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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1900
Page
5
A stream of local visits and social events dominates this page. The Schlauders of Peotone and the Amersons host guests, while Mrs. Abbott and Mrs. Marchand entertain and travel. Weddings, birthdays, and church notices appear alongside restaurantlike lunches and trips to Minneapolis, St Paul, and Paris. A dedication, a musical for St Paul’s, and poster displays for Uncle Bill Harvest Home add to a busy schedule of community life.
Oak Park items report illnesses in families and guests visiting from Illinois and beyond. church services, lectures, clubs, and civic events share the week’s social calendar with travel notes and upcoming commemorations.
Marbled in New York City last week a quiet autumn wedding united Miss Gussie Francis Howland daughter of the late John E B Howland of Chicago with Mr B J Tritt of Brooklyn. Rev J R Bryan officiated at Capt Thomas Smith’s residence 826 Garden as Street. The bride wore a town of tulle with two diamond pins. The couple, surviving bereavements, received many gifts and planned a bridal trip then to settle in Brooklyn. A small group of relatives and friends attended.
The Austin Woman's Club met in Mrs. A. E. Compton's home for its November session under the Music Art and Literature Department. Book Four through Six were reviewed, Nellie Madaline Brown read the Chariot Race, and several new members joined as the group planned a civics and sociology meeting for November 19 with a reception at Mrs. R. C. Newell's home.
An audience of 450 heard Rev A M White of Austin describe his trip to Europe at Library Hall on Tuesday November 13. His graphic description and experiences drew deep interest and some places were only alluded to, likely guiding future lectures.
The Cicero town board considered purchasing a suitable lot for a town hall at its meeting on Thursday evening November 8. Several items were referred to the committee of the whole including sewer license grant, patrolman appointment, gasoline engine permit, and a plan to extend the Lake Street elevated line with depots. The board also directed the town superintendent to contact Suburban Railway about track relays and to report on rail conditions before sale. A spectator exclaimed about the race track question being disposed of.
The Chicago Northern District Epworth League held its annual convention at the M. E. Church in Austin on Thursday evening November 8. Leaguers from both the city and Austin attended. Afternoon sessions featured Wil lis W. Cooper secretary of the Twentieth Century Forward Movement. Evening programs included Dr Charles Bayard Mitchell of Minneapolis delivering Loyal Leaguers. A song service directed by Henry W Newton was also highlighted.
The Iowa Street School children prepare an Uncle Sam's Harvest Home event at Library Hall on November 19 and 20. Tickets cost 25 cents, available at the school and at the door. The program begins at 8 o'clock with proceeds for the school library.
The Austin Art League held a reception at Mrs. A. T. Benson’s 324 North Central Avenue home last Monday. Mrs. Benson converted her attic into an auditorium with studiolike decor while Mrs. McMurphy of Oak Park gave an instructional talk on The Story of a Picture. Prof. Rockwood, league president, and Dr. Lizzie W. Charles of the Woman’s Club spoke, followed by music and frappe in the parlors.
Henry Ward Beecher influenced publication after meeting Charles Dudley Warner at Mrs. Stowe's Hartford home. Beecher read My Summer Garden and used his influence to secure publication, despite two Boston publishers declining.
A tea punch recipe instructs to steep one tablespoon of Ceylon or India tea in a quart of boiling water, strain, and add a pound of sugar, juice of six lemons and two oranges, chill, then serve with ice and Apollinaris. The note is from October Ladies' Home Journal.
The director of the meteorologic station at Chateaudun reports that the highest temperature near Paris was recorded on July 27 this year, at 103.6 degrees. The observation was communicated to a French journal.
A Delaware peach grower notes he earned more from 250 baskets last year than from 2,500 this year. He shipped the latest crop to a cannery for seven cents a basket, paying three cents for picking and two cents for freight, risking non return of baskets.
John Baird, famed for his striking resemblance to Charles Dickens and often mistaken for the novelist, has died in Chatham England in his ninety first year. He served as chairman of a local waterworks company for half a century.
Lieutenant Governor Timothy Wood of New York toured Dannemora state prison and requested confinement in a dark cell as an extreme form of punishment. After a minute he asked for release, saying he had endured enough for a lifetime.
Austin’s Beethoven Club hosted its first winter meeting at Congregational Church with pianist Mrs. Metz and singer Henry Willis Newton debuting before the audience. Mrs. Metz performed with power, featuring Weber’s Concertstück for two pianos with Mrs. Alexander Riets. Newton impressed with Cal me as the Night and Fair Helen, accompanied by Frank Pierce. Palms and American beauties adorned the decor. program directed by Mrs. Geddes and Miss M. Edith Wallace.
The Fifty second Avenue Church ladies thank those who helped with the Old Maids Convention to raise funds for the new church. They invite neighboring churches to write Mrs A Manahan 325 Mill Street Elgin Il for details and note the author will guide future events.
Mr. Geo. Ingle of North Kenilworth avenue Oak Park was struck on the head by a sawhorse dropped from a building at Swift's packing house last Tuesday. He was severely shocked and rendered unconscious. His family physician Dr. endured first aid and he was taken to Herrin College hospital.
The nue Presbyterian Church plans a bazaar on December 6 and 7 with many useful and fancy articles for sale. About thirty to forty ladies handle the affair, aiming to raise funds for the new church.
Mrs Belle Watson Melville a nationally known reader and impersonator will give a recital at the First M E Church Oak Park Tuesday evening December 4 She will be assisted by Edna Earle Crum violinist and Master Harry Canevin boy alto Tickets five cents
A campaign to raise a national memorial fund for William B. Curtis who died during a June blizzard on Mount Washington. The project aims to let amateur athletes nationwide contribute and join in honoring the late leader.
The total number of pupils in all U S schools last year reached 16,687,643. Of these, 101,058 were in universities and colleges, 54,231 in professional schools, 67,538 in normal schools, 70,950 in business schools, 23,501 in reform schools, and 97,737 in kindergartens.
Swallows migrate to the warm regions of Central America and southern Mexico. They appear in the southern states by early March but rarely travel far north until late April. Robins prefer cooler climates and few reach as far south as Mexico.
Richard Le Gallienne arrived in New York from Europe with a dramatic change in appearance. He had cut his long flowing black hair, a feature that had long distinguished him and deeply impressed his face on the memory of those who knew him.
The page lists residents ill with pneumonia and recovering, arrivals home from abroad, travels to Mansfield and New York, a club meeting and lectures, and a fire damage report. It notes an ordinance for municipal electric lighting with a seven thousand dollar contract and local opinions about the plant.
Miss Emma Ellis is sick on East Harlem Street. A shanty near the race track burned Saturday night. C Ferguson of Charles City visited C White. Benj Armhurst got a surprise from friends. Miss Anna Utes recovering at home. Edith Minere to spend winter in Wisconsin with sister. Henry Mohr lost a horse on Marengo Street. Ella Greene visiting friends in Elgin. Boys' Brigade to entertain December 14 at Thode's Hall. Second hand sale and bazaar this Friday and Saturday at Madison Street. Albert hosted friends last week. Prof Curtis out with rheumatism. Mrs Curtis assists. About twenty five anarchists decorated graves for Reds. Walter Dellars violin soloist at Scoville Institute Friday for library benefit.
Mrs Dr Fawcett is seriously ill but others return from travels including J B Patterson, R H Pierce, Paul Anderson from Oklahoma. The River Forest football team schedules Marquettes game next Saturday. Cinch Club met at Mrs Sam Baker’s on Ashland Avenue. A dancing class is planned for next Monday at the village hall. L E Moore repairs the village snow plow. A Fellowship Club formed at the Presbyterian Church with E A Conway of Oak Park speaking.
Paris rumor says Emperor William visited the Paris exposition twice in disguise and unrecognized. Parisians are amused that the monarch's presence was drawn by the fair yet remained undetected despite his fame.
Lord Wolseley, freed from his duties as commander of the British army, arranges a broad tour of Canada to revisit sites of his past actions in the Red River expedition.
Advertises Belgian hares born in Maywood sold for backyard keeping. Claims dry box housing and higher profits than chickens. Mentions Banbury strains, Lincoln Park selection, and California rabbitry. Location listed as 910 Sda Becond Avenue near Magivon Avenue in Maywood. No business Sundays.
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