
J. J. Walser
Halley
Chicago
John D. Maclean
LaMena
People of
Oak Park
David Oliphant
Whitehead
McDonald
Downey
Peter Downey
Col
Trentlemen
Mr. LaMena
Messrs
Castle
Percy Castle
W. WU. Bennett
Col. J. W. Dennett
C. R. LaMena
William L. Andrews
Joseph Caralon
Oak Park and Ridgeland items mix of sales and notices
A crowded Oak Park page lists Creamery specials at 134 Lake Street, Long Grove items, bicycle clubs and lantern parade plans, unclaimed letters at Oak Park Post Office, local dances, camping trips, and hotel accommodations. Also notes residents visiting, local druggist ads, and a pedestrian accident at 773 First Ave. A lengthy local notices section covers furniture and drapery sales, milk and butter prices, and community events.
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Long Grove Creamery
Lake Street
Oak Park Club
Long Grove
Oak Park
Austin
The
Maywood
Ridgeland
P. Power House
Johnson
L. A
Huebner
George
Nixon
Laura
Schmidt
Franz
Albert W. Gries
Suydam
Paul Brown
First
Avelone
Enterprise
Model Club
Wisconsin Street
River Forest
Thos. H.gale
LaSalle Street
Town Board to rule on three railway ordinances
At Friday evening meeting the Town Board will consider ordinances for Metropolitan Elevated Metropolitan Electric and Northern Electric railways. The Northern Electric seeks right of way along North avenue through Cicero from Harlem to Robinson avenues and along Division Street from Harlem to Robinson, Augusta street to North avenue, Ridgeland avenue to Augusta, and Robinson avenue to North avenue. If approved and tracks built rapid transit will reach most streets in Cicero.
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Metropolitan Elevated
Metropolitan Electric
Northern Electric Railway
Suburban Electric
North Avenue
Qicero
Harlem Avenue
Robinson Avenue
Division Etree
Augusta Street
Robinson Avnue
Ridgeland Avenue
Cicero
Free Trial Offer for Dr King’s New Discovery and Pills
Those who used Dr. King’s New Discovery know its value and now can try it free. Send name and address to H. E. Bucklen & Co. Chicago for a Trial Bottle of New Discovery and a box of New Life Pills plus Guide to Health and Household Instructor, all free and guaranteed to do good. Sold by L. M. Lovett Oak Park and R. H. Trail Austin druggists.
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Dr. King
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
L. M. Lovett
Oak Park
R. H. Trail
Austin
Dissolution of Partnership at J. E. and A. H. Worewick
The partnership under J. E. and A. H. Worewick is dissolved. A. H. Worswick will continue the job printing business as A. H. Worswick & Co. J. E. Worswick and A. H. Worswick sign as concerned parties.
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J. E
A. H. Worewick
A. H. Worswick
A. H. Worswick & Co
J. E. Worswick
Ridgeland Excursion and Local Notices
Mrs G W Phelpa and son sail Friday to California. John Carter and daughter also head to California. Mr Chan Cummings and wife return to Denver last Wednesday. Many Ridgeland residents bound for Boston on the Christian Endeavor excursion have returned. Miss C Smith led Junior Endeavorers to Garfield Park for a Thursday picnic. Albert Burgess succeeds Geo Nordenholt at Oak Park. Western avenue power failures disrupted Cicero and Proviso Street Railway service at 6 pm Thursday, later restored.
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Lowney
Saydam
Zimmerman & Roath
Albert Burgess
Geo. Nordenholt
Oak Park
Long Grove
Lake Street
Ridgeland Penonte
Boston
Christian Endeavor
Miss C. Smith
Garfield Park
Western Avenue Power
Cicero
Proviso
Ridgeland Burglary Strikes Woodford Residence on Humphrey Avenue
The Woodford home in Ridgeland on Humphrey avenue was burgled recently by thieves active in the district. Mrs Woodford, away in Wisconsin for the summer, left valuables with a neighbor for safekeeping but could not retrieve them in time before the prowlers struck.
Killed by a Train on Illinois Central Job
William Doller a section hand on the Illinois Central Railroad was fatally struck by a train last Saturday morning. The accident occurred while he worked alone on the track and his body was badly mangled. A thirty two year old single man from West Maywood, he had worked on the line for several years. The burial took place Monday at Concordia cemetery.
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William Doller
Illinois Central R. R
West Maywood
Concordia Cemetery
Grocery and Butchers Picnic Closes Austin Markets
Austin markets shut at nine for the annual picnic day. About 3,500 assembled at Trout Lake Flynn with good representation from Austin. Occasional showers dampened the day but spirits remained high. Oak Park clerks formed a separate group after withdrawing from the association, reducing local participation. The Trout Lake event was employer controlled, raising public concerns about halting meat and groceries for a second day of summer recreation.
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Austin
Association
Trout Lake
Flynn
Oak Park
Fire at Moreland Requires Three Hour Battle
Firefighters battled a coal screenings fire at McCarthy and Newman’s Fortisth street coal yard in Moreland for three hours. About two hundred tons burned with a loss estimated near 150 dollars to owners. The blaze started in a heap found Wednesday night and rekindled Thursday morning possibly from a spark or careless pipe.
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Moreland
McCarthy & Newman
Fortisth Street
German Old People Home described on Madison Street
A historical profile of the German Old People's Home on Madison Street near River Forest. It notes the 60 plus residents, entry fee of 200 to 300 dollars, the four story brick building with a hospital, chapel, laundry, and 60 acre grounds. It highlights resident life, visits, summer picnics, and the home’s founding in 1885 by the Ladies Society with community support. Mrs Werkmeister leads as president with Dr Christoph as physician and Mrs E Haupt as matron.
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Madison Street
River Forest
Hospital
Harlem
Eikenberg
Ladies Society
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Worcester County
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Charles Cr
Pimes-Herald
Clayton EK
Crafts
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New City Administration
M. E. Church
Cicero’s. Precincts
Enrioest Bearings
Phoenix
Creamery
Lake Streat
W. BR. Lowin
Maple Avenue
P. H. Barnes
W. G. Moore
Charlevoix
Rush Ingvalle
Elgin
Charles M. Morton
Ohio
Lincoln Park
Stephen Phelps
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Phelps
First Presbyterian Church
Phoenix Biocyclea
C. J. Schoening
E. B. Porter
Beloit Street
Schoening
Hidgeland
G. W. Phelpa
California
John Carter
Mr. Chan. Cummings
Denver
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