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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1900
Page
7
Children list idols by titles such as holiest Pope and happiest Gay, naming Howell, Burns, Longfellow, Chatterton, Aken-side, Samuel Smiles, Hawthorne, Tickell. They question if these labels reflect real traits and why youths choose them.
Many thousands have been restored to health by Chamberlains Cough Remedy. If afflicted with any throat or lung trouble, give it a trial for it is certain to prove beneficial. Coughs resisted by other treatments yielded to this remedy and perfect health was restored. Cases once hopeless cured by its use. For sale by J. P. Garner and Co. Austin Geo Koch and Co. Moreland.
Several Austin residents plan travels and visits to Des Moines Paw Paw Lake and Lake Geneva while Miss Grace Griffin visits family in town. John W Barry plans move to Cedar Rapids to run a lumber business. Attic party at F W Meadows residence featured Chinese lanterns picnic and dancing for about twenty five. Rumors of poison attempts on dogs prompt police and residents to investigate. A Lyons Relief Corps social at Carl Mink’s home drew about 150 guests with cake walk recitation and dancing.
Oak Park society page lists residents leaving for trips to Omaha Lake Geneva Port Huron and Stevens Point and confirms changes to Nakama Club event. Also notes summer tours trains delayed unclaimed letters and a loose piece of jewelry found in the mail with brief local context.
Mr. Chas H Post a Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology graduate offers free eye tests. Imperfect vision can be corrected by properly fitted glasses. He guarantees satisfaction and invites calls or writing to 532 North Pine Avenue.
Choice candies and Allegretti chocolates feature at Miller's Drug Store. Jazek's perfumes and choice perfumery in plain and fancy bottles are offered at Miller's. Have your prescriptions filled at Miller's Drug Store with popular prices.
Mrs. M. J. Davidson, at 129 North Park Avenue in Austin, will close her millinery shop until September 1 and reopen with an elegant stock of the latest fall styles.
The C N W Railway will run a popular excursion to Lake Geneva on Saturday July 28. Fare is 1 dollar for travel there and back. See agency agents for details.
The list notes summer services at Oak Park with speakers and church venues. July 29 Dr Gunsaulus Baptist Church, August 5 Dr Rowley Congregational, August 12 Pacific Garden Mission Presbyterian, August 19 Dr Conley Methodist, August 26 YMCA Congregational Church.
A compilation shows light humor about bald men from the Indianapolis Journal and Indianapolis Press. Jests joke on cheerfulness memory and intellect linked to baldness and politics. A city press quip jokes on women in politics and marriages during a light era.
A Lexing ton Ky man M A Hogarty suffered with yellow skin and eyes from yellow jaundice. After doctors failed he used Electric Bitters and reports a complete cure after two bottles. The remedy treats stomach liver and kidney troubles and costs 50 cents at Traill & Cooling and Chas P Miller druggists.
A Georgia drug dealer extolls Cham berlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as unmatched for stomach and bowel troubles. He cites two cholera morbus cases cured in his family and states many customers are satisfied with its quick, pleasant cure. Available from J P Garner Co in Austin and Geo Koch Co in Moreland.
The article contrasts Joseph’s brothers likely throwing him into a pit with a modern view that while sweets may tempt love, practical needs like bread and meat anchor a marriage. It frames courtship as balancing indulgence with sustenance in domestic life.
P A Danforth of LaGrange Georgia suffered a six month running sore on his leg. He reports Bucklen’s Arnica Salve healed it in five days. It claims to cure ulcers wounds and piles with a guarantee. Sold by Traill & Cooling and Chas P Miller druggists for 25 cents.
River Forest Presbyterian hosts July 26 to 28. Oak Park First Baptist July 28 to 30. Euclid Avenue M E July 30 to 31. River Forest M E Aug 1 to 2. Oak Park First M E Aug 3 to 6. Grace Episcopal Aug 6 to 10. First Presbyterian Aug 10 to 13.
Dr King's New Life Pills advertised to improve appetite digestion and digestion regularity. Claims include restored health and energy with a 25 cent price at local drug stores Traill & Cooling's and Chas P Miller's.
A reflective aphorism contrasts crooked men with straight truths of the Bible. It discusses damp fogs of doubt arising where the sun of love does not shine, implying moral guidance through faith.
First Methodist Episcopal Church led by Abel M White schedules Sunday services at 9 30 morning sermon 12 00 Sunday school 6 15 Ep worth League 7 30 evening sermon and 10 30 morning meeting after 9 30 service Wednesday prayer at 7 45.
The Fifty-Second Avenue Congregational Church at 40 North Fifty Second Avenue offers worship at 10 45 a m with preaching, Sunday school at noon led by P F Apfel, Junior Endeavor at 3 30 p m, Y P S C E at 6 30 p m, and an evening service at 7 30 p m, plus a Wednesday prayer meeting at 8 p m. The Rev It W Lyman is pastor.
The Rev. Clarence Elgine Lapp, pastor, calls residents to Pine Avenue and Ohio Street church for 10:30 a. m. sermon Sunday, Sunday school at 12 m., Junior B Y P A at 4 p. m., Senior B Y P A at 6:30 p. m. and an evening sermon at 7:39 p. m. All without a regular place of worship are invited.
The Rev. J. D. Collins, pastor, announces Sunday morning worship at 10 30. Sabbath school at noon. Evening service at 7 30. Midweek prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 00. Ladies prayer meeting Thursday at 2 30. Old Presbyterian Church on South boulevard is listed.
The notice lists worship and program times for First Presbyterian Church on Frink and Waller Avenues with Rev. M. Johnson at 284 South Park. Morning worship 10 30 a m Bible school noon Sunday school 438? Noted programs include Junior Christian Endeavor 345 p m Intermediate 615 p m Senior 730 p m evening worship Faith Branch 1030 a m preaching 3 p m Sabbath school 6 p m Endeavor, Grant Branch 10 a m Sunday school 730 p m preaching service.
The Austin Christian church relocates from the Masonic building to 207 North Park Avenue in the Abbott block. Sunday school starts at 10 led by M K Mizenheimer of Oak Park, followed by 11 o'clock sermon by Pastor Geo A Campbell. Wednesday prayer meeting at 8 and Ladies Aid Society meets Thursday 2 to 4.
Euclid Avenue M. E. Church at Corner Washington Boul invites Oak Parkers to attend Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. Class-meeting at noon Epworth League at 6:45 p.m. Evening sermon titled The Choice of Friends is the third in Life's Choices series.
Rev. Geo. B. Safford announces weekly Sabbath sermons at 8 p m in Lake Street hall located at Lake Street and Fifty second avenue Austin NI. Special music next Sabbath by Mrs. Maud Trent and Miss Jennie Brown Y P S C E gathers Sundays at 6 45 p m. All are welcome.
A compact reflection on labor, faith, and self belief. It contrasts disciplined effort with sentimentality and asserts faith in God as the source of personal strength. It urges boldness guided by wisdom and warns against working only for wages without purpose.
The piece notes Mexico City operates six teen parks and Effingham Illinois hosts a photography college. It mentions Fargo South Dakota with eighty eight secret societies, Boston condemns Pingree potato growing on vacant lots, and New York City consumes milk from about 140000 cows sourced from nearby states.
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