Harlem Local Notes Report Various Town Affairs
Ernst Bass fully recovers from illness. St Paul church fair receipts total 546 dollars. J Wolf assesses Harlem property. Herman Warnecke opens a new Hannah street saloon on May 20. Frank Frost’s building opposite the racetracks is being painted by Emil Blassey. Mill workers strike over unpaid wages. Chas Smith plans a Twelfth street saloon at Desplaines. Dr Kidd attends Georgie Kunze injured by a swing fall. Harlem police force now 31 men with most on tracks. Jacobi enlarges his store by removing a partition. John Gaden prepares graves for picnics. arc lamp posts being erected. Miss Rosa Wichman marries Adolph Meinke last Saturday by Rev Grosse. Harlem boys form a new baseball team. W Blohm captain. Cicero Proviso Car Co lays side track along race tracks on Twelfth street. Harlem Library Association annual meeting May 20 reports show 300 more volumes. receipts 1 149 60, expenditures 1 129 63, balance 19 97. New directors include Prof Chamberlin, Geo Halloway, L O Stanton, Albert Roos, Mrs A Butler, Mrs D Niver, Albert Blessman, Mrs C Roberts, Mrs A Sturges, Dr C H Hemingway, Mrs F Hosler.
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Ernst Bass
St. Paul
J. Wolf
Harlem
Herman Warnecke
Hannah Street
Frank Frost
Emil Blassey
Llis
Chas, Smith
Maywood
Twelfth Street
Desplaines Avenue
Dr. Kidd
Georgie Kunze
B. Jacobi
Wm. Listman
Thode’s
Wil
Bethke
John Gaden
Rosa Wichman
South Harlem Avenue
Adolph Meinke
Girls’ Club
Agassiz Club
Prof. Chamberlin
Geo. Halloway
L. O. Stanton
Albert Roos
A. Butler
D. Niver
Albert Blessman
C. Roberts
A. Sturges
C. H. Hemingway
F. Hosler
Orpheus Club to Sing at Vesper Service in Ridgeland
Ridgeland report notes the Orpheus Club will perform at the Vesper service next Sunday evening. Local updates include Mrs. Short improving, Berg visiting from Chicago, Barbeau securing a $5,000 Lake Villa hotel contract, and a Ridgeland pharmacy exhibition on Indiana oil fields by Illinois Oil Company with D. W. Kimball as president and C. L. Kimball as secretary.
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Orpheus Club
Ridgeland Pharmacy
Indiana
Illinois Oil Company
Chicago
D. W. Kimball
C. L. Kimball
Sullivan Moves to Brigh ton Park and Brown Heads to Burlington
River Forest reports Jos P Sullivan relocated to Brighton Park. Clifford J Brown plans a future in Burlington Iowa after moving his family this week. he starts as traveling salesman for a wholesale millinery house.
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Jos. P. Sullivan
Brighton Park
Clifford J Brown
Burlington
Iowa
Editor's Answers and Reader Reflections
Editor asserts bookkeeping can be learned at home and hints at not sending them. Reader notes rare but norm of good turning bad and mission work demand. Inquirer mentions lawsuits creating bookcases but not fit for libraries. Sentiment ponders lily as emblem of purity amid human adulteration.
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Inquirer
Theaters In Various Lands Italy Leads in Proportion
Italy has more theaters per capita than France Britain or Germany. About 448 theaters in Italy versus 437 in France and 390 in Germany. Population totals and theater sizes suggest many venues are musical homes rather than plays. Small towns sustain a vast network of minor theaters across the country.
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New York Sun
Italy
France
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Spain
Carlo Felice
Genoa
San Carlo
Naples
la Scala
Milan
New York
Garden
Garrick
Hoyt’s
Lyceum
The
Empire
England
Baltimore
Nice Carnival Featured as Queen of Pleasures in 19th Century Echoes
A fragment recalls the Nice carnival as the supreme pastime, tracing its roots to ancient Egypt Greece and Rome. It notes cash prizes in 1874 that spurred growing splendor and the council’s push for even greater displays, urging travelers to carry away a taste of the joy of those days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nice
St. James’ Gazette
Thebes
Par's
Rome
Bale
Venice
Ocular Evidence Text Patch from New York Journal
A fragmentary excerpt from the New York Journal features dialogue with Molly and Cholly about horses. It recalls a memory of horseback riding and the rider's grip around the horse's neck.
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Cholly
Yaas
Molly
New York Journal
First Church of Christ Scientist in Oak Park Services
The First Church of Christ Scientist holds 10:45 a.m. services in Avenue Hall in Oak Park. The May 29 subject is Jesus Last Observance of the Passover. A Sunday evening meeting occurs at the Dispensary at Lake and Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church of Christ (Scientist
Avenue Hall
Dispensary
Lake and Marion
Irony in Daytime Outlook and Woman’s Role in Shopping
The Philadelphia Call critiques gender norms with a daylight perspective. It contrasts a man’s daytime visibility of life’s bright side with a woman’s sphere described as a perpetual round of shopping.
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Philadelphia
The boy king of Spain and debts
A dialogue hints the young Spanish monarch bears thirty seven titles and may owe debts unless he marries an American heiress. A soldier declares enlistment, while a companion notes no war cries since the troubles began.
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Spain
Landlady Said to Earn Pension After War End
A wartime remark credits a landlady with driving men to enlist, claiming she has done more than anyone to spur recruitment and thus deserves a pension when the war ends.
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