Water Pipe Bid Invite Cicero Special 616
Sealed proposals addressed to the President and to the Secretary of the Board of Local Improvements are invited to furnish and lay cast iron water supply pipes along 48th avenue from Congress to Van Buren and along Van Buren from 48th to 60th. Bids due by 5 pm April 11, 1899 with 10 percent certified check. The board may reject any bid. Austin Ill March 31 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Local Improvements
48Th Avenue
Congress Street
van Buren Street
60Th Avenue
County Court of
Cook County
H. A. Emerson
R. A. Carpenter
Austin, Ill
Water service pipe bids sought on Kenilworth Ave
Special No. 617 invites proposals to furnish and lay water service pipes on Kenilworth avenue from Chicago avenue to August street. Payments charged to Special 617, confirmed March 1899 in Cook County Court. Bids due by 5 p m April 11 1899 with 10 percent certified check. President of Board of Local Improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Local Improvements
Kenilworth Avenue
Chicago Avenue
August Street
Cook County
H. A. Emerson
R. A. Carpenter
Austin, Ill
Water service pipe contract for Erie Street work
Special No 634 invites bids for furnishing and laying water service pipes on Erie Street from Waller Avenue to Austin Avenue. Bids to be received until 6 p.m. The announcement appears confirmed in full by the County Court of Cook in 1899. President of Board of Local Improvements Tiated Ravefin, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Local Improvements
Erie Street
Waller Avenue
Austin Avenue
County Court
Cook County
H. A. Emerson
R. A. Carpenter
Tiated Ravefin
Farab Ai Araq
Sealed bids invited for Erie street paving project
Special No 625 invites sealed duplicate proposals to grade curb and pave Erie street from Waller Avenue to Austin Avenue. Payments from Special 635 approved by county on March 30 1899. Bids due by 5 p m April 11 1899 with required certified check. Board of Local Improvements reserves right to reject all bids. Austin March 21 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sala
Board of Local Improvements
Erie Street
Waller Avenue
Austin Avenue
County Court of
Cook County
I. A. Emerson
R. A. Carpenter
Austin, Jil
Notice of Election for Cicero City Incorporation
The Cicero town board ordered a special election on April 25 1899 to decide if the town should be incorporated as a city under the 1872 act. The town president must publish notice and the attorney file copies with election commissioners. J R Drent town clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Board of Trustees
J.R. Drent
Real Auld Kirk How Scotch Whisky Earned Its Name
The article cites an old Glenesk minister who mockingly labels drinks by sects then ends with praising whisky calling it the rael Auld Kirk. The piece links the term to Scottish culture and humor from Oor Ain Folk and frames whisky as unmatched in Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Cicero Seeks Bids for Oak Park Avenue Sewer Project
Sealed proposals addressed to the Town Clerk and the Town President are invited for the Oak Park avenue outfall brick and pipe sewer in Cicero Illinois. Bids due 2 30 p m April 1 1899 with a 10 percent certified check. The town reserves the right to reject any or all bids. J R Drent Town Clerk March 20 1899 Austin Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park Avenue
Cicero
Supreme Court
Board of Trustees
J. R. Drent
Austin
Ill
Heiress Sadie Holmes Weds Merchant of San Francisco
Sadie Holmes of San Francisco, now Lady Sarah Bretherton after a Welsh fortune, married Joseph M. Glaser last Saturday at the German Catholic church on Golden Gate Avenue. They honeymoon in Santa Cruz and may visit Wales to inspect Bretherton estate. her father Frederick Holmes, a San Francisco broker, earned a large English inheritance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Holmes
San Francisco
Wales
Joseph M. Glaser
Stockton Street
Golden Gate Avenue
Santa Cruz
Palace Hotel
Sarah Bretherton
Jane Bretherton
Frederick Holmes
Sadie
Bretherton
Holmes
Sarah
Palace
Glaser
Papa Holmes
Bretherton Castle
Liverpool
Panama
The Good Old Times and the Modern Society Woman
A reflective piece argues that today’s society woman shows greater vigor and endurance than her predecessors. It contrasts modern social life with past eras, noting long days mixing lunches teas dinners opera and balls, while questioning whether contemporary athletic living fuels female vitality.
Fairy tale prince in Washington a portrait of Troubetzkoy
The article profiles Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy as a towering, athletic painter in Washington. It highlights his 6 foot 4 frame, muscular build, sunlit studio, and bold work including the Mrs Stilson Hutchins portrait. It notes his multilingual background, disdain for frills, and his brother Prince Louis's scientific work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy
Washington
Amelie Rives
New York Press
Art Loan
United States
Prince Troubetzkoy
Louis XVI
Tle
Germany
England
Prince Pierre
Prince Louis Troubetzkoy
Tesla Rival Szczepanik Showcases New Inventions in Vienna
Polish electric expert Jan Szczepanik, now in Vienna, claims a new light activated bomb and other devices including an anti collision system for railways a long distance voice transmission loom and military value. Report notes Ried as owning vast Newfoundland lands with oil coal iron copper asbestos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tesla
Jan Szczepanik
Vienna
Szczepanik
Robert Gillespie Ried
Newfoundland
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Chicago
Chicago Exchange
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C. Ella Taylor
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Leidig
Miss E. Williams
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Roci
Undertaker
Aarae
Sie Lon Coc OG AS
Bell Phone
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Giveme
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Tanta A
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