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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1897
Page
3
A small silver watch marked with initials is missing in the Austin or Oak Park area. The finder is asked to return it to 1 Clark Ave Seattle and will receive a reward.
A common law principle applies when a newspaper is regularly delivered to a home and the recipient takes it in without a formal subscription. A Cicero man who never ordered Staats Zeltang’ still faced a publisher’s suit and owed $40 for ten years’ papers.
The Vindicator cites praise for Hoope of Pen Wyn, a wholesale grocery seller praised for fair prices and honesty. It also surveys Maryland politics, noting Democratic and Republican counts in Talbot Prince George's and Montgomery counties, and critiques Secretary Gage’s monetary plan and intermountain court decisions on railroads.
The column argues municipal ownership fails in America citing Philadelphia’s forty million gas plant sale to a private firm. It notes Chicago reports show water taxes were not collected in several wards during the last administrations, citing ward numbers ending at the thirty-fourth.
The piece questions city ownership and lists 600 to 30000 residents on delinquent lists allegedly for political reasons. It cites a south Cicero water works project over 200000 that fails to cover running costs and asks why the public was urged toward municipal ownership last spring despite possible fradulent franchises benefiting private guardians.
The Vindicator suspends publication due to lack of funds despite large subscription lists. A holiday edition is planned for mid December, with refunds or transfers for prepaid subscribers. Advertising contracts will be fulfilled in other local papers while a canvass seeks new subscribers and advertisers.
The Philadelphia forty million dollar gas plant lease to a private firm shows municipal ownership as a costly failure. Corruption and political influence taint leasing, with residents paying high rates while favored aldermen profit. A radical reform of city government and honest, nonpaying civic leaders are urged for true municipal ownership.
A Philadelphian Times view discusses how scents affect nerves and mood. Some fragrances like Amherstis offend yet clear the brain while attar of roses invites tears. musk is tonic, civet dulls, sandalwood calms, citron soothes nervous minds.
An old advertisement promises a fast cold cure with Lazative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It asserts the product works in one day and offers a full refund if it fails to cure the cold.
William Halley recalls James McClatchy editor of the Bee, Sacramento, and ally of Henry George. He credits McClatchy with saving California for the Union by thwarting Confederate plans in 1861. Halley describes McClatchy’s journalism, opposition to land monopoly, railroad ties, and leadership in the Homestead era.
The document lists a Proviso Directory with President Clerk Treasurer Police Magistrate Santae Davisson Marshal Chas Sallaz Collector Prspheamet Dunnebecke Attorney Felix J Griffin Health Commissioner William Iken Master Henry Beling Trustees KE Benson R ing Storey Williams Debus and others. It details committee names and chair designations with the President as ex officio member, and notes the board meets on the second Monday of each month in the village hall.
A listing of village officials with names and addresses including President Jacob Bohlander Clerk Charles Westcott Treasurer Michael J. Welch Village Attorney Burleigh A. Dunlap and board meeting details. Committees cover Streets and Sewers Water and Fire Sidewalks and Street Lights Finance Judiciary Hall and Park with trustees and members named. Regular meetings set for the second and fourth Thursdays at 8 pm and Saturday office nights.
Directory lists River Forest Village offices and residents with names and addresses including President Yves M. Jackson at 310 Thacher Ave Clerk-Gro W. Shearburn Water Works Building Trustees Wim Arnold 034 Monroe St Joseph Binks 63 Grovest Chas W Juergens 647 Forest Ave I L Mon-
The document lists city roles and names: Collector and Treasurer Henry Stroble at 230 Repreat Ave, Attorney Frank Little at 145 Keystone Ave, Engineer Robert A. Lackey, Marshal Carl A. Wilmeroth, Fire Marshal Leonard I. Moore, Supt. Water Works Ernest Micklish, Water Works, Board meets first Monday of each month in the Council room. Committee members include HH Scharenberg, Chas W. Juergens, Arlan E. Page, Joseph Binks, Frank Monroe. License William Arnold.
A historical note lists Harlem Village Hoard officers and staff for 1897 including President George Schrade Trustees Emil Blossey Chas Hillmer Chas Meseke Werman Schulz Henry D Schumacher Henry Strunck Village Clerk Henry GC Meier Attorney T S Griffen Treasurer Frank Troost Chief Engineer Henry Hilgenberg Engineer John Nurenberg Lineman Gust Quandt Joiler Louis Goldenbogen Street Commissioner John Mirow. The board holds meetings on the second and fourth Saturdays at 8 oclock.
A Chicago area church and parish listing shows sermons and mass times for many congregations in Berwyn Austin Oak Park and surrounding towns. Pastors named include Rev. C A Mee Mannay Rev. Geo W Mead Rev. Walter Stranahan Rev. Lean der Turney Rev. W B McLannen and Rev. Slominski with services in morning and evening slots and special events at Morrison's Academy.
A readable roster of churches in Maywood, River Forest, Harlem and surrounding areas with service times and pastors. Includes PROVISO CHURCHES MELROSE METHODIST FIRST METHODIST ST. PAULS GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN HARLEM GERMAN BAPTIST RIVER FOREST METHODIST FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGATIONAL MAYWOOD EPISCOPAL and ST JOHNS entries with Sunday schedules and clergy names.
Beginning next Sunday evening, Wm. A. Brady's Way Down Fast continues its second and last week at Schiller Theater. The revival of Lottie Blair Parker's Way Down East stars Phoebe Davies and a capable cast. Afterward Isle of Champagne brings Richard Golden, Katherine Germaine, and a diverse bill of acts and attractions with popular 10 20 and 30 cent prices.
In week three of its successful run at the Great Northern Theater the Boston Lyric Stock Company presents Cavalleria Rusticana and Pirates of Penzance. The company reports growing attendance with Henderson adding a Wednesday matinee at a popwar price of fifty cents for all seats on the lower floor or first balcony. Camille Muori debuts as Mabel and is warmly received. Bohémián Girl is announced for the week starting November 22.
Hyde's Comedians head a week of acts at Olympia starting Monday. Helene Mora leads a chorus of new descriptive ballads and McIntyre and Heath perform a sharp blackface sketch. The lineup includes Williams and Walker appearing west of New York for the first time, plus Randalls acrobats and other acts such as Prince Satsuma and Mile Turnout.
Hopkins Theater unveils a lavish Thanksgiving week program led by Visions of Art from a Keith production team. The bill features Our Strategists in a lively farce, and a vaudeville lineup including the Bros. Damm, Lizzie and Vinie Daly, Lew Hawkins, Fox and Allen, Mayo Bros, Budworth and Brimmer, Emma Dunn, Ching Chang, plus other attractions.
The Alhambra will present Humanity by Sutton Vane produced by Wm. A. Brady for a week starting with the usual matinee next Sunday with a Thanksgiving Day matinee included. The show is a grand scale production previously staged at the Academy of Music in New York for 100 nights featuring horses riders trained hounds an explosion scene and a horseback broad sword combat.
Hay Market next week promises a large crowd with an attractive lineup. John Kernell will deliver a half hour talk on humorous topics. Lizzie Evans and Harry Milla will perform in A Strange Catastrophe. Lillie Western, T. W. Eckert and Emma Berg sing and sketch. Neuville and Barlow Pantzer trio Alburtus and Bartram Val Vousden Coyne brothers Bonnie Maie McDonald brothers Louise LeMay and others to perform.
Next week's attraction at the new amusement site near the corner of Wabash features Leonidas Wintex Circus. Local crowds await performances by the famed troupe with acts to include daring feats and classic circus staples.
The Zoo at Michigan avenue and Madison street opposite Battery D invites the public to visit. It features Young Wallace the lion, a rare animal collection, Prince the wrestling non, Tess the chimpanzee, Chiquita the Cuban atom, and Jolly the elephant offering free rides for children. Open daily 11 am to 10 30 pm with music by the Boston Ladies Orchestra. Admission 25 cents, 10 cents for children under 12.
The article notes world coal areas totaling hundreds of thousands of square miles across nations led by Japan China United States and India with estimates of European coal yields exceeding three and a half billion tons. It cites Pennsylvania leading U S production at fifty million tons in 1895 while North Carolina reports twenty five thousand tons.
The passage extols enthusiasm as a driving force behind success and vision. It notes that a willing infatuation can free a person from petty worries, propel pursuit of future goals, and help endure obstacles. An advertising example links enthusiasm to marriage prospects for collectors.
A Boston Transcript snippet portrays Fogg accusing a woman of poor judgment for trusting a man who deceived her. Fogg argues she knew little about him, while the man boasted of an early ride on a wheel for ten miles.
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