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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1901
Page
3
The Austin Woman's Club adjourns for the summer while Alderman Hunter advised assistant ward superintendents in the Thirty-fifth ward. His letter was not read at the mass meeting and its contents were not released to the press.
In Austin a mass meeting for Alderman Race drew about two dozen women and six men, mostly invited speakers. Critics blame the turnout for neglecting town improvements. Mrs. Paul, ward superintendent, remains active but not present at the event, and the town hall park shows no progress beyond city funding. The call is for residents to keep homes tidy to foster a cleaner city.
The article discusses explosive chemistry for night reconnaissance and the blue light fuel mixture. It also notes Henry P. Davison becoming president of Liberty National Bank in New York at age 33, making him the city’s youngest bank president and secretary of the New York Clearing House.
London foreign office correspondence states 98 percent of slaves in Zanzibar and Pemba prefer to stay enslaved. Freedom requests fell in 1900 vs 1899 as slaves doubt rising chances of gain. British commissioner cites harsher living for those on their own and notes masters have become kinder since new slave laws.
The Weather Bureau and Navy Department push wireless telegraphy to boost coast operations. Plans extend the government wireless network from Governor's Island to Fort Wadsworth this summer and to all New York forts and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Homing pigeons are being replaced by wireless telegraphy per a Navy board recommendation.
Ontario last year produced 30,186,000 bushels of wheat, reflecting strong harvest yields across the province. Farmers and grain marketers note steady demand and favorable growing conditions throughout the season.
A Lewiston Journal report notes Maine shifts from timber to pulp demand. Pulp mills pay higher for spruce logs, driving log prices to records while sawmills struggle with fluctuating timber values. Overruns between log and timber scales offset losses, keeping Amber manufacturers near break even.
A discourse on how wise appreciation by wives and mothers fuels men's perseverance and success. The piece argues women should encourage, sympathize, and praise, while gently providing constructive critique when needed, citing Dr. Atkinson. It stresses that discouragement defeats many and that a supportive home environment can be decisive in enduring hardship.
In a Pearson’s Weekly piece, scientists claim ancient links between America and the Old World. They argue Atlantic connections left imprints in Yucatan and Mexico, with Egyptian style architecture and writing resembling Old World scriptures.
Wrens built a nest among thirteen old horseshoes hung on a garden wall near an active boiler repair site at Everthorpe Hall East Yorkshire England. The mother wren drowned in a nearby water pail but the male tended the young until they fledged, and the nest remains on the wall.
Sir Henry Keppel, aged 91 in June, is spending the winter in Cairo. An old friend there praises him for vigor and humor, noting Keppel’s lively spirit and sea memories that spark envy and admiration.
Mr Roberts proprietor at 185 N Park Ave Austin announces first class cleaning and pressing for gentlemen suits 76c pants 26c ladies skirts 50c All work first class Roberts Austin.
Public notice from Cicero Proviso Ice Corp lists per ton rates for butchers milkmens saloons and drug stores and private families. Smaller quantities priced higher with discount for cash and advance. Drivers prohibited from rate changes. L E Bailey James Carter icemen Oak Park vicinity.
The Business Men's Picnic is set for July 18 at Mill Creek Park. Committees include prize, music and floor, program, ticket, and printing with Austin and Oak Park representatives. Oak Park merchants will be asked to close stores for the picnic day. admission 60 cents, children 25 cents.
A New York Press line riffs on possession being nine points of the law. A lawyer lists nine essentials for success in a lawsuit: money, patience, a good cause, a good lawyer, good counsel, good witnesses, a good jury, a good judge, and good luck.
Classified notices call for a carpenter to repair sidewalks screens and general work. Other ads offer board and room, work for boys and girls, washing and ironing, and employment around Chicago and Austin. Rentals include multiple rooms and modern houses with rates from 25 to 40 dollars monthly. Hall rental, jobbing, and boarding house capacity also listed.
John Y. Calahan announces Nickel Plate routes for the Pan-American Exposition with tickets 13.00 Buffalo and return and 16.00 Chicago to Buffalo and return, fifteen-day limits. A 21.00 option covers Chicago to Buffalo and return for thirty days. Through tickets east of Buffalo allow a ten-day stopover at Buffalo with a $1.00 deposit. Full particulars available from 111 Adams Street, Chicago.
You are invited to rent safes with passbooks for secure monthly deposits. Bring the safe to our bank for opening, counting, and recording in your book for interest. Call to obtain safes for yourself and children with no usage cost at Harlem Savings Bank 105 Madison Street Harlem Ill.
Piano tuning and tutoring services listed with contact addresses in Austin areas. Lost items include a black Spitz dog named George and a ladies gold breastpin set with diamonds. Dressmaking offered by Mrs. Larson. two G A R souvenir badges found and available at the Vindicator office.
The Salvation Army reports a strong collection from its self-denial week. This year’s total is £47,181, up from £42,845 last year. Scotland added £165, Ireland £238, and London slums £765 versus £645 previously.
Ten years of experience has made the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton provide practical industrial education. Courses cover electrical mechanical steam civil engineering telephony telegraphy bookkeeping stenography mining architectural drawing and more with no books to buy and bound volumes provided. Also a new complete shop practice course with full information on machine shop work pattern making tool making blacksmithing and foundry work.
Oatmeal mixed with water makes a soothing face wash that softens and whitens the skin. It should be sparingly used by those with large pores as it can clog. Fine oatmeal or oatmeal flour serves as a good free face powder free from harmful additives.
A compact reflection notes that faith in oneself and promise making often falls short of expectations. It critiques persistent self search revealing unrealized things and suggests disappointment breeds mistrust. The quip about turning silk from sow’s ears mocks effort without result and jokes on uncertainty.
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