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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1900
Page
6
S. W. Packard defended Dowle and secured race makers into the country. Hawthorne approved into Lyons at a county meeting. An Oak Park officer arrested a man for stealing fly paper, found on his seat. A western editor recalls a bad man who admitted cheating an editor as his first ruinous step.
Alder man Race proposes an ordinance to provide public lavatories in Chicago arguing men and boys are forced into saloons due to lack of such facilities and urging careful council consideration.
Capt. W. M. Meredith spent Thanksgiving with family and will rejoin Washington Monday to assume duties as superintendent of the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. A reception last week drew 2,300 people who personally greeted him.
The expression all aboard is traced to last summer when Dutton and Utley took President Jones to Michigan to fix a race track deal. After the deal was completed Dutton cried all aboard, fearing the president would misinterpret they are off. The phrase has since entered common use.
In a sharp note to readers The Argus defends its stance on Hawthorne coverage and accuses rivals of misrepresenting or suppressing Nov 9 copies. The letter accuses a Klondiker of intercepting papers while claiming Oak Park knows the paper’s position.
The Oak Park Republican Club proposes to split Cicero into separate towns via state law and extend this model to other counties. The plan aims to shed the south end including Berwyn Clyde and Morton Park and resist annexation to Chicago, but critics note the high cost and lack of willing leaders.
According to Ordinances 1867 1872 1873 any obstruction found in alleys day or night on and after Dec 1 will be acted on according to law. W W. J. ae Superintendent Beth Ward Chicago.
An ordinance introduced by Alderman Race calls for building public lavatories under sidewalks at multiple downtown locations including State and Clark streets and Washington Street. It specifies sanitary facilities with six urinals and five water closets, a 1 cent fee for toilets, and a $25,000 appropriation for 1901. plans to be drawn by the public works department.
The Ladies of the Christian Church host a bazaar in the church room at 207 North Park Avenue on Thursday through Saturday December 6 to 8 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Shoppers may buy Christmas gifts enjoy meals on the European plan and purchase home made confections and canned goods. A scientific palmist will attend on Friday and Saturday December 7 and 8 offering readings.
Bulletin outlines December meetings of the Woman’s Club of Austin with schedule details. Activities include history and travel talks on the Passion Play, literature studies, music and art sessions, and civics discussions led by members such as Mrs. Frake Dr. Ladouva and Mrs. Adams. Meetings span Dec 3 to Dec 27, with hostesses listed and program topics noted.
Union services at the Methodist church featured Rev. Geo B Safford of the Fifty second Avenue Presbyterian who spoke on gratitude to God and arbitration of international questions. The Congregational church choir provided fine singing as attendees from multiple Austin denominations listened to remarks by Rev. Geo A Campbell and other ministers.
The Proviso Guards elected Captain Ralph J. Wells of Maywood and First Lieutenant B H Kannenberg of Oak Park. They leased Maywood hall as an armory and drill hall for a year and will hold weekly drills on Friday nights.
Plymouth resident Dr. Isaac L. Wood owns two unusually large apples from Kamloops British Columbia with circumferences of fifteen and three fourths inches and weights of 23 ounces and near that. He recalls an apple at the Kamloops agricultural fair weighing 29 ounces. A single fruit could bake a household pie.
On clear nights a person with keen sight can see about 2,000 stars. Considering half the sky and atmospheric haze, total visible stars to the unaided eye range up to 5,000 and possibly 8,000. The largest telescope reveals over 60,000,000 stars, according to the Washington Star.
Christmas trees cut in Washington county Maine will total 400 car loads with 360 bunches per car. Each bunch holds two to six trees. The harvest is sent to New York and Boston where they will sell for about ten times their Maine value.
A compact compilation of quotations on religion praising its authority and influence while warning of vanity and hypocrisy. Notable voices include Young, Newton, Whately, Johnson, Bunsen, Burke, Horne, South, Coleridge, T L Cuyler, Sprat, Franklin, and others, reflecting religious virtue and social conduct.
Obituaries for Nettie Ohlrick and William Hilliard Wood report their deaths on November 24 and 24 respectively. Wood, born 1822 in Hinadale New York, held public offices in Cook County and Oak Park and left five children and a widow Frances Adaline Gregory. Funeral services and interments were at Forest Home and Rose Hill. Other notices include Mrs Lucy A Brewster aged 81 and Arthur H Sickles of Evanston who died in El Paso Texas, with services in Evanston and Rose Hill cremation. Mrs S Block died in Austin at 73 after long illness with four children and many descendants surviving. Funeral services were held at local churches and burial followed at Forest Home Cemetery.
A collection of maxims on truth, deceit, prosperity, and human conduct. It criticizes vanity and cleverness while praising patience and timely action. The verses cover humility, wealth, friendship, courage, and daily manners with terse observations.
A series of notices seeks a German tutor Mrs Leggatt at 381 Lake Street River Forest wa nts dressmaking repairs and children s clothes at 5422 Rice Street second flat requests heated rooms near the elevated and washing to take home or by day positions Mrs Sullivan 1026 North Waller Ave Austin seeks work and an office helper for H G Goelitz 451 N Boulevard Oak Park Mortgage loans offered by F B Pray 107 North Park Ave Austin
Mrs Belle Watson-Melville a nationally renowned reader and impersonator will give a recital at the First M E Church Oak Park Tuesday evening December 4. Assisted by Edna Earle Crum violinist and Master Harry Canevin the marvelous boy alto tickets 38 cents.
A public telephone connection will open between England and Belgium around 1901. The Belgian line begins at La Panne near the French border and runs about forty five miles with a tariff of $1.93 for three minutes.
Eighteen years after Sir Frederick Cavendish was killed in Phoenix Park Dublin the widow, Lady Frederick Cavendish, appears only in black. Her careworn face is recognized by many women engaged in charity work, which has become her main concern.
A reader from Dempseytown Pennsylvania testifies that nightly use for two weeks restored youthfulness. The pills claim to aid liver stomach and bowels with a purely vegetable formula and no griping. Available for 25 cents at Traill Cooling and Chas P Miller drug stores.
A black leather pocketbook left on Waller avenue between Erie and Lake streets contained about seven dollars. Finder is asked to return it to 502 N. Waller avenue for a reward.
Multiple classifieds list items for sale including Oak Park Club membership at H 20 care Vindicator, a cheap heating stove, Prince Patchen a 2:18 pacer gelding, a strictly modern eight room home at 405 North Fourth Avenue Maywood, and two animals Geo Gronendyke and a Great Dane and bay mare at 97 W 12th Street Harlem Ill.
Money is being raised chiefly in Boston to test in the Supreme Court the constitutionality of Louisiana and North Carolina election laws that effectively disfranchise Black voters. The total expense is expected to be about $5,000.
The Austrian glove industry shows rapid growth from 1880 to the present. Production rose from about 500000 dozens in 1880 to 1760000 dozens in 1897 and reaches near 2000000 dozens now.
A Connecticut manufacturer completed a new state carriage for Ecuador at a cost of $100,000. The design mirrors youthful papal and khedive carriages but omits solid gold ornaments and gems.
A mash of curios and trivia covers topics from czarist wood stocks to poultry jokes. Notable notes include Norway importing grain, Australia leading tea consumption, Berlin's population growth, and the Dingley bill’s path from 1896 to 1897. Also mentions a St. Louis landladies suit and lunar illumination comparisons.
Whitfield Co of Chicago reports no pneumonia cases among users of Chamberlain Cough Remedy for colds and la grippe. They recommend it for prompt recovery and to counteract pneumonia risk. Sold by J P Garner Co in Austin and Geo Koch Co in Moreland.
A diverse collection of statements covers social attitudes sanitation and travel spending. Topics include London street cleaning volumes American automobile clubs growth in manufacturing establishments since 1890 and the idea that ridiculing others exposes the ridiculer’s ignorance.
Nickel Plate will sell December 22 to 25 and December 31 1900 to January 1901 round trips at one and a third fare to points in Central Passenger association territory. Return by January 2 1901. Vestibuled sleeping cars and club meals priced 35 cents to $1 in dining cars. For details contact John Y Ogallah general agent 111 Adams Street Chicago and depot Van Buren Street and Pacific Avenue on the elevated loop No 43.
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