The Annexation Meeting Debate Over Austin Schools
Anti annexationists say Tuesday night produced no new points and refutations are in place. Critics highlight Mr N G Moores letter on school lands while detailing arguments the speaker Clayton Crafts failed to address about ward power and Chicago city control.
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N. G. Moore
Clayton KE. Crafts
Crafts
Austin
Cicero
28Th Ward
Chicago
Twenty-sixth
Lexington Avenue
Lake and 49Th Streets
N. 48T
Cortez
40Th
48Th Street
Town Street
Madison Street
Laurel Avenue
Committee On
Board of Education
Chicago Board of Education
Chicago Common Council
Common Council
Austin Annexation Debate Warns Against Chicago Takeover
A letter from Oak Park Citizens dated October 31 1898 argues against annexing part of Austin to Chicago. It contends that school lands now held for Oak Park Ridgeland and Austin District No.1 would pass to Chicago, risking loss of future value and local control. The group warns Chicago’s debt and lack of funds would hinder any payment plan and urges voters to oppose annexation.
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Central
Prairie Avenue
Cicero
Austin
Jefferson
Lake View
Hyde Park
Lake
Chicago
28Th Ward
Austin Avenue
Lake Street
Central Avenue
52D Street
Oak Park
Lake Streets
J. J. McCarthy
Ciccero
Charles S. Cutting
East End Men's Club
Ridgeland
Janary
Austin Annexation Campaign Committee Names
A list of members including George H. Park J J Walser A A Strom W H Bennett George F Hulse berg W H McFarlane and P V Castle for the Austin annexation campaign.
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Austin Annexation Campaign Committee
George H. Park
J. J. Walser
A. A. Strom
W. H. Bennett
George F. Hulseberg
W. H. McFarlane
P. V. Castle
Annexation argument draws Austin voters to Library Hall
Library Hall in Austin drew two thirds of its seats as residents heard Clayton K. Crafts argue for annexation while I. B. Moore chaired. Several attendees pressed questions, which Crafts cut off. I. B. Moore and Mr. McCarthy spoke briefly as the event concluded.
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Library Hall
Austin
Annexation
I. B. Moore
Clayton K. Crafts
Crafts
McCarthy
John HH. Reese
South Pine Avenue
South
Warning on Chicago water from Cicero visitors
In a Chicago correspondence dated November 3, a Cicero resident is warned not to drink water without boiling and frying until done. The note cautions that annexation to Chicago could worsen health risks as the water is described as very unhealthy and likely to cause illness.
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Chicago
Cicero
Oaks Calendar for November at The Oaks Club
The Oaks club releases a November schedule with events across Tuesdays Wednesdays and Mondays. Activities include culture club informal cards dancing whist and a dancing class for children and adults Thursday evenings. Regular Thursday whist sessions require no regular partners.
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the Oaks Club
Culture Club
News of the Town items from Austin society
Local society notes report visits and travel from George Bent, Miss Lillian Schaubel, IF Kellogg, and many others. Football, clubs, recitals, and dances fill the week with weddings, births, illnesses, and community events noted across Oak Park Austin and nearby towns.
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George Bent
James Voorhees
Austin
Lillian Schaubel
Della Amerson
If’. Kellogg
Norwalk
Ohio
N. P. Kellogg
F. Ll. Parsons
Windemere Club
H. Wordbury
Washington, D. C
Frank Pierson
Niles, Mich
George Denniston
May Cremin
C. S. Cutting
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Chicago Board
Austin High School
H. J. Ullman
Simpson Dunlop
Joseph K., Dunlop
Henry W. Austin
O. W. Herrick
R.S. Worthington
A. O. Butler
Hiram Coombs
G. S. Pellett
A. L. Ward
J. T. Rogers
Henry D. Pierce
H. R. Pebbles
Chas
Seabury
Charles Griffiths
W. O. Cline
T. P. Craft
FLA
PHI
Cos. Cutting
W. W. McFarland
Joseph Kenney
David Olphant
E. FL Abbott
L. de Correvant
R. W W. Trail
AL GC. Newell
AL P. Mullin
G. B. Coffin
Nelson Hallgren
D. R. McAuley
LL. AL Norton
Harvey Strickler
Robert Linn
Lf. Frink
the Oaks Calender
News OF the Town
Walter Gale
Franklin Ray
Sayes Harger
Detroit
Martha M. Pier
Flint
Mich
N. A. Mitchell
Harrison
Massillon
L. E. Yaeger
Waller Avenue
Ka van Epps Campbell
Will Mitchell
South Central Avenue
W. H. Fort
North Fifty-third Avenue
California
H. F. Gehrke
William Purdy
Croton Falls
N. Y
L. P. Stone
Lillian Meyers
Midway Park
Gentleman's Driving Association
George W. Tallant
Cincinnati
Oaks Club
Louis Windsor Campbell
Grand Ledge
South Side
Muchre Club
PLL
Goss
Mesdames O'Reagan
Penny
Hirkenhoff
M. E. Church
W. H. Wood
S. Niles
Maple Avenue
Hallowe'en
Edith Waterman
Madge Foreman
Oak Park Avenue
Charles Todd
Scoville Institute
Grace Allen
John Farson
Joliet
State Bankers’ Association
Etta Bills
Washington Boulevard
John L. Seivert
Denver
Cheney
Albert Morey
N. Oak Park Avenue
W. A. McConnell
Helen Powell
Columbus
Genevieve Smith
Waukegan
W. Wood
Wisconsin Street
Esther
Barbara Erwin
East Avenue
Corporal Edwin Schneider
Cuba
Eaton
Beloit College
China
First Congregational Church
Fred Drain
Evanston
W. O. Hill
Grace Loomis
New York
Gertrude Hammond
W. D. McClintock
University of Chicago
F.i.t Congregational Church
Oak Park Club
Educational Department
Hannah Belle Clark
Katherine White
Ir Q. Ball
Alfred Tennyson
J. Lk. Hughes
Oak Park Exchange
Chicago Telephoe Co
Oakland Street
Mr. Hughes
Plaza
Sue Harrington Furbeck
Sara Sayles Gipin
Jessica Harding
Ida King
R. E H. Pooley
Rockford
M. Ill. Church
Indianapolis
Mapleton
McKinley
The
Land
Mary Davis Ely
H. B. Inly
Philadlphia
Richard Percy Ward
S. Grove Avenue
Henry B. Ward
Lincoln
Neb
G. E. MacLean
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