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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1900
Page
2
In Chicago on June 22 1900 readers are reminded to stop delivery by paying arrears or return the paper to the post office. Democratic primaries occur today. Horse racing is permitted under Illinois statutes while gambling remains a crime. Co BE Crafts expects a solid 36th ward delegation. A new Republican club has recently made several political appointments.
The Hon. C. E. Crafts appears poised for a minority nomination in the Seventh senatorial district though acceptance remains uncertain. Cicero Democrats bolted the governor slate, while Wm. Ritchie is favored for minority legislature seats. Walter Lantz sought a 35th ward delegate at a Austin meeting, likely not granted. 35th ward aldermen supported a gas ordinance opposed to sale to a trust.
The Honorable C. BE Crafts supports a law creating minority representation from districts that are strongly one sided politically. He calls it a good law and notes broad acceptance across parties.
Opinion hints at needed town upgrades including mayor and police chief positions. Suggests a sporting gentleman as mayor and a bookmaker as magistrate while proposing a jockey as captain of police and a judge as chief official.
The piece condemns two forms of gambling the so called crap game and race-track betting. It argues both violate law and morality and urges immediate cessation by authorities. It notes race tracks allow 26 losses to one win, a unfair ratio, and calls for stopping both practices.
The owner of Hawthorne race track requests disconnection from Cicero. The proposal is controversial with trustees under pressure to vote in favor or face political backlash. Observers doubt any current board member will approve, though they may risk funding implications if they refuse.
John K. Parks earns 70 dollars monthly as park policeman and W C Logue serves as assistant to Humboldt Park superintendent at 100 dollars per month. Ches Blomgren, Swedish Republican club president in the First precinct, will take over Chas Schlecht’s clerkship in the Criminal Court at 125 dollars a month. George Foster remains in the recorder's office.
The West Side of Chicago has long hosted race tracks and faces growing public anger. Garfield Park race track was shut down by law, then Hawthorne faced criticism amid a dispute over its operation. Harlem residents resist the crowd and business interests warn of gambler profits draining from the community.
Representative Austin business men urge local spending to keep wealth within the district. They warn against sending money away and promote supporting home merchants for value, quality, and community prosperity. Read the Vindicator ads and buy locally.
K. M. Welsh opens a corner Lake street and Fifty second avenue store with a full market, meats, fruits, and vegetables. Twenty years in buying ensures top quality goods at close prices. Motto is good goods at right prices with straightforward business methods to earn each customer’s trade. Ample accommodations and prompt courteous service. telephone Austin 1861.
F L Race, prominent Austin real estate figure and alderman, is praised as a driving force behind growth. Born in Austin, he has 30 years of city involvement, key in track elevation and gas ordinances, and serves on Chicago’s Thirty third ward council. He operates from the southeast corner of South boulevard and Central avenue.
McIntyre and Ruxton at Fifty-second and Kinzie streets offer coal contracts at right prices. They guarantee full weight and upright dealing, carry high grade coal, and promise prompt courteous service for orders of any size. They anticipate price rises to protect customers.
The G J Sanders shoe store now sits at 5736 Chicago avenue after a January relocation from the Franklin and Chicago corner. The shop offers a full array of ladies and children's shoes rubbers and men's wear at fair prices. The repair department run by brother A P Sanders provides first class work at moderate rates. Both brothers are described as accommodating and trustworthy.
Austin business note highlights F H Wells and his son running the Wells milk and cream depot at 222 North Park Avenue. They source fresh milk daily from a farm direct to customers, claiming purity and richness. The firm has deep local support as a long standing milk business with careful management.
Geo H Brown long time grocer moved to 5432 Chicago avenue two years ago after five years at Fifty second street and Chicago avenue. He built a strong business by fair dealing and loyal customers and relies on a crew of clerks and delivery men to serve the community. Brown does all his own buying to maintain quality.
With years of service behind him he values customer needs. He specializes in A. I. C. coffee praised by informed customers. His meat markets are run by skilled men and offer the choicest meats. A share of patronage is appreciated by Mr Brown who aims to please.
Two years after acquiring the corner drug store at Fifty-third and Lake streets in Austin Marco Williams runs a fully staffed shop. He fills prescriptions on demand and offers fancy articles cigars and a fountain with ice cream soda. He invites more patrons to try his service.
H O Sorenson, a longtime Austin grocer at 5209 West Chicago Avenue, operates a large, well stocked store with staple groceries and fresh goods. He serves the area with courteous service, reasonable prices, and prompt attention to calls to phone number 1703.
Kremer's Pharmacy at Alma Street and Chicago Avenue offers a modern drugstore with on hand drugs and supplies. Mr Kremer is on hand to handle prescriptions and guarantees service with a competent staff. The shop features Kremer's Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla and Burdock with Iodide of Potassium touted as a tonic with praised results.
Golden Bros druggists operate at 5617 West Madison Street between South Central and South Park avenues. Registered pharmacists run the store offering perfumes brushes stationery cigars and daily prescriptions in a fresh convenient south side location opened last January with long hours.
Skelton and Lloyd plumbers, formed five years ago by Robert Skelton and Edward Lloyd, have earned strong confidence among Austin businesspeople. They own a shop at 219 North Park Avenue, serve Oak Park and nearby residences, and hold several large local contracts.
M Froehlich, florist at 5580 Cornelia Street, has built a thriving business over seven years. His strong reputation extends from Austin and Oak Park to Chicago, with loyal clients and trusted mutual acquaintances in his trade. He offers a wide range of floral designs and reliable customer service.
Christian Meschler operates a five year old grocery and market at 5428 Chicago Avenue. The store offers staple and fancy groceries and the best year round meats. Mrs. Meschler assists in the business and a new chicken farm dresses poultry fresh for customers.
The Blase barber shop at 5729 West Chicago Avenue near Prairie is kept neat and busy serving the public with careful attention to children. It is led by Mr Blase who runs a principled business with skilled assistants, offering quality cigars and laundry services and is known locally from a former Oak Park location.
F H Hartless, a prominent Austin laundrmn at 5602 South Boulevard, built his business from a small start eight years ago into a large operation with routes across the locality. The firm serves Grant Works Oak Park River Forest and Moreland, offering fine domestic and high gloss finish work, credited to personal attention and responsive service.
One of Austin's oldest milk routes belongs to John Nelson at 831 N Austin Ave. He serves customers year round with pure milk from a model depot and a well equipped staff. His fair dealings are credited for his enduring success amid rival milkmen who failed to match his service.
The commodious neat barber shop of Frank Davis is at 5213 West Chicago Avenue. Davis lamps a flourishing trade after previous locations at Kinzie and Fifty-second streets and other moves across the country. He offers children's work, obliging service, a selection of cigars, and agency for first-class laundry work, inviting patronage from the local community.
The Cicero Light Heat and Power Company has supplied Austin with eight years of arc and incandescent lighting. Their arc lights improve night safety while their modern incandescent fixtures illuminate most residences. The firm asserts its lighting is far superior to other methods.
A residence or place of business operates under strict line of business principles. George Davis is the principal stockholder and de facto manager, with C. E. Bassett handling detailed work. The Lombard avenue and Harrison street works are praised for minimal complaints and liberal dealings with the public.
At 5634 5636 Ohio street Austin the Donaldson and Worswick printing plant stands as a leading West Side operation. Proprietors are practical and ambitious, employing skilled workers to ensure superior printing. A new bindery enhances their status as a top local industrial institution.
W R Bond grocer moved from Fifty-second street to 5721 W Madison and built a lasting business by offering the finest meats and groceries. Customers praise the quality, noting prices stay competitive and staff strive to please, earning repeat patrons city wide.
W E Annewalt is described as the town’s trusted newspaper circulator. He delivers Chicago paper to doorsteps each morning, serving suburban residents and reporting prompt, courteous service with reliable helpers.
The dealer highlights his buying experience to offer reliable goods at fair prices and compete with downtown shops. In the past year his rising trade forced a move to more spacious premises with a larger stock and better customer service.
Richard Runciman announces the Scotch Bakery at 124 North Fifty-second Avenue offering clean, up to date bread and catering. The store features a full line of bakery goods and welcomes visitors. note the new shop at 125 North Fifty-second Avenue.
E G Dirks at 520 Lake Street and Fifty Second Avenue runs a well appointed barber shop with skilled assistants. The shop offers tensorial haircuts and smooth shaves, plus a laundry office in connection. Dirks is described as reliable and courteous, inviting public patronage.
Mrs Myrah Ann Hastings wife of Charles Hastings died Friday June 15 at home 5422 Rice Street Austin after forty five years born in Canada She lived in Illinois twenty four years The funeral was from her home the following Sunday and interment was at Forest Home Reverend Stafford officiating
A. A. Smith & Co, now at 5615 W Madison St, Chicago, highlights its long history and moves. Proprietor A. A. Smith thanks the south side families for loyal support during a prosperous year and pledges ready help for the town.
Laura Frederickson aged 84 died Friday at her son in law Otto Kastrup’s home 330 Home avenue Oak Park Funeral held from the residence on Tuesday Interment was at Forest Home.
Owens Bros., at Fifty third and Lake streets, announce a large expansion to a second adjoining store. They emphasize extensive buying, low prices, and growing trade. Aiming to provide the largest best appointed market on the West Side, with new fixtures and a double market. Visitors are welcome to view the new facilities.
A 500 dollar reward is offered for cases of liver complaints and related issues that Liverita cannot cure when directions are followed. Pills come in 25c, 10c, and 6c boxes, all vegetable. The Nervita Medical Co. advertises mail orders from Chicago and lists local Chicago retailers for sale.
The saying argues that denying virtue due to human imperfection is as unreasonable as denying the sun for not always being noon, implying tolerance of human faults.
Mr W S Whedon of Winterset Iowa reports a carpenter with diarrhoea stopped work until he used Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. One dose cured him and he returned to work. Sold by J P Garner Co Austin George Koch Co Moreland.
At the corner of Chicago and Fifty second avenues in Austin, Theo Lundstrom offers a complete line of up to date dry goods sold at downtown prices. The proprietor, an experienced dry goods man, has built a good trade through honest work and faithful service, earning customer confidence with quick sales and small profits.
A father asks if his son writes for money while noting the youth’s persistent literary drive. The exchange hints at early ambition and practical questions about earnings in writing.
A Hurtington Virginia advertisement promises a free full size fifty cent box of Dwight's Complexion Beautifier to every woman sending a postoffice address and a silver dime for packing and postage. Each box mailed separately with one free sample per address. orders may be placed for friends as well.
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