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Oak Park Vindicator

Location

Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1899

Page

7

Cicero Town Board Minutes Reflect 1899 Deliberations

Cicero town board in Berwyn discusses sidewalk planks and stone paths, fire wagon needs, fence plans along South boulevard, water mains on Taylor avenue, and multiple ordinances. Committee reports authorize ditches on Twelfth street, sewer connections, and paving of cement walks. officer salaries, rebates, and publishing contracts approved.

Berwyn Committee On Robert C. Harding H. E. Blowney Fire Company No. 7 D. H. Louderback Chicago and Harlem Railway Company South Boulevard Willow Avenue Lombard Avenue Committee On Fire and Water Town of Cicero Ridgeland Avenue Cicero Cook County Timnots Committee On Finance J. F. Reifsnider Geo A. McLane Yeas Attridge Frink Hafner Linn MacDonald Traill Utley Oak Park Avenue Thirtieth Thirty-first Streets Thirty-first Street Stanley Avenue Elmwood Avenue Ontario Street Superior Street First Alley Drainage Committee Thomas W. Lewis Trail Whey Randolph Street Park Avenue Lake Street C. J. Linden Twelfth Street Sixty-fourth Avenue RB. H. Traill Chris F. Hafner Peter MacDonald Jrink Utlay Board of Trustees Amos Shepard Committee On Special Assessments W. P. Utley R. H. Traill Robert KF. Lino Jr D. Attringe HH. F. Frink Berwyn Current Ems

Origin of the Elevator in Central Europe

The earliest elevator is noted in a letter by Napoleon I to Archduchess Maria Louisa. In Schoenbrunn he describes a flying chair used at Maria Theresa's era, a small square room hung by ropes and counterweights, pulled via a shaft built around 1760, illustrating early invention and design.

Europe Napoleon I Maria Louisa Schoenbrunn Vienna Empress Maria Theresa

Auto Baby Carriages Bring Petroleum Powered Tricycles

Auto-tricycles with baby carriage attachment run on petroleum power emerge as a new device in this field. Brooklyn's daddies will welcome the innovation and its potential convenience for urban parenting.

Brooklyn

Prince Frederick William’s rollicking Rolandseck serenade

A summer night tale from Macmillan’s Magazine recounts Prince Frederick William of Prussia and student Fritz meeting Jenny Lind at an inn near Rolandseck. The prince jokes about his name, Lind sings along at the piano, and Ernst Moritz Arndt unveils the royal identity in a witty scene.

Lind Rolandseck Macmillan’s Magazine Fritz Jenny Lind Sweden Blucher Hussars Ernsz Moritz Arndt Weisenburg Worth Ernst Moritz Arndt Prince Frederick William of Prussia

Austin Methodist Church Services and Lectures

Austin First M. E. Church details Sunday schedule includes classes, 10:30 morning sermon, noon Sunday school, 3:30 Junior League, 6:15 Epworth League, 7:30 evening sermon. Midweek prayer at 7:45. Rev Clayton Smucker to preach at Library Hall Sunday morning and Kilpatrick Post G A R attends divine service at 3:30 with Rev White speaking. Third sermon in Trial of Bacchus series at Library Hall 7:30.

Austin Library Hall A. M. White Bacchus

First Congregational Church Service Schedule

Morning service at 10 30. Sunday school at 12 15 p m. Junior Co at 3 30 p m. Intermediate at 4 15 p m. Vesper service from 5 to 7 p m. Pastor W I Demorest resides at 5459 Town Street corner North Pine Avenue in Midway Park Waller Avenue corner.

First Congregational Church Waller Avenue Midway Park W. I Demorest Town Street North Pine Avenue

Local ads highlight moving and laundry services in Austin

The page promotes C B Patrick wood and coal with moving prices, O F Werner barber shop, Ellie Laundry on North Park Avenue, and a furniture and piano moving service, noting experienced staff and reasonable rates. Telephone numbers and addresses are listed for quick contact.

C. B. Patrick North Park Avenue Austin O. F. Werner No. Park Ave Ellie Laundry

Miller's Drug Store Ad at Oak Park

Miller's Drug Store at 206 Lake Street offers photo supplies and a range of coughs and colds remedies including Miller's Columbian Cough Syrup Stop that sneeze and Miller's Cold Capsules for relief.

Miller's Drug Store Lake Street

Consul Rose rails at stock moral hazard and naval pride

Paragraphs argue responsibility is easily gathered yet wages of sin resemble watered dividends. The stock market boasts long positions as Spain risks rebuilding its navy. Civilians endure late desk hours, wives brush off chalk dust, and a poetess laments a heavy load as a husband bears coal.

Spain

Waller Avenue and Ohio Street Service Times

Early communion at 7 30 a m morning service at 10 30 Sunday school at noon and evening service at 7 30 rector S L Mitchell based at 5721 Ohio street

Waller Avenue Ohio Street Rey S. L. Mitchell

Austin Christian Church Sunday services and school

Preaching at 11 a m by pastor George A Campbell. Sunday school at 9 45 conducted by M K Mizener of Oak Park.

Austin Christian Church Li A. m George A. Campbell M. K. Mizenheiner Oak Park

Oak Park M E Church Sermons by Burns D D

W H Burns D D pastor delivers morning sermon titled The Garden of Gethsemane and a evening discourse on The Defeats of War and the Victories of Peace at Oak Park M E Church highlighting spiritual reflections and pacific themes.

W. H. Burns D. D Garden of Gethsemane

Caterers Tap London Networks for Contracts and Sweetening

A London caterer explains to London Answers how firms win business by paying commissions and joining clubs, societies, and committees. They register convivial groups and predate feast dates, pushing agents to secure contracts. one partner is a paying member of hundreds of bodies and attends numerous meetings, spending freely.

London

Entertainment and church services at Euclid Ave M E Church

On Friday evening May 26 1800 Euclid avenue and Washington boulevard hosts an event by the Ladies Aid Society featuring Mrs Belle Watson Melville reader Mr William A McCormick whistler and imitator and the Chicago Temple Male Quartet Admission 25 cents J Clayton Yonker pastor Also a full Sunday program with the Hon L Bond ex mayor of Chicago delivering a Holy Land address and solos by Mrs William A Conover Additionally an advertisement invites agents for The Life and Achievements of Admiral Dewey by Murat Halstead with outfitted prospectus from The Dominion Company Chicago

Euclid Avenue Washington Boulevard Ladies’ Aid Society Belle Watson Melville William A. McCormick Whistler Chicago Temple J. Clayton Yonker E. R. Barney Epworth B. L. Bond Methodist Episcopal Church Chicago Holy Land William A. Conover

Monkeys Driven From Bengal Villages by Humiliation Plight

Natives of Bengal face a monkey plague as religious prohibition against killing the animals prompts a creative tactic. They capture the band’s leader, bind him, paint his face, and coerce him to view himself in a mirror amid drums and cymbals. The frightened leader escapes toward the forest, and the tribe follows, never to return.

India Bengal

Odds and Ends From Old News Clippings

A collage of brief notes: elephants carrying loads, Connecticut aluminum outputs, political economy exchanges, Jerusalem’s growing population, aging U S senators from Alabama, massive tree planting along Northern Pacific, sun never sets on U S possessions but trouble blooms, sleep talking quip, emigration figures for Britain in early year, ages of elm ash oak trees and their growth rates, Livrier on lifespans, postcard card woes abroad, and cider’s claimed typhoid effect.

United States Alabama Morgan Pettus Northern Pacific Railroad Dakota Chicago News Henry Livrier Germany Australia

The Sticking Point and Quotations Across Papers

A Filipino asks for surrender objections and the leader replies he objects only to admitting defeat. The Washington Star quotes on a zoological history and the Indianapolis Journal recalls a frog table joke about overreaching strength and a failed ox metaphor.

Indianapolis Journal

Also Mentioned on This Page

Cicero Town Board C. C. Rubins L. Grisko T. Meyers A. Cornelius A. B. Stubbs W. Kasperski A. I. Page W. Hild R. Gorman Chris ¥. Hafner Robert F. Linn Jr S. D. Attridge H. F.rink Hawthorne Morton Park W.hild Netake Finance Committee Township 39 James A. Martin War Department Chicago Post the Prince and the Singer Jenny Congregational Church Consul Rose Austin Episcopal M. E. Church Euclide Avenue Admiral Dewey Murat’ Halstead Outfit The Dominion Company P. B. Saur Champlain Building State & Machioes Lake County Farms Emerson Ingalls Masoniceek NEW York Life Ins, CO R. N. F. Hiller Jos North Park Avenue MLL B. Burns Prairie Ave N. Waller and Phairie Henry Hogan North Taylor Ave Telephone O. K. Hand Laundry N. Perk Ave Austin, Ul E. Lindberg Marion Street Connecticut Robby Popsy Jerusalem ST. Joe and Benton Harbor Graham & Morton Line Operatfieth Steel Flow Steel Pusschger Steamers City OF Milwaukee Louisville St. Joseph Michigan Wibashir Avenue Cancaco Wes A.m Unis Dirct Michigan Fruit Belt H. Graham Carmichael Gibbs North End B. G. Vanderwolff River Forest Maywood Ti Park Austin, Wi Jackson Street Tel Marrieen Pacific AB Harrican Jones Binghamton N. Y Washington Stax Irving Lane Street Beanch Undertaker Eia POR Book OF Designs E. B. Moore & CO Cicero Telphone II Insley Bros N. Waller Ave Austin, Ill Ywnoath Gale Room Oxford Ridg la Salle Chicaqo Arthur J. Kendall Justices Peace Wesley Ave S. Clark St W. E. Turner N. Waller L. Lawson N. Austin Av
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