Town Notes From Austin Society and Local Life
In Austin news a church gathering on June 19 invites all to join for good cheer before departure across the sea. The Royal League leases Giles Hall for renovations while a new baby is born to Geo Pillinger. Updates cover residents’ illnesses and recoveries, club events at the Thirty Club and Oaks Club, a Kentucky club meeting, a Soul Culture Club lecture, and a garden reception at the Akers home honoring Miss Florence Akers. The weekend wedding of Miss Elizabeth Conklin to Dr. Herbert Woodbury is noted along with regional travel plans of the Pillinger brothers and a study of local social happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo, Pillinger
Royal League
Giles Hall
Ladies of the Christian Church
N. Park Avenue
Emily A. Sprong
Delmar
Albany County
New York
A. B. White
Nelson Hallgren
Thomas H. Stark
Washington Street
Kentucky Club
R. H. Traill
R. H. Woodbury
Long Lake
Wis
Thirty
Ada Hoggins
Elizabeth Lucretia Conklin
W. B. Conkin
Herbert Arthur Woodbury
Council Bluffs
Iowa
M. Johnson
Julie Conklin
E. S. Woodbury
Mrs. Woodbury
Address to Austin High School Graduates Sermon at M E Church
Public notice invites all Austin churches without evening service next Sunday to attend the sermon for the senior class at the M E Church. Bene Guasuwen is listed alongside W L Demorest as signatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin High School
Austin
M. E
Austin High Baseball Seeks Pennant With Hyde Park Clash
Austin High School faces Hyde Park at Oak Park Athletic grounds this Saturday as a potential pennant chase. The Austins also schedule a next week meeting with West Division Highs to bolster their title bid.
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Austin
Hyde Park
Oak Park
Austins
Oak Park social and personal notes and letters
Oak Park community updates include residents changing homes and travels to Europe and Ashland Wisconsin, social events at Kenilworth Hall, and gatherings hosted by Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. Waller, and Miss Hulburt. Faculty moves and school activities are described alongside unclaimed letters and a fishing trip on the steamer Illinois by local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. H. Orr
North Grove Avenue
Europe
Rhine
Oak Park High School
Kenilworth Hall
H. B. Richardson
E. C. Waller
River Forest
Elizabeth Hulburt
la Salle Avenue
Chicago
Gertrude Hammond
Montecello Seminary
Ollie
Oakley
Highland Park Military Academy
Hammond
Delavan Lake
Geo. W. Woodbury
South Budd Avenue
Read
Oak Park Avenue
Oxford
Ohio
Western College
Clara Anthony
G. J. Cooley
Wm. Esterlund
A. G. Findley
A. Finley
Ernest Leon
A. G. Finley
Ernest Leonard
Loyal Temperance Legion
M. G. Megellas
Wm. Miller
D. Nelson
W. Neal Ray
Fritz Sanftleben
Minnie Shank
Samuel St. Peter
Archie White
W. J. MacDonald
Maurice van Platen
Illinois
Commencement and Class Day Exercises At First Congregational
The Farson and Furbeck declamatory contests were held at the First M E Church with prizes of 15 and 10 dollars for both young men and women. Grace Adelaide Cook and Marian Gibney excelled in selections including Poe’s Bells and Water Nymph. Prizes were presented by Rev A M White and judges included Jesse A Baldwin and H D Cumming. Thursday field day followed with class events led by the class of 1900, including history by James Dorman Elderk in the First Congregational Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farson
Furbeck
M. E
Grace Adelaide Cook
Girls’ Glee Club
Paul Edward Kelly
Marion Gibney
Garcia
Percy Stuart Palmer
Stephen A. Douglas
Henry Edmund Luff
Bertha
Edith Howe Stearns
Fair Ellen
Aurie V. Hedrick
George Spelman
A. M. White
D. D
Austin
Jesse A. Baldwin
Oak Park
B. F. Buck
H. D. Cumming
John Farson
W. F. Furbeck
Henry Edmund
Luff
Marian Gibney
Gibney
Poe
Grace Cook
First Congregational Church
James Dorman Elderkin
Myrtle Schnadig
Grace Marguerite Wilson
Henry Kingsbury Pierce
Oak Park High School 1900 Class Graduates in Dignified Exercises
The Oak Park High School held its graduating exercises on Thursday evening June 14 at the First Congregational Church. Sixty graduates received diplomas in a ceremony featuring prayers, choirs, orations, and music performances by the Girls and Boys Glee Clubs. Valedictory by Ernest Barrett Chamberlain urged strength of body for knowledge, and diplomas were presented by Mr. Pierce, president of the board of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park High School
First Congregational Church
Sidney Strong
Tannhauser
Marshall Hubbard Jackson
Mission of Music
Stella Mae Rogers
Mendelssohn
Girls’ Glee Club
Rome
Marie Eldredge Cole
Clyde Luther Bass
Winifred Grace Waddell
Ernest Barrett Chamberlain
Italia
Pierce
Board of Education
Luncheon in Honor of Oak Park High School Teachers
Mrs. Tope of 350 Lake Street assisted by her daughter Miss Helen Tope gave a luncheon Tuesday for Oak Park High School teachers. Decor featured American beauty roses and red and green ribbons for class of 1900. Attendees included Misses Weaver King Swift Farrel Hedrick Bliss Brown Sturdevent 1901 Parsons Wilson. Afterward the group attended Field Day exercises.
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Tope
Lake Street
Helen Tope
Oak Park High School
Weaver
King
Swift
Farrel
Hedrick
Bliss
Brown
Sturdevent
Parsons
Wilson
Austin Center of Economic League Organizes in City
The Austin Center of the Economic League met at the First Congregational Church and completed its organization. A June 26 meeting will feature Bishop Fallows as speaker and attract a large audience.
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Austin Center of the Economic League
First Congregational Church
Bishop Fallows
Faljows
Miller's drug store leads with gifts and updates
Miller's drug store features Choice candies, perfumes at Miller's, Allegretti chocolates, and prescription services. Chas Carlson, shoe man, welcomes a son born Monday morning. Charles P. Miller, Oak Park druggist, visited Detroit with local druggists for a wholesale house invitation and reports a fine trip.
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Miller's
Tazell
Miller’s
Miller’s Drug Store
Chas. Carlson
Key West
Charles P. Miller
Oak Park
Detroit
Pastor, Davis, & Co
Parquette Flooring for Otto Young Estate at Lake Geneva
The most elegant and expensive parquette flooring is being laid in Otto Young’s summer residence at Lake Geneva. It will cost 8000 dollars, with J Dunfee & Co of Chicago handling the contract. C B Patrick assists volunteers at a Washington Park picnic hosted by Volunteers of America. Grand Republic cigars from E Seldenberg Stiefel & Co New York are on sale at Mather’s in Chicago.
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New York
Otto Young
Lake Geneva
J. Dunfee & Co
Chicago
Dunfee
Austin
C. B. Patrick
Austin Avenue
Lake Street
Washington Park
Volunteers of America
E. Seldenberg, Stiefel & Co
Mather’s
Park Avenue
Rules for Smoking Cigar Etiquette and Purchase
A dated guide lists step by step advice for cigar preparation and lighting. It warns against damp wrappers and smokers should avoid strong winds while smoking. It also advises buying from reputable stores and selecting cigars aged at least thirty days with Havana wrappers for stronger cigars. It concludes by naming Mather the cigar dealer at 203 North Park Avenue Austin and suggests keeping the cutout for reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mather
North Park Avenue
Austin
Cigar Stand Adverts in Austin Promotes Grand Republic
In a local note the Mather's stand at 203 N Park Avenue urges customers to choose cigars in good condition. It touts Grand Republic and other standard brands as best, warns against dried brittle cigars, and promotes the Secret and How to Keep Tobacco guides alongside Silver Indian stationery and periodicals.
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Mather's
N. Park Avenue
Austin
Arnica Salve promises clear skin and quick healing
A beauty note extols Bucklen's Arnica Salve for curing skin eruptions such as pimples eczema and tetter, plus cuts burns boils felons ulcers and severe piles. Sold for 25 cents a box with a cure guaranteed by Traill & Cooling and Chas. P. Miller, druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Traill & Cooling
Chas. P. Miller
Best Friends of Christ Seek Deeper Knowledge
Devotees described as Christ's closest friends pursue a deeper understanding of his life and teachings, seeking to know him more fully through study and reflection. The piece highlights personal devotion and spiritual seeking within a faith community.
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Christ
Summer job openings at Norton Brothers Maywood
The notice urges students to seek seasonal work during school break with Norton Brothers at Maywood. It promotes the company's Employment Department and states they are hiring a number of boys for pleasant positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton Brothers
Maywood
A Good Piano Tuner Seeks Calls in Chicago
Mr. T. H. Hahn a piano tuner with years of experience and active in Austin and Oak Park will call if you mail a card. Address 3705 Cottage Grove Avenue Chicago.
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T. H. Hahn
Austin
Oak Park
Cottage Grove Avenue
Chicago
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Paris’ Exposition
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A. G. Bagley
H. H. Rearden
G. A. Kreis
H. M. Gardner
J. Whitlock
W. H. Bennett
Fred R. Schock
W. W. McFarland, Jr
George B. Coffin
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Miss Akers
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Gertrude Fitch
Dottie Lee
Lawndale
Maud
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W. L. Demorest
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Maple Avenue
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N. Park Ave
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Scavenger
la Salle Street
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General Immigration and Industrial Agent
Louisville
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