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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1897
Page
5
The document lists officers to be elected for one year or four years including President Supervisor Collector Assessor Clerk and five Trustees and Police Magistrate Justices of the Peace with polling places set by the Cook County Board of Election Commissioners. Elections run from 6 A.M. to 4 P.M. on election day.
Oak Park boot and shoe merchant Charles Carlson married Miss Matilda Anderson of Austin on March 18 at their Lake Street home. Rev. M. Brendel officiated. Axel Anderson served as best man and Jennie Anderson was bridesmaid. A wedding supper followed with about sixty guests. dancing and congratulations ended Friday morning.
Prominent members of the Nine teenth Century bhlib and the Womens Christian Temperance union circulate a petition in Oak Park urging the Illinois legislature to amend the state constitution to strike the word male and grant women the ballot. Leaders cite home, law, and civic equality and reference Colorado’s experience with female voters.
Citizens urged to attend a convention in John Gaden's Hall on Saturday March 2 to nominate village officers. Platform pledges include honest leadership, efficient administration, fair property taxation, protection of homeowner rights, 5 cent fare to Chicago, and return to prohibition if desired. Signed by Charles Lomisev president and W O Edwards secretary.
Citizens of School District No 1 Township 39 Cook County Oak Park convene at the High School Monday evening March 29 1897 to hear the Board of Education report and discuss school matters. The meeting may nominate a president and two board members to be voted on April 17 1897 to replace Burton Lackey and Moore whose terms expire. A full attendance is requested.
Dr Cyrus Hamlin recounts an old memory puzzle about a Philadelphia friend whose name eluded him for decades. After thirty years he found no clue in Philadelphia, yet at a dinner in America the name Capt. Robinson surfaced to comic effect, revealing a memory paradox.
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