01 May 1896
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1896
Page
1
A meditation on civic virtue, Prohibition era themes, and a Mis ks mayoral race led by women reflects the era. The column also mentions a Yarus Russian advisor in Constantinople and a Holmes style murder case attracting attention.
A sensational dispatch describes five Cubans executed in Havana with devices to choke them, the torturous process drawing screams from spectators and troops. The piece also notes science notes on opaque-body photography by Lebon and reports tragedy in Pompey New York where a family of three sisters and a brother die of pneumonia in one day.
Cicero trustees met April 30 1896 in regular session. Henry D Pierce summarized a year of work across engineering water fire and police departments and outlined financials debts warrants and rebates. He urged reforms in accounting and urged sprinkling streets and improving sewers and intersections in coming year.
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