Alderman Race Drives Lake Street Elevation Effort
The Alderman Race campaign continues with a push to elevate Lake Street to aid mall carriers. Oak Park locality debates government consolidation with Cicero and the Metropolitan elevated franchise pursues 52nd to Austin corridor. City water and all night lamps scare bankers as bankruptcy limits improvements. Grant residents seek better transit and lower rates, but board delays due to late hour.
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Lake Street
Democratic Improvement Clas
Austin
Cicero
Independent candidate John S. Clark seeks alderman seat
John S. Clark of North 40th Street and North Avenue was nominated as an independent Democratic candidate in the thirty-fifth ward for alderman at a meeting in Rhoebeberg Hall in Moreland Wednesday evening. Robert R. Jampolis served as meeting chairman. Clark is a real estate man with a solid reputation.
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John S. Clark
North 40Th Street
North Avenue
Rhceberg Hall
Moreland
Robert R. Jampolis
Clark
Law and Order Teague Campaign Targets Liquor Sale
The Austin law and order Teague campaign declares a fair plan to stop illegal liquor sales in the prohibition territory. Detectives were placed in the territory at five with orders to save no one. The plan now calls for local men to gather evidence and hold offenders in hand.
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Austin Law and Order Teague
Elaborate banquet speech on new theology turns heads
WW Mangaserian of the independent church delivered a lengthy exposition of twentieth century theology at a banquet hosted by Rev Geo A Campbell at Oakdale Hotel on Thursday night. He cited Huxley and Emerson more than scripture, and the audience did not uniformly agree with his views.
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WW. M. Mangaserian
Independent Church
Geo. A. Campbell
Oakdale Hotel
Huxley
Emerson
Water pressure limits for city mains in Austin reveal basements only
Assistant Superintendent Alexander shows that with about ten pounds water pressure at 52d Street city mains would not reach basements west of Willow Avenue in Austin. Most residents favor Oak Park water and question claims about city water. Health reports require daily boiling advisories before use.
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Alexander
Willow Avenue
Austin
Oak Park
Austin school fund drives via home meetings led by Miss Vance
The Laura Ave school in Austin, guided by Principal Miss Vance, begins home meetings at parents' homes to raise money for school furnishings and to engage parents. A Thursday gathering at Mr Nelson Hallgren's 320 N 53d Ave home showed strong parental support for the plan.
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Laura] Ave
Austin
Miss Vance
Nelson Hallgren
Demolishing Unsanitary Houses in Liverpool
Liverpool has used Parliament powers to borrow about 2,000,000 for demolishing and improving unsanitary property. About 8,500 houses have been demolished as unfit for habitation. The council is constructing 183 houses for the poor and seeks 358,750 more from the Livergeal government board to extend housing.
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Municipal Corporation of
Liverpool
Livergeal Government Board
Citizens' Ticket Leaders Named for Oak Park
President Marcus C. Stearns supervisor F. J. Moore assessor Jos. Ingram collector Geo Bemis trustee C. B. Holdrege clerk E. P. Sperry police magistrate W. W. Niece Oak Park.
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Citizens’ Ticket
Marcus C. Stearns
Oak Park
F. J. Moore
Hawthorne
Jos
Watch Enthusiast Near Express Dial On Ninth Avenue
A ticket chopper on the Ninth avenue elevated recounts a regular passenger who always sets his watch by the dial indicating the next express. He has done it over fifty times this winter and his compelled look betrays his private thoughts.
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Ninth Avenue
New York Sun
Fireman Dashes From Bath To Fight Newark Blaze
A Newark fireman Herman Hawke leapt from a bath when an alarm sounded at Hook and Ladder Truck No. 4. He slid down the pole in a soaking coat and drove the truck to the fire, his limbs freezing in the cold air. An hour later he returned to finish his bath.
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House of Hook and Ladder
Newark
N. J
Herman Hawke
Herman
Perplexing Problem On Rail Line Amid Repairs
Two railroad men on the Atchison and Topeka line face an ironic dilemma as a broken rail is found. Their section crew must split to flag trains, yet the rule dictates one must run in each direction to intercept oncoming trains, leaving uncertainty how the rail can be repaired with the whole force fleeing.
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Atchison & Topeka
Catchings Receives Silver Loving Cup From New Orleans
Representative Thomas C. Catchings of Mississippi was presented with a silver loving cup by New Orleans citizens in Washington for securing legislation to improve the Mississippi river passes. The presentation occurred in the committee on rivers and harbors room with Representative Meyer of Louisiana delivering the cup.
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Catchings
Thomas C. Catchings
Mississippi
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Washington
Meyer
Louisiana
Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Doctor Helps Poor Family Despite Frugal Times
A Boston physician visited a poverty struck family and gave $5 for care. The next day another doctor was paid $2. The remaining $3 was spent on beer a box of dominoes and a pack of cards, highlighting hardship and misused funds.
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Boston
Parson's Son Goes to Prison
Edward Spencer a minister's son from Mexico Missouri was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary for killing Benjamin Ed dieman last Christmas. The court held that a life threat did not justify the act unless the threat had been attempted, which was not proven in this case.
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Parson
Edward Spencer
Mexico
Benjamin Eddieman
Spencer
Eddieman
Great Increase Uthdor Eliot at Harvard Presidency
When Dr. Eliot became Harvard president the university was 233 years old. Since then invested funds have multiplied nearly five times and student numbers nearly fourfold. Instructors increased almost tenfold across the period.
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Uthdor Eliot
How press influence grows say prominent figures
Excerpts from a New York Correspondental Club dinner reveal views on boosting press influence. Whitelaw Reid urges scrupulous truth telling and fair study. J Bryan emphasizes transparent ownership and unified support for good causes. Edison advocates timely facts and Abbott calls for editor integrity and public truth. Cardinal Gibbons adds a closing thought.
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Correspondental Club
New York
Whitelaw Reid
J. Bryan
Thomas A. Edison
Lyman Abbott
Cardinal Gibbons
Press honesty urged to boost public trust and influence
Figures including Andrew Garnogle Bishop Henry Potter and H. H. Kohisast advocate stricter factual reporting, scrupulous accuracy, and exposing fraud to raise newspaper influence. They argue truth-telling with vivacity strengthens journalism and public confidence, while avoiding cynical sensationalism.
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Andrew Garnogle
Perately
Althugh
Joseph Jefferson
Bishop Henry
Potter
H. H. Kohisast
Chicago Times-Herald
Rain Making by Loud Explosions Provokes Trials
Government rain making experiments used a gas balloon and a blasting device to trigger rainfall. A professor from Frankfort, NY ignited a hydrogen oxygen mix, causing a massive explosion that flattened men, sank fish, toppled a bowling alley, and brought torrents of rain within eight minutes in Texas tests.
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Department of Agriculture
Myers
Frankfort
N. Y
Washington
Prof. Myers
Texas
Old Potatoes Poison Hazard Warns Soldiers and Public
A historical notice warns that solanine, a potato alkaloid, concentrates in old potatoes stored damp and sprouting. New potatoes have little toxin unless green or exposed above ground. German troops suffered poisonings in 1892 93 as old potatoes caused headaches colic diarrhea vomiting weakness and stupor. Dr Meyer documented twenty four times more solanine in spoiled stock.
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Meyer
Patrol Wagons of Allegheny Equipped for Medical Aid
Patrol wagons in Allegheny Pennsylvania are outfitted with medical gear to aid accident victims. Sergeants have been instructed in emergency procedures, including antidotes for poisoning and burn dressings, ensuring rapid care in emergencies.
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Vallee
Maedlenl Onattus
Allegheny
Bride's Mother Drops Dead at South Carolina Wedding
At the marriage of Miss Lalla Jordan to David Jennings Porter in Keenville South Carolina the bride's mother Mrs John M Jordan collapsed and died immediately after the ceremony while speaking with her daughter.
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Lalla Jordan
David Jennings Porter
Keenville
S. C
John M. Jordan
Copper Replacements for Boston Lion and Unicorn
The old wooden lion and unicorn on Boston's statehouse will be replaced by copper figures of the same heraldic beasts. The lion will bear a gold leaf coat and a crown resembling the British royal crown, with jewels shown as colored splashes.
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Boston
Letter from E P Sparry on town election candidacy
Oak Park March 13 1901: E P Sparry states he is not a candidate for upcoming town officers and would have refused his name at the Independent convention. He notes no reflection on others and signs his name with respect.
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Oak Park
E. P. Sparry
Sympathy as distraction from meddling behavior
A brief reflection notes that sympathy often leads people to meddle in others affairs and that this motive is overused. It argues that concern for others can trigger unwanted interference more than genuine helpfulness.
Classified ads for used range eggs and loans
Wanted a good second hand range cheap apply to Mrs Hoggins 105 South Central avenue Austin. WANTED to supply families with newly laid eggs 26 cents a dozen Mrs Welch 87 South Circle avenue Harlem OK. TO LOAN In your mortgage maturing Do you need money for building I am prepared to help you F Pray 107 North Park avenue Ausn
For Rent Listings Include Kenton Apartments and Houses
FOR RENT AT THE KENTON On front and rear three room apartment with private bath and all the modern improvements and also a furnished two room apartment with private bath. FOR RENT A modern 6 room flat centrally located 15, also pretty 6 room cottage large yard 15. Apply to R. S. Tuthill 422 North Central avenue Austin Tel 1963 TO RENT Two pleasant furnished front rooms will rent together or separate Apply 416 North Parks avenue Austin Tel 103t.
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Kenton
R. S. Tuthill
North Central Avenue
Austin
Tel
North Parks Avenue
For Sale Items and Home Goods Listings
A stream of small ads lists incubators, a brooders, a black walnut bedstead with bureau, an oak sideboard dining set, a ten room house with barn in River Forest, and several secondhand coats. Names and addresses include Mrs Welch 37 South Circle Avenue Harlem Aus tin 309 South Central Avenue Austin 127 Grove Street River Forest 111 Schoening 127 Grove Street and B Johanson 148 Lake Street.
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Welch
South Circle Avenue
Harlem
South Central Avenue
Austin
Golme
Schoening
Grove Street
River Forest
B. Johanson
Lake Street
North Willow Avenue
Citizenship Requirements Vary by State in Historic Voting Rules
The piece notes how Minnesota once granted suffrage to civilized Indians certified by district courts. It cites Florida enlisting suffrage through militia enrollment and Tennessee allowing voting by competent black witnesses in black against white cases, reflecting disparate state laws on voting rights.
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Minnesota
Florida
Tennessee
Verdi's Boxes Burned After Burial
In his will Verdi ordered two large antique boxes in his villa burned unopened after burial. Relatives reluctantly carried out the wish, though it is believed the boxes contained manuscripts of several unpublished operas.
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Verdi
Chicago aldermen vote by wire plan proposed
A Chicago electrician outlines a plan to wire each alderman’s desk with yea and nay buttons. During roll call, lawmakers would press their chosen button and the vote would be recorded on an electrical register at the clerk’s desk.
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Chicago
Eccentric Writers Fill Envelopes With Stamp Antics
The New York Press notes quirky letters from eccentric writers who stamp envelopes in strange places and inverts. Some mailers rhyme their notes, write in Greek characters, or use colored inks for different purposes. Postal clerks endure these idiosyncrasies while delivering each piece punctually.
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St. Louis
London
Manchester
England
New York Press
Lone Girl Passes Paterson Law Bar Exam
Miss Nina Murphy, the only woman in a large Paterson New Jersey law school class, appeared for the bar admission exam. Judge Foot noted she outperformed more than half the male peers, and she celebrated by telegrams signing herself Attorney-at-Law and Master in Chancery Nina.
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Paterson
N. J
Nina Murphy
Judge Foot
Miss Murphy
Nina
Swiss postoffice faces backlash over jubilee stamps
The Swiss post office, last year issuing the famous jubilee stamps, has announced it will no longer accept further exchanges. The press denounces the move as robbery, amid public outcry over stock levels and the December 31, 1900 expiration of the stamps.
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Postoffice
Switzerland
Ik Arme
To Make Creditors Rave
A Madrid nobleman after squandering his fortune and incurring debt marries a poor woman despite counsel to wed a rich bride. When questioned why he did so, he says the aim is to vex his creditors by making them rave.
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Madrid
London plumber uses compressed air alarm system
A London plumber devises a new burglar alarm using compressed air. When Bill Sykes style intruders open a window the air blows a policeman whistle and lights an electric lamp to show where police are needed.
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London
Bill Sykes
Best Girl's Picture on Arm Becomes Fad Tattoo
A Roumanian photographer has created a process to print a clear photograph of one's best girl on the arm. The three hour operation has quickly become a popular fad among readers seeking a lasting portrait.
Opinion of Modern Legislature by President Hadley
Yale president Hadley, in a lecture on modern changes in legislation, argued that the modern legislature is a forum where votes are swapped while the old ideal legislature was a place where opinions are exchanged.
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Hadley
Yale
New Hampshire's Giant Congressman Seeks Fifty-Eighth Term
Cy SulloWay, the towering congressman from New Hampshire's First District, has completed three terms and been reelected to the Fifty-seventh Congress. He now announces his candidacy for the Fifty-eighth Congress.
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New Hampshire
Cy” SulloWay
Bicycle repair outfit for sale in Austin
YOR 84LB CHEAP. Complete bicycle repair outfit in first-class order ready for instant use. Call at 429 North Central Avenue or address F Box 105 Austin Station Ni so.
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North Central Avenue
Austin Station
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