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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1899
Page
2
Notices report a July 28 1899 Chicago date with town board meetings in Cicero and Austin Oak Park school census concerns and garbage ordinance actions. Suburban communities discuss janitors travel to Europe and school funding and staffing cuts amid ongoing public notices.
The article notes that Austin remains a prohibition district even if annexed to Chicago, and that Chicago ordinances intend such regulations to endure in all annexed areas. It cites territory west of Porty-eight Street and Fifty-second Street long ago annexed to Chicago.
A collage of brief items covers safety of steamers versus sailing vessels, a French charity library idea for Morocco, vast Australian sheep farms, royal family fishing prowess, health and diet musings, haircare tips from a hairdresser, Cambridge honors won by a Bombay Brahmin, British Columbia timber wealth, ancestry debates, quirky gossip about Mrs Hackrey-Barney, youthful mayors in Hays City, a Persian shah's superstition about lobster and salmon, a giant wine cistern in California, and Joseph Fauches arriving in Atchison for St Benedict's College with launch date confusion.
The article notes white or colored footwear dominates in heat and black shoes are now rare. Tan shoes appear cooler than black, with white canvas or gray linen even cooler. It criticizes the fashionable toe as ugly, described as moderately pointed and stiffened with a thick bulging effect deemed masculine and clumsy.
Foreman recounts a twenty year old Mexican American duel between Pedro Gonzales and Dick McAlee. Both swore, ropes flew, Pedro shot Dick, then a second Mexican finished Dick with a six shooter. Pedro reportedly fought three such duels before.
A London Spectator reflection notes how human energy and will to live, even when directed by flawed figures like Napoleon and Peter the Great, have driven vast progress such as road networks and national reform, underscoring this force as essential to human survival.
The famed surgeon Abernethy told a lazy wealthy man to curb gout by living on a penny a day. He warned the pursed gentleman with a plain spoken reply that linked indulgence to illness and poverty as the cure.
Aguinaldo shows strong performance despite not being paced by a train, indicating notable improvement and adaptability in the current environment.
B. M. from St Nicholas praises Sir Walter Scott for shaping youthfully spirited characters across novels and poems. He notes heroines and heroes are often young, with ages ranging from mid-teens to late teens, and highlights examples such as Ivanhoe and Rebecca, Catherine of The Abbot, and Edith Plantagenet. The piece asserts the enduring charm and vitality of Scott's work driven by a persistent spirit of youth.
An amused scene unfolds as Napoleon nears, with the mayor embarrassed into speech by a stubborn entourage. A Quixote-like old shoemaker then steps forward delivering a humorous tribute. The sovereign laughs and notes the shoemaker’s sons in service, earning the craftsman a pension.
A Williams town Kentucky Dispatch item recounts a cemetery monument funded as an investment for W G Cram. A marble company paid $1,500 to erect the shaft with 10 percent annual interest, yielding $300 above cost in twelve years before a windstorm broke the shaft fifteen feet high. Repairs will be covered by the company.
A fashionable desk is a delightful novelty for a woman’s den. The small white enamel piece, decorated in blue, bears a single drawer and silver handles monogrammed. White desk pieces painted in watercolors or oils are also praised as novelties. A white and blue boudoir is complemented by an immaculate cabinet bouqueted with blue violets and forget me nots.
The Louvre in Paris enforces a ten year posthumous waiting period before any artist's work can be hung on its walls. This death rule governs which paintings qualify for display.
The Cicero town ordinance dated June 2 1892 creates a license district lying north by Ogden avenue west by Robinson avenue south by Cicero town line and east by its eastern boundary. It allows licenses for dram shops within the district and designates the rest as prohibited. Officials include Town Clerk Be S. Austin and President J W Bennett with votes recorded.
A letter to the editor from C. R. La Mena questions Berthel Hoy’s handling of a broken milk bottle outside Nissen Bros. store in Austin. The author cites city ordinances and argues for compliance until authorities reform laws and abolish the police magistrate.
A letter from F. W. Smith aboard the U S S Independence at Mare Island notes seventy five cadets or sailors from Oak Park Austin and Chicago on the Hartford. The ship will be commissioned around September 15 after guns were mounted last Monday. The torpedo boat Farragut remains in dry dock and the Solace sails to the Philippines.
Auction notice lists one 3 ton express wagon two road carts two buggies two horses one 100 pound bay horse five years old nearly new Studebaker survey and harness sets and two buggy harnesses. Roath no 5638 Ohio Street offers sale of items.
The Austin Building and Loan Association offers loans under careful management. Deposits are accepted on two or more shares, fifty cents per share, withdrawing funds drawing six percent interest. George H. Park serves as president and John D. Maclean as secretary at city office room 921 184 La Salle Street.
The Harlem Jockey Club and the Chicago Jockey Club announce racing every alternate two weeks. The next meet starts July 4 with special features each day. Five or more races, rain or shine, admission 75 cents. Lake Street special train direct to the grounds.
Don not miss the Battle of Manila at the corner of Wabash Avenue and Hubbard Court.
The text touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy for poor digestion and liver trouble, promising a splendid appetite, sound digestion, and regular health. It notes the price as 25 cents at any drug store.
In Fiji the whales teeth form the traditional coinage used as a dowry. Teeth are painted white and red with red teeth valued about twenty times the white. The husband notices wealth worn around the neck as a bright contrast to the skin. Newly married wives often present their husbands with a whales teeth dowry.
Local notes list Austin mail schedules, arrivals from Evant and the West, and closing times. The column records visits by Bert Biggs, E B Moore, and numerous residents, plus excursions, travels, and church events. A new Mystic Workers lodge forms with 25 members and planned officer elections in Giles Hall.
A guarantee from TRAIN & COOLING of Austin with GL J. P. Garner & Co promises refunds on a 50 cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure a cough or cold and a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfaction. The document is signed by the undersigned parties.
Excursion to Boston $19 round trip with nickel plate trains and vestibuled sleeping cars. Sales August 11 and 12, return by August 31 to depot in Chicago via Van Buren street and Pacific avenue loop. Tickets deposited with Agent Fitchburg R R. Two through trains daily.
Chicago Jockey Club’s Hawthorne track runs daily from July 10 to July 22 in the season of 1899 with five or more races each day. Music by Cicero military band and electric cars run to the grounds. Admission 75 cents.
Austin Christian Church Trustees seek a corner lot in Austin on reasonable terms suitable for a church. Preference given to potential locations near existing facilities and accessible by parishioners. Funds available or lease options considered.
Sealed proposals will be received until August 5 1899 by John Koppelmeyer Village Clerk for plumbing work to make water connections to about forty Madison street lots in Harlem Village. Specifications available on request.
Mr A Sanders of Cocoa Nut Grove Florida reports an epidemic of diarrhoea. He suffered a severe attack and was cured by four doses of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He prescribed it to others who call it the best medicine they ever used. For sale by Traill Cooling Druggists.
Nickel Plate Road offers Chicago to Boston round trip excursion tickets August 11 and 12 for 19 dollars. Tickets must be deposited with the Fitchburg Railroad agent in Boston for return to the starting point. Sleeping car accommodations should be secured early at General Agent, 111 Adams St., Chicago.
A seven year battle with disease ended after a woman named Mrs. Luther Lutz used Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption. She slept all night after the first dose and two bottles cured her. Trial bottles were offered at local drug stores with a regular bottle priced 60 cents to a dollar and a guarantee noted.
An International Music Company catalog entry from the Fisher Building Chicago offers two 60 cent songs, "Give Dewey a Welcome Home" and Lincoln's latest patriotic march, with a request to send 25 cents for both. The listing highlights composer Sweetheart Nell and provides address details for order submission.
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