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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1899
Page
2
The piece notes Austin’s annexation to Chicago with police at elevated crossings and local political rebranding. Oak Park may vote on annexation next spring, Cicero’s Town Board weighs settlement costs, and Daniel Campbell is named chief solicitor. Dewey gift controversy ends with calls for repayment.
The gas trust continues to solicit business in Austin but few people believe their claims. They promise gas at any price with fixtures and free service but avoid written contracts. Some say they claim the local gas and water company are one concern. Residents are warned that gas work may ruin streets and require costly repairs.
The writer warns of handbill distribution causing street litter and urges police action. Chicago has an ordinance against it. the streets department will enforce it to abate the nuisance soon.
A reader reports observing a spider span a silken thread between a keyed pulley and a casement in a shop. The web withstood a shaft speed of 5,500 RPM for over two hours. the author ponders the elastic capacity of a longer web.
The Austin Chess Club met at Mr Underwood s home on Thursday Nov 16 with stronger turnout and more draws. Visitors welcome and free to join. Next meeting at Mr J F Paulsen 489 North Pine Avenue Tue Nov 28 at 7 30 p m. N Nelson Secy.
A fragment hints at a melodramatic tale featuring a woman and a rival male figure. The text suggests two parallel angles or slides in her story, with emphasis on competition or conflict between men. No further specifics are readable.
The Cicero Town Board approves a set of annexation negotiations with Chicago and authorizes a committee to study accounts and property. It also allocates bids for printing supplies and the town collector, and authorizes Ogden Avenue repairs with crushed stone and street scraping. The measures pass on a full vote with adjournment set for December 1, 1899.
The Oak Park Magazine Club met at 345 South Scoville on Monday November 20 with large attendance. Members heard papers on journalism from its early American roots to future trends with a focus on the yellow press. The group planned a December 4 meeting at 332 Southeast Avenue featuring a musical program.
The River Forest bazaar will hold its final home bakery sale of the year on Saturday November 25. Mrs Chase and children visit Beloit for Thanksgiving. Notables include Lovett planning a Thatcher avenue branch, and Thanksgiving entertaining at Mrs Martha Prouty’s home. The Woman's Club met November 28 with vocal and art talks, while Miss Mary Sturges returns home from Alma sanitarium. John A Sullivan and Mae L Corrigan wed at St Luke’s Church. Niagara Falls trip follows. A Presbyterian Church progressive dinner on November 17 raised funds for church mortgage aided by four tables and twenty guests per table.
Miss Katharine Coffey and Miss Alice Coffey, renowned contraltos, plan a recital at Kimball Hall 248 Wabash avenues next Tuesday evening. The program includes works by Batiste, Desprez, Rubinstein, Donizetti, Liszt, Grieg and Verdi among others with performances by John Lane O Connor and Maestro Errico Sansone.
On Thursday evening November 28 Dr Henry Irving Rasmus the eloquent pulpit orator of the M E Church will deliver his famous lecture The Owls Vultures and Bats of Literature at the First M E Church under the auspices of the Epworth League a rare literary treat is anticipated.
Thanksgiving services will be held at the First Presbyterian Church in Austin at 10 30 A M on Thanksgiving Day. Rev Lapp pastor of the First Baptist Church will preach the sermon.
The Austin Republican Club holds its annual meeting Tuesday evening November 28 at Lower Library Hall to select officers for the coming year and conduct any business that may arise. C. C. Cutting, President H. Robertson, Secretary.
Union services for four Congregational churches will be held at the First Congregational Church Oak Park on Thursday November 30 at 10 30 am. Rev H Stough will preach the Thanksgiving sermon. The note about poverty and joy appears as a quoted line from the Chicago Daily News.
Oak Park society items include a J C F Club reception at Thode's Hall on December 5, visits from John Bierley of Kansas City and Dell Averill in Madison Wisconsin, a sale of William Wicker’s Lake Street grocery, malarial fever recovery from Lawrence Beach Manila, and upcoming weddings at Second Congregational and First Congregational churches. Unclaimed letters list several names. A tailless Manx cat owned by Phillip Corkill features as a local curiosity.
Maywood reports W. R. Irwin moving to the city and Walter Adams planning a relocation. Firemen host a masquerade night, and Richard Days travels to Peoria for his brother’s funeral. An ordinance updates block numbering to even hundreds. O H Benson builds three homes on Eighth Avenue. A Thanksgiving dinner is planned by M E Church ladies at Fourth Avenue and Lake Street. Jennie Brown entertains at Maywood Opera Hall for a large crowd. The Maywood Republican Club elects officers H H Nicols president and others.
The annual meeting of the Upper Cicero Building and Loan Association will be held at 57338 Chicago avenue Austin Ill December 7 1899 at 7 oclock p m for election of four directors for three years and other business. Books for stock issuing and transfer closed ten days before and reopen at meeting. Proxies require a ten cent revenue stamp.
First Congregational Church Oak Park hosts a Thanksgiving service on Sunday evening November 26 with the theme Have You Anything to Be Thankful For. Dr William E Barton will preach with choir and special chorus, solos by Mrs Sue Harrington Furbeck Lawrence Sturtevant and Ernest A Blackmer, Frans Wagner as special soloist, and gospel service led by J H Burke. Attendees are advised to come early due to seating limits.
Nickel Plate road offers Thanksgiving day tickets for travel within 150 miles. Round trip fare is one and a third times the single fare, valid for return by December 1. Tickets available November 29 and 30 at Chicago station on Van Buren Street and Pacific Avenue, elevated loop. city ticket office and general agent at 111 South Street. Write for particulars.
An old note recalls ammonia used to make ice in indoor skating rinks and imagines future delivery of cold ness or liquid air by wagons as milk is now brought.
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