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Oak Park Vindicator

Location

Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1896

Page

6

Cicero Town Board May 9 1896 Proceedings Open

Town trustees meet in Cicero to hear communications on street lights water service and sewer work. Water company offers free water for Washington boulevard sprinkling if wagons used. president appointments debated. various bids and contracts approved. financials and rebates settled.

Board of Trustees Town of Cicero Town Hall Austin Attridge Castle Cheney Dare Gunthorp McDonald Reardon Pierce C. M. Porter Cuyler Avenue D. T. Atherton Washington Boulevard C. Arp Park Street Iowa Division Anton Johnson Central Avenue Cornelia Thomas Ridgeland Avenue Lombard Avenue Isaac Herr Austin High School Athletic Association South Pine Avenue W. J. Wright W. H. Phoenix Wilson Avenue W. S. Wilson Grant Works George S. Eissler Chicago Avenue Forest Harlem Avenues James Hole Forest Avenue Division Street Augusta Street Dennis Clary Forty-seventh Street Twelfth Fourteenth Street H. W. Austin FF. Schwedler Twenty-third Street Fifty-fourth Thompson Sackley & Peterson George W. Brown Peter Thompson Fifty-second Street Charles E. Simmons Sarah F J. B. Stevens Euclid Avenue William Baird Baird Avenue West Fiftythird Street Lake Street GC. & N. P. Railway J. F. Morgan Western Union Telegraph Company Willow Baird Avenues Consolidated Fireworks Company North Central Avenue Susan Abbie E. Martin Quincy Street Chicago Telephone Company Police Telephone and Signal Company Harrison Brothers West Fiftieth Owasco Erastus Sipperly Harrison Henry H. Reardon Taylor A. Snow F. A. Hill George H. Park Harry Holderness Philip Damora B. Harris Dirk Kemp Oak Park Henry D. Pierce Cicero W Mr. Castle M. Seeker Jno Wilson & Thatcher Harlem Avenue Oak Park Avenue Wilson & Thatcher Construction Company Abe Katz Austin Avenue Westpeece Street George S. Lyon Fire Engine Company No. 2 Arnold and Cago Telephone Company Robinson Avenue Viaduct Richardson & Young Berwyn W. W. Weare Warant C. J. Lindgren West Fifty-Third Street West Forty Eighth Street Committee On Finance Amerson Hallgren Swinscoe Ridgeland Clyde Hawthorne Kinzie Street Cornelia Street Mandell Superior Street Prairie Avenue State of Illinois J. R. Drent Rearden Irink Street Park Avenue Morgan Boulevard Central and Prairie Avenues Madison Street Central Waller Avenues Chicago Midway Park Waller Avenue Franklin Avenue Owasco Street Fiftieth Jackson Street Forty-eighth Wiftieth Lyman Avenue Thirty-first Street Lyman Garfield Avenues

London Graphic unders notes on literary pay and rents

Critic contends that 5000 dollars yearly is not generous for a writer amid high demands. The London Graphic argues low rents permit a good home in London for far less, citing a London writer renting at 50 pounds yearly. The exchange rate makes London income appear strong versus New York costs.

London Daily Graphic the Graphic London New York Graphic

Building Might Fall Mayor Seeks School Closure Authority

City legal opinion from City Solicitor Elliott outlines powers to close a dangerous school building. Fire commissioners must inspect and report to the inspector of buildings who can order repairs with mayoral approval. If occupancy endangers students, the mayor should seek immediate housing for scholars or close the school.

Hooper Elliott Board of School Commissioners Baltimore American

Worldly Interests and Christian Dedication Quote

A brief excerpt argues that worldly interests should be left to worldly people and Christians must spare anything that rivals Christ in their affections, attributed to Rey, R. Hume.

Christ Rey R. HW. Hume

Silent Ten Club Noted In Wellington Women’s Ex Change

The Silent Ten is identified as a women’s club in Wellington Kansas, listed in the Ex change column. The note confirms local social group activity and circular reference within community notices.

Wellington Kas Exchange

Theatrical Gossip on Mary Anderson and German Ingenue

The column traces Anna Braga and Mary Anderson from Berlin to New York and London, noting Braga’s success at Irving Place Theater and Anderson’s memoirs, which focus on English life. It criticizes Anderson’s self portrayal, predicts fewer foreign stars next season, and anticipates Mrs. Miner’s future ventures in theater.

Anna Braga Irving Place Theater Berlin Germany Dusseldorf Stadt Theater Cologne Ludwig Barnay Berlin Theater Confeld New York Sabine Grosstadt Luft Countess Guekl Mary Anderson de Navarro England America Mary Thackeray Madame” de Navarro Madame Mrs Sarah Irving Yvette Guilbert John Hare Moses E. S. Willard Bernhardt Yvette Henry Clay Miner

The Tea Cigarette Craze Warned By Tribune Tale

The Cincinnati Tribune warns that tea cigarettes may pose serious health risks and describes an attempted Michigan manufacturing permit. It explains the process of making tea cigarettes from green tea leaves and details the extreme, disturbing effects from initial use through the attempted recovery steps.

Cincinnati Tribune Commissioner of Internal Revenue Washington Michigan

The Stage World Bets on Tours and New Acts

The article surveys actress movements and tours, noting Mme. de Navarro’s return stance, Lillian Russell’s world tour plans, Jane Stuart’s Milwaukee domestic life, Miss Sarah Brooke’s rapid rise, Fanny Davenport’s Boston success, and Koster & Bial’s Chicago music hall project. It mentions revival plans for The Rivals, Winter Garden debuts, and The Jacklins pursuing adaptation.

Miss Anderson Mlle. Anderson Mme.” de Navarro Thave Mme. de Navarro Fanny Davenport Boston Koster & Bial Chicago Mrs. Potter Mr. Lellew Sydney New York City Joseph Jefferson Nat C. Goodwin W. H. Crane Francis Wilson Joseph BK. M. Holland Robert Taber Mannie Rice Mrs. Drew Dion Bourcicauly Winter Garden Theater Boucicault Salem Scudder Agnes Robinson Zoe George Nfolland A. H. Davenport George Jamieson St. Agnes Minnie Maddern Fiske Fiske Jacklins Opie Read Laird & Lee Messrs Stuart Robson W. J. Hayden

The Mermaid Fable from Palm Beach Curio Stand

The Florida Citizen notes visitors to a Palm Beach lakefront curio stand overlook a live manatee in a cramped cage. It explains manatee biology, Latin name manatus, and the origin of the sea cow moniker. The article describes the species as herbivorous cetaceans with rounded tails, flat nail-edged flippers, and square crowned teeth. They inhabit tropical coasts and feed on shoreline plants and aquatic grasses.

Curio Palm Beach Royal Poinciana Florida

Not Likely to Pay the Debt

A Cleveland Plain Dealer fragment recalls a east end father with a six year old son who asks if the winter has been good for ice in the bad place. The child cites Johnnie White's claim that winter ice would settle a nickel debt, prompting a grave parental reply.

Eastender Johnnie White Cleveland Plain Dealer

Prices of Slaves in Ancient Rome Examined

The article notes slave prices in Rome’s empire with figures like a laborer around £15, drops to £1 to £2 after conquests, and skilled workers ranging from £7 to £2,400 for roles such as blacksmith or physician, reflecting market shifts after sieges like Jerusalem.

Jerusalmen Titus

Perpetuating the Species of Jonan Laurel Wood Use

A rule in Jonan requires replanting when orecamphor laurel is cut. The tree is hardy and long lived, grows large, bears small vivid leaves, and seed clusters like berries. Wood serves cabinet making to shipbuilding. A beer barrel exploded in Rose Duteau Paris injuring four people.

Jonan Rose Duteau Paris

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Cicero Town Board Frankland Communications Austin Improvement Club van Buren & Heiland Biofield & Willmore Hayes & Fillmore Charles Sutton George R. Frankland Clyde and der- Wyn Concen Eens Morton Park Cicero Lumber Co Bryant Bros., Lumber Oak Park Lumber Co Frank McNeal Portland Cement Paving Co Henry Thiele Hors Aoshiveltis Belle Skillin Ats Theo, Ludeman Frank W. Yale Aaron Meredith W. Taicheatart Ened Light Cicero T RTS Andrew C, Roberts & Co Clerk Harry Halderness Halley Eat L. G. Haase Lahar Sa Cicero LW. & PL Co Cicero W. G. & EL I. Co Globe T Heat Co Hahtines H. V. Wood Ewes Dennis Cleary Nash & Dowdle James Glynn Dolese & Shepard Hermans Lilian Ransell Weria Sarah Brooke Tiller Lillian Russell Australia India South Af Miner Crane Jane Stuart Milwaukee Miss Stuart Crown Olive Thanet
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