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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1898
Page
5
Community notes from Oak Park and nearby Austin cover visits, lectures, club meetings, concerts, and personal movements. Highlights include Mrs. Selina McMasters hosting, Miss Celeste Walsh visiting relatives, and Mr. Mapes exhibiting Fairyland pictures. Unclaimed letters list multiple residents. events feature Beethoven Club recital plans and a November lecture by Rev. A M White on prison work.
Mrs Demorest anticipated a greeting and a party as friends filled 5801 Ontario street on Rev Demorest birthday. J M Dall presented a roll top oak desk and chair from church and community friends. Games music and refreshments followed the heartfelt celebration of pastor and congregation.
The Temple of Truth at 506 North Central avenue resumes open meetings and lectures on the science of the soul and its relation to life. Lectures are illustrated and feature piano solos by Hassen. Services are Sundays at 7:50 p.m. with Georgina McIntyre as speaker.
Rev. A M White, former Joliet penitentiary chaplain, will deliver a widely praised lecture on prison life at Library Hall in Austin Monday evening November 14. Tickets cost 25 cents and are sold at I H H and Zanders.
The Austin Magazine Club met on Saturday evening November 11 1898 at 408 North Central Avenue the Amergons home. The program included a forum on The Spanish American War From a Political Standpoint with Burras and Griffiths and a Self Culture Magazine segment The Essential Features of the War presented by Irving Brown.
Prof Blandin demonstrated hypnotic power Wednesday at Library Hall. He showed subjects yielding to commands and entering cataleptic states with muscles rigid as iron, leaving auditors with much to ponder.
The earlier entertainment was cut short by stormy weather and will be repeated Saturday evening November 12.
The Q. P.'s women’s social club in Austin celebrated its ninth anniversary at Mrs. G. M. Davis’s South Central avenue home. All members attended except Mrs. Clayton E. Crofts. Hosts Misses Bessie and Julia Conklin served. decorations featured white chrysanthemums. The club began nine years ago with twelve founding ladies and remains limited to that number. Members listed include Mrs. Geo. H. Park, Mrs. W. W. McFarland, Mrs. Frank Murray, Mrs. J. J. McCarthy, Mrs. Cyrus Libby, Mrs. Theodore Elliott, Mrs. Clayton E. Crofts, Mrs. Dri Stratford, Mrs. Yallace, Mrs. G. M. Davis, Mrs. Harry Potwin, and Mrs. M. M. Merrick.
The Oaks Culture Club of Austin held its opening reception on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. William Franklin Ray and Mrs. Louis Falk presided. The program featured mandolin, vocal solos by Miss Mande A. Kelley, and a soprano number "Serenade D’antrefois" by Mr. Ira J. Owen.
A Chicago contingent arrived fashionably late as six couples competed in a cake walk. Judges Traill, Martin, and Henry officiated behind the prize cake, awarding first to the youngest couple No 12, second to No 11, and third to No 10 amid lively applause and vivid attire.
Oak Park police search for Mrs. John Heine of 112 Harlem Avenue who left home yesterday amid claims of mental illness. Everett Heine, 7, says his mother tried to burn her husband by pouring kerosene on his bed and lighting a match.
Sixty workers, ranging from youth to elderly, were discharged at the Norton factory in Maywood on a Saturday for reasons connected to inability to read. The incident surprised many and highlighted literacy challenges among the workforce.
A program featured J. Owen and Myrha J. Owen with soprano and mandolin pieces including Cupid's Home, Who is True, Cuba's Dream, Bedouin Love Song, and My Little Love. Percival Stephens performed multiple vocal solos. Russian tea close after the concert.
Austin society gathered in a large turnout last Friday to watch a cake walk directed by Dave Taylor Felix Evans and John Martin. An excellent orchestra provided lively music to keep spirits high among eager participants.
The firm states printed rules were often unreadable by workers. A literacy test found sixty individuals could not read and were removed from payroll. Officers believe skip those unable to read will attract better employees.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr has been a hardworking employee in the mechanical department of the New York Railroad Company for several months, earning a modest salary.
Substitutions and arrivals fill Maywood schools as Miss Dell C Knapp steps in at Maywood district while Miss Mary M Reese takes over in the South Side School fourth grade. Local events include baptist church entertainment, W C T U gathering, and a euchre club prize night.
Miss Anna Nelson recovers from typhoid fever. Thode, ill two weeks, is improving. Miss Gertrude Burley returns from Grand Junction Michigan. Beckstein adds to Harlem avenue and Washington boulevard business. Fred Attridge leaves for St Louis for about two months. Conductors and motormen thank Harlem for their dance success. A peace jubilee ball at Thode's Hall tonight costs 25 cents. Frank Purley on a hunting trip reports a splendid time and plans to return next week.
Rehearsals complete for a two night event to be staged at Library Hall Austin on November 8 and 11 under the Ladies Aid Society First Congregational church Tickets cost 25 cents and will be sold at the door or by church workers The program features a costumed seventeen person wedding ceremony a Japanese home scene and musical numbers by the Austin orchestra and local vocalists including Lola Gailey Chace Sara Coupland George Pither and S A Collins.
The Oak Park Club announces November events including artists recital on Nov 1, a later announced event on Nov 8, a smoker on Nov 12, progressive cinch on Nov 15, Thanksgiving party on Nov 22, and dramatics by Miss Anna Morgan’s pupils on Nov 29.
Oak Park's Magazine Club will gather at 109 South Elmwood Avenue on Monday evening November 7 at 8 o'clock. Mr Geo D Bills will present a paper titled The New American Idea followed by additional papers and discussion led by D L Hall president with Mrs C L Bliss secretary acting as host.
Dr Fawcett's son is recovering from illness. Over a hundred voters did not cast ballots Tuesday. The Belles Lettres Society named Mr Chas Ie Marble last Monday. St Luke's Church youths plan an entertainment at Maywood on May 22. Village board discussed poor service on Wisconsin Central Railway with only three trains daily. A literary society for youths elected officers Arthur C Hateh president Mabel Humphrey vice president Grace Houser secretary and W H Yalding treasurer. The group aims to benefit youths and provide recreation.
The Second M. E. church of Oak Park has leased the former C N P depot at Randolph street and East avenue for services until better quarters are found. Pastor Rev. J C Yonker announces a first gathering Sunday October 23 at 3 p.m. All area residents interested in a local church are invited regardless of affiliations.
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