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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1898
Page
5
Oak Park notes report residents returning from travels, relocations within town and nearby areas, and changes in offices and homes. Visitors from Pasadena and Chicago stay or visit. school board reorganizes with new members. war bulletins appear in storefronts. various clubs and societies hold meetings and plan events around May.
At a Cicero town board adjourned meeting Trustee John Lewis advances resolutions to ban officer purchases outside committee control and to centralize printing and office supply procurement. The printing committee is ordered to seek sealed bids from local newspapers for official printing and for a pamphlet edition of proceedings.
Mrs. R. Abbie Carr presided as chairman of history and travel as the Woman's Club met on Monday May 2. Mrs. Bila K E Lane Bowes of Chicago spoke on Manual Training Schools while Mrs. G A McDonald gave vivid Southern character studies in vernacular. Miss Rosamond Bryant played a piano solo and the May 16 meeting may be in Abbott block rooms.
The River Forest Woman's Club held its final meeting of the season on May 3. Mrs. Clara Packard of Oak Park spoke on youth authority and its remedies, with the paper praised for its precepts. Guests included members from the Chicago Commons Woman's Club. The club mourned the death of former president Louise Struble, whose long service and influence were noted.
The board referred the committee of the whole for consideration of bids on pamphlets for town use and printing specifications. The superintendent requested an order to repair the sheeting wall on 39th street west of Central avenue damaged by floods and called attention to bidding for scavenger work and sprinkling Washington boulevard. He also noted the need to pipe wells at the Berwyn water works. Continued on page 8.
The London electric railway extends six miles through the city at an expected cost of 15 million dollars. An American designed the line and components are manufactured across the United States with trains built in Schenectady Milwaukee Pittsburg Chicago and other sites.
German military provision cats once kept to kill mice at stores and magazines at eighteen marks per cat are to be dismissed. Experiments show the Loeffler bacillus inoculation method kills more mice at a much lower cost, replacing cats as pest control.
The article outlines the opening of the High School League season with comments on team composition and a week’s game schedule. It highlights Austin vs West Division at Douglas Park, Oak Park vs Law Grange at La Grange, and Austin vs Oak Park at Oak Park on May 1, noting Oak Park’s upcoming pennant bid and coaching efforts. It records Monday’s Jno Marshall vs Austin opener a 27 to 5 win for Austin and details Oak Park’s 17 to 6 victory over West Division with player notes and game box specifics. The Oak Park season plans include a May 14 opener against Beloit College.
The senate confirmed Howard Robertson for Austin and W A Hutchinson for Oak Park as new postmasters. They will assume duties once required papers are filed, after delays due to higher Washington priorities.
W. C. Cline of Austin forwards a reply from City Clerk A. G. Coover describing Harvey’s transition from village to city three years earlier. He notes finances strained but bonds selling at a premium, warded aldermen, rapid street improvements, and limited printed reports aside from the treasurer’s upcoming issue.
Report notes several natural gas seeps near the Caspian Sea that have long sustained flames, termed eternal fires by locals. The phenomenon highlights geological gas vents that ignite and persist over generations.
Rev Luther Pardee resigns from St Pauls Church Austin effective June 1 after six years of service. He will be succeeded by Rev S Lewis Mitchell of Eastport Me, who comes from Christ's Church Eastport. Pardee to care for his widowed mother. Mitchell and wife are accomplished musicians.
Captain Vallins issues guidance to precinct officers in Austin Texas on enforcing Cicero bicycle rules. Riders must use sidewalks or streets properly, ride two abreast at most, stay right, carry a light at night, and limit speed to ten miles per hour. Patrols should warn violators to avoid arrest for future infractions.
Louise Struble of River Forest died at 239 Forest Avenue after a brief illness. She was 385 years old and a charter member of the River Forest Women’s Club. She is survived by her husband Henry Struble and a son. Esther L Kendrick of Oak Park died at 79 in Oak Park after heart failure. She had lived in Oak Park 15 years and was active in church work. Interment for Struble was at Forest Home. Kendrick’s service followed at her son’s home and burial in Delavan Wisconsin.
Miss Anna Hancock of Austin wins first honors in a Vindicator prize essay contest on patriotism. The weekly feature will publish one essay at a time with prizes mailed this week, urging children to study history, virtue, and the nation’s founders to become educated, loyal citizens like Washington and Lincoln.
The ladies of Maywood River Forest Ridgeland Oak Park and Austin seek to form an Art Centre like the Arche Art Centre. They plan a meeting at the Oak Park Institute on Tuesday May 10 at 10 o'clock. A membership fee of 3 dollars covers October 1 to May 1.
A damp week across the area brings weather notes and local chatter. The item mentions Spain and a “reign of terror” linked to rain, hinting at broad conditions and public mood.
A Chicago letter from April 23, 1898, condemns north side telephone subscribers’ treatment by the company. It accuses operators of delay and evasive connections, urging customers to consider starting an independent system to force better service. The editor agrees, noting the company’s "progressive management" is not living up to its name.
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