Local church figures to participate in River Forest concert
The page notes a Chicago clergy lineup including Rev J Frothingham Wallace and H A Johnson with others taking part in proceedings. A River Forest concert featured the Japiani Quartette and Oak Park elocutionist Belle Watson Melville. social updates mention Mrs W H Whigham visiting Gale avenue, Mr M Herriman returning from Michigan, and the funeral of D D O'Brien with interment at Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frothingham Wallace
Eighth Presbyterian Church
Chicago
H. A. Johnson
Forty-first Street Church
de. Hill
Austin
River Forest
Japiani Quartette
Mir
Belle Watson Melville
Oak Park
W. H. Whigham
F. ‘Thompson
Gale Avenue
M. M. Herriman
Michigan
D. D. O'Brien
Dixon
Hattie Bulken
Rose Barton
Tulie Homer
Eden Shearburn
Harlem Village News Roundup Hits Local Life and Events
Harlem faces liquor district changes with a suspected license holder, while cemetery visits, train coach counts, and shifting gender demographics mark a busy week. Local merchants tout low prices and Fourth of July decorations, schools host picnics, and community groups plan events as the village board meets and various trades and clubs showcase projects and performances.
The Starry Skies and the Mind of Man in Kant
Essay style meditation on Kant and gender and wisdom, contrasting human folly with the urge to explore. A traveling man shares a smutty tale while pondering mortality and the starry heavens. The piece questions why people run and shout as life unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
Kant
Off for the East Scenic Train Trip from Chicago
Travelers head to New York and Philadelphia aboard the Chicago Grind Trunk and Lehigh Valley ROR tour. The journey features Niagara Falls and the Lehigh Valley with a day ride, railcar comfort, heated dining cars, and gas lighting on a vestibuled coach. Ticketing at 103 South Clark Street by MiQIL Hughes, General Western Passenger Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Clirk Street
Miqil Hughes
General Western
Real Estate Transfers Listed For Berwyn Subdivisions
A long list of property transfers names buyers and sellers including AP Tinnsen to 8 Ho Matthisen, Gand 7.00, Corrie to FP Sehoen, Austin, La Verne, Keefe's adds, Johnsen to Swedish Baptist Church of Berwyn, Hayes to L ust Ponape, Bolinger, Wood I Bank to M Baul, Sidlence to NON Ze, Walliee to Won, Rice to FF CUPUINTTED, Creighton, Giester, Tarastron, Hedman, Andersen, Piper to Andrews, Waller’s sub, Andrews addy, and numerous Berwyn lot transfers with dates in April May June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AP Tinnsen
Matthisen
Dune
RK Corrie
Sehoen
Austin
Dickey & B
Dauned
AM Carlson
Rystrand
Berwyn
Lot
Dobn- Konto
Bolinger
Dane
Brown
Hawthorne
Maciejewski
Bob Weddell
Levack
Mundell
M Baul Eth
BOP Rice
Grantier
LGD Creighton
Tarastron
Aldander Waller
Pea
Blamed i
Andersen
Andrews
Cor Piper
Jor Andrews
Mair Oaks
Vie
Ridgeland
Bos
Wilson
Davis
AY Latiedin
Gorton Johnston
Webster
New School Building at Ridgeland
Officials of Oak Park district let contracts for a new Ridgeland senior building. Names appear for tearing down, plastering, plumbing, concrete flooring, sheet metal, carpentry, and related trades. Details are garbled but indicate modernization of eight grades and completion plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeland
Oak Park Diguiet
Jacob Rodatz
Dow
McEwan Buseh
Wan
Williams
Stanson
B. Rieket
Beeghlz & Co
Dr King’s New Discovery Cures Coughs and Colds
A patient in California or Illinois reports recovery from a severe cold after two bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery. The advertisement claims dramatic relief from consumption and croup and promotes free trial bottles at local drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mer. Phorbe Thorns
Danetion City
Betuss Jr King
Mae Phos
Li. M. Lavett
Oak Park
Some Pretty Fashions in Paris and New York Styles
A report on recent fashion trends notes expensive pesticides and ribboned fabrics. It highlights Parisian dress patterns including lace jackets, new sleeve designs, and sneak details in canvass and glace silk. Descriptions cover undergarments, satin gowns, decollete fronts, and decorative floral sprays with youthful styling cues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anone
Paris
AML
Pneland
Nike
Jere
Fragmentary OCR on prophecy and language study notes
Text snippets discuss prophecy and seeing the future with ad hoc terms. It includes garbled phrases about a seer, future topics, and various improper names. The passage appears as a messy, incomplete OCR fragment from a broader discussion or note.
Odd Fellowship Sermon Highlights Its History and Faith
The Rev Fraoella Rowley delivers a June nineties sermon to Oak Park Odd Fellows, tracing the order from eighteenth century England to America. He cites charity, widows and orphans care, and temperance, stressing that fellowship and love must come from God through Jesus Christ, and ends urging members to know Christ personally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taxt
Christian Church
Roman Empire
Geneva
Ephesus
Wallachia
Spain
England
Order of
Odd Bellows
John Smith
Manchester
Mayland
America
Yhoe
Odd Fellowship
West
Thor O
Rebekah
Dyer
Society
Baltimore
Tennessee
Virginia
Mississippi
North Carolina
Texas
South Carolina
Florida
Arkansas
Louisiana
Georgia
Republic
Csistnee
Lincoln
Odd Fellows’ Orphans
Blome
Cook County
Omr
God
Jesus of Nazareth
Christ
Earth
Kingdom of Heaven
Jesus Christ
A New Deal Discussed for Cook County Townships
In June 1896 the editor weighs plans to abolish township governments across Cook County and redraw county lines. Voting thresholds, shifts of assessor duties to sheriffs, and potential county reorganization to include Cicero and 25 outside towns are explored, with next fall’s vote seen as pivotal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Or County
Chicago
Town of
Cook County
County of
Cook
DuPage, Lake
Will
Mowever
Houses In May Wood Offer 7 To 9 Rooms On Stone
50 by 125 foot lots feature 7 to 9 room frame houses on stone foundations with water and sewer, complete bathrooms, furnace flues, Georgia pine, parquet flooring, electric wires, hardwood mantels, speaking tubes, broad verandas, and antique copper hardware. Rent payable, located in May Wood near churches, schools, stores, and society. Access via Chicago and Northwestern Railway, Chicago and Great Western Railway in 24 minutes, and via Lake Street elevated, Metropolitan elevated, Madison Street cable with Cicero and Proviso Electric Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Chicago and Great Western Railway
Lake Street
Metropolitan Elevated
Madison Street
Cicero
Proviso
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Harlem
Gitele
King
Albert Burgess
Geo. Nordentolt
B.D. Larcon Co
Catt
Madison and
Hannantroots
Altenbein
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Frank Lehbninae
Ford
Marengo
Beluit
Henry Zimmermin
Pranklin Street
Henry Troost
Lesthrop Avenue
Ferdinand Street
Madison
Vhleomtant Ehild
AS J. Tedunkauhl
Mirth Street
Borin Abooday
Concordia Cemetery
Ofwid
Medd Thin Peiday
Pothowstromme Park
Bathesta Ehiaek
Mes Peete
Maiday
Misa
Kleiber
Mgr
Hees
Beable
Thodatson
Zeptung
Dss
Actit
Mty
Harter
Mirdioon
Rehman
Atco
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Doris
Reynolds
Melrose
Gett
Dunlop
Bk Bieher
Mirywood Cato
Moe
Hho
Reformers
Ceara
Lows
Fraoella
Rowley
Virat Baptist
May Wood
Pavilion
St. Charles
16Th Avenues
Maywood
Proviso Land Association
Clark St
Eugene Fishburn
WM. M. Talbert
E. A. Cummings, H. G. Foreman
James Darlow
Alboerig Lighting
W.W. KimbaLl
Pres
Conway Lee
A. G. Cone Treas
W. W. Kimball CO
Wabash Ave
Kimball Organs
Qld
Telephone
Descriei
Boston
J. Dunfer & CO
Franklin St
Kinzie and
Dillon Streets
Realaceh
U.S
Washington
U. S
C.a.snow&co
Washington, D.C
Wright & Duvall Solicitors
Ilcan & Trus
Washington, D. C
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