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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1899
Page
2
Public notices include mail subscription rates and office addresses in Austin and Oak Park Chicago. Harlem village closes at midnight enforcement praised. A $250 reward for vandals on Henry Hogan building sites. Austin mass meeting at Library Hall attended but produced no decisions besides a collection.
At a Harlem village board meeting last Saturday night the area between Harlem avenue Cleveland street and the Wisconsin Central tracks was voted a prohibition district. There are no saloons in the district at present.
Prof G Chas Griffiths reports Austin north of the Chicago and Northwestern line has a population of 7241. The area east of Austin avenue to 62nd street contains 2975 under 21, 1000 under 6, 115 between 6 and 21 attend non public schools, 116 Tennellalls for next year, and four between ages 7 and 14 who did not attend school sixteen weeks last year.
The Methodist community in Austin held a midweek service at 7 PM to break ground for a new church set for completion this summer. Rev A M White spoke, and the first dig was by longtime church officer Andrew Lindsley. Clergy leaders and prominent residents attended. several hundred were present.
A Clyde community plans two separate July fourth events at the same venue and date. Each side names its own marshal, creating a clash of organizers amid tensions over control.
The regular meeting of the Austin Business Men's Association was held Wednesday. Arrangements were made for the picnic and committee reports to secure prizes. A change of location was considered but Laurelwood Park was decided as best.
A Geneva inventor, Mr. Charles Margot, reports that an aluminum pencil can inscribe indelible marks on glass or porcelain. When etched with hydrochloric acid the surface bears the characters. when burnished they resemble inlaid silver. Grease removal is essential, and the effect requires silicic acid substrates. Other metals magnesium cadmium and zinc show similar behavior but oxidize quickly.
The article notes how fire features in diverse wedding rituals. In Persia the ceremony is conducted before a fire, in Nicaragua a priest leads the couple to a lit fire to instruct the bride, and in Japan the bride kindles a torch while the groom lights his from it, symbolizing the wife’s control.
Licenses granted for cigar and bread peddling. house mover and drain builder licenses approved. Saloon licenses issued at multiple addresses in Flawthorne. Various town improvements referred to committees, including Kenilworth Ave, special orders, and curb repairs. Warrant payments authorized. several public works measures adopted or referred, including asphalt pavement repairs and culvert replacement. A canal of ordinances and orders cover plank walks, paving Woodbine Ave, and water service pipe contracts.
The Oak Park Cicero board adopts several sidewalk ordinances on Pleasant street Lake street Harvey avenue Ontario street Washington avenue Mast avenue Kenilworth avenue and others and considers reopening Ontario street paving. They vote on fire and water matters and confirm C D Vallette for assessment posts while approving boiler and pump for Berwyn water works.
The town approves a salary of 160 dollars per month for the police magistrate from May 1, 1899, to May 1, 1900, with fines and fees remitted to the town clerk, civil cases excepted. A special assessment commissioner is set at 100 dollars monthly until further order. A committee reports on repealing numerous deficiency assessments and approves several supplemental assessments for sewer and street improvements in Cicero Cook County Illinois.
An ordinance provides for Cicero Special Assessments No. 368 for a connected iron water pipe system and No. 385 for brick and pipe sewer on Madison Street with extensions in Cicero Cook County Illinois. Also includes preliminary assessment No. 359 for Pleasant Street grading curbing and macadamizing from Oak Park to Harlem and another for Pleasant Street from Ridgeland to Oak Park. Repeal of paragraph 565 section 2 chapter 58 revised Cicero ordinances. Yeas Attridge Frank Hafner Linn MacDonald nays Utley Trails absent. Next board meeting Monday July 31 1899 at 8 pm. Adopted.
The finance committee reports bills totaling 18050.92 with 10084.01 from special funds correct and recommends warrants against the 1899 appropriation except the cash contingent fund. Funds listed include Police and Sanitary, Fire and Water, Street and Highway, Drainage, Salaries, Contingent cash, Town Proportion, Collecting and Disbursing, and Special funds totaling 18056.92. The report was adopted and warrants ordered. Local officials Attridge Frink Hafner Linn MacDonald Utley Trails voted yes. no negatives. James A. Martin, Town Clerk.
An advertised Park Avenue shop invites shoppers to take any item from a counter of hundreds after buying tea or coffee on July 1 and 3. The free piece of china is promised as the purchase requirement, with the store’s red front attracting attention.
Mrs. Michael Curtain of Plainfield Tennessee credits King’s New Discovery for Consumption with curing her lung illness after a month of treatment failed. After six bottles she is sound and back to housework. Free trials at Traill & Cooling and Chas. P. Miller drug stores. Also testimonials for Chamberlain’s Pain Balm curing rheumatic pain. Sold by Traill & Cooling.
The notice explains subscription terms for the Vindicator, stating expiry date shown on the address label, and that a receipt is issued only upon request. It notes advance payment, and requires current and destination post offices for address changes.
The undersigned offers painting and decorating work with all kinds of wall paper samples in all styles. L Warson, 821 North Austin Avenue, Oak Park.
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