This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1900
Page
5
Local society mentions list visits and greetings from Mrs. P. J. Kester and others. References include entertainments, receptions, illness and recoveries, church events, club meetings, and social gatherings around Austin. Several residents change addresses or residences, with dates noting March events.
A clipped collection of aphorisms quotes from Dr Storrs Sir Thomas More J Neal and Hilliard on destiny clemency hardship and the value of truth. The lines reflect moral sentiment and self reliance with concise statements.
Cicero trustees meet February 24 1900 vote to remove unused Harlem avenue railroad rails and ties between Twenty sixth and Thirty ninth streets. They authorize treasurer transfers from special funds, approve rebate for H W Austin, and authorize warrants for S W Pederson church and others.
Property owners must pay fees for annexation improvements by March 10 1900 or lose rights. Collecting official H F Faisx, Tax Collector, 124 North Park Avenue, January 10 1900.
Mrs Burt E Hawkinson marries Miss Lillian A Sawyer at 333 Harding Avenue Chicago on February 27. Lilwan Florence Gillingham wed Mr J B Gilbert at Rev Dr Hirsts residence on Monroe Street February 24 with niece of groom as bridesmaid and R C Stewart of Chicago as best man. Mr and Mrs Gilbert to reside at 378 West Adams Street Chicago after March 1.
An overheated flue caused a fire at 311 Wesley Avenue, home of S. L. McCreight, on Sunday around 5:20 p m. Fire departments from Oak Park, Japa, Austin and Chicago contained the blaze to one bathroom, which was badly damaged. Total damage estimated at about $2000.
Flames roared through the Marlow Rice track area damaging a building and nearby offices. Emile Blossy and Berns belowsiitt are named in the chaotic report as investigators assess the damage to the Harlem Post and Judge Lefsman offices.
Friends celebrate the return of Mr T J Horne to Fort Sheridan after wartime service with the United States government. A Canadian by birth, he came to the United States in 1880 and joined Uncle Sam in 1895. He helped secure new photographs in the new possessions and will share tales of his long service. He is in his 28th year and recalls his Hamilton, Canada origin.
The Austin Woman's Club will hear Mrs. Evelyn Craig Corlett speak Monday afternoon March 5 on Popular Reading Today Compared With Fifty Years Ago. Corlett represents the Peace One Century Club of Oak Park.
It is not generally known that turkey quilts may hold market value. They can be sorted and sold by variety or shipped in the same form obtained from the turkey.
The Oak Park Magazine club schedules its next meeting at 13 South Klaywood Avenue, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Wim Ritchie, on Monday evening March 5. Mrs. W. Ritchie will lead the program with the subject to be announced.
The First Congregational Church hosts a two part evening on Feb 27 with music by Lola Gaily Chace Frank Colling and Chapek then a drama of The Courtship of Miles Standish featuring Clara McCulloch Ira Collins Roco McCord Palmer Frink and Drummond Priscilla is played by Miss McCulloch John Alden by Mr. McCord Miles Standish by Mr. Collins Bilder Brewster by Mr. Palmer messenger by Mr. Frink and an Indian by Mr. Drummond.
Rev J G Rodger of Wheaton and international chair professor will preach at New Austin Park Congregational Church on Sunday March 4 morning and evening. He will lecture Monday March 5 at 6 PM on The Gospel of Science from a scientific stand point. The talk is free and open to all.
Elmer D Carter of Austin died February 28 at home from pneumonia. He was a grain inspector for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad and a New York native aged fifty. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at Forest Home. Miss Caroline McCord of Oak Park died Tuesday at her sister’s home in Oak Park. she was about forty, born in Vermont, worked five years as stenographer at Oak Park State Bank, and will be buried in Geneva Iowa. F L Stetson of Oak Park, longtime conductor for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad, died at his residence. burial followed at Forest Home after a funeral there.
Mr and Mrs C L Rhiefschneider of 5811 Superior announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Marie Rhiefschneider to William A Ashleman.
An international ethnology congress will meet in Paris in late August 1900 linked to the exposition. A commission will study Mancos and Cortes ruins for a potential national park. Chile's southern agricultural belt rapid development. Talcahuano and Concepcion bustling. Californians grow tomato trees. vast shipments from Ceylon to London. Paris expo to feature over 7,000 exhibitors with US leading. An 1873 baseline shows far fewer exhibitors. An expert foresees English farming shifting to syndicates and large-scale mechanization by mid century.
Mrs Chamberlin of North Humphrey avenue is spending the winter in the South and will return home in May. Mrs Hammond of North Lombard avenue left for Indiana earlier this week to attend her cousin’s funeral. The Ladies Aid Society of the Second Congregational Church held their monthly meeting with luncheon served by Mesdames Pfaff Pexton Kinnimont Langley Keller and Phillips. Kate Condon of the Castle Square Opera Company returned from New York City where her appearances drew praise. This week she acts in Lily of Killarney at Studebaker’s.
Scrap notes report diverse facts including Bavarian voter turnout and global steel output in 1850 and 1898. It mentions a group of Preesland men forming an appendicitis club, London dust-yard bottle returns, famine relief in India, San Jose scale in Georgia, and a European sanitary view contrasting damp north with dry south.
A fragmented, ironic meditation on gender, labor, and society. The narrator mocks pretensions and stresses that laws rely on force, while individuals face despair and social tensions in a surreal, lampooning style.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.