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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
2
Subscribers in South Maine and Plymouth Place should notify the Austin office if the newspaper is not received promptly and regularly. The message urges conforming to delivery standards and addresses subscription issues.
In Chicago on June 1 1900 a notice to subscribers explains that those who wish to stop their paper must pay all charges. If not paid, the paper should be returned to the post office and the postmaster will notify the publisher to discontinue service.
Alderman Frank L. Race is at Bass Lake tending a garden after repairing all fences in the 36th ward. EB F Abbott is seen as a potential rival to party leadership in 36th ward while Judge Dunne orders President Jones to license Patrick Mc Grath at Hawthorne Raceway saloon. The Hawthorne track opened as usual and President Jones denial is rejected. A proposed central school replacement for Ohio Street is met with little enthusiasm. A Monday Austin meeting with the Chicago Bureau of Charities praised Camp Goodwin, run by Oak Park last year, and calls for severing Cicero to ease local vexations.
The Chicago board of education ordered that graduation ceremonies held in churches may not open with a prayer or include any public prayer. Austin pastors declined hosting, prompting decision to allow Presbyterian church for the year’s exercises and Gilbert’s address, amid clashes over religious participation.
Aged readers reflect on age and memory as a woman at eighty four laments her daughter’s conduct. An exchange with a bookstore proprietor sees a man named Ananias boast about praise, ending with a comic threat. Paris law professor Jeanne Chauvin appeals to Portias to visit an exposition. Chauvin, slim and witty, seeks admission to the bar and is met with a judge’s wary humor.
Today June 1 the twelfth census begins in 35th Ward with seven enumerators appointed for the seven precincts. General McArthur oversees the process and appointed workers include Charles R Bloomberg Will F White Rena B Tuthill W C Craft Aaron Meredith W Logue and Charles J Burke with Mrs Tuthill the lone female appointee.
The River Forest Golf Club celebrated its formal opening on the 30th with an eighteen hole men's medal event won by Mr. Quick at 102. Mrs. Fried was runner up at 108. A nine hole women’s event started at 3 pm led by Miss Waller with 74. Mr. Hodges won the longest drive at 4:30 followed by an informal dance and songs by Miss Sue Harrington Furbeck.
Fr W Schulz cigar man and barber at 245 North Park avenue Austin will close his shop this week and take his family to the lakes for the summer. He has run the business for nine years and will rest for a while.
A public-spirited donor faces rebuke as a seat confusion on a crowded cable car leads to a tense scene. A passenger insists a woman take a seat, only to watch misunderstandings unfold as others offer space and a gruff elder resists. The episode ends with the woman fleeing.
A Milwaukee Journal column surveys dating behavior with playful cautions about blushing, honesty, and manipulation in relationships. It notes women’s theories on influencing men by projecting belief, while men ponder marriage and mutual perception.
A quotation from the New York World questions why women fuss over babies carry pocketbooks recall details of others dress and age, and learn foreign languages readily asserting women insist the foot fit the shoe rather than vice versa.
Invitations issued for ten days of services from June 3 to 10 at the First Methodist Episcopal Church Austin with sermons by Bishop Warne and Rev. Satterfield, old pastors night Abel White, and multiple gatherings including temperance day and a fountain unveiling. Dedication on June 10 led by Presiding Elder Mandeville with music by Prof. Jones and Miss Nettie Jones.
The pastor Rev. Geo. A. Campbell has returned and will preach Sunday in both morning and evening services. Ice cream and music are planned for Saturday night. A men’s banquet is being discussed for Wednesday evening June 12. A church building is also to be discussed at the meeting.
Preaching at the Lake Street LL Hall Sunday evening at 8 pm. An interesting service with good music and a cordial welcome for all. Rev. George B. Safford, Ph D, to preach.
Austin W C T U presents vocal and instrumental music with ice cream and cake. Mrs L Pearson reads selections from George Hoar on woman suffrage while Dr A V Hutchins recounts temperance work and patient stories. A Flower Mission is set for June 8 and a temperance rally with Mrs C M Woodward follows on June 9 at the Methodist Church.
T. H. Hahn, a piano tuner with years of experience and current business in Austin and Oak Park, will call if you send a card to his home at 3705 Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago.
Clerk Salmonson at the marriage license bureau was approached by a man who admitted he forgot half his name when obtaining a license. The man, Antonio Propa di Patri, asked if he could add the missing DI Patri so he could marry Marie Lovece.
Mrs. Peck tells Henry she speaks rarely, yet notes the few words she offers feel overworked in the exchange from the Chicago News.
Joseph T Hudson 63 of 357 Forest Ave River Forest died Sunday May 27 buried May 29 Forest Home Cemetery funeral from the house Rev Dr Fawcett presiding he leaves a wife three daughters and a son. Mary E Brundage 28 died May 25 interred Forest Home May 27. Ernatine Ringer 74 died May 26 at Cedar St Austin funeral at German Lutheran Church Rev Bartelme. Nicholas Nelson H Curtis 42 died May 30 at 5312 Ontario St Austin body sent to Ingersol Ontario Canada.
King Oscar of Sweden writes for three papers in Stockholm and defends government acts against critics. Sir Arthur Power Palmer, over six feet tall, is discussed as a potential India commander. Mrs. Catherine V. White, 71, plans a Denver law partnership with husband Charles B. Waite. Prof. Paul Haupt sails for Europe to study Philippines ethnography. T. H. James, on a $500 salary in Oakley, Kan., inherits $500,000 to endow an Oklahoma college and hospital. Baroness Burdett-Coutts, 86, has spent about a million since inheriting £1.8 million. Dr. A. Bloch disputes lip-based racial theories of sensuality and character.
A collage of short jokes and quips from period papers including a seance joke about haunting, a pun on a mother-in-law cremation, a baby resemblance line, a Jonah tale for Sunday school, a barrel shaped building quip, and Broncho Bob’s cattle drive anecdote.
The Retail Coal Dealers' Association of Illinois and Wisconsin chartered the steamer Manitou for a ten day trip to Buffalo and Niagara Falls with stops at Milwaukee Mackinac Detroit and Cleveland. Departure is Tuesday June 5 from Chicago and return June 10. Total cost listed as $33 including meals lodging and fare. Inquiries directed to Delos Hall locations 105 Marion Street and 1433 Monadnock Block.
While mapping Africa, explorer Henry Morton Stanley kept charts on the floor. His cat slept on a hearth rug, and he refused to move it, saying the sight of the cat gave him comfort amid trials with tribal peoples.
Dr D B Cargile reports Mrs Brewer of Scrofula cured by Electric Bitters after years of suffering. The tonic is touted as a blood purifier and remedy for eczema tetter salt rheum ulcers boils and running sores. It stimulates liver kidneys and bowels expels poisons aids digestion and builds strength. Sold for 50 cents by Traill Cooling and Chas P Miller with guarantee.
Classified item lists a used buggy for sale at 204 S Franklin Avenue with a note of a new open business opportunity and a cheap price.
A quotation attributed to Zimmerman advocates that nobility should be elective rather than hereditary, indicating a political stance on social structure.
A maxim notes temptations of frugality and risk in negligence. The saying warns that lax spending habits can lead toward poverty, underscoring thrift and prudence in personal finance.
W A Hines of Manchester Ind recounts a near fatal encounter with consumption after measles and lung trouble. He credits Dr King's New Discovery with a complete cure and reports hundreds have used it on his advice. Trial bottles are free at Traill & Cooling's and Chas P Millers drug stores.
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