Town Notices And Social Roundup Of Oak Park
Miss Edith Elliott visits friends in Town and Postmaster gets promise of extra carrier by April. Many updates on illnesses engagements and travel, with weddings planned in April and May. Local clubs lectures and theatre events noted along with advertisements and letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Elliott
T. J. Mapes
Washington
Henry Emerson
Menominee, Mich
Dorig Stone
C. M. Stone
Jay C. Freeman
South Park Avenue
Robertson
Clara Creote
T. H. Williams
John Purvis
Window Smasher Strikes North Pine Avenue Home
Mrs. Neal heard a crash from the front parlor as a man peered through a broken plate glass window at 455 North Pine avenue. Neighbors and police rushed to the scene but the assailant fled, leaving residents in alarm over a mysterious attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
H. Neal
North Pine Avenue
Mr. Neal
Cicero threatens police and fire cuts unless bond posted
Park and Berwyn officials warned that Cicero would discontinue police and fire protection on March 1 unless an indemnity bond was secured. Oak Park sent ten delegates led by John Lewis and Henry D. Pierce to seek continued service and to return 2000 dollars miscredited to Oak Park schools. Berwyn gave no reply, and fire and police service were discontinued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park and
Berwyn
Cicero
Oak Park
John Lewis
Henry D. Pierce
Austin
Nakama Club Installs Officers At Banquet
The Nakama Club held its annual installation of officers and a luncheon Thursday at 1 PM in the Masonic hall. New officers include President Mrs James Adams, Vice President Miss Stella J Reynolds, Secretary Mrs Stanley Carleton, Treasurer Mrs Charles H Wells. Directors serving two years are Mrs James W Thomson and Mrs George Hayden, and those serving one year are Mrs Harry Angel, Mrs G Roy Hall, and Miss Anna B Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nakama Club
Masonic Hall
James Adams
Stella J. Reynolds
Stanley Carleton
Charles H. Wells
James W. Thomson
George Hayden
Harry Angel
G. Roy Hall
Anna B. Evans
How Can Oak Park Conduct Her Public Schools Up to Their Present
Fellowship Club held a March 1 meeting at Unity Church parlors with large attendance. Mrs. Skillin chaired a lively debate on improving Oak Park public schools to meet current standards, following a supper served at 6 30 by the ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellowship Club
Unity Church
Thomas J. Skillin
Oak Park
Austin Philharmonic Club Annual Concert Details
The third annual Austin Philharmonic Club concert will be held in Library Hall on Friday evening, March 10. Soloists include Maude A. Kelley, soprano, and Edna Earle Crum, violin. The program features Delta Sigma Delta march, Dolce Far Niente concert gavotte, Vieuxtemps pieces with Crum, Haydn Symphony No. 2 movements, Kerker selections from The Telephone Girl, Loreley and Springtime, and overture Pique Dame by Suppé.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philharmonic Club
Library Hall
Austin
Maude A. Kelley
Edna Earle Crum
Delta Sigma Delta
C. W. Coltrin
Grudge Suspected in Recurrent Window Attack at Neal Home
The Neal residence, adorned with flags after the Maine disaster, suffered a window destruction seen as likely the work of a man formerly employed at the premises. Police suspect a longstanding grudge and note similar hostility a year earlier nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal
Maine
Austin
Ridgeland Church to Remodel Second Congregational
The Second Congregational Church at Ridgeland will be remodeled and seating capacity enlarged at an estimated cost of about 3500 dollars. Members and friends raise funds with O L Bicknell Sunday school class pledging 1000 dollars. Work hoped to begin by April 1 with broad community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Congregational Church
Ridgeland
O. L. Bicknell
QO. L. Bicknell
East End
Village Officials Appointed and Budget Plan Adopted
At a Wednesday meeting officials selected A. S. Pieser as marshal for 75 dollars monthly, S. S. Orrand and Co J. Farwell at 60 dollars per month, and William Waters as fireman at two dollars daily. Louis Didier of Austin named plumbing inspector at 75 dollars per month. The board also decided to borrow 3000 dollars for current expenses with repayment via village warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
A. S. Pieser
S. S. Orrand
Oaks Entertainment Schedule for March
The Oaks lists March events with weekly whist games on most Mondays and social dances. Highlights include a children’s masquerade on March 11 and a masquerade dancing party on March 14 with various theme nights and cinch and whist gatherings through March 27.
Debate on Education Annexation to Chicago Sparked Discussion
A local meeting debated the costs and legality of education funding with speakers A. O. Butler Orville T. Bright B. S. WYomlin son John Lewis J. H. Heald and B.0. Vallie. A general talk followed with valuable hints as Tomlinson supported annexing Oak Park and Austin to Chicago for better school advantages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
A. O. Butler
Orville T. Bright
BE. S. Wyomlinson
John Lewis
J. H. Heald
B.0. Vallie
Tomlinson
Oak Park
Austin
Chicago
Austin man arrested for receiving stolen goods
R L Ostrander of 243 Waller Avenue Austin was arrested Friday on a charge of receiving stolen goods. Police found valuables worth several hundred dollars at his first floor office, linked to thefts in Chicago. He was brought before Justice Quinn and released on $2,000 bond and plans to sue the city and police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Ostrander
Waller Avenue
Austin
West
Madison Street
Chicago
Ostrander
Justice Quinn
A Good Road to Chicago for Cicero Residents
The West Chicago Park commissioners filed a petition on Monday to levy a special assessment for boulevarding Washington boulevard from West Fifty-sixth to West Fifty-two streets. The project costs about $90,000, promising a first class road and ending the mud road feared by cyclists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Westward Ho Golf Club Opens May 18 at Oak Park
Work has begun on the new Westward Hot Golf Club course in Oak Park. President Heartley expects formal member opening on May 18. A private residence will become a clubhouse with a long-distance telephone for lunches, match schedules, and caddie arrangements. Directors aim for a homelike, moderate, nonextravagant country club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park
Heartley
Cicero nians Defeat Austinites In Tight Library Hall Game
A Monday baseball clash at Library hall pitted the Austinites against the Cicero nians. The Ciceronians triumphed 28 to 27 after a long, spirited struggle that drew a packed crowd and lively postgame remarks from Dick Traill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Hall
Dick Traill
Piano Recital by Blanche Pence at Mrs Cowdrey's
Miss Blanche Pence of 1731 Erie Street gave a pleasant piano recital at Mrs A Cowdrey's Washington residence last Saturday afternoon. Twenty pupils aged seven to fifteen performed solos and duets showing careful training and practice. After lunch, stereoptical views entertained them before departures, as they felt rewarded for scales and finger exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Pence
Erie Street
A. Cowdrey
Washington
A Persian Garden at Oak Park Club Leads with Mrs. Levings
The Oak Park Club presents A Persian Garden as an early post-lenten attraction led by Chicago soprano Mrs. Elizabeth Reed Levings. Patrons praise securing a talent described as having a marvelous voice range and charming personality for the musical program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park Club
Elizabeth Reed Levings
Chicago
Levings
NQ Racing at Harlem Track Ends Leader John Condon Plans
John Condon will not lease the Harlem race track this year. He is nearly blind and will spend the summer at health resorts. He has been the chief promoter of racing institutions for years and it is predicted that no one else will attempt racing in Indiana under existing laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Condon
Harlem
Wiiteis
Indiana
Local society notes and community updates
A long list of residents and events appears from beds to social visits. Illnesses include erysipelas and pneumonia while many entertain with luncheons and card parties. Community groups plan March events, school fumigation, library hours, and new business openings in Maywood and Chicago suburbs.
The Mind That Is Unfed Is Also Unstored
Quotation attributed to Whipple noting an unfed mind remains unstored and unproductive. Emphasizes intellectual sustenance as essential for growth and retention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whipple
Delicate speech marks a girl’s true gentility
The text describes a girl who never speaks what she would not say before her mother or a man she respects, nor what she would not say if her mother were present. This habit forms her best protection and clearest sign of refined breeding.
Lady of the House Dialogue Shows Long Term Job Gap
In a brief exchange a speaker asks a woman about her age and employment. The tramp confirms a thirty five year period out of work, prompting the question and the implied social judgment.
Brain weights and gender differences noted in 19th century view
The article states that the average man's brain weighs three pounds eight ounces while a woman's brain is slightly lighter, reflecting established but dated beliefs about biological differences.
Local notes from Ridgeland and Oak Park area
Ridgeland residents report Silas Barr moves to Forest avenue and A Homer builds a carpenter shop on Lake street near Jackson. John Barrett may travel to California to meet Dr Keefe of Oak Park. Catholic Lenten services are set for Wednesday Friday and Sunday evenings. Zilly the milk dealer suffered injuries after his wagon was struck by an electric car on Chicago avenue near Ridgeland Avenue. Plans for a golf clubhouse near Lake and Harlem are advancing with Quick as president and land donated for use. Wright of Oak Park is drawing the plans, costs estimated above one thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L Furman
Woodlawn
Dunlap Castle
Percy Castle
Byron C. Dowse
Missouri
Iowa
Lawrence A. Norton
California
S. Lessenden
Katherine Sullivan
T. J. Sullivan
J. F. Gourley
Iowa Street
Agnes Purvis
Harvey
B- Saunders
H. W. McFarlane
Ohio Street
Hilman
Lake View
Mary Kenny
Washington Boulevard
Alex. J. Sweeney
Midway Park
Austin
New York
Clara Creote
Henry Frink
Will F. White
A. M. White
Northwestern University
Keefe
the Plaza
E. O. Vaile
North Grove Avenue
Ohio
John D. Ross
North Oak Park Avenues
Simpson Dunlop
Emma Dean Hill
St. Louis
A. D. Whipple
Home Avenue
J. L. Jackson
D. D
Hyde Park
First Baptist Church
E. B. Blinn
Wisconsin Avenue
John Kennedy
M. E. Church
Johnson
Lake Street
Church
C. L. Chenowith
Scoville Avenue
John Lyon
North Harvey Avenue
Ridgeland Pleasure Club
Dingine House Hall
B. G. Corneau
South East Avenue
Charles B. Lyon
Scott
North Sixty-fourth Avenue
J. Furlong
Schwall
Evanston
Sayles
Charles White
Brookline
Boston
Edgar Goodwillie
North Lombard Avenue
Chicago
H. A. Armstrong
Manila
Chicago Record
Proviso Sunday School Association
Nineteenth Avenue
Charles Anderson
Sixth Avenue
North Fifth Avenue
Eighth Street
Libby Prison Museum
P. W. Skemp
Chicago Grocery Company
Silas Barr
Forest Avenue
A. Homer
Jackson Street
John Barret
Dr. Keefe
Oak Park
Zilly
Chicago Avenue
Ridgeland Avenue
Mr. Quick
Harlem Avenue
Wright
Quick
Harlem Village News Roundup and Local Notices
Mrs. Noth and John Freiwald suffer pneumonia in Harlem. Fred Mundt seen in town. taxes due at Roos & Shrades until March 10. Suburban Electric injunction hearing today. chopping bee date not yet set. John Sternberg sells Dixon street home to Henry Troost. old village resident. Zimmerman treated for appendicitis. School board plans fifty trees in two yards next spring. Easter pupil admissions continue. South school near room shortage. decision on additional room or turnout until fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roos & Shrades’ Bank
Suburban Electric
John Sternberg
Dixon Street
Henry Troost
Sternberg
Thode’s
Zimmerman
Harlem Avenue
Board of Education
Four Room Building Planned at Morton Park
The school board nears completion of plans for a four room building at Morton Park to improve facilities in sickness‑stricken times. The SCHOOL REPORT lists top students by grade with high marks from eighth to first grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton Park
Gertrude Collins
Benjamin Nelson
Albert Demaree
Arthur Haslam
Louisa Rulan
Henry Rulan
Harry Warr
Lucile Emry
Harry Schumaker
Marcus Page
Willie Buckley
Tim Dooling
May Schumaker
Ruby Warr
Alban McCurdy
Kathleen van Sky
Frank Nelson
Forrest Page
Gezina Boscher
Harry Belmont
Lucile Olsen
Arthur Fryslie
Bertha Larson
Remka Boscher
Cremation Law in Norway Details Declarations
Norway regulates cremation by age rules. Anyone over 15 may be cremated after death with a declaration in the presence of two witnesses. For those under 15, a parental declaration is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Persn
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. H. Traill
Harry Cooling
Traill & Cooling Prescription Druggists
Central Ave
South Boulevard
Northwestern Station
Kirk
News OF the Town
Soul Culture Club
Emerson
Eggars
Ellen Fitzgerald
Faust
J. E. Thorndyke
Oaks Club
Prof. Brown
Frank P. Wallace
Hyman, Berg & Co
Stevens, Wallace & Co
State Street
Edith Morris
Agnes Nelson
Alma Olsen
Etta Langren
Mary Oni T. English Webster
Lena Townsend
Fast Avenue
Thomas H. Gale
Oak Park Magazine Club
F. W. Pringle
South
EF. M. Pratt
Oak Fork Banjo Club
Pierce Underwood
Pleasant Street
George R. Underwood
Tennessee
8. T. Kimball
Catherine Ray
May Wallace
Richardson
Park
Beryn
the Nakama Club
Austin Philharmonic Club
G. Kerker
Loreley Sas
Miss Maude A. Kelley
Suppe
Ridgeland Church
the Oaks
NQ Racing
River Forest
J. P. Martin
Elizabeth Marshal
Mass
Stewart Winslow
W. P. Winslow
Wesley Avenue
Hiram Coombs
Cuyler Avenue
George Melville
North Euclid Avenue
Harvey Avenue
van Dyke
Milwaukee
William Beye
Cummings
Katherine Condon
North Taylor Avenue
Muscatine
Miss Condon
Kenwood Club
Mouse Club
Progressive Cinb
Marie Hall
Florence Speck
Winnie Mallon
Woman's Benevolent Society
Joseph Clark
North Cuyler Avenue
Washburn
Highland Avenue
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mesdames Richards
Lindop
Langston
Kimball
Kellar
Marchant
Fisher
Rogers
Cuthberton
Maywood
William Green
Southland
L. E. Adams
Martin Borman
North Fifth Street
Chicago and West Suburban Express
Wheaton
North First Street
G. B. Belford
Schreiber
W. Ss. Picard
Burlingame
Kas
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