West Side Gleanings follow up on local crime and postoffice plans
The West Side column reports Minnie Carron of 3680 Ashland Avenue knocked senseless and robbed last Monday night with two ribs broken and internal injuries. It notes the Wickham murder trial stirring interest and Frank H. Jones visiting Chicago for post office commission meetings to redraw boundaries and establish branch stations. It describes a congested West Side district housing beggars who operate a nightly tribunal with sentences including exile, fines, or rare severe penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
Minnie Carron
Ashland Avenue
Wickham
Frank H. Jones
Post Office Commission
Mr. Jones
Coats
A. W. Machen
Postoff
The Red Earl Lord Spencer Prominent in English Politics
Lord Spencer known as the Red Earl, first lord of the Admiralty in Gladstone’s cabinet, often discussed as a potential prime minister. Born 1835, educated at Harrow and Trinity Cambridge, he held posts including lord lieutenant of Ireland and lord president of the council. His Althorp estate bears the title Viscount Althorp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Spencer
Admiralty
Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Earl
Spencer House
Order of St. Patrick
Algiers
Earl of Spencer
John Poyntz
Harrow
Lord Spencer
Trinity College
Cambridge
Prince Consort
Prince of Wales
Ireland
Earl Cowper
Lord Leutenant
Northamptonshire
County Council
Althorp House
Brington Parish
Northampton
Viscount Althorp
Man Avoids Water for 18 Years Over War Wounds
Ferdinand Holtzenland of Reading Pennsylvania, a real estate dealer, has not tasted water or coffee for 18 years. He says a battle injury at Auburn Landing in 1662 left him badly wounded and later invalid in 1881. A physician advised him to drink nothing, and he has followed that instruction since. His weight has fluctuated from 122 to 145 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Holtzenland
Reading
Auburn Landsing
Real Estate Notes Point to Oak Park Growth Pace
A week of market notes covers bids on a three story and basement apartment on West Monroe near Homan for P Lavin, a Queen Anne style residence for Miss Kate Coffy in Austin Il, and leases for 44 to 50 Desplaines by P F Pattibone Co. The West Side Elevated Railway taps new frontages, Park Board relieves boulevard taxes, post office plans at Drexel, and Maywood and Oak Park expansion boost property values with transit links and new factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Hosking
Weat Monroe Street
Homan Avenue
P. Lavin
Kate Coffy
Austin
P.F. Pattibone & Co
Desplainea Street
John Morris
New York Biscuit Company
Kennedy Biscuit Company
Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad Company
W. J. Watson
Franklin Street
Jackson Street
Fifth Avenue
West Park
Douglas Boulevard
Asia
West Park Board
Lsw
Park Commissioners
West Side Boulevard
South Morton Park
Drexel Post Office
Calvin Taylor
Corrigan
Taylor
E. A. Cummings & Co
Maywood
Cicero & Provine
Lake Street
Franklin Park Manufacturing Company
Franklin Park
Lesser Franklin
Augusta Street
South Boulevard
Chicago Avenue
Oak Park
Lyman, Paine & Co
Prospect
Weat Side Wards Aldermen List Retiring Officials
Retirement list of ward aldermen by party with addresses in seven to twenty-eighth wards. Includes John A. Cooke William ONeill William Loeffler Martin Morrison Frederick Rohde Joseph Bidwell Charles Schumacher John Dorman George Swift William Kent Robert L. Martin James Campbell Chico Swigart Martin Knowles James Keats Wm Kamerling James Reddick Michael Ryan Peter Ellert Stanley Kunz J N Mulvihill Stephen Gosselin Wm Mahony John Brennan John Powers Thomas Gallagher Frederick Hanssen Mathew Conway Daniel Ackerman Thomas Sayle
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Ward
John A. Cooke
South Halsted Street
William O'Neill
Eighth Ward
William Loeffler
Johnson Sttreet
Martin Morrison
Fourteenth Street
Blue Island Avenue
Ninth Warp
Frederick Rohde
Washburne Avenue
Joseph E. Bidwill
LaSalle Street
Tenth
Charles O. Schumacher
Biue Island Avenue
John F. Dorman
Twenty-second Street
George B. Swift
River Street
William D. Kent
South Jefferson Street
Twelfth Warp
Robert L. Martin
James L. Campbell
Unity Building
Thirteenth Ward
Chico
F. Swigart
Perk Avenue
Martin Knowles
Walnut Street
James Keats
Chicago Avenue
Wm. L. Kamerling
Glenwood Avenue
Fifteenth
James Reddick
Perry Avenue
Michael Ryan
North Avenue
Peter J. Ellert
Staate Zeitung
Stanley H. Kunz
Noble Street
J. N. Mulvihill
Austin Avenue
Stephen M. Gosselin
Wm. F. Mahony
South State Street
John J. Brennan
West Madison Street
John Powers
Madison Street
Thomas Gallagher
Frederick I. Hanssen
Huron Street
Mathew J. Conway
Real Estate Transfers in Cicero and Nearby Areas
A compiled list of property transfers dated from November 1890 to February 1903 across Cicero and nearby townships. Entries name grantors and grantees such as M G Van Horne, J F Haeffiin, Andrews & Piper, Mut Home Imp Co, J Cudahy, W R Woodard, and others, with block and lot references in Oak Park, Berwyn, Morton Park, Harlem, and Berwyn additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton Pkc
van Horne
G van Horne
Buell
Eseseaceesbecs
SAS Saiisbury
PE Lundeen
Samo
Jlundeen
Kannenburg Line
Borwyn
Andrews & Piper
Johnson
East
Merrock
Austin
Berwyn
Andrews & Pi
Tetada
LD Derry Ink
RG Fraser
Merrick's
Jan d L
M Dwyer
Occa
M & B'aaub
Imp Co
Sperry
Mandell & H
Tobi W
O Ross
Edwarda
Morton
Morton Pk
Teaub
Wallarkoon
Watlen & P's
Southard
Scegera
OB Herring
M G Knowlon
Neil Oak
Covilie & N's
AO Corbett
Pak Salalgumes
la Vergne
Keefe
RH Gartlett
Remington
Ridgeland
Beifeld
C. LV Smith
Wrdole
Bicknell
Sharpe
Scoville
Wilson
Man- Bon Coa
Berlin
Winnetka
Oak Grove
GM Shippy
L Franklin
Walker's Aub
Nwis
Tolman
Sama
OB Larson
Ceee
Reseenee
Stevena
D Williams
J H Kemper
Austinta
T’dean
Dean
Andrews & Wilde
M P Dodrick
Wilson’s
Eel
Harnstrom
Cudahy
Cuddahy
John Cudahy
Woodard
Gendaanne
R Woodard
Balixbury's
N Rylander
Advertisers urged to use The Vindicator for ads
The Vindicator promotes its advertising style emphasizing plainness clarity and distinctness. It claims superior effectiveness with heavy rules and cross lines, highlighting its unique classification of ads and wide local circulation in West Side Cicero and Proviso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viindicator
West Side
Cicero
Proviso
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Alderman Daniel Ackerman
Daniel Ackerman
Twenty-eighth
Mr. Ackerman
Uncle Dan
Brotherhood
Bucklien
L. M. Lovett
Oa Park
BR. H. Traill
Daniel W. Ackerman
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas Sayle
J K Dunlop
Kuhn
Prendergast Lit
OL Rundell
E R Rundell
Fs O
Brandt
Ccscenecser Ee Sacs
Kensington Add
Weyden Leyden
Mar
Grranklin
Shippy
Dunlop
Grosadale
E Gross
C A Brown
Hame Et al
Rosell Nipee
Kennington
Harlem
R Radd
Banat
Groenlumd
Alward’s
Groenlund
Riverside
Bradish & M's
Als
Bigelow Et al
Pratt
J V Donovan
Gai
EC Calkins
G Bierfried Quick
O E Townsend
EW Woo
Cesesesecsse Ee
Cesucenetetaess Grosadale
Franklin
Hodge
Ifeo Riverside
Melrose
R Hey
Gross
Kolting
E Bow
RE Dickenson
EE Dakladio
KR H Bartlett
A M Franklin Pk
Burch
Jdob
Vindicator Office
West
Samuel J. Christley
General Johing
Chas. Zander
W. Lake St., Central Park
Harmonia Hall
W. Handguipa Ou
Chicago & Northern Pacific Railroad
Trans
Grand Central
Harrison Street
Chicago
exSun
Sun
D. Ex
Wey
Daily
Travns Jerre Austin
Ibve
L. C. Hatcher
Henry & Hawley
Chicago, ST. Paul & Kansas City Railway
West Fortieth St
Park Ave
Corner
Harrison Streets
A.M
P.M
Lupvnc L, Lawson
E P. O, Lindstrom
Lo Chigago
OntcaGo Ave
W. Lake
Illinois
Co. N. Green
Dolese & Shepard
James Meehan
38Th Street
Brighton Park
Washington St
Chas. C. Schumacher
C. &. Schumacher & Sons
Cor
Washburn Avenue
Fliggins Pharmacy
W. Sisson
Telephone
Corrigan Bros
W. van Buren
Lake St
Yonth
Oxford
la Salle
J. A. McMahon
Hart Avenue
F. W. Watkins
Aia Migrant
Lenz Drug
Central Park
H. E. Kingsland
Postoffice
Hawthorne Track
Chicago Racing Association
HaWthorNe
Ilinois Central
Grand Stand
Illinois Central
Randolph St
van Buren St
Wabash Av
Twentythird Et
Halsted St
Ashland Av
Union Depot
Bookmakers
Hawthorne Station
Race Track
Grand
Pfaff’s
W. Madison St
Garfield Park
Gardela Race Course
Washington Boulevard
A. Pfafp
E. R. Haase
the Banke
Dearborn Street
U.S
Washington
C.a.snow & CO
Patent Office
Washington D. C
Navy
Collecor
Chas. F. Walker
Clark and
Washington Streets
Cicero Water, Gas and Elctric Light CO
Oak Park, Ill
W. Cor
Dearborn St
Windsor Avs
Business College
Frederick F. Judd
W. W. KiMball
Pres
E. S. Conway, Beo
A. G. Cone
Treas
W. W. Kimball CO
Wabash Ave
Hallet Davis & CO
Kimball Pianos
Kim
Boston
J. Dunfefr & CO
Franklin St
Mintle and
Dillow Streets
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