Cicero Town Board Adopts Article IX Provisions
Cicero trustees meet in adjourned session June 1 1896 with most members present. Pebbles resigns as town attorney. F W Pringle appointed. Board reads and repeals several street and sewer ordinances and prepares new ones. Various petitions referred to committees. bids announced for water and sewer projects. The board approves taxes, ditches, sidewalks, and street openings.
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Cicero
Austin
MacDonald
S. R. Ainslie
Chicago and Southwestern R. R. Co
Committee of
Suburban Railroad Company
Wisconsin Central
Robinson Avenue
Twelfth Street
Committee of Whole
C., B. & Q. Railroad Co
Hawthorne
Wm. Amerson
J. P. Lucas
Pine Avenue
Superior Street
Castle Offerred
J. S. Keefe
Euclid
E. Pritchard
van Buren Street
Forty-eighth
Forty-ninth
W. D. Creighton
Twentysixth Street
Ogden Avenue
Twenty-sixth Streets
Sackley & Peterson
Washington Boulevard
Inter-State Loan and Investment Association
Clyde
Ogden Street Railway Company
Chicago & Southwestern R.R. Co
Harlem Avenue
Thirty-first
G. W. Bushnell
Peter A. Oleson
Central Avenue
Trustee Castle
Central and
Prairie Avenues
Sixteenth Street
Madison Street
Henry
Supreme Court
Cities and Villages
Cheney
Harrigan Street
Quincy Street
Polk Street
Harvey Avenue
Madison
Jackson Street
McCallum Street
Willow Avenue
Pine
Central Avenues
West Fiftythird
Kinzie
Chicago
West Fifty-third Street
Kinzie Street
Chicago Avenue
Cornelia Street
Henry R. Pebbles
F. W. Pringle
Castle
Ohio Street
Waller Avenue
Franklin Avenue
Thomas, Cornelia
Augusta Streets
Merrick
Twenty-sixth Street
Augusta Street
Chicago & Southwestern Railroad Company
Susan Martin
Abbie E. Martin
Monsters of Jupiter by Garrett P. Serviss lights reader to giant planet
The article discusses Jupiter as seen in evenings near Castor and Pollux, describing its vast size, cloud bands, and deep atmosphere. It speculates on possible inhabitants with nonterrestrial bodies and intellects, and imagines their heat retention and life prospects, guided by Serviss’s scientific and speculative tone.
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Hoever
Jupiter
Castor
Pollux
Gemini
Earth
Humphrey
Saturn
Garrett P. Serviss
Man Skips Family Plea For Convention Duty
A husband clashes with his wife over attending a convention on the 20th. He cites political duty and says recreation means work for his family. He storms out, leaves for the convention, leaving his wife in tears as their children stay behind. He vows to keep up with colleagues for his political future.
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New York
A Man Wrote This Adage About Patience and Laughter
A witty remark by Adams Freeman notes that a man must endure before enjoying a laugh when a woman is telling a funny story. The line comments on timing and social interaction with humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams Freeman
Telling oysters ages by their shells
A New York Journal note explains oyster aging parallels tree rings and horse teeth. As oysters reach six months they reach the size of a dime, at one year span a half dollar, and at two years approach Uncle Sam’s depreciated dollar. The oyster’s shell grows with it, adding ridges as a sign of age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Uncle Sam
Lynn Haven
Inhabiting Jupiter and Saturn Beyond Earthly Reason
The piece muses on Jupiter clouds vast as continents and wind belts racing at hundreds of miles per minute. It considers possibility of giant or vapor beings adapted to Jupiter’s gravity, then shifts to Saturn with Sir Humphry Davy’s imagined aeriform inhabitants and their peculiar locomotion tubes and sensibilities. It ends with a humorous note on oysters and market腐
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Jupiter
Earth
Niagara Whirlpool
Saturn
Humphrey Davy
Polar Sea
Running to Waste
Dora compliments new waists then discovers David's arm. She blushes and murmurs a hesitant correction, noting it will answer.
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Dora
David
Hints for Women From Cleaning to Cooking
Practical household tips cover stain removal with milk and oxalic acid, sugar placement in tarts, scouring pans with galt, pastry handling, bed creak remedies, lamp chimneys heated in water, rats’ seed bait, and keeping stoves soot free. Includes oven hot air passage advice.
Handy tool for box makers and a floating sanitarium idea
A patented combination hatchet head includes a retractable nail-puller for ease of use. A physician proposes a floating sanitarium to treat consumption with climate, steam, and medical care aboard a ship, rotating ships to maintain healthful conditions. Historical cases of death from various ailments and notable figures are summarized with non-graphic notes.
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Dillon
Mont
Improved Photography Patented for Steel Engraving Like Reproductions
A new photography process uses a compound negative with a reticulated gelatinous coating that adds lines, dots and stipples to reproduce an image with the softness and lighting of steel engravings. The method keeps faithful detail while allowing varied textures across the face dress and background.
Creosote in Tuberculosis Treatment Report
A patient treated at a hospital with creosote injections began with 150 grains of a fifteen to one solution and increased by ten grains daily until four ounces and a quarter had been given. He developed delirium and semi comatose episodes for about a day, then improved and left the hospital after three days, apparently cured. The article suggests creosote poisons disease germs and may lead to valuable discoveries.
Improved table clamp grater patented in New Orleans
A new grater designed to grate roots vegetables or fruits was patented by a New Orleans inventor. The device mounts to a table with a clamp and features a square box base with a semi circular opening for the grating surface. A hand plunger keeps the food in contact while a projecting handle powers the grater as shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Causes of Death in Washington Account
An excerpt from the Journal of the American Veterinary Association discusses the death of Washington. It notes a prevailing impression about Washington's passing and aims to present a factual account of the circumstances surrounding the death.
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Journal of the American %7Dicat «Association
Washington
A Bottle Trick Explains a Syrup of Water Vacuum Method
An article explains a bottle and glass water trick using two straw siphon branches. By arranging a cork and straws of different lengths, the longer straw drains the glass while the bottle empties without losing water. Atmospheric pressure drives water from the glass to the bottle, until the glass is empty.
Salt in sea air proved non salty in calm zones
A French scientist tested seashore air to see if it contains salt. In dead calm, air shows no salt. only high winds bring salt via sea spray. Salt air thus remains in damp air briefly before settling as wind dies. Windy seashore areas are more invigorating, with the reason now clarified.
What the Lovers Said Poem Fragment
A fragmentary verse scene shows two lovers by a doorway as a stern father looms. The speaker questions revealing the exact words exchanged, noting the lines could not be printed. The mood hints at restrained passion and parental disapproval in a compact poetic sketch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa Grim
First on the Ground After Balloon Crash
A balloon car overturned and its aeronaut and party of information seekers plunged earthward in a loud blast of gas. The reporter, first to land, noted the incident and began filing an account on the scene.
Fragmentary Clip Describes Coney Island Display
A fragmented OCR passage hints at Gracie and a bloomers mishap during a shower. It mentions Coney Island and sports figures, but the text is garbled and lacks clear events, names, or outcomes. The readable bits suggest a light, stagey humor setting rather than a concrete news item.
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Cicero Town Board
Pebbles
KW. Pringle
Chicago and Southwestern R& R
Midway Park
Prairie
Sophia
Iowa
Henry Streets
Cuyler Avenue
Lake Street
Erie Street
Monsters OF Jupiter
Wen Sitty
Garrett FP. Serviss
Sciortific
Luscious
Rivalve
Scientific Corner
Kbox
Quinsy
Ben Johnson
Benjamin Franklin
Napoleon
Burns
Shakespeare
Edgar A. Poe
John Bunyan
Shelley
Keats
Charles Wolf
Galileo
Gracie
Coney Tie
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