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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1900
Page
7
Essays discuss love self love and vanity among women and men. Observations compare daughters to mothers married women as match makers and the limits of courage. The piece notes women excel in detail but miss the larger view and questions gendered differences.
Arrival and departure times for Austin postoffice mails listed with multiple origin and destination routes. Names of people connected to the post office and dancing class participants. Descriptions of masquerade costumes from Prof. Peak's dancing class and a discussion of Washington Irving materials at the Nineteenth Century Club studio.
Miss Hoggins, a teacher at the Art Institute, offers drawing, oil, and watercolor classes. Sessions run Wednesdays from 2 to 4 p m at the Studio located at 105 South Central Avenue, fee 50 cents.
Oak Park ad touts Miller's drug store as the place for choice chocolates original Allegretti candies and popular priced cigars. It also notes prescriptions and perfumery plus a forthcoming millinery opening by Mrs. Ira Clark at the Park Hotel rooms once used by the Woman's Exchange.
F P Moran a Petersburg baker says Chamberlains Cough Remedy is safe for children with bad or whooping cough and has given perfect satisfaction. A druggist recommended it as the best for children since it contains no opium or harmful drug. Sold by J P Garner Co Austin Geo Koch Co Moreland
A curated set of short moral maxims and reflections from Byron Plutarch Ouida Anger and gratitude Ouida Browning and others. The passages contrast independence self reliance and civic virtue with cautions about vanity and pride.
Renick Hamilton of West Jefferson Ohio faced 18 months of Rectal Fistula with doctors warning of death without costly surgery. He reportedly cured himself using Bucklen's Arnica Salve, advertised as a sure remedy for piles, sold by Tritt & Codling and Chas Miller druggists.
Franklin Fyles writes a new romantic drama Kit Carson to be staged at the Boet drawing over 100 dollars nightly. Blanche Bates signs a five year Belasco driven contract for a series of plays. Odette Tyler’s real name is Bessie Kirkland, daughter of Gen W W Kirkland and goddaughter of Gen Robert E Lee. Louis Mann plans no Merchant of Venice this spring despite reports. John J. Ransome selects The Politician for a star debut. Frohman buys a London plot near Wyndham’s to build an American style theatre. William H. West ill with Bright’s disease as minstrels continue. A Midsummer Night’s Dream sets with Maude Adams. Coquelin revives Les Miserables as Jean Valjean. In e’Steps by George Sheldon to be turned into a play by Sutton, Wayne and Arthur Shirley.
Abel M. White, pastor, conducts Sunday morning 9:30 services and 10:30 class meetings with a noon Sunday school. Evening programs at 6:15 Epworth League, 7:30 sermon, plus Wednesday prayer at 7:45.
First Congregational Church at Waller avenue and Midway park under Pastor Demorest lists a morning service at 39:30 oclock, Sunday school at 12:15 pm, Junior C E at 3:30 pm, Intermediate at 4:15 pm, and vesper service from 5 to 6 pm.
The Fifty Second Avenue Congregational Church invites to worship and preaching at 10 45 a m with Sunday school led by Pp F Apfel at noon. Junior Endeavor at 3 20 p m Y P S C E at 6 30 p m evening services at 7 30 p m prayer meeting Wednesday 8 p m Rev F W Lyman is pastor.
Early communion at 7 30 a m. Morning service at 10 30. Sunday school at noon. Evening service at 7 30. Rev S L Mitchell Rector. 6731 Ohio Street at Waller Avenue and Ohio Street Austin.
Practical ads advertise pruning, lawn renovations, and all general gardening and horticulture work. Includes cut flowers and wedding decorations with phone contact 1773 and address 118 N. Oak Park Avenue Baldwin GEO.
A playful edge defines how age shapes respect and restraint in society. The piece wittily contrasts court as legal action with courting, noting age perceptions alter behavior and tone.
The Vindicator editor reports two rapid cures using Cham berlain's Pain Balm. A shoulder rheumatism case eased after two applications with immediate relief. a thigh joint rheumatism case also improved after two applications at night. Sold by J. P. Garner & Co., Austin and Geo. Koch & Co., Moreland.
Summary of court notes: Bradt v Nonpareil holds the mother of a deceased can sue for libelous publication about the deceased. Bullion Beck denies rights for workers over eight hours. Cooper v Overton denies trespasser liability unless owner inducements exist. Caldwell v Story treats a cashier’s forgery note as privileged communication. McEldowney v Wyatt finds barred remedies for vested property rights unconstitutional. Discussion on vested rights in statute of limitations.
An old drug advertisement claims Dr Kings New Life Pills cure liver trouble and sallow complexion. It touts clear skin and rosy cheeks for 25 cents at Trail Coatings and Chas. P. Miller drug stores with emphasis on mineral pills and a quick cosmetic health fix.
The Rev. Clarence Elgine Lapp, pastor, invites all with no regular worship place to attend at Pine avenue and Ohio street. Services include 10:30 a.m. sermon, 12 p.m. Sunday school, 4 p.m. Junior B Y P U, 6:30 p.m. Senior B Y P U, and 7:30 p.m. preaching.
The Rev. J. D. Collins leads services Sunday at 10 30 morning and 7 30 evening with Sabbath school at noon. Midweek prayer meeting Wednesday 8 pm and Ladies prayer Thursday 2 20 pm at the Old Presbyterian Church on South boulevard.
The First Presbyterian Church in Austin Illinois lists services at Frink and Waller Avenues. The Rev S M Johnson pastor resides at 254 South Park Avenue with morning worship at 10 30, Bible school at noon, Junior Christian Endeavor at 345, Intermediate at 615, Senior at 730, and evening worship. Faith Branch holds 1030 service and Sabbath school at 6, with Christian Endeavor. Grant Branch offers 110 Sunday school and 730 preaching.
The Austin Christian Church moves from Masonic building to 207 North Park Avenue in the Abbott block. Sunday school starts at 10 taught by M K Mizenheimer of Oak Park. preaching at 11 by Pastor Geo A Campbell. Prayer meeting is Wednesday at 8, and Ladies Aid Society gathers Thursday 2 to 4.
Morning service at 10 30 junior league 3 pm Epworth League 8 30 pm evening service 1 89 Wednesday night prayer meeting 7 46 Sunday school 12 o'clock Robert Odell superintendent Rev William Fawcett pastor.
The Rev. Irving Rasmus D D pastors Oak Park Methodist Church at Lake Street and Forest Avenue with services at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday school is at 12 p.m. and the Epworth League meets at 6:30 p.m.
Corner Washington Boulevard Oak Park. Pastor J Clayton Yonker presides. At 10:30 a.m. preaching by the pastor. 12 m. Sunday school. 3 p.m. Junior Epworth League. 6:45 p.m. Senior Epworth League. 7:30 p.m. preaching by the pastor.
Reports from the era note Marconi wireless tests across seven closed rooms, submarine cables from Cape Town to St Helena landed in 1899, and tariff shifts foreseen on final line completion. London burglars used a portable electric light set. China opens its first electric railway linking Peking station to the south gate. Pontiac asylum uses electric irons for patients, reducing fire risk with steady temperatures.
The imperial chef quotes 250000 yearly table costs with about 100000 in effect. A vegetarian heart beats 58 per minute versus 75 for meat eaters, implying large differences. In 1899 New York port recorded 107416 cabin and 303762 steerage arrivals. lines carried tens of thousands of cabin and steerage passengers across multiple trips.
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