29 Jul 1892
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1892
Page
1
A crowded note sheet covers Chicago politics and local issues. It cites streets and schools plans, annexation woes, and election chatter, with remarks on Melrose politics, Durborow and McGann renomination chances, and safety concerns from the city’s rail crossings.
The event opened Wednesday drew the best attendance of the year. Track conditions were good and finishes in the second and third events were close. Garfield Park wings and Washington boulevard work progress as cross-town street-car lines are pushed, boosting West Side travel and trade.
The Vindicator announces a major upgrade in paper ink and presswork to rival top suburban papers. The paper will feature stronger literary and news content, with a new frontier life serial Two Soldiers by Carpram King forthcoming. Subscriptions are $2 annually in advance. orders to publisher Vindicator, 207 West Madison Street, Chicago.
The Vindicator exposes an alleged bribery attempt linked to the Ridgeland avenue sewer bidding. A Prominent Oak Park resident was approached for bid figures with a $5,000 payoff offer, prompting immediate reliance on trusted observers and urging scrutiny of all bids to protect taxpayers and the Board’s integrity.
Citizens urge direct transportation to the World's Fair grounds as Northern Pacific and Baltimore & Ohio plan a nearby branch line via Brighton. Officials say the new path could allow passengers to reach the grounds without changing trains, a potential boon for residents and growth in the area.
The article laments excessive pole and wire deployment in Cicero as electric railway telegraph telephone and lighting outfits multiply. It notes streets with three or four pole sets and alleys filling up, warning that electric storms and hazard will rise with the expanding lines.
Ad notes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as best for bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped skin chilblains corns and skin eruptions. Claims guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. Sold by L M Levett Oak Park and R H Traill Austin priced 26 cents per box.
General Weaver plans a six week swing visiting towns dawes Den ver Pueblo and many points in Colorado Nevada California Oregon Idaho Montana and North Dakota to speak and rally supporters He led a People’s party drive in Chicago in 1883 and earned respect for his sincerity and ability among readers and local leaders.
In Camp Washington Delavan Lake Wisconsin July 26 1892 the Vindicator reports playful nicknames for soldiers like Lieut Burnett known as Col Short and Corporal Mallen dubbed Punch the benzine drinker Drummer Thurber with hardeye and Drummer Decker as Bricky Capt Bowes orders salutes to be failing and the flag dunking joke continues Amerson is ducked and the cook bears a blackened face prompting kalgomine to remove the stain in good fun by ANOTHER ONE OF THE Boys
A San Francisco letter from 1892 notes Mrs. Lackey’s visits and an express order due to paper shortages. The writer praises the country as sunlit with occasional earth shakes from unknown causes and mentions Maywood as the next travel stop. James Gould Jr signs the note.
Last Wednesday the Cicero and Proviso Street Railroad authorities and the Board of Highway Commissioners of the Town of Proviso agreed on the extension of the line through portions of the town outside corporate village limits. Two miles of track must be built within a year.
The article describes the Oak Park and Austin Oaks clubs in suburban Chicago, detailing the Oak Park clubhouses with large dance halls and athletic facilities, 175 members, and planned $10,000 expansion. It also notes the Austin Lakeside hall with a 400 seat club hall, summer lawn party, and officers.
Racing at Hawthorne began last Wednesday and will run indefinitely with at least five races daily and purses not under 500 dollars. Stables listed include W O Scully C A Dukes P Corrigan Flash Stable N B Hall and many others.
Customers who have work printed on Street on the second floor hall 6 near Green Street will receive a free notice in the newspaper. The note promises guaranteed equality to the best, aiming to attract daily business.
The Town Trusteeg pushed a resolution to pass an ordinance for a special assessment on all properties within the block bounded by Fifty second Street Austin Avenue Augusta Street and Adams Street for park improvements. The rate is cents per year per 25 by 195 foot lot, with a debated change to tax per 25 foot lot ignored after a vote. Thirty five attendees including non owners showed the tax support while no residents attended to protest.
Lamp explosion at the Mettowee House caused considerable excitement but did no material damage. G M Davis launched the Henri etts and Gem. the Henrietta won the preliminary yacht race on Thursday and is deemed the lake’s fastest vessel. The Gem impresses as a beauty likely to please its owner’s family.
A Chicago syndicate funded a 4 year project to recreate the great blaze in a massive cyclorama. Led by Howard H. Gross with artists like Salvador Meye Edward Austen Paul Wilhelmi and others the 20 000 square foot panorama cost nearly a quarter million dollars. The work is praised as faithful and realistic.
The article promotes picnic grounds on Wisconsin Central lines near Chicago including Schiller Park Glybourn Park and Diamond Lake Park. It invites lodges clubs churches and associations planning summer outings to contact Jas Dond General Passenger and Ticket Agent at Grand Central Station for information and possible transportation to inspect grounds.
Josiah Cratty of Oak Park buys 720 acres from Catharine Smith of New York for 50000 dollars, excluding Wabash Railroad right of way, at Alpine station in Orland township. Land includes southwest quarter of section 20 and most of section 29, about 23 miles from courthouse and 12 miles from the city. Subdivision plans label the area Alpine Heights.
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