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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1900
Page
4
The piece notes John J Feeley defeated Billy Lorimer and questions Lorimer's oversight as central committee chair. It mentions Mandell residents gaining city water with Alderman Hunter credited, and critiques of campaign conduct and late political actions. It adds county officers elect take office December 4 except Cutting for an unexpired term.
A prognostication suggests no one who backed Hawthorne's disconnection will run again. The phrase goose is up implies a sweeping change as the situation unfolds.
Real estate men in the locality report many inquiries for both improved and vacant property. There is some building underway and a prospect of considerably more in the near future.
Town board members argued over Hawthorne's departure while ignoring public wishes, revealing a disconnect between officials and residents. The discussion focused on whether Hawthorne wanted out rather than on what the people wanted.
Local residents were assured a $25,000 post office project if Mr. Lorimer won re election. The vote tally shows Lorimer trailing by 200 to 300 votes. The community now questions whether the new post office will proceed.
The election passed peacefully with all elated except William Lorimer backers. The second congressional district loses an able representative and will soon learn the error of not returning him.
Tuesday’s vote indicates Austin has about 100 fewer Republican votes than the territory to be annexed if redistricting proceeds. Analysts expect the area to be named the 35th ward.
The note states Mr. C. B. Cutting, a fierce opponent of Austin's annexation to Chicago, was the first to be preferred. It adds he could not have been Cicero's nominee this year since Judge Ball was their candidate.
The Vinicator reports town leaders in Lyons discussed the Cicero disconnect issue and decided not to accept the contested Hawthorne track measure. The Cicero Town Board planned action Thursday night but the Lyons discussion led to rejection of the bone of contention.
The Methodist Conference in Austin discussed Mr. White's salary for the year ending with a proposed 2750. Three quarters of present members favored that or more, but Mr. White urged restraint asking not to exceed 2500. Officials show appreciation for his work though the motive to increase pay was questioned.
The Yaryan system may arrive in Austin and Oak Park as a potential expansion. A group from the area tours the Evanston plant today and a report is expected next week.
The ruler allocates seven appointed hours each day to conduct the government’s administrative business. This timeframe structures official work, with ministers and officials expected to be present and ready during those periods.
A civic toast from Austin Illinois on November 7 1900 praises McKinley Roosevelt and Yates as champions of prosperity. The verse vows to brush aside storms and hail a sunny era with these leaders in power.
The Christian church purchases the Ed Hobler property on Ohio street and plans a spring construction. Bazaar set for December 6 7 8 with all day meetings twice weekly. Dinners Thursday and Friday evenings and a bake sale Saturday. Tonight a music program by Professors Stark and Sawyer promises unusual merit.
Eric Hope is engaged for The Gay Grisette and Wille Edouin for Floradora. William Blaisdell to lead as comedian in the Agoust family. Sarah Bernhardt, about 66, born 1844. Johnnyia Howland for Miss Printz. A Dairy Farm prop list includes a calf lamb and a brood of chickens. Benedict Arnold or the Key to the Hudson tops new copyrights. Alvin Joslin company tours New Jersey despite Joslin’s death. Fall season Rustic drama Court ing at Green's. Frohman trio to stage 16 scenes across 700 to 800 performers. A Scar let Sin secured for America by Sanger. Deronda Mayo to play Ingenue in The Adventures of Francois. Christie MacDonald now leads in Hodge Podge Co with Peter F. Dailey. Gerhart Hauptmann relies on fortune as his wife strengthens wealth. Gertude Coghlan 20, star Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair, resembles late Charles Coghlan. Buckport Hen, an imitation newspaper, promotes Richard Golden's Old Jed Prouty revival.
A collection of aphorisms on gender and behavior. Includes remarks on perseverance, prudence, deception, romance, and social norms. Notable points touch on women’s generosity, men’s reputation, and humor about marriage and divorce.
A meek, unassuming man known as a fool endures social scorn and ruined romance when a wealthy rival manipulates his fiancée. After she deserts him for money, he learns compassion, rejects bitterness, and departs to start a new life with the cross he has taken up.
In London the Baroness Burdett Coutts is lauded for founding free sewing schools and maid training programs, establishing shelter for homeless women, and organizing London flower girls into brigades with police protection.
The French government recently enacted strict laws to save babies lives. It is illegal to give any form of solid food to babies under a year old unless prescribed in writing by a qualified doctor. Nurses are prohibited from using feeding bottles with rubber tubes.
The soul is an instrument that, once at peace within, becomes an active living instrument. In harmony it voices heavenly music in its thoughts and dreams, and no calamity or outward pain can break its sovereign joy.
An American furniture maker ships parts in tight bundles to London and Glasgow workshops. The items are assembled there and sold by dealers in Kingland and Scotland, offering low freight due to compact packing.
Justice Ige B. Cooper of Holidaysburg, Pa., was driving over Tuskey Mountain in heavy rain when his team slipped over an unguarded precipice. The wagon shattered and both horses died, but Cooper escaped with only a few contusions.
William James argues there can be no neutral stance in moral questions. He condemns hedging and says doubt is effectively support for one side, framing skepticism as a form of voluntary alignment with a moral camp.
Harley T. Proctor of Cincinnati, a soap manufacturer, paid 600000 dollars for a residence lot in New York City. The property fronts Fifth Avenue and Fifty second Street, measuring 100 feet by 135 feet, reportedly a record high for the city and possibly the nation.
A 4 year old girl is overheard speaking to her damaged doll with a lost arm. She says she told the doll to chew its food fine but did not expect it to chew it that fine. The scene reflects a playful domestic moment with a beloved toy.
On land alone Britons must fend a frontier about 28 700 miles long, more than twice France and more than three times Germany and Russia, and nearly as long as their combined frontiers.
The report notes sixteen cables beneath the North Atlantic with thirteen functioning while three lie under the South Atlantic and three under the Indian Ocean. The Mediterranean Sea is widely crossed by cables spanning many routes and stretches.
During a French military movement several soldiers deserted and crossed into Italy. One day eight men from the same regiment left, choosing exile for several years over finishing their military service.
Howard Gould arrived at his Port Washington New York residence to a home welcome by local business leaders a marching band serenade and a welcome address from the postmaster marking his arrival.
Heavy fogs across the valley over several mornings have helped walnut growers by促 causing hulls to shed without harming the nuts. The Los Angeles Times notes this favorable effect on the walnut crop.
A Kansas missionary in China writes to friends in Wichita that he has observed dogs bark pigs squeal roosters crow and babies cry in English as part of his reflections on language exposure available to locals.
An obituary note reflects on mortality and repentance, noting the passing of George El at and the consoling idea that death reconciles and softens our remorse.
A Baltimore court confiscated to the state 2 500 akins used to adorn women's hats and seized them as contraband under applicable law the action targets illicit millinery materials classified as unlawful.
A child asks for a fan to brush warmth away and a boy explains wealth via marriage. A nephew answers why St. Sebastian faced arrows. Edith misinterprets an organ as lacking a monkey. A class defines faith with an apple seeds riddle, a child answering I am.
A Philadelphia Times quotation discusses female wit and behavior comparing men and women. It notes how women spell their names reveals character and suggests men fail to understand a woman’s pleasure in exchanging simple goods for usefulness. The piece ends with a quip about a weeping woman with two black eyes as a devil.
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