Cicero Town Board Hears March 6 1897 Meeting Notes
Cicero town trustees met in Austin town hall on Saturday March 6 1897 with all members present. Minutes approved. Reports covered drainage, streets, Harlem avenue name change to Kimball, and Suburban Railroad plans. Fire and water, finances, and multiple ordinances and abatements were acted on, with bids awarded for sewers in Monroe and 24th streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Town of
Cicero
Austin
W. N. Cooney
W. J. Thomas
David
Risley Avenue
Twentysixth Street
Geo. L. Walker
Morton Park
Kinzie Street
James B. Haines
Chas. F. Duerr
Harlem Avenue
Kimball Avenue
Harlem
Edward A. Barker
Chitaggo Avenue
Thomas Carrol
Central and
Prairie Avenue
Suburban Railroad
Suburban Railroad Company
Chicago, Harlem & Batavia
Grand Central
Chicago
Great Western Railway Company
Robinson Avenue
Metropolitan Elevated Railroad
Committee of Whale
Augusta Street
T. G. Irving
Oak Park
Attoriey
Board of Arbitration
George B
Lizzie W. Charles
S0th Street
Oak Park Avenue
West 1Sth Street
Aisi
Midway Park
Dee
Tristee McDonald
Clork
Pwenty- Sixth Street
Maren Vu
Tad Pom
Stromesy
Creineer
Ohio Street
Teranktin Avenue
Austin Avenue
Gunthorp
Cicero Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Pine
W. Pitty Ihird
Berwan
Fharty-Eighth Street
Hawthorne
Berwyn Water
Worthington
Rearden
Voper& Worthington
TL. ML Lovett
We. Schneider
A. M. Pamulla
T. G. Tyving
Thirtieth Street
West Forty-eighth
Mandel UN
McDonald
Hurlbut Street
Hurlbut Street, Fifty-Second To Fifty-third
Fifty-first
Mary Vanhorn
Burrs Buildings and Burrs Scheme Near City Hall
In New York the 11 Reade Street property near City Hall is noted as Burrs law office and residence where he met Miranda and plotted plans for a trans Mississippi empire. The house also ties to the Blennerhassell scheme, with Harman Blennerhassell later tied to Burr and the narcotic trades at nearby Fulton Street. The building remains well preserved amid changing city topography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Omie
City Hall
Reade Street
Aaron Burr
Miranda
Spain
Caracas
Burr
Blennerhassel
Harman Blennerhassel
Trishman
The King Vulture Special Letter Summary
The King Vulture describes vultures as warm climate scavengers of mountainous regions. They feed on carrion to prevent disease, have long wings and vast flight, and rarely attack living animals. They can grow familiar with humans when unmolested and often gorge when food is plentiful, later digesting in a sleepy state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiel
Burr and charters in New York rivaled by water works tale
The article recounts Burr schemes to gain power, including a water company charter disguised as a water supply for New York City. It notes his use of a Sixth Ward Hotel site, the Chancellor woman, and a thwarted pistol threat. It also mentions Burr’s lasting architectural footprint and a separate note on vultures and battlefield congregations.
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Bury
Assippi
Barr
Duane
Coutye
Burr
Sixth Ward
Chancellor
Mir Mortoi
Beri
Reade
Centre Streets
Urr
New York
Water Company
City of New York
Record wine production shows large last year output
Drinkers of Preven wines note that last year’s production was among the largest on record. The total surpassed 1,000,000,000 gallons, though not reaching 1893’s 1,100,000,000. Ten year average is just under 731,000,000 with cultivation area shrinking by about 200,000 acres.
Fought Their Deaches Anew and Old Feud Resurfaces
A passerby accuses Joaquin Miller of recognition after forty years since a poisoned arrow story. The man recalls the neck wound and claims to have freed the tenant from the wound with his lips. The two old rivals quarrelled again near Mowat Shasta in a staged Indian skirmish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joaquin Mine
Joaquin Miller
Miller
Mowat Shasta
Old War Horses of Michigan Politics Quartet
The piece chronicles Lewis Cass, Zach Chandler, Robert McClelland, Don Dickinson, and the looming Alger, detailing Cass as a pivotal 19th century statesman, Chandler’s Detroit roots and Senate rise, McClelland’s interior department service, Dickinson’s postmaster role, and Alger’s anticipated leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Casa
Zach Chandler
Robert McCleland
Don Dickingon
Newton
Alger
Oaks
Jackson
Theson
Senate
Lewis Cass
Gov
Blair
Chandler
STS
Grant
Michigan
Est
National Republican Committee
Playues
Wheeler
Iaet
Don M. Dickinson
Cleveland
Vilas
Sterlins
Gem
Russell AL Alger
Lost 50 Pounds at 61 Years of Age
A Greensburg Indiana patient, O H Miller of Aurora, recounts severe malarial fever and chronic illness after 63 years. After failing with six physicians, he attributes his revival to Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, taken since August 1895, restoring appetite sleep and blood health. Manufactured by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Ind
Dearborn
Ohio
O. H. Miller
Aurora
Chambers, Stevens & Co
Miller
Ohio County
Mr. Miller
2. Y. Stultz
Jeffersonville
Ms. Stultz
Williams
Med. Ca
Eye tattooing offers color options for damaged sight
Medical science now allows tattooing of an eye with color after blindness. Surgeons apply cocaine to dull pain, cover the eye with India ink, then use a small electrical device to color the eye, restoring a natural look though the eye remains dead.
Monstrous Olden Reptiles Found in France Chalk Beds
Fossil remains of a monospecies oceanic reptile termed umesasaur were found in northern France chalk beds. These giants reached seventy feet, with slender bodies, whale-like paddles, and distinct aquatic traits. Finds extend across America including New Jersey and Gulf coast states, with west of the Mississippi also cited. The British Museum bought Edward Gibbon's private library card catalogue made from playing-card backs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
America
New Jersey
Gulf of Mexico
M Sippi River
The
British Museum
Edward Gibbon
Ele
Foot Notes in The Tragedian Joke
Yonkers Statesman quips about a press agent praising a western trip. The Comedian asks if foot notes describe the journey home, highlighting a humorous exchange on report details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers Statesman
Salzer Seed Deal Promises Free Catalogs With Postage
Wordy advertisement from John A. Salzer Seed Co. touts seeds for vegetables like cucumber beet carrot lettuce and melon with prices per package and a free mammoth seed catalogue mailed after 14 cents postage. Includes a short note about the editor and a humorous quote from the New York Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salzer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
W.n
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Pills Claim Efficacy
An advertisement asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease requiring internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as blood purifying and mucous-surface acting, not a quack remedy, with testimonials promised. Sold by druggists. price one dollar. Hall's Family Pills recommended as best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Price Toc
His Enemies
Tucker offers a cigar to Kene claiming the cigars are for his friends, but Kene suspects they are meant for his enemies after trying one and remarking on the confection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucker
Kene
Lun
On to the Kootenai Mining Country Tour
The article highlights the vast Kootenai region spanning Montana Idaho and British Columbia with booming mining activity for gold silver copper lead and iron. It notes Rossland swelling from about 200 to 6000 residents in twenty months and mentions maps and descriptive material being sent by the Northern Pacific Railway affiliated firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kootenai
Montana
Idaho
British Columbia
Rossland
FL Ll. Whitney
Treat Northern Railway
St. Paul
Mina
Texas Land Promises and Odd Nineteenth Century Remedies
A fragment advertisement lists Texas land prospecting with enticing claims for health and climate, inviting readers to contact J. Martin, G. P. A., in San Antonio. It also mentions diverse items from patented steel chest protectors to cold cures and laxatives, plus a barrage of brief notes about Holland’s florin imports and English and French weight comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
J. Martin
Texas
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Monroe Street
E. A. Barker
24Th Street
Wr. Hilliard
Committee On Finance
Ridgeland
Clyde
Hayrvey
Indiana Street
Willow Avenue
Pine Avenue
Washington Boulevard
Colven
Lyman & Bridge
Colyen
Anna C. Meek
Board of Education
Sus
Soo
Eli
Castle
Burr’s Buildings
Fulton Street
United States Hotel
Henry B. Ingram
Duane St.place
King Vulture
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Vrench
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Detroit
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Washington
Republic
Martin van Buren
Cass
Old Northwest
Great Britain
New Hampshire
James A. Garfield
Exeter
Detroit River
Jefferson
United States
Madison
Territory of
A. C. McLaughlin
University of Michigan
American Statesman
Calhoun
Calhoun Werasee
Secretary Eaton
Baten
South Carolina
Lall
Theobert McClelland
Pierce
McClelland
Seecord
Michi- Can
McCleland
Pennsylvania
Monroe
Congress
Interior
Zachariah Chandler
West Fort Street
Chander
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Flo
R.maclelland
Olden Fieres
New York Journal
Holland
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