Local Notes and Community Updates from Austin Area
Moreland community items note Dr Glenn and wife expected home from New York City this week. Several relatives travel to Michigan and Indiana for visits and summer plans. Becker Bros. advertises a banner sale starting June 16 for dry goods and clothing. Alice Stoddard, 59, of 2334 Austin avenue, died June 8. funeral June 9 at home with Rose Hill Cemetery burial.
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Dr. Glenn
New York City
L. Fritz
South Bend
Ind
Sayles
Robert
Minneapols
Johnson
Austin Avenue
Forty-seventh Street
Elmer
Austin
Becker Bros
North Forty-eighth Avenue
Herman O. Fisher
Hutchinson
Fisher
Third District
Martha Washington
Irving Park Boulevard
Graceland Avenue
Alice Stoddard
William Stoddard
Stoddard
England
Chicago
Rose Hill Cemetery
G. B. Safford
The
Presbyterian Church
Cicero Town Board Advances Sidewalk Plan and License Case
The Cicero town board adopted a plank sidewalk ordinance for North boulevard from Cuyler avenue to Harvey avenue. It also approved a saloon license payment draft in the Hawthorne race track case, with all five trustees voting yeas and two abstentions. Town Clerk J. Tristram signed the actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Dunne
Patrick McGrath
Hawthorne Race Track
Yeas
Attridge
Cole
Dutton
North Boulevard
Cuyler Avenue
Harvey Avenue
J. &. Tristram
Light from the Landscape Sermon and Church Services
The First Methodist Episcopal Church advertises Dr Henry Irving Rasmus will give a Sunday evening sermon on light from America’s landscape. Miss Isabelle Horton will speak at the morning service. Sunday school convenes at noon under N M Jones. Class meetings 9:30 am and 6:30 pm led by Enoch Van Horn and I J Davis. Junior League 3:30 pm Epworth League 6:30 pm. Wednesday prayer meetings discuss spiritual topics with prayer and experience.
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Henry Irving Rasmus
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Isabelle Horton
Deaconess Advocate
Enoch van Horn
I. J. Davis
Epworth League
First Methodist
Episcopal Church
Abel M. White
Help Wanted Bindery Girls at Donaldson and Worswick
Printer Donaldson and Worswick at 5634 Ohio Street Austin seeks bindery girls for permanent positions with good pay. Experience preferred but not required. Apply in person to Mr Worswick.
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Donaldson & Worswick, Printers
Ohio Street
Austin
Mr. Worswick
Swedish Lutheran Church Confirmation At Waller Avenue
Last Sunday seven youths were confirmed at the Swedish Lutheran Church on Waller avenue after a year of instruction. Twenty eight other members joined, totaling thirty five new members. Pastor Brandelle led morning and evening services with Rev P Martinson of Jamestown assisting. Brandelle attends the Swedish Lutheran Church of America assembly in Burlington Iowa.
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Waller Avenue
Brandelle
P. Martinson
Jamestown
N. Y
General Assembly of the Swedish Lutheran Church of America
Burlington
Iowa
Women’s Club of Austin Hosts North Western Settlement Children
The Woman's Club plans a June 26 outing for Northwestern settlement children. After a Mer rick park picnic lunch, the group will play games and then tour the country by car. Volunteers from town are invited to join for a day of philanthropic fun with the city’s youngsters.
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Merrick Park
Sunday School Union Picnic in Austin
Grand union picnic to Mill Creek park on the North-Western Friday June 29 1900 under the aus pices of Austin Sunday schools. Special train leaves Forty-eighth street 8 30 am and Central avenue 8 45 am returning from ground 6 pm with musical literary program athletic games prizes for winners tickets adults 50 cents children 25 cents.
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Grand Union
Mill Creek Park
Sunday Schools of
Austin
Forty-eighth Street
Central Avenue
Fifty-Second Avenue Congregational Meeting Schedule
The Fifty-Second Avenue Congregational Church announces services at 40 North Fifty Second Avenue. Worship and preaching at 10 45 a m with Sunday school led by superintendent P F Apfel at noon, Junior Endeavor at 3 30 p m, Y P S C E at 6 30 p m, evening service at 7 30 p m. Wednesday prayer meeting held at 8 p m led by Rev H W Lyman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Fiftysecond Avenue
P. F. Apfel
H. W. Lyman
First Baptist Church Schedule with Pastor Lapp
The Rev. Clarence Elgine Lapp leads services at First Baptist Church Pine avenue and Ohio street. Sunday includes 10:30 a.m. sermon, 12 p.m. Sunday school, 4 p.m. Junior B Y P A, 6:30 p.m. Senior B Y P A, and 7:30 p.m. preaching. All seeking a church home are invited.
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Clarence Elgine Lapp
Midway Park
Prairie Avenue
First Baptist Church
Pine Avenue
Ohio Street
Second Baptist Church announces weekly services and Children’s Day
The Rev. J. D. Collins pastors sermons at 10:30 a.m. Sunday service. Sabbath school at noon and evening service at 7:30 p.m. Midweek prayer 8 p.m. Wednesday. Ladies’ prayer Thursday 2:30 p.m. Special services next Sunday with Children’s Day program at 10:30 a.m. and evening preaching at 7:30. An invitation to all.
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J. D. Collins
Old Presbyterian Church
South Boulevard
Second Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church Austin Ill Sunday Services Notice
The First Presbyterian Church in Austin Illinois lists sermons, Sunday school and youth group times for Frink and Waller Avenues. Rev S M Johnson and Rev L M Johnson lead services with union morning worship at the M E Church and no evening service.
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Frink
Waller Avenues
S. M. Johnson
South Park Avenue
Junior Christian Endeavor
Christian Endeavor
Senior Christian Endeavor
Faith
Grant Branch
L. M. Johnson
First Presbyterian Church
M. E
Austin Christian Church Moves to Abbott Block
The Austin Christian Church announces relocation to 207 North Park Avenue in the Abbott block. Sunday school begins at 10 with M K Mizenheimer of Oak Park guiding, preaching at 11 by Pastor Geo A Campbell. Wednesday prayer meeting at 8 and Ladies Aid Society Thursday 2 to 4.
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Austin Christian Church
North Park Avenue
Abbott Block
M. K. Mizenheimer
Oak Park
Geo. A. Campbell
Ladies’ Aid Society
Geo, A. Campbell
Oak Park River Forest Methodist Services Schedule
River Forest Methodist church offers a morning service at 10 30. Junior League meets at 3 p m Epworth League at 8 30 p m Evening service at 7 80 Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 45 and Sunday school at noon Robert Odell serves as superintendent Rev Wm Fawcett is the pastor
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River Forest
Robert Odell
Wm. Fawcett
Landscape gardening and pruning services offered
Local ad for gardening and horticulture work by Geo Baldwin at 118 N Oak Park Ave. Includes pruning trees vines and rose bushes, lawn renovation, new lawns, cut flowers and wedding decorations. Whitman? PHODS 1sts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitnan
Nothing Escapes Its Ken Chicago Times Herald
A promotional blurb praising the Chicago Times Herald for fast, thorough news coverage. It touts wide network of correspondents worldwide and the paper’s reliability in delivering the latest topics to readers. The Sunday Times Herald is described as a library in itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times Herald
Chicago Daily
Sunday Times-Herald
Skeleton Phenomenon Delights Free Public Display
A skeleton acts with remarkable gyrations and speaks not a word, touted as the century’s marvelous novelty. Free to all, request via stamp to The Mermaid Novelty Company in Austin Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mermaid Novelty Company
Austin, Ill
Reflections on Wisdom Power and Society
A compact excerpt from Guesses at the Truth by Hare Brothers discusses signs poetry and truth in wit and life. It compares poetry to prose and notes how vices begin as good qualities run wild while offering maxims on public opinion leadership jealousy and the balance of influence between the many and the few.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hare Brothers
Burke
Sheridan
Oak Park Methodist Church Service Schedule
Oak Park Methodist Church at Lake Street and Forest Avenue led by Rev. Irving Raamus D D offers services at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m Sunday school at noon Epworth League at 6 30 p m Readers are invited to attend the worship and programs on the listed times.
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Lake Street
Forest Avenue
Irving Raamus
D. D
Epworth League
52nd Avenue Presbyterian Church Children’s Exercises
Special children's exercises at Lake Street Hall east of the corner of Fifty second avenue and Lake street Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. A cordial welcome is extended to all.
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Lake Street Hall
Fifty Second Avenue
Lake Street
Bruess & Co Stock Increase At Special Meeting
Public notice states a special stockholders meeting on June 11 1900 increased Bruess & Co capital stock from 5000 to 20000 dollars in compliance with Illinois statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruess & Co
Illinois
Sin Shuts Out Our Sight of the Savior
A fragment notes sin and blindness obscuring the Savior from view, offering a moral reflection on spiritual perception and the need for illumination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sin
Odd Facts From Around the World in 19th Century
A collage of curiosities: Canton’s plague losses in 1894, Chinese exports, Yonkers hat output, Wiesbaden prompter longevity, Valencia fans pay, Dahomey temple with 1000 snakes, Bordeaux slave trade, Siberian churches, Florida housewives using oranges as soap, New Zealand dwarfs, Australian gesture language, and other remarkable notes.
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Wiesbaden
Valencia
Verda
Dahomey
Bordeaux
Austria
Siberian
Florida
New Zealand
Australia
Modish Summer Fashion Notes and Color Trends
In fashion chatter from the east the blend of black and white remains popular. Pink is predicted to be a key summer cotton frock color. White and colored linens pair with foulard silks, and cherry garnitures on hats gain on grapes.
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Axe
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Fred M. Mason
Pty
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W. S.smith & CO
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Maywood
Dunlop Bros.’ Bank
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Morrow
Austin Bicycle Works
North Park Ave
Iib
Gonrad Kampp
P. Kampp
C. Kampp & Son
Moreland
James McGuire
Indiana Street
Michigan
C. BE. Millspaugh
H. O. Fisher
A. F. Rehberg
New Richmond
Mich
Mrs. D. Case
Lewis
Glencoe
KE. R. Case
Fifty-second Street
Swartz & Peck
South 48Th Avenue
Telephone West
Harry F. Brown
48Th Ave
N. S0th Court
John Hemwall
North 48Th Avenue
Page Insurance
Garner’s Drug Store
Central Ava
Cicero Town Board
America’s Wonderland
Swedish Lutheran Church News
Woman's Club OF
Sunday School Union
Austin Methodist Church
Fifty-Second Avenue Congregational
River Forest Methodist
PHODS
Geo. Baldwin
Oak Park Avenue
Ry A
Roy
Henderson
Mtenderson
Lee
M. Henderson
West
SAGES
Robt I. Ward
Wake St
Park Avenue
Carmichael
Ladies’ and Gentlemen
Oak Park, Ill
52Nd Avenue Presbyterian Church
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