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Oak Park Vindicator

Location

Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1896

Page

6

Cicero Town Board Debates Cuyler Avenue Improvement

Cicero officials consider contracts for Willow and Poplar avenues, set special assessments and rebates, and approve water and sewer ordinances. The February 29 1896 meeting in Austin discusses abatement warrants, fire department needs, and bids from Henry Rath for street improvements.

Town of Cicero Town Hall Austin Frankland C. D. Vallette F. A. Hill Whiteside Attridge Clark Avenue Siemens & Halske Electric Company Alley Storrs’ Place Garfield Avenue Humphrey Avenue Randolph South Boulevard Thirtieth Street Clyde Prairie Avenue Twenty-ninth Street Thirty-first Street Lyman Frink Street Augusta Street Prairie Austin Avenue Chicago Avenue Central Central Avenue Herman J. Rice la Vergne Simpson Cros Mentiworth Avenue Enemesr Wo. Dei Home Avenue Harrison Street Austin Park Col. Bartlett Ward Pook Wilson Chestnut Etreet Linden Avenue Linden Atidee Tedlaw Phau Chestnut Street Fuelid Linden Avenues Wilnirt Street Muclid Avenue N. S. Patton Ogden Avenue Cheney J. W. G. & BE. L. Company Superior Street Oak Park A. T. Palmer Twenty-eighth Street Lyman Avenue Evie 5 St D. Keighin T. Gunderson Wenonah Avenue Oak Park Avenue Harvard Street Committee On R. Ainslee Wisconsin Central Committee On Streets and George M. Fadner IETS aVeniure St. Mary's Chiurch Morton Park Prustee Dare Weare Mary's Bleek OS Marton Pook Praga Avery Ber Wrweiter SeedOn Drainaee Cicero Avenue Henry Rath Lot Brown Brown Grant Gunthorp Poplar Willow Avenues Poplar Avenue Willow Avenue Ta Cone Loto Austin Imiuber Eeau Trees Tees God Ridgeland Peewee Ridgeland Fire Company Berwyn Flawthorne Robert Andrews & Pipers Saint Deroat Abi Aney C. BE. Sprinks Motify Andrews& Piper Swiniscoe Merrick Park Mare Ridgeland Fire Company No Dare Ridgeland Wire Company No. 2 Village of George Frances Lyon Hawthorne Land and Improvement Company W. Gd. & Fob. Company

Edmund Tattersall remembered as head of famed horse market

Obituary tribute to Edmund Tattersall recounts his lineage from Richard Tattersall to the modern London auction firm. He built premises at Albert Gate in 1865 and led sales with witty, polished speech. In later years his son Somerville managed day to day while Edmund attended major auctions at Newmarket and Doncaster.

Tattersall London Edmund Tattersall Lancashire Hurstwood Ridge Burnley Richard Tattersall Familly Hyde Park Corner Richard Edmund Richard Edmund Albert Gate Somerville Tattersall Newmarket Doncaster

Not the Book The Dictionary That Looked Like a Bible

A returned missionary at a girls college interrupts a closing lecture to reveal the true source of guidance. He holds up a book claiming it lights the world, but it is revealed to be a dictionary, prompting mixed reactions from the audience. The tale contrasts religious rigor with secular humor in a Central Presbyterian setting.

Himnel Central Presbyterian Girls’ College

Chorus Cirls Idea Causes Stage Shuffle

During a theater rehearsal a chorus eight bar movement had singers step forward once per bar. After eight steps they crowded the center, bumping principals. The director ordered six steps to avoid congestion. A chorus girl quips that he is economising and cutting steps. The New York Herald.

New York

Varity of Churches Unite to End Sectarian Narrowness

A fragment urges unity among diverse church denominations urging members to cast aside selfishness and sectarian hardening to allow the spirit of unity to prevail within the broader religious community. The text reflects ecumenical sentiment and calls for reconciliation across denominations.

Scheme to take New York club via auction revealed

Treasurer Abell of Brooklyn discusses a 1892 plan to place the New York baseball club in a receiver’s hands then sell at auction. He says a syndicate including Harry Astor Carey and William Astor Chanler would have bought 50 percent of the stock, with Abell taking no office.

Abell Brooklyn New York Baseball Club New York Club Messrs. Talcott McAlpin Spaulding Rush

Sir Joseph Barnby Noted Composer Dies in London

The death of Sir Joseph Barnby deprives the musical world of a leading English artist. Born in York, he sang as a boy at York Minster and later excelled as composer. He held posts at Eton, the Guildhall School of Music, and led the Royal Choral Society. He was a decisive conductor, best known to the public for his choral work.

Sir Joseph Barnby London England Sir Joseph York York Minster Mendelssohn Arthur Sulivan Barnby Flo Eton Guildhall School of Music Royal Choral Society

The Masher and Stage Door Letters

A column notes the mass of social advance gossip about masher antics by English ballet girls and American suitors. It quotes a servant’s quip about stage door invitations and recalls two Parisian maids serving a late mistress, Shuacay, highlighting lively but dated social scenes.

Sterling Elliott Named President of League of American Wheelmen

Sterling Elliott, longtime bicycle advocate and inventor from Massachusetts, is chosen as the League of American Wheelmen president. Born in Michigan in 1852, he holds numerous patents including a chrono graph for timing races and a square knot tying machine. He has served on the Massachusetts board of officers and led the national highways committee for good roads.

League of American Wheelsmen League of American Wheelmen Sterling Elliott F Elliott Michigan Thomas JB. Jeffrey

Col Abe Slupsky Marries Carrie Fischer in St Louis

Col Abe Slupsky of St Louis wed Carrie Fischer on Feb 16 in a private ceremony at her mother’s home. The bride, known in South Broadway circles, brings wealth and musical talent, while Slupsky’s rise from river deck sweeper to Water Rates office official is noted along with his national political influence and frequent coverage by the New York Sun.

Abe Slupsky St. Louis Jake Abe Benedict Slupsky Carrie Fischer South St. Louis South Broadway St. Louis High School Carondelet Ernestina Fischer Rabbi Spitz B'nai el Abe Stiupsky Mississippi River Water Rates Office Republican Party Abe Slipsky United States Connelly Abe Shupsky Carrie Slupseky New York Sun Bright Dana Journal Miss Fischer

Stage News highlights theater moves and marriages

The Stage and other theaters report Henry Arthur Jones dropping his name, M B Curtis and Albina de Mer venturing into continuous performance, Aw Palmer and Nat Goodwin forming a production partnership for An Absent Son, and Sienora Duse set to perform in London at Drury Lane in May. Daisy Dixon, engaged with Robert Hilliard in Lost Twenty four hours, nears marriage to E fox Leonard of New York.

Henry Arthur Jones Jones Henry Arthur M. B. Curtis Albina de Mer Aw M. Palmer Nat. Goodwin Sienora Duse London Drury Lane Theater Nat Goodwin Chicago Pike’s Peak Paris the Squire New York Palmer's Theater John Drew Daisy Dixon Robert Hilliard E. Fox Leonard Cornell Lethelwyn Cornelius Field Spruce IV Miss Dixon Nashville Marchesi Lagrange Renee Richards ML. Bouliy Ziska Spriglia

Thief Trapped in Freight Car Near Parkersburg

A freight car thief was found sealed inside a Baltimore and Ohio car near Parkersburg West Virginia after three days without food. The brakeman closed the door catching the intruder, who had entered in Baltimore to rob the car. All packages were broken into and the prisoner identifies as Jones.

Parkersburg W. Va Baltimore and Ohio Baltimore Jones

Tragic Jump In Meath District Ends Young Tyneh’s Life

Reports indicate Blaine Lyneh, a 14 year old listed as having two fathers, died after leaping 200 feet into a coal shore near Muneins Ind. Local speculation ties this to a robbed store incident the prior Friday. A note found at the scene hinted at self harm amid family turmoil.

Blaine Lyneh Muneins Ind Iba Tyneh Bles

Also Mentioned on This Page

Cicero Town Board Cuyler Avenue Special Assessment Commissioner Vallette NUES Harry M. Harper Taxpayers’ Defense League of Cook County Harper Committee On Special Assessments Hallgren Special Assessment Committee Nelson Hallgren Finance Committee A. H. Clement C. KE Crafts A. Lowey Haggard Mrs. C. Kent St. Clair Morris A. Gasparo Annie Fisher C. I. Apris J. J. Reese C. A. Stokes J. Gunthorp J. J. Rose J. D. Middleton St. Symonds J. J. Lyon Same No. Gor Ry Wilson W. ON. D. Rhode St. Wilson W. N.D. Rhode Clair D. Vallette Committee On Printing C. W., G. & mL. Company Frustee Brown Clyce Jivanston Bryant Bros Bedard & Morency C. H. Reynolds T. Martin Bond Bros. & Co Hans Hind Inc Lawrence Wagale Pessl W. G. Davis N. I. Hansberry P. McDonald Theo. Ludemann J. A. Martin Wm. Halley I. Herr Geo. I Swinscoe Glerk Tanec Cee Jno Hweuermann D. Vallette Chicago Tel. Co Frank Aney J. A. Rochling’s Sons Ind. Fuel Co G. P. Rubber Co W.G Uae Hibbard §. & Co C. R. RR Clow & Sons Wild Cline Jabor Reo Grafins Oscar Clemenson P. Co M,nis & Co Hine & Mittlestaedt Nat J. Lindgren W. Gale J. Dietzger Co A. Carpenter Skillin J. Fairhorn & Co Coa N. Hallgren Ceca TER Pebbles A. OM. Anderson Richardson & Young T. A. Snow T. Uy Gale T. P. Elliott Clyde and Berwyn Tabor Lavor Hawthore M. Park Old ED Tattersall Tioneer Baseball Joseph Barney The London Illustrated News America Dolly Col Meath
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