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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1897
Page
2
A 10 year case illustrates implied contract for newspapers sent to a house. Cicero resident ignored bills from Staats Zeitung but the publisher Mar. Plessis sued and won 50.00 for ten years of subscription implied by receipt and non rejection.
Readable notes show intense activity on registration and candidacy deadlines. Reports mention Congress, anti department store bill prospects, editorial concerns, and local elections with figures on pay, resignations, and court decisions impacting governance.
The Cicero Municipal League presses for more than the Republican plank for city ownership. They argue the dominant party has yielded ground, but they doubt the Republicans can be trusted to deliver enduring reform.
Washington dispatch reports the Senate Finance Committee plans to act promptly on the Dingley tariff, with an item by item rewrite possible. The panel, now two members short, may shift control to protectionists, while senators aim to craft a version acceptable to all.
The twenty-eighth ward nominations are listed as Mau rice R Bertree Republican T J Ryan Democrat Frank M McCarthy Denis Thomas J Natehinson by petition Richard Travis by petition Thomas Sayle Republican by petition.
An offer announces that people in Austin receiving untaxed or unsolicited newspaper copies will be considered subscribers after paying a down payment. The paper is furnished for four months at a nominal cent cost, and continued delivery beyond four weeks requires order to discontinue to avoid being treated as a subscriber.
The Vindicator proclaims it provides all local Cicero news in advance and vows candor amid rivals. It invites citizens to subscribe to sustain a quality suburban paper, arguing the town desires quality over quantity and that supporter patronage enables better coverage.
The Austin Village urges a public library. A local club has gathered books and established a reference room with about a thousand volumes. A meeting invited church and fraternal groups and a town committee to oversee the project and seek public support.
A Washington correspondent profiles Bly Mason known as Billy to colleagues. The former representative has quickly earned senatorial decorum, works tirelessly answering constituents, and makes daily White House visits with aspiring young men. He and President McKinley shared warm ties from their House days.
Descriptive sketches present Richard Traill as town president nominee with druggist background and strong local ties. Other candidates include S. S. Vastine for assessor, H. H. Rearden for collector, A. Q. Butler for supervisor, Jacob R. Drent for town clerk, and Attridge ally officers with focus on public service and town growth.
Samuel D Attridge emerged in Cicero public notice two years ago as cashier and confidential clerk for Price Baking Powder Co now residing in Ridgeland. He was a Rembligan ticket assessor candidate elected for popularity amid Republican split. A native of Libertyville Lake County he is about 36 and educated in public schools and a commercial college. He now manages the Chung Mercantile Warehouses and is described as amiable with a bland smile and a middleweight presence.
Charles R. La Mena, a 47 year old German of French extraction, is the nominee for police magistrate. A former commercial traveler for S. N. Brown & Co. and later real estate and insurance agent, he has lived in Austin ten years with a Chicago office at 154 Lake Street. He served in the first Nebraska legislature and is secretary of the Upper Cicero Building and Loan Association. He is married with six children and active in the Austin Republican Club.
The new Cicero Republican central committee appointments are listed by precinct with names including Wirst H Robertson, A Stallwood, L A Howell, J H K Decker, N M Keener, O J Wy Senne, S A Rothermel, C R McHugh, H A Taylor, J T Malone, W R Townsend, J E Thorndyke, D Oliphant, F M Gilmore, D B Dutton, Adam Trapp, J A Muir, and W F Struckman. The missive notes the omission of these names from the prior instruction.
The Republican committee chaired by Mr. Heath met at Rearden’s office in the Woman’s temple, Chicago. It named officers, ordered printing of convention resolutions, and scheduled town meetings with appointments listed on this page. Opposition is minimal. municipal ownership stance weakens the opposing ticket.
Appointment schedule shows events on Thursday March 25 at Hawthorne and Sunday March 26 at Grant Works along with Mondays March 0 at Morton Park, indicating a calendar of political or civic engagements with multiple locations and dates.
A sequence of events lists Thiel's Austin on Tuesday March 30 Clyde on Wednesday March 31 Oak Park on Thursday April 1 Berwyn on Friday April 2 and Austin again on Saturday April 3. Earlier, on Friday March 26 the Young Men's Republican club of Oak Park will hold a meeting of their own.
The Cicero Municipal League met at Giles Hall in Austin to promote a reform ticket aimed at public ownership and removal of machine influence. Jerome P. Pierce led the crowd through platform aims, with several independent Republicans and good Democrats in attendance, but fewer than a hundred people present.
The Maywood Citizens League held a caucus at Maywood Hall on the 23d to nominate village officers for the ensuing year. James Stimson chaired as candidates were named for president and three trustees, with Edward C. Nichols nominated for president and Charles Westcott for village clerk.
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