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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
5
Local residents share travels visits and social events across Austin and beyond. Notices mention anniversaries journeys to Wisconsin California Maine New Orleans and Canada with clubs and gatherings at homes on Oak Park and North Kenilworth avenues.
The Cicero Town Board meets May 24 1900 at 122 North Oak Park Ave with President Jones and eight trustees present. Actions include referrals on sanitary inspector appointment civic improvements crosswalks and street works plus budget items and drum shop license revocation.
Rev. William E Barton speaks of a democratic festival honoring the memory of Washington and Lincoln along with generals and sailors. The address extols manhood fidelity and integrity across ranks as fitting for a republic.
Richard Smith 65 an old soldier and father of Frank Smith and W B Smith died in Austin after fainting from heat while waiting for a Chicago avenue car at Desplaines and Madison. He fell and fractured his skull and died at his son's home. Funeral services will be held at the house with interment at Forest Home.
A warm Memorial Day parade in Oak Park featured Cicero police, veterans groups, school cadets, and local officials. Central School staged a program with bugle calls, prayers, recitations, songs, and speeches by Rev. Barton and others, followed by cemetery ceremonies with flowers and salutes. The Kilpatrick Post veterans joined the Chicago parade, as crowds flocked to parks and cemeteries to honor the nation's departed.
An Oak Park Decoration day dinner hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Hemingway featured a red and white color scheme, a dainty repast for thirty, and an impromptu program in the drawing room. Mr Gale Blocks read the class poem, Miss Maude Fitch delivered the history and prophecy, and guests recalled past events with photos and stories. Souvenirs were tin spoons in class colors with an inscription. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Walter Garts and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Corliss Fay Willard, and others.
Foreman B E Cowan and finemen shifted wire near the race track when August Quandt of 261 Monroe Street was severely shocked and burned after contacting a live line. Clyde Hager and Cowan were also shocked during the rescue. Tests found no current in the wire after the accident, likely charged by a passing trolley.
A group of eighteen Austin businessmen visited Elgin last Tuesday to inspect National Park as a potential picnic site. They praised the scenery and easy access from Austin, with a tentative picnic date set for July 19.
Austin ladies from the Women's Club Mrs. Dr. A. Rud Mrs. F. Page Mrs. W.O. Cline Mrs. W. C. Mathews Mrs. J. W. Barry Mrs. Lizzie Charles and Mrs. Dr. R. C. Newell joined others in Evanston on Tuesday to form an Illinois congress of mothers.
The Oaks Club will hold its annual officer election on Saturday evening June 9. Nominated by the committee are President H. H. Reardon First vice president G. A. Kreis Second vice president A. G. Bagley W. W. McFarlan senior B. F. Buck treasurer H. M. Gardiner secretary S. J. Whitlock directors W. H. Bennett F. R. Schock W. W. McFarlan Jr. G. B. Coffin.
The Rev Dr Fawcett will lecture on David Harum at the Euclid Avenue M E Church Oak Park on Tuesday evening June 5. It promises rare entertainment and an opportunity to hear him.
The Beethoven Club of Austin held its third annual May festival featuring soloist Miss Helen Buckley and pianist Miss Jennette Dunno. The audience enjoyed one of the best entertainments for Austin musicians and a fuller critique is anticipated.
Will go to Mexico. Co R La Mena, G A Smith, John Publ, J W Ford and William C Lawson will leave Austin June 6 for Mexico where they expect to invest in a Mexican plantation.
Mrs. Schwall of Evanston guests at Mrs. John Furlong’s. Mr. and Mrs. Cummings of Denver to spend summer with relatives. invitations issued for the Bentley Niles wedding on June 12. Local clubs host euchre and vaudeville. Cherry sisters attend. Athletic meet in River Forest highlights Arrow Argots and Pealees results.
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