Vic’s Majority Quest Guided by Local Politicians
The mother answers Vic’s questions about local politics naming figures like William Lorimer state senator John Humphrey H A Emerson Joseph Carolan Lot Brown A B Melville and O W Nash. She describes nominations trades and the push for independent city government with local representation and tax adjustment while urging voting Republican and promising more talks next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Oak Park
Joseph Carolan
H. A. Emerson
H. A
A. B. Melville
Kalamazoo
Cicero
War tax and travel notes from a bygone year
A mixed update notes a short dodger campaign, a country town drug store not selling liquor, and rooms for rent. It mentions water as the only untaxed drink under new revenue rules and cites Austin and Oak Park public schools’ strong graduation days. A reference to war tax on outbound tickets and Lyman J. Gage hints at financial purchase details.
Arrivals and Departures at Austin Post Office
Notices of mail arrivals from the east with 4:30 p.m. and 7:35 a.m. times, household ads for loans from F. H. Zander, and local people traveling to Wisconsin, California, Kansas, or Michigan resorts for summer, plus various sales and personal notices. Includes unclaimed letters for Mrs. Bruno Bailey and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Post Office
Bruno Bailey
Emil Haas
Hattie Harrison
Jennie V. Jayne
Robert J. Kerr
Minnie McNama
James Morgan
Winnifred Schuler
I. H. Warne
Howard Robertson
P. M
Town News Bits and Humorous Ads
News of the town column rounds up light quips and ads from Miller's drug store offerings. Items include mothy powders and camphor for packing with continued jokes about men and women and commentary on domestic life. An ad touts the Belding New Perfection Refrigerators sold by Chas. F. Drechsler in Oak Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. F. Drechsler
Lake Street
Oak Park
Adv
Local Business Notes and Shop Openings in Oak Park
Hoover and Purnell introduce enamel and granite ware line as Oak Park merchants urge local advertising. A new barber shop opens in the Masonic hall block on North Park avenue. The Oak Park shoe store showcases a large up to date line while Carlson features bicycle shoes. A cement walk is in progress before C Kampp and Son’s and Waugh’s dry goods on North Park avenue. Loomis displays new laundry cart, and J P Garner Co bets on Sky High Crescent bicycles. Postlewait’s Oak Park undertaking rooms reflect modern fittings. Ott sells 340 North Park barber shop to Fred Cross of Moreland. new management expected to prosper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Hall
North Park Avenue
Oak Park
Carlson
C. Kampp & Son
Undertaking Establishment
C. S. Postlewait
Abbott Block
Postlewait
M. D. Ott
N. Park Avenue
Austin
Fred Cross
Moreland
Franklin Avenue
Board of Local Improvements
Village of
River Forest
Board Room
Waterworks
Madison Street
Robert KE. Williams
la Salle Street
Chicago
T. M. Jackson
W. Juergens
R. E. Williams
River Forest, Ill
Instant relief cure for catarrh offered nationwide
An advertisement promotes a remedy named No Stomach Nostrum priced at 50 cents. It claims instant conquest of catarrh and relief for those in misery. The Cashman Drug Co. is listed for ordering a book, based in Vidcennes, U S A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cashman Drug Co
Vidcennes
U. S.A
Electric Bitters Offered As Cure All In Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal cure from back pain to malaria and nervous troubles. It claims to purify blood, tonify liver and kidneys, relieve constipation and headaches, and restore natural vigor. The product is advertised as purely vegetable, mildly laxative, with a money back guarantee and priced at 50 cents per bottle at Joovell’s and Traill’s in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joovell
Traill’s. Austin
Hints for Flower Growers and Garden Protection
Practical gardening guidance warns against using fresh natural fertilizers and stresses thorough rotting before use. Protect seedlings from sun and wind. shelter transplanted saplings with burlap. Control pests with paris green or hellebore while foliage is damp. Odd soil enrichers like old shoes and bones at vine bases are noted as beneficial by historical anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Tiny Houses Built by Insect Tree Vorticella Colonies
A curious insect, the tree vorticella, forms a living tree with waving branches from which colorful insects hang. It builds tiny bricklike houses from pellets laid evenly with no gaps, often attached to the leaf of a water plant.
Salve claims cure all skin eruptions with money back
Advertises a salve that supposedly heals cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum and more and guarantees satisfaction or refunds. Priced at 25 cents per box by Lovett and Traill in Austin. Also notes Britain uses 400 million pounds of soap annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovett & Traill
Austin
Britain
Dr King s New Discovery Praised by Trusted Pharmacists
Aug J Bogel of Shreveport La and J F Campbell of Safford Ariz endorse Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds as reliable and effective. It has a 25 year track record and is not an experiment with free trial bottles at Lovett Traill s Drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Bogel
Shreveport
Dr. King
J. F. Campbell
Safford
Ariz
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the Vindicator
Clinton Street
Vic
William Lorimer
United States
House of Representatives
John Humphrey
Humphrey
Dodger
Lyman J. Gage
Cc. P. Insley
Austin Coal
B. Patrick
Smith
Cc. P. Miller
Nicholas Armbrust
Clark and Murphy
Austin Co
J. Roath
Austin Furniture
Ten
Neshelroth, Austin
Daggett
M. Thurns
Austin Graham Bros
Fred HH. Blase
Ridgeland Sl
Hoope
Berwyn
Mesehler Co
Ceee
Nissen
Oate Park
Puchner Bros
Oak Park Stock Yards
Lugh Gair
Jno. Kimmeth & Bro
Clyde
J. Dunfee & Co
BR. Moore & Co
Harness Goods
Eo Ward
Shurcky & Milan
Mandell
Oak
Ae Turgess
W. HL
Newberry & Co
Jas, W. Carter
Oak Park Jewelers
W. H. Dresehler
Gookins & Wilsnach
Frank Dratt
Simmons
Wait
Goodman & Scully
M. Peterson
W. OA. Tungre
Onde Tark Goo
Bo Burns
Austin Go Irving
Oak Marn
Red
Austin Go
Thos
HH. Cale
J. W. Senne & Co
Common & Wifeher
August Terneak & Co
Qale
Pari
Bedard & Morency Mhi Co
Tatlorgs
Tarrehoft Johanson
Lindberg
Ork Park
Ouke Park Pailorfis Co
Ouk Park
Chas. TF
Dresehler
Kampp & Son
Austhoo
Postlewalt
Cicero Gas'o
Cac
Parl
W.os
Besuliean
Barrenscheen
Carter
Jeery Water, Gas & Mor
News OF the Town
Yaa
H. O'Conor
F. H. Zander
North Park Ave
Lee
C. G. Griffith
Ontario Street
Cicero and Proviso Ice Company
Lake Geneva
Oak Park Telephone 110
Harlem Avenue
South Boulevard
W. Young
Ohio
Oconomowoc
Wis
A. ST. Loomis
Traill & Cooling
G. C. Gilbert
la Salle
J. B. Thompson
Ohio Street
Florida
Ted Guahath
James Gardiner
South Pine Avenue
Lox Lake
Bennie Fields
California
Ebof. Abbott
Kansas
A. F. Sellick
Mrs. L. S. Pinney
Michigan Resorts
Nettie J. Jones
North Central Avenue
Northwestern University
Bert King
Los Angeles
Cal
E. C. Hunsinger
Jake
Bluff Lake
Ray P. Vastine
Elfreda Nelson
Peoria, Il
Mr. Vastine
H. B. Grege
North Waller Avenue
Arizona
Santa Fe Ry
S. P. Nissen
Oak Park Avenue
Hhx
Ak HK
Don Rosado
A. H. Loomis
Park Avenue
Oak & Tompkins
Mrs. Scales
Old Presbyterian of Austin
W. O. Cline
Walnut Avenue
Maywood
Chas. Carlson
OAK Park Shoe Store
Miller’s
Chas
P. Miller
Miller's
Miller’s Drug Store
Ady
Frank L. Race
Elevated
Oakdale Hotel
J. C. Richart
Fisher Building
Vin
Hoover & Purnell
United Effort
J. P. Garner & Co
Sky High
GS Crescent
Garner
Co. R. LaMena
Town OF
Town Hall
Christopher Columbus
Milwaukee
Bicyles Free
Docka
Rush Street
Detroit Street
G. S. Whitslar
LaSalle St
Waller Avenue
Austin Avenue
R. A. Carpenter
J. Linden
Board of Education
F. W. Meadows
Ill
The
Chicago & North Western Railway
Linden Park
Ridgeland
Avenue
Melrose Park
Williams Bay
Co. H. Tinkham
225Th Avenue
Hicks—“Barton
ST. Joe and
Benton Harbor
Graham & Horton
City OF Milwaukee
City OF
Louisville
J. C. Ford
Chicago, St. Joseph
Benton Harbor, Mich
Milwaukee, Wis
Dock
Wabash Ave
Tourise
Michigan Pruitt Belt
Excelsior
Eiegurt
Benton Haru
Chicao
River St
Wasash Awe
Guana
Prest, Bestou Harbor, Mich
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