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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1898
Page
5
Local residents travel for visits and work including J W Pell to Tracy Minnesota and Mrs S A Rothermel to Sycamore Illinois. Oak Park and Cicero report new moves, entertainments, school exhibits, band plans, and civic notices amid society gatherings and outdoor events.
Oak Park plans a historic class of 41 and Austin a 16 member class as a full week of exercises marks the end of high school life. The Oak Park program includes a Sunday sermon by Rev. Sidney Strong and a Thursday commencement at the First Congregational Church with diplomas and prizes. The Austin events feature ivy planting, class day activities, and a ticketed graduation with music, essays, and a valedictorian selection. A Friday reception honors the class of 1898 with separate lists for classical, latin, and modern language graduates.
The weekly events include a Sunday sermon at First Baptist by Rev. J. Fr Bartlett for the graduating class. Class day exercises Thursday evening at the high school auditorium. Alumni banquet Tuesday at First Presbyterian parlors and Friday graduation in the church auditorium. Closing exercises occur in all grades in their buildings. Georgia Silver and Pearl Browne carry top scholarship marks for the four years. graduates listed include William Averill, Robert Newell, Joseph Smith, Ralph Decker, and others.
Birdie Hawkins and peers listed as entering colleges or undecided for higher education. Miss Silver plans Wellesley while William Averill and Robert Newell choose Chicago University, Ralph Decker and George Amerson aim for Michigan. Other students undecided about their paths.
The annual commencement at First Congregational Church featured four graduates from Scoville Place School. Julia Malone and Caroline Pitkin pursued college prep while Anne Watson and Vera Townsend studied scientific courses from Oak Park London and River Forest. The program included music by multiple performers, a wind and waves piece, and a diploma presentation by Win Cooke, with Rev. Wallace and Rev. St. Troyt giving prayers and benediction.
Students at St Catherine's Academy near completion of preparations for Monday's commencement program featuring The Troubles of Little Folks operetta by girls United Workmen by boys and the drama Anima with a strong cast. Eighth grade graduates include Lizzie McLogan Katharine Fleming Pearl Callaghan Catharine Coffey Edith Clark Jennie Gunthorp Odile Kuntzner. boys Joseph Fleming Robert Sullivan Everett Whorndye Henry Buckner Thomas McGrogan.
Prof. J. C. Hanna, current principal in Columbus Ohio, has accepted Oak Park high school principalship. A Wooster Ohio and Illinois State Normal graduate, he will move his family to Oak Park about August 1 as the new school year begins September 5.
The Woman's Club of Austin met in Abbott block with President Mrs. Kretzinger in charge. Mrs. Allison of Oak Park spoke on Spiritual and Intellectual Development as Analyzed by Mary of Bethany, choosing the better part, followed by a discussion. A season closing reception is planned next Monday, with Mr. R F Jenkins outlining the Practical Value of Arctic Explorations.
Three Maeland churches adopt telephone sermons to aid aged and ill members. A pulpit transmitter and a choir unit feed a main wire that splits to subscribers. Some pastors may need to stay still to be properly understood. The plan aims to extend to larger cities.
A pastor, after hearing a sermon outline about the dying thief, wrote on a card a provocative line about a living thief. He later left the card with a Methodist minister, only to discover the back bore the accusation. The scene forced careful diplomacy to ease the strained clerical relations.
Austin edges North Division in eleven innings 6 to 4 after a pitchers duel. Haythorne drives a two-base hit and a homer in the eleventh, while Meyer fans twelve for North Division. Decker and Cutting shine defensively for the home club as Austin and North Division split the series expectations with a key matchup looming against Englewood.
The Austin Business Men's Association selects Crystal Lake in northern Illinois for their annual outing. A committee reported the grounds suitable with first class amenities and a full track and field program including a 50 mile handicap bicycle race from Austin to the site. If rain or ground availability permits, Thursday July 21 will be the picnic date with temperance management confirmed.
Oak Park defeated the University of Tlingis 4 to 4 in a hotly contested afternoon game at Oak Park grounds. Poor connection with Parker’s curves doomed the University despite better fielding and Hamlin’s solid first-base defense. Joe pitched well for the University, but Oak Park held the edge late as Parker struck out key batters.
A fragment from a historical report recounts a shell entering an officer's stateroom at Manila and bursting there, with humorous banter about whether the officer woke or dreamed it was his wife.
The fragment cites Ally Sloper style banter about character in marriage with a wry comeback about being single then double. It presents a humorous quip on marital perception and changing self-image.
The text outlines how gold dust from the Klondike is turned into money. Miners sell dust or nuggets to banks which sell to the government assay office in Helena for valuation and payment. Gold is melted, formed into ingots, purified, shaped into coins, and produced into varying government denominations.
A humorous exchange from the New York Journal features Josh Medders questioning Jay Green about a matrimonial advertisement. Green describes a widow claiming 26 years old, 120 pounds, five feet tall with lively disposition and snap in her black eyes, but doubts her fit as an indulgent wife.
In a notably quiet Colorado Springs, the town earns its reputation as a refuge for invalids. The absence of church bells and whistles is noted, while nocturnal dogs bark as elsewhere, yet their feet leave no noise in the sandy soil.
A child named Tommy Tucker pleads to join the war, seeking a twelve year age rule from his mother. After reading the war bulletins he breaks his wooden sword and hides in the haymow, weeping.
The article notes Liberia as a highly civilized country where clocks are largely unnecessary. It states the sun rises at 6 a.m. and sets at 6 p.m. year round, with solar noon directly overhead.
Oak Park High School hosts its ninth annual field day today on the Oak Park Club grounds. Seventeen events are listed with prizes donated by local businessmen and citizens. Notable events include cycling and running contests with gold and silver medals awarded to top finishers.
The Austin Republican Club's Monday gathering drew its largest crowd yet as factional tensions surfaced over delegate lists from the Twelfth precinct. President Emerson sustained two appeals, while the club gained members but saw W. W. McFarlane elected over W C. Matthews, signaling a heated race to control the organization ahead of fall elections.
A matron argues wives overburden servants and calls for better household education for mistresses. She cites a large family with one maid doing all tasks, including personal waiting, and notes women often expect servants to handle both housework and personal duties.
A professor notes a student gains much from his course and may know more now than he will later in life. A proud parent comments on his son’s benefit from college education.
A quotation notes that a female writer observes women seldom marry men who waste money on them, suggesting a perceived logic in what some men call folly. The remark frames a social dynamic about money, marriage, and masculine behavior.
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