Maywood Roundup Highlights Local Events and Travel
Mrs. Evans lies ill as spring arrives. Mr. Lawson departs June 1 for health in Montana. Hal Skemp visits town after living in St. Louis and southern Illinois. The French Club hosts a Saturday gathering on Sixth Avenue. King’s Daughters meet May 24 to fill missionary vacancies. Pebbles dies in Oak Park at 51. Kennett Harris and children head to Hot Springs for months. Local youths visit Springfield to view camps. A Mauch daughter falls into a cistern. she survives with a quip. Merritt Osborne hosts friends. singing and toasts. Darktown minstrel show at Maywood Hall earns praise and funds for the public library. Oak Park visitors attend. local talent shines. Ridgeland Pharmacy reports brisk bicycle sales and new decorative rack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Lawson
Montana
Lawson
Hal Skemp
St. Louis
Illinois
Maywood
Jones
Sixth Avenue
Ninth Street
King’s Daughters
Merritt Osborne
Seventh Avenue South
Merritt O. K
Maywood Hall
Oak Park
Luminating lens patent noted. River Forest crime reported
J Sullivan received a patent for a luminating sidewalk lens. River Forest residents discuss the dandelion crop amid local chatter. Belles Lettres Society gathered at Mrs Chapelle's with readings by Mrs Maas and Mr Monroe. Spring fever strikes students ahead of summer vacation. A minstrel show in Maywood drew River Forest attendance and praise. The Chicago Northwestern depot burglary occurred between 11 and 8 with minor loot. doors and windows were pried but few items taken. Detectives deem the break likely the work of tramps or youths, not professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belles-Lettres Society
Maywood
River Forest
Chicago & Northwestern
Chorus to sing at Ridgeland church event next Sunday
Ridgeland notes announce a full chorus leading the singing at the church next Sunday. Mrs FE A Cummings returns to Ridgeland after a winter in Denver and western cities. The William Beye school plans Memorial day services at the First Congregational church. The East End Magazine Club meets Saturday evening with Miss Estelle Irwin on Harvey Avenue. An all day sewing meeting features a luncheon and a talk on Work Among the Mormons by Miss Margaret Whitman of Utah. The J G and B Dramatic club meets tonight with the Misses Blanche and Sue Irwin for rehearsing the play Proposal Under Difficulty at 310 Lombard Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. A. Cummings
Ridgeland
Denver
William Beye
First Congregational Church
East End Magazine Club
Estelle Irwin
Harvey Avenue
Margaret Whitman
Utah
J. G. and B. Dramatic Club
Blanche
Sue Irwin
Lombard Avenue
Harlem News items and local happenings summary
The column notes a June 19 Jolly Thirteen picnic at Gaden's Grove and local notices about bicycle policies, a boy’s christening, and Edward Meyer occupying Goodman's store after a buyout. It reports new residents, construction on Werdin avenue, a May 22 gymnastic exhibition, and town social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaden’s Grove
Edward Meyer
Goodman's
Madison Street
Werdinand Avenue
August Haun
Harlem Turnverein
Gaden’s Hall
Humane Society Intervenes With Oak Park Doctor’s Team
Rev R Johannet of the American Humane Society investigated a case in Oak Park finding Dr W E Kidd’s team in a livery stable for lack of adequate care. The officer attributed the issue to ignorance of horse needs rather than deliberate cruelty and moved the team to better sustenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park
R. Johannet
American Humane Society
W. E. Kidd
Johannet
Dr. Kidd
Oddities and facts from a late 19th century miscellany
A collection of curiosities and data points including barge horses versus carriage horses, a 1872 navy flogging ban, fly speed, comet temperatures, coal analysis from King's Mountain NC, Siamese aversion to odd numbers, Baltic wrecks, German and Dutch hiring trends, Chinese rosaries, and rising Mexican coal demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltic Sea
Germany
Holland
Mount Calvary Sermon At First M E Church
Rev W H Burns will preach Mount Calvary or the Law Magnified at the First M E Church Sunday morning The evening topic is Good Cheer All are welcome First Church of Christ Scientist meets at Avenue Hall 10 45 a m May 22 Jesus Description of the Judgment Dispensary night meetings continue at Steiner block Lake and Marion streets G B Gibbs clerk
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Calvary
W. H. Burns
M. E
First Church of Christ
Scientist
Avenue Hall
Jesus
Steiner Block
Lake and
Marion Streets
G. B. Gibbs
Dissolution of Partnership at Oak Park
Oak Park HL May 19 1898 notice of dissolution of the partnership between Wm. W. Oaks and Wm. C. Tompkins on April 80th by mutual consent. Business to be conducted by Wm. W. Oaks at the old stand 105 N. Oak Park avenue with all accounts to be adjusted by him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park, HL
Wm. W. Oaks
Wm. C. Tompkins
Oak Park Avenue
Royal legacies and world travelers in 19th century notes
The piece lists English royal legacies from H W Gibbs will to Princess Maud of Wales and Victoria of Wales, each receiving specific sums. It then recounts memory anecdotes about W Bourke Cockran, a French world traveler Gaudeaux’s imprisonments, and a Paris to Strasburg journey. It ends with Carducci’s rising profile in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Gibbs
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Duchess of Fife
Maud of Wales
Prince Charles of
Denmark
Princess Victoria of Wales
W. Bourke Cochran
James D. Hughes
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Cockran
Mr. Cockran
Mr. Hughes
India
Morocco
Far West
Paris
Strasburg
Carducci
Bologna
Savonarola
Valdicastello
Tuscany
Satan
la Scuola Storica
University of Bologna
Margherita
Items of Interest include electrified Rome catacombs and a silent cannon
The column notes various items such as Rome catacombs to be lit by electricity, a French doctor barred from inheriting a patient’s property, a four inch buzz saw at Emergency Hospital Boston, a chicken dispute in Hazleton Indiana, Wurttemberg king running hotels in Stuttgart with 12500 a year profit, a noiseless cannon by a French engineer, broad Fourth of July sentiment, Honolulu telephones, and very low rents of 1 dollar monthly for homes and 2 dollars for business houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
France
Boston
Hazleton
Ind
Honolulu
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A. Bedard, Pres
Simpson Dunlop
Trans
Lombard Ave
Lake St
IGN
Neshelroth
Cicero
North Park Avenue
Austin
Starritt & Robertson
J. W. Senne & CO
Lake Street
Ins
McAvoy Brewing CO
Barrlenscheen
Franklin St
Harlem
P. D. Oak Park
Fred H. Blase
Albert Burgess
Oice Bakery
A. S. Smith
Oak Park and
Mayiatoor
Dunlop Bros.’ Bank
Zimmermandé Roath’s Feeds
Oak Park Av
Thompson’s Drug Store
John Evans
F. G. Moore
Pebbles
Kennett F. Harris
Hot Springs
South Dakota
Springfield
Charles Mauch
Mr. Mauch
Ridgeland Pharmacy
Aiken
Hibbard
Re. J. Sullivan
Roos & Schrade
Mrs. Peter Troost
Ward McLain
The
Harlem News
12Lm Street
Hintze's Hall
Lehmann
Desplaines Avenue
Pauline Kleinknicht
Burkart Court
Christ Senn
George Vogel
Chas. Herman
S. Marengo Street
Wisconsin Central
Altenheim
Grand Central
Harrison Street
Fifth Avenue
Twelfth Street
State and
van Buren Streets
Forest Home
Waldheim
Gustav Peenmann
Herman Schoff
Frank Kramer
T. Ulrich
Fred Schlund
Mueller
Washington Park
Harlem Woman's Club
Library Hall
George Eliot
King’s Mountain
North Carolina
Gookins & Wilsnach
Opticians
Wilsnach
Chicago Opthalmic College
OAK Park Tailoring
North Boulevard
F. Simmons
H.R. Richmond
Mer
August Terneak & CO
Oak Park, Ill
W. A. Bunge
Crescent
J. P. Garner & Co
CS Pss Taydda
Pca
Ontue Smu
TEL
Elevel Omenaaesd
Os Park
Chas. P. Miller
Hugh Gair
Ars Lake
Magee
Chas. Loheit
Avenu
Mrs. Carmichael
W.H. Drechsler
Mno Lake
Marion Street
Bell
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