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Newspaper

Oak Park Vindicator

Location

Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1899

Page

5

News of the Town Highlights Civic Meetings and Local Visits

Residents note births and visits across Oak Park and Cicero. Local officials discuss sidewalks, road work, and town contracts while society events, lectures, and school notes fill the week.

Obituary: Alexander C. Phillips Dies in Austin After Fifty-Six Years

Alexander C. Phillips, active Chicago businessman and longtime supporter of volunteer fire service, died of apoplexy at his Austin residence. Immigrating from Scotland in 1842, he helped grow a chairs factory into a major U.S. concern, later serving as alderman in Waukegan and managing relief furniture after the 1871 fire. Survived by wife, three sons John C. Phillips, Alex B. Phillips, Charles A. Phillips, Henry G. Phillips. daughters Mrs. Charles A. Stearns and Mrs. Leonard W. Stein. brother James M. Phillips. Funeral held at his Pine Avenue home with large attendance.

Chicago Alexander C. Phillips Austin Pine Avenue Michigan Phillips United States Mr. Phillips Johnson Chair Company Waukegan Nebraska John C Alex B Charles A Henry G Des Moines Iowa Charles A. Stearns Leonard W. Stein Allegan Mich James M. Phillips Englewood

Mrs Denniston Dies At Walnut Avenue Home

Mrs. N. R. Denniston died at her Walnut avenue home this Friday morning at 4 o clock. She leaves a large circle of friends and her death is described as very sad.

N. R. Denniston Walnut Avenue

Transformation of Vienna and philanthropy reviewed by Austin Woman's Club

The May 1 symposium by the civics department featured Ida P. Wilson's paper on transforming Vienna with crayon maps and Laura Matthews' critique of modern American philanthropy. Mrs. Charles urged punctuality and a fixed meeting hour, while village improvement and cleanliness of streets, alleys, and vacant lots were debated. Citizens were urged to place refuse in back-yard bins for proper removal and to enforce town ordinances for a tidier, more beautiful Austin.

Civics Department Woman's Club Ida P. Wilson Vienna Laura Matthews Vinnie Rice Ida Freeman Charles Austin Chicago

Measles decline and community notices in Euclid area

Local updates report Mrs. E A Cummings convalescing from measles while many residents travel attend events and return from trips to California and Atlanta. The I F G T Club meets with Miss Blanche Irwin. Sun day school convention attendees. clergy offer church space. clubs hold meetings and banquets. A church construction contract is awarded and various residents move, marry, or start businesses.

E. A. Cummings N. M. Freer North Euclid Avenue California Blanche Irwin North Lombard Avenue C. B. Holdredge Linden Avenue Atlanta Sydney Strong Second Congregational Church M. E. Society

Harlem News Roundup: races, meetings, and local concerns

Tim Kennedy trains a fine New Orleans mare for upcoming races. Harlem baseball to organize the team Friday night. Decoration day plans include 75 000 graves at Harlem cemetery. Crawford hospital case for bowels inflammation. Measles close kindergarten and possible primary school closures. Mrs Murenburg and Mrs Boehlke sail to Europe May 9 on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Village Harlem Suburban Railroad case continued to Friday for final hearing. Library trustees elect directors Fred B Ubrig C Hemingway Albert Roos Mrs C E Roberts L O Stanton Geo F Holloway Mrs Seabury Mr Douglass Miss Crosby Elmer E Pierce Frank Hosler.

Crawford Ferdinand Avenue Murenburg Boehlke New York Europe Harlem Suburban Railroad Company Fred B. Ubrig C. Hemingway Albert Roos C. E. Roberts L. O. Stanton Geo. F. ‘Holloway Seabury Mr. Douglass Miss Crosby Elmer E. Pierce Frank Hosler

Folkloric Saying on Luck and Labor

A rustic quip remarks that luck favors the poor as God divides sleep. It humorously suggests even kings or workers could not shut out rest, while lamenting that human labor would not be allowed to rest if they had done so.

River Forest Local News Roundup

Miss Jenette Topping returns to River Forest from New York and will reside in Chicago. Mr EB C Waller renovations on Lake street. Youth bus trip from Oak Park to La Grange returns at 1 a m. Mrs Kennedy ill with nervous prostration. Mr F D Thompson honored by G A R friends for 52d birthday. Local appointments approved include treasurer Mrs Cora Brown water works engineer Ernest Micklish constable Humphrey Wolf fire marshal L E Moore police C W Wilmeroth. Leslie Stafford and Olive Ingalls wed at bride’s home travel for wedding tour South planned. Matthews Bros relocate grocery from Thatcher and Lake to new Lake street block, occupying new quarters Monday. Final note adds proverb about enemies and fuel to hate.

Alice Meade Peterboro Ont C. Cal¢cutt Cedar Street Carrie Sickler Geneva S. J. Crafts W. A. Mason D. L. Moody North Waller Avenue Austin Manila Irving Zimmerman Earlville Charles H. Zimmerman Will Schaff North Pine Avenue Cuba Andrews South Central Avenue Eleanor Thompson Chicago R. H. Traitt C. A. Black Baird Avenue St. Charles Ill G. R. Cogdal Ella’ Brown R. L. Brown Prairie Avenue River Forest H. P Epworth League J. L. Whitlock H. E. Rockridge North Central Avenue E. O. Baker Beethoven Club David Library Hall Jenette Topping New York EB. C. Waller Lake Street Oak Park la Grange Mr. Thompson Cora Brown Ernest Micklish Humphrey Wolf L. E. Moore C. W. Wilmeroth Leslie Stafford Forest Avenue Olive Ingalls South Park Avenue

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Central Ave South Boulevard Harry Cooling Cicero Town. Board Town of Cicero News OF the Town Uriah R. Denniston Wanut Avenue Lucile Badger Edgewater Walter Bonney Pittsburg C. F. Bonney Charlie F.E. Willis Ontario Street Mr. Willis Detroit Reuben Brown South Prairie Avenue Austin and F. Sullivan Midway Park Austin Avenue W. J. van Buren Ladies’ Society of Faith Presbyterian Church C. B. Scoville Euclid M. E. Church John Farson Walter Gale W. D. Sleep St. Louis Myra Booth South Clinton Avenue East W. F. Crummer Kenilworth Avenue Grant Galena S. S. Denniston North Oak Park Avenue Fond du Lac Wis W. R. Townsend South East Avenue Mrs. C. Godee the Kenton M. Carey Lena Townsend Missouri Mrs. Carey Edward T. Barnard Glen Ellyn Junior Epworth League The First Methodist Church Edwin Schneider Frank C. Smith Scoville Institute W. W. Oaks Oak Park Avenue Board of Trustees Lewis Attridge Frink Hafner Linn MacDonald Traill Utley J. C. Withington Charles Fairvalley Committee On Police and Sanitary Charles J. Fairvalley Thirtieth Thirty-First Streets Thirty-First Street Stanley Avenue Committee On Richard Clark Suburban F. W. Pringle Wilson, Moore & McKvaine Chicago Racing Association Robinson Avenue H. Johansen Hig Washington Boulevard West Fifty-Second Street Harlem Avenue Vindicator Cicero Advocate Yeas Jinn E. A. Baker Chicago Avenue Augusta Street Austin A Avenue Hal Hilton Colorado Mr. Hilton Farlin Q. Ball Psi Upsilon Association of the Northwest Union League Club Eva Moore Withers Public Library Bloomington Cornelia Marvin Scoville Library James Johnston Edward King Mary King Kohliske Geo. W. Morrow Edgar Nugent A. A. Weaver Duke Banks Harry Noake Montreal George W. Harmon Engineer Social Service Conference Annie McLean University of Chicago Consumers’ League Charles H. Wilcox George Eckhart North Oak Park Penee Roberts William Edward McLaren D. D Grace Church R. A. Carpenter Cicero & Harlem Railway Company R. H. Traill Peter MacDonald Chris F. Hafner W. P. Utley H. F Police and Sanitary T. N. Vallins Hacker H. F. Frink Randolph Street Maple Avenue Utleyn W. E. Sayers P. McGrath Suburban Railway Company Ss. D. Attridge R. F. Linn, JR Chicago Fire Extinguisher Company Babcock H. A. Emerson Fire and Water Fund Nays -MacDonald Iinn R. F. Wood Twelfth Street Thomas Ellis Austin Woman's Club Loeding Dry Goods Company Euclid Avenue M. EK James P. Willing Katherine Condon North Taylor Avenue Wisconsin George H. Edgerton Charlotte McKay North Harvey Avenue Neighborly Literary Club Fred Foster Riley James Whitcomb Riley Bohemian Club H. F. Sayles Sixty-fourth Avenue Maywood M. H. Rockefeller New York State Miss Garritson Indiana Charles R. Kraushopf Seventh Avenue Munton & Murphy Merrill W. C. Lovejoy J. Glendening Soffel Block Soffel Bros William Edgell Kurst Sixth Avenue Robinson Norton's Rogers Park Chas. Mittman J. M. Merritt T. J. Hardy Louis Sweney Frank Lindman Jacob Kenn H. Mullen Tim Kennedy New Orleans Matthews Bros Thatcher Avenue Lake and
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