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Newspaper

Oak Park Vindicator

Location

Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 30, 1897

Page

7

Oak Park News Roundup and Local Happenings

Oak Park residents report visits, moves, sales, and community notes. Visitors from Chicago and Wisconsin frequent Avenue Ice Cream Parlors while local businesses expand and civic events unfold. A fire department meeting, building projects, and social outings color the week.

Late inventions: seed catchers hoists rope clamps and more

A survey of new devices includes Clover and hay seed catchers for mowing machines with four metal strip series and a pocket to hold seed. a hoisting pulley with a rope clamp. edge bands to trap animals in holes. a self locking fire escape rope. a movable meat block with dual surfaces. paper ring conduits for electric wires. a three bracket tailor measuring device. a U shaped lubricating yoke for saws. a mutoscope moving picture cylinder. an automatic mine door that lifts with a car. and coupled train safety rods with gongs on both engine and cars.

Cicero's Seat Money to Loan and local notices

Austin community notices list loan offers from F H Zander and the Austin Building and Loan Association. A long column covers visits, travel, arrests for trespass, births, deaths, lawsuits, and social events around July 1897 in Austin with many names and addresses.

Harlem Turnverein Picnic Delights Harlem Community

The July 26 Harlem Turnverein picnic at Turner Park drew about 250 people. Free transport, cigars, and a grand ladies made dinner followed by class diplomas and prize ceremonies for turning students.

Destruction of Sodom Examined by Viennese Scientist

Dr C Diener of Vienna proposes a scientific account of Sodom and Gomorrah destruction. He links Dead Sea basin disturbances to a past violent earthquake and a triggered volcanic eruption feeding both the basin flood and a shoreline inundation.

Sodom Gomorrah C. Diener Vienna Dead Sea

Young Graduate Seeks Work For At Least 2500 Salary

A college graduate states willingness to take any job that pays a minimum of 2500 dollars annually. He emphasizes he will accept any position providing that income level.

Justiue Somerville Journal

Free Life Pills Offer From Dr King Co

Free pills offered by H. E. Bucklen & Co. of Chicago with a request for addresses. The ad touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills as effective for constipation sick headache malaria and liver troubles. Promises no deleterious substances and vegetable purity. Regular box priced 25 cents. Sold by Lovell's drug store Oak Park and Traill’s drug store Austin.

H. E. Bucklen & Co Chicago Dr. King Lovell's Drug Store Oak Park Traill’s Drug Siere Austin

Northwestern railway gates at Willow avenue crossing opened

Local notices report the Northwestern railways installing gates at Willow avenue crossing. Several residents share updates on travel, illness, and visits including Mrs E J Amerson of 433 N Robinson Ave and Mrs Prescilla Griffin of Willes borough Pa visiting friends. The Cicero case Criegs is found guilty of assault and battery with a $5 fine plus costs.

Northwestern Railway Willow Avenue E. J. Amerson N. Robinson Avenue Ohio Street Louis Mike Thompson New York Tie Haden Jolly Cicero A. HH. Criegs Price Justice la Mena Chas. Burkhardt

For Sale New 8-Room House with Utilities

For sale 18 300 dollar eight room house with bath furnace electric light gas range on the southeast corner East Avenue and South Boulevard. Terms 200 cash and 6 percent interest per month. Inspect at 4 La street Chicago. Thos H Gale room 703.

S. E East Avenue South Boulevard Thos. H. Gale la Street Chiago

Harlem News Briefs and Local Notices

Harlem items report Mrs John Claudie returning from a trip to Momence St Henry Lucker and Fred Buchholz leaving for Altamont on a two week vacation. Desplaines Ave resident St August Weize hospitalized in Chicago. Platt Gilde No 45 to hold first annual picnic August 1 at Gardens Grove. Arch Mohr building on Elgin street gets mill work from FL M Ellis Co. Adolph Peters sustains seat breakdown en route to Turner Park. Win Becker displays large framed fare bills in Columbia House show windows. Des plaines village to jail pending fines. 30 cents daily aid. Frank Meister named deputy game warden for Des plaines valley. Chas Messeke builds grocery business at 189 Y Desplaines Ave. Daughter of Louis and Mrs Bobe dies at 9 in Aurora and is buried.

W. H. Cribben Euclid Avenue Lake Bluff Oak Park Avenue Ed. Kolze Chicago Express N. Oak Park Avenue Miss Esch Chicago Avenue Bohlander Antioch Ellis Hobart Clinton Iowa John D. Suydam S. Boulevard Carlton C. Holdredge N. Linden Avenue Saugatuck Mich Will Sheldon N. Boulevard George W. Browne Park House Marion Street Oliver Barker Marinette Wisconsin West End Miss Jennings W. H. Gale Lake Street Lindop South East Avenue Thousand Islands Maud W. Straight Wesley Mass Dell Bullington Scott Brown Bay City Chatutauqua B. F. Burton Pleasant Street Detroit Chicago Ave Henry Buttendorff Bellefonte Avenue Barclay Vindicator Dunlop Bank North Boulevard E. Gotsch L. W. Mann Gotsch E. J. Gotsch Austin Laurelwood Park The Fox Batavia Chas Tricia Caron Bros Erie Street Hemingway Oak Parks John Claudie Rockford Street Momence Henry Lucker Fred Buchholz Altamont August Weize Desplaines Avenue Hospital Presbyterian Chicago Platt Gilde Harlem Gaden's Grove FL M. Ellis Co Arch Mohr and Arosse Elgin Street Adolph Peters Madison Street Market Turner Park Win. Becker Columbia House Bridewell Frank Meister Desplaines Valley Frank

Maywood notices mix town news and sales ads

Maywood items report an unknown child with missing parents, factory hours cut to 48 per week, guests visiting Milwaukee and local residents moving homes. Attendance at a Saturday baseball match nears 1100. A Phæton for sale at half price. The Maywood Herald changes hands on July 24. Local deaths from cholera infantum are noted along with various social events and promotions.

Camphouse Norton Dora Kaiser Milwaukee Kaaphi Nineteenth Avenue Keough Sixteenth Avenue Fifteenth Avenue New Wi Ernest N. Brown South Eighth Ave Maywood Ill Wm. Hulbert Silver Lake Alfred Ervin George ‘Herrick South Twelfth Avenue Thiel Jennings 4Th Ave Lake Andrew Buckholm Seventeenth Avenue Forest Home Cemetery Jas. Welch O'Leary Calvary Virgil Ross Maloney Hulbert Edward C. Nicholl Fifth Avenue Second Street Welch's Congregational Church

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