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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1894
Page
4
The board plans to graduate the senior class as crowded conditions loom. An old schoolhouse may be refitted to host advanced pupils. A fake alarm from a bell rope disruption occurred when Trustee Marble left after a meeting.
The Newark Journal criticizes gift-based circulation boosts, calling them a confession of weakness. It argues coupons and cheap gifts erode permanent trust, deter advertisers, and turn readers away, weary of sensational promotions and poll-like endorsements.
Chicago amusements note the Breckinridge Pollard sensation to be staged next week in paraphrase and burlesque form with Willie Breckinridge as the hero and Hine Pollard represented by a blonde bruresquer. The program includes The Beggar Student followed by The Black Hussar with Agnes Delaparte Jane Stuart Win Wolff and Aldrich Libbey in the cast, promising artistic elegance and spectacular staging at special summer prices.
A dense OCR listing details transfers in Oak Park area including names such as MVarnstrom, W De ta thant, J W Jonston, OB Tallman, G & T Co, W Pisewhere, JA Curtis, M A Denison, WW Weare, E H Bass, F J Walling, W Brown, J Woulfe, WJ Andrews, C E Rogers, and others. Entries reference parcels, block numbers, and dates in April May and June with figures like 3,200 and 4,000 plus. The fragmentary text shows numerous property deeds, additions, and lot transfers across Berwyn, Morton Park, Hawthorne, and Oak Park Ch'yvo areas.
A dense list of names and places records numerous property transfers and deeds across various towns. Entries reference individuals such as Murphy, Ridgeway, Kerrigan, Kerrigan, and Walling, with locations including Fairfield, Ridgeland, Riverside, Groasdale, and Maywood. Dates span April to May, with monetary figures appearing alongside many transfer mentions.
Cicero Board of Trustees passes The Annual Appropriation Bill for the fiscal year ending March 1, 1895. Funds allocated cover drainage, street repairs, lighting, police, fire protection, elections, and town administration totaling 130,000 dollars. Unexpended 1894 appropriations continue. publication required within a month.
The Board of Trustees of Cicero ordered house drains laid on Ridgeland Avenue from Lake Street to Madison Street in Ridgeland. An assessment of costs by benefits was made and returned to Cook County Court. A final hearing is set for June 11, 1894. Defenses may be made at that time.
The Village of River Forest informs that the county court will hold a final hearing at the June Term to approve cost assentment for a plank sidewalk along Forest avenue from ninety eight feet south of Chicago avenue to the south line of Chicago avenue. Objections may be presented at the June 11 session.
Official notice to residents that the Village of River Forest seeks a cost assessment for a new east side sidewalk on Forest Avenue from Elm to Madison. The Cook County Court will hold a final hearing beginning June 11, 1894, at the County Court.
Oak Park State Bank presents its public financial statement as of May 19 1904 with assets including loans and discounts overdrawn securities and cured cash on hand due from other banks and the banking house rate and current expenses. It lists deposits subject to check demand certificates of deposit and certified checks with figures totaling substantial funds and confirms the cashier Arthur N. Draper and notaries public Harry Pillinger and A J Witt swore to its accuracy on May 21 and 22 1904 in Cook County Illinois.
An advertisement offers free delivery and promises new and important items for every family. It asks readers to send full postal address including county and shipping address with railroad station to a New York address for details.
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