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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1899
Page
5
Local notes report Miss Willetta Forrest hosting the H G L Club and many residents visiting or moving. Letters, club concerts, te sares, and church events fill a page with social, civic, and family updates from Austin and Oak Park.
An open strike at Norton's factory began Monday after workers demanded reversal of a 15 percent cut in pay due to rising article prices. Ray Norton urged a return to work by Friday or Saturday, but most left. A Melrose Park meeting planned to contact Chicago Federation of Labor head P F Doyle to form a union. Twenty pickets guarded the plant as nonunion employees pressed for higher wages, overtime pay, and a time and a half schedule. Norton declined the demands.
A plea urges residents to oppose annexation with the warning that once Chicago is in, exit becomes impossible. The statement frames the measure as a irreversible change and calls for vigilance at the polls.
The Woman's Club held its annual public reception on Monday evening the 27th in the Abbott block rooms. Mrs. Coonley Ward of Chicago gave an engaging talk and Mrs. Gates of Englewood offered readings. The vice president Mrs. Charles reviewed club work and a social hour followed. The club maintains a library of over three hundred volumes open to the public on Wednesdays and Saturdays with a 5 cent per week fee or a yearly ticket for one dollar. The next general meeting is set for Monday April 3 with Miss Rice of the Young Ladies Seminary Chicago presenting a paper on Madam Guyon and her times, plus music.
Anton Hessel of Eau Claire Wisconsin, famed for attending many funerals, publicizes a letter from R C Burgar asking him to stay away from a deceased relative's funeral at the Montgomery Liquor Care Institute. The letter, which bars saloonkeepers from the procession, has caused a local sensation.
A Boston entrepreneur found social patience can have commercial value. He visited department stores and, if faced with patient courteous clerks, offered higher salaries, even without a sale, to recruit staff for his underwear venture. The tale underscores politeness as a business asset.
The Swedish Lutheran community in Austin and Moreland grew from a 1895 chapel between the towns to a larger church plan. Swedes worshiped together in a midtown chapel but by January the growing congregation needed separate churches in each area.
The Moreland and Austin Swedish Lutheran congregations divided to form St. Paul’s Church of Moreland. A cornerstone ceremony is set for 3 p.m. next Sunday as Rev. L G Abrahamson and Rev M C Ranseen attend. The church will be 36 by 67 feet with a 106 foot steeple, seating 400, and about 4000 dollars in value.
Harlem Library Association Hall hosts a Harlem Agassiz Chapter grand concert on Tuesday evening April 4. The program features opening address by Dr. C E Hemingway, Mendelssohn Quartet, Berhold Brothers instrumental duets, piano solos by Mr F Pugh and Mr B Chamberlain, cello and song items, a curtain scene, and readings with Chamberlain Brothers and W G Quayle.
A comic exchange from Tit Bits shows a waiter shouting for a chop and a chef retorting he is no magician. The humorous dialogue captures kitchen banter and the era’s lighthearted tone.
Frank Pierson 26, of Oak avenue and Lake street River Forest, was found dead after an accidental gun discharge while hunting with his 6 year old son near Thatcher woods. The incident occurred Thursday evening. the gun fired as he crossed a pond breaking the ice. Pierson worked at the First National Bank for eight years and leaves a widow and four children. Funeral services were held Sunday and burial Monday at Oakwood cemetery.
Rev J F Bartlett preached his farewell sermon at First Baptist Church where he served seven years. Church members and the Austin Federation held separate farewell gatherings in church parlors and Library Hall, with many friends expressing regret and best wishes for his future. He will assume the pastorate of Tenth Baptist Church in Philadelphia.
Mrs. M Bantle mother of F J Bantle burned leaves in her yard when her clothes ignited she suffered severe burns and died within hours. Mr Bantle and family have relocated to Gilcrist to live for a few years.
If you are buying a bicycle, it will pay you to call and see Earnest Mick lish at the River Forest Water Works. Our new '99 styles have arrived.
Mrs E H Pitkin has recovered from tonsillitis and is out again. Miss J W Spitzer of Chicago visits Miss Etta Bills. Miss May Pitkin, Beloit College dean, returns home for a week. Miss Florence Whaples will resume Normal studies next week. Miss Blanche Irwin visits Crystal Lake. Mrs John Lyon hosts the cinch club. Mrs S S Rogers returns from a four month Southern sojourn. Neighborly Club plans annexation discussion with the Shiffmans. FP W Ober to lead East End Boys Club stereoptical entertainment. Mrs J L Whaples returns from Pass Christian. Miss Estelle Irwin entertains Maywood and Oak Park friends for Miss Venona Irwin. Keppel soloist sings at Second Congregational Church. Mrs C C Carr hosts a card afternoon. prizes to Mrs Layman, Mrs Goss, Mrs Cornell. I G T Cinch Club entertained by Miss Bessie Bevington. prizes to Miss Sherman and Miss Kemp. Primary Sunday school teachers plan an Easter party for about 150 children. F G Ensign hosts Beloit Banjo and Glee Club reception. gold decorations. Special Second Congregational Church services this week with Rev James Campbell, Prof BE Harper, Dr J H Seldan, Rev J M Fifield. Village caucus Thursday at town hall for local offices. Mrs Walker visits in River Forest. Citizens prepare water meters for city ordinance compliance before month’s end.
In River Forest several residents are mentioned with scarlet fever including a child of Mr Reedy and daughters of Judge Dunn and others. J M Weight moves into Park avenue, John Matthews remains home with a knee ailment. Anderson digs a new Grove avenue building near Elm. Thatcher siblings also ill. Mahoney to serve as night watchman after April 1. River Forest Whist Club meets with many members present. A H Draper, formerly Oak Park State Bank cashier, is noted.
Maywood residents report Laura Irvings traveling to Rockford Illinois while James H Merrill recovers from grip. W M Belthouse dies of pneumonia on Ninth Avenue. The Crokenole Club plans a meeting at Miss Jessie Letherman’s April 8. The Maywood male quartet to sing at Oak Park W C T U service next Sunday. Methodical Church Sunday school to hold an Eastern service Sunday night with literary and musical program. Jennie Brown’s testimonial concert at Baptist Church was a success. Village caucus set for April 1 at Maywood Hall to nominate local officials. Grace Magree’s party marks her return from six months in Nebraska. John Dickenson dies after two weeks illness at age 47, leaving a wife and two children.
The Jolly Thirteen host a grand reception in Gaden's hall on April 8 while the volunteer firemen hold their second annual hall event in Thode's hall on April 15. Hoellerick builds a boarding house and restaurant at Hannah and Lexington. Harlem Savings Bank adds 200 safety deposit boxes as older ones fill. Mrs. Otto Schnader and Mrs. Jacob Wittenberg sail May 4 on the Fuerst Bismarck for Germany, gone four to five months. Rebates are paid on sewerage assessments Nos. 5 and 6. $700 remains to be distributed, 4 percent on No. 5 and 3 percent on No. 6. Charles Tesnow, driver for Barr & Collins, injured loading lumber. head wound after slipping on a post. Independent Citizens' party caucus nominates ticket: President George Schrade. trustees North Side Charles J. Gotsch and Henry Strunk. trustee South Side H. A. Cotton. clerk Henry C. Meier. Municipal party also fields a ticket.
John Wickham, formerly with C. L., H. & Power Co., has returned from the Klondike and will be content with ordinary Illinois cold weather for a time at least.
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