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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1897
Page
2
A damaged notice advertises display ads and seeks lost information. It mentions a small whitehatch marked hm 1 7 and asks to return to 16 Invik Ave. Rewards offered.
A Cicero citizen who received the Staats Zeitung daily for ten years was sued after refusing bills for an order he never placed. The publisher won $80.00, reaffirming common law that leaving a paper at a house and not stopping it implies payment for the subscription.
Editorial notes credit Mr Hunt of the Cicero Independent for local items while praising Hoope the Berwn cash grocer for wholesale cash sales and honesty. The piece discusses Maryland political votes and party dynamics, God as a political factor, dice outcomes in Kansas, and a Supreme Court view on the Interstate Commerce Commission, arguing the commission remains useful to assign patronage.
A Times Herald excerpt argues municipal ownership fails in America. It cites Philadelphia selling its forty million gas plant to a private firm as proof, and notes Chicago papers claim water taxes were not collected in wards Thirty, Thirty-one through Thirty-four during the last administration.
The city lists 30000 places as delinquent for one to two years amid politics claims. A Cicero water works project costing over 200000 fails to cover running costs, prompting critique of last spring’s push for municipal ownership and warnings of bogus guardians profiting from franchises.
The Vindicator suspends publication due to lack of funds. The paper plans a holiday edition mid December and will resume as soon as finances permit. A canvass will seek news subscribers and advertisers to gauge Cicero’s support for a first class local paper.
The Philadelphia gas plant lease to a private firm for thirty years highlights a costly municipal ownership failure. The Chicago Times-Herald argues corruption, political influence, and unelected equity doom public utilities, and calls for reform in city government and nonpolitical civic leadership.
A Philadelphia Times note outlines how perfumes affect nerves. Ambergris may clear the brain despite offense to some, attar of roses stirs tears, faint music perfumes act as a tonic, civet induces sleep, sandalwood counters drowsiness, citron soothes anxious minds, and strong tuberoses harm in closed rooms.
A drugstore advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee if the cold is not cured in one day. The claim targets shoppers seeking a fast remedy.
William Halley recalls James McClatchy a Sacramento Bee editor and friend of Henry George. He details McClatchy’s role resisting land monopoly, saving California for the Union, and his early journalism career from Sacramento to San Francisco. The recollection covers personal meetings in San Jose, the 1876 theater event, and McClatchy’s impact as a pioneer and public servant.
Melrose Park Village lists officers and trustees with committees and chairs. President Gehrke, Clerk William Fneachern, Treasurer Peter Bohlander, Police Magistrate Adam Davisson, Marshal Richard Bailey, Special Night Police Chas Ballar, Attorney Delix Griffin, Health Commissioner Dr W Poundmaster, Trustee members and committee assignments specified. Board meets the second Monday of each month in the village hall.
Directory lists President Jacob Bohlander and officials with addresses across Fifth and St Charles avenues. Includes Village Treasurer Michael J. Welch and Village Attorney Harleigh A. Dunlap with meeting times for board and committees.
President Thomas M. Jackson and Clerk George W. Shearburn named among city officials. Trustees named Wim Arnold Joseph Binks Charles W Juergens and others with listed addresses on Monroe Forest and Grove streets.
A roster lists officials and committee chairs with names and addresses including Collector and Treasurer Henry Stroble and Engineer Robert A. Lickey. Meetings occur first Monday monthly in the Council room Water Works Building, with chairmanships across Finance Streets and Sidewalks Drains and Sewers Fire and Water Judiciary License and more.
The Harlem village board 1897 lists President George Schrade of 810 South Des Plaines Ave and trustees Emil Blossey 43 Thomas St Chas Hillmer 74 N Circle Ave Chas Meseke 130 N Des Plaines Ave Herman Schuz 85 N Marengo St Henry D Schumacher 1012 N Marengo St Henry Strunck 01 N Elgin St. Clerk Henry C Melor 110 Franklin St. Meetings are on the second and fourth Saturdays at 8 a m. Attorney F J Griffen River Forest Treasurer Frank Troost 608S Des Plaines Chief Engineer Henry Hilgenborg 129 N Marengo St Engineer John Nurenberg 15 Burghardt St Lineman Gust Quandt 67 Ferdinand Ave Jailer Louis Goldenbogen 118 N Des Plaines Street Street Commissioner John Mirow 74 N Circle Ave.
Church services listed for many parishes with pastors and service times. Readers note schedules for Berwyn Cicero and surrounding towns including Holy Mass, congregational and Presbyterian services, and special Congregational services at Morrison's Academy on Nov 7 with morning and evening sermons and music.
Local church directory lists services and pastors for Proviso Maywood Melrose River Forest Harlem Maywood congregations including First Methodist River Forest Presbyterian Congregational Episcoal and St Johns German Lutheran with service times ranging from morning to evening and pastors names such as Cushington Read Bullock Tate and Grosse.
Jamo Semenys Schiller Theater enters second and last week of Wm. A. Brady’s Way Down East starring Phoebe Davies Ella Waghwood James O Barrows Howard Kyle Ralph Stuart and others. Next bill at avenue and Hubbard court features The Isle of Champagne with Leonidas cats and dogs Arniotis strong lady Wertz Adair and other acts with popular 10 20 and 30 cent prices.
During the third week at the Great Northern Theater the Boston Lyric Stock Company presented a double bill Cavelleria Rusticana and Pirates of Penzance. The company’s principals and chorus received praise as business grew weekly. An extra matinee on Wednesdays with reduced prices will continue all season. Camille Muori debuted as Mabel to strong acclaim. The week of November 22 will feature Bohemian Girl.
The Hyde's Comedians vaudeville troupe brings a weeklong program to the Olymp ic starting Monday headlined by Helene Mora the renowned female baritone. Also on the bill are McIntyre and Heath in Looking for a Ham Tree Williams and Walker make their first west of New York appearance along with The Randalls Prince Satsuma Mile Turnout Morton and Elliott Rossley and Lee Ella Morris and Dixie trio Murphy and Franklin and other acts in a star studded touring show.
Hopkins Theater unveils Visions of Art by the Keith Harry company with a 30000 dollar stage plant moved to Chicago. The program features Our Strategists a lively farce and a vaudeville slate headlined by the Damm brothers with other acts Lizzie Daly Vinie Daly Lew Hawkins Fox and Allen Mayo Bros Budworth Brimmer Emma Dunn Ching Chang and more.
The Alhambra presents Humanity by Wm. A. Brady for one week starting with next Sunday matinee. A Thanksgiving Day matinee is added. Sutton Vane wrote the piece known for its successful melodramas and grand production with realistic scenes including horses riders hounds an explosion and horseback sword combat.
next week at the Haymarket features John Kernell with a half hour talk and stories, Lizzie Evans and Harry Mills in A Strange Catastrophe, Lillie Western singing, and sketches by Eckert Berg Taking a Singing Lesson plus turns by Neuville and Barlow Pantzer trio Alburtus and Bartram Val Vousden Coyne brothers and more to follow.
Next week's attraction at the new place of amusement features the Leonidas Winter Circus. The event anchors the corner of Wabash with a promotional listing for a traveling show.
The Zoo at Michigan Avenue and Madison Street opens to the public opposite Battery D. It mirrors the New York and Boston success with features like Young Wallace the perfect lion Prince the wrestling lion Tess the reasoning chimpanzee Chiquita the Cuban atom and Jolly the elephant offering free rides for children. Daily hours are 11 a.m. to 10 30 p.m. Music by the Boston Ladies Orchestra. Admission is 25 cents with 10 cents for children under 12.
The article cites major coal areas in Japan China United States and other nations with thousands of square miles and billions of tons. It notes potential European yields exceeding three and a half billion tons and asserts a world supply lasting over a thousand years. Pennsylvania tops US production with fifty million tons in 1895.
The piece extols enthusiasm as a force shaping pursuit and progress. It cites a stamp-collector seeking a like-minded bride and argues battles are won by soldiers and officers united by enthusiasm and skill.
In a Boston Transcript quotation Fogg says the woman bears responsibility for trusting a deceiver. Fogg counters that she knew him only a short time before he admitted the ruse and claimed a fake cycling feat to impress her.
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