Cicero Town Board Debates West Side System Fees and Streets
The Hawthorne petition for Mat Giver as pound master is referred. A crosswalk appeal on Washington Boulevard draws citizen action. Police protection on Sundays leads to bicycle requests. Catch basins planned at Park and South boulevard. An omnibus vehicle license bill sets fees and driver age limits. Railroad spur rights and peddler licenses granted. Numerous sidewalk and cement projects proposed along Williams Washington and South boulevards. Various town finance and drainage items approved, with adjournment to next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Hawthorne
Mat Giver
Austin
Oak Park
Washington Boulevard
Wallins
Police and Sanitary Committee
R. A. Carpenter
Park Avenue
South Boulevard
Committee of
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Company
Lombard and
Lexington Avenues
Block 1
Greendale
Joseph Catansar
Williams Street
Marion Street
Harlem Avenue
First Alley
Wisconsin Avenue
Home Avenue
Austin Avenue
Ridgeland Avenue
Lombard Avenue
Pleasant Street
Howard Avenue
Kinzie Street
Ontario Street
Waller Avenue
Lake Street
Ohio Street
Indiana Street
Pine Avenue
Willow Avenue
Frink Street
Lewis
Mary Whelan
Howell
Merrick Park
Finance Committee
Committee On Special Assessment
Rearden
Ganley
MacDonald
Mathias Blosen
Harvard Street
West Forty Eighth Street
West
Fiftieth Street
H. H. Rearden
Geo. R. Frankland
Yeas
Howell, Gunthorp
Attridgeways
Utley
Pringle
Oliver M. Carson
Dunlap Bros.’ Bank
Oak Park State Bank
Wall Street mining town and curious daily tidbits
Gossip of the day notes Wall Street as a Colorado mining town, German ships building torpedo boats at 32 knots, and various curiosities. It cites herring health claims, Algoa wheat cargo and heavy import duties, rustics with thick hair, a preserved wartime hardtack, Japanese crab likeness to a Chinese figure, Spanish goat’s milk warning, and a proverb about monthly milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Wall Street
Germany
Algoa
San Francisco
Marseilles
Michigan
Japan
Spain
Fresh Breezes From Kansas
A collection of wry observations on gender roles and social habits. The piece notes women’s religious fervor, men’s shiftlessness, notions of romance and poetry, bed trends, and home life. It mentions a reception in Atchison with red strawberries white ice cream and blue plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron
Atchison
To Cure Colds In One Day Patent Remedy
An advert claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure colds in one day and offers a full refund if the medicine fails to cure. The copy urges readers to visit druggists for purchase and refunds.
Oak Park Pays Tribute to St Catherine's Academy Graduates
A detailed report of the Oak Park event honoring St Catherine's Academy graduates. The program featured piano trios performed by nine young musicians, vocal duets, and a bright operetta. Sisters Mary Ambrose and M Euphrasia led the music department with praise for the students and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attley
Joseph Fleming
Tom
Willie Clark
Harold Tevnan
Bracket Deniston
Eddie Kummerer
Robert Sullivan
Jennie Gunthorp
Mary Ambrose
M. Euphrasia
Florence Shields
Everett Thorndyke
Kathryn Fleming
Master Thorndyke
Kathryn Coffee
Pearl Callaghan
Lizzie McLogan
Edith Clark
Odeil Kuntzner
Mary Teresa
Mary Gabriel
St. Catherine’s
How Can a Patriot Be Patriotic
The essay urges love for country through knowledge of history and government and by caring for others. It highlights patriotism starting at home with respect for parents and siblings, obedience to teachers, and kindness. It stresses honoring the fallen and preparing to serve if needed, with Susan Earl Moore of Melrose Park noted as author in eighth grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Earl Moore
Melrose Park
Emblems by Political Groups Across History
The piece lists various political emblems: red carnations for Gen Boulanger’s admirers, the violet for Bonapartists, white daisies for Orleanists, white carnations for Bourbon followers, and other symbols such as the primrose in England and ivy for Parnell’s followers. It notes Jacobites using oak leaves, white roses on Royal Oak day, red carnations as a Jacobite emblem, cornflower badges among Algerian anti Semites, white carnations in Austria, and cornflower links to Emperor William and loyal Germans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Boulanger
France
Orleanists
House of Bourbon
Les Blancs d’Espagne
England
Parnell
James III
Algeria
Austria
William of
Gemany
Soothe Headache with Cushmen's Menthol Inhaler
Advert promotes Cushmen's Menthol Inhaler as a year lasting headache remedy. Claims quick relief and everyday comfort. Offers a "valuable book" from Cushman Drug Co in Vincennes Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alldruggista
Cuskass Drug Co
Vincennes
Ind
U. 5
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Cicero Gas CO
North Oak Park Avenue
W. H. Newbery & Co
Rax Austin
Linden Park
Maywood
Clyde
Moreland
Melrose
Berwyn and
Mandel
Austin, Ill
Graham
West Washington Street
Chicago
Jas Griep
Lake ST
Telephone
BRANC
Marion St
Austin Ave
John Kimmeth & Bro
Berwyn
Ill
Clyde, Ill
McAvoy Brewing CO
Barrenschegeren
Franklin St
Harlem
P. D. Oak Park
Ss. B. Wait
Cicero Telephone
D. H. Roe
R. Anders
George Tyson
Committee On Finance
A. O. Butler
Twenty-fifth Street
Risly Avenue
Fifty-second
Fiftieth Avenues
H. W. Austin
East Avenue
Kansas
Vindigator Prize
Susan E. Moore
E. Bagcot
Adams Street
Rob
T. I. Ward
Park Ave
Waaufecturer of and Dealer
Conrad Kampp
C. Kampp & Son
North Park Avenue
North 48Th Avenue
Chicago Exchange
Cicero Exchange
Ss. Smith
Oak Park and
Dunilop Bros.’ Bank
Zimmerman & Roath’s
KO7
Oak Park Av
Thompson’s Drug Store
J. Dunfee & CO
Franklin Street
Commer
Washington
Albert Burgess
Choice Bakery
Ee Tholesale and
Tlephone
Book OF Designs
E. B. Moore & CO
Randolph Street
Mr. Brown
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