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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1897
Page
2
A Cicero resident who never ordered the Staats Zeitung but received it daily for ten years paid for the paper under implied contract. The publisher Hessing sued and won 840.00 for ten years of subscriptions, illustrating that leaving a paper at a home creates an obligation to pay.
In Cicero and Austin, trolley track work and legal hiring shift between town and street railways. A Wanderers A team defeated Oak Park second eleven in Ridgeland cricket. Citizens discuss annexation, limited west side transit, and fall votes, with ongoing school annex controversy in Cicero. A Des Plaines river bridge at Riverside costs 6500 dollars and a Wheaton Bridge Co contract. Washington Boulevard paving from 46th Ave to Cicero limits advances.
Austin High School defeated East Aurora High School in a football game played in Aurora last Saturday. The victory showcased Austin’s offense and defense with key plays contributing to the win. Local fans witnessed a competitive matchup that highlighted both teams’ talents.
East Aurora fell 8 to 6 as a misjudged call by the full back cost the game. Austin dominated one duel while Aurora showed strength in late plays.
Officials plan to abolish the special assessment commissioner role and restore the old system amid abuse concerns. Robert Lackey asserts current costs are far less than under the former arrangement.
Prairie fires threaten costly town responses as volunteer firemen receive 4 dollars per call. Alarm bells ring frequently, while residents question why the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad is not required to open closed streets in Moreland despite a Supreme Court ruling. A club plans to urge prompt council action.
The Suburban electric line finished rail-laying on Tuesday morning and workers were paid. Two crossings remained to be completed and paving was to proceed at their pace.
The Cleere board of public improvements started with a blunder. It has bid on a pipe sewer for Pleasant Street and the Harvey Avenue improvement. The law needed ten days notice but now requires fifteen, so the notice is insufficient and must be extended and re-advertised. Blame uncertain.
The Chicago Daily Tribune spends about 800 dollars weekly on suburban news gathering and printing. The return is unclear as circulation gains are minimal and advertising benefits are not evident. The piece chides wealthy readers for such spending.
The Cicero and Proviso company plans paving after grading Party-eighth avenue where their tracks lie. North Cicero residents lament the delay in relaying tracks from Lake Street to Chicago Avenue, citing easier access home. Officials say dirt must settle over a newly built sewer on the street before work continues.
Work has been resumed west of Melrose Park to improve the Chi cacao Hammond and Western Belt Line. Crews operate between St. Charles road and the Chicago and Northwestern tracks. Condemnation of the Cummings property is expected to be resolved soon, after which a larger force will advance the new line vigorously.
The recent legislative change targets city improvements in Cicero by halving the town engineer staff and abolishing the special assessment department. Officials fear a return to citizen led assessments as the board of local improvements and engineer juggle heavy duties, delaying projects until law revision.
The Oak Park division met for September rally at Gate Park East with representatives from sixteen groups. Rev. W. Stough presided as officers were elected: Ao W. Compfoo president, Leroy Towle and Miss Josephine We Wasses vice presidents, Miss Margaret Wingite secretary, W. B. Chase treasurer. A reception followed installation by A BEL McDonald as president of Chicago union. 111 members reported.
The writer jabs at the gold fever and those attempting the Klondike journey. He notes the heavy clothing and scant provisions carried in a small bundle, critiquing the excesses and hardships of the frontier gold rush.
Mrs Jennie M Eddy wife of Irred Juddy died Wednesday evening September 22 after a gentle life of charity and devotion. Survived by husband four children and parents in Wisconsin and two sisters in Illinois. Born near Berlin Wisconsin thirty nine years ago, she will be buried in Wisconsin near her birthplace. None knew her but to praise she was loved by all who knew her.
In Woo PA area an election of church officers is listed with numerous names including Annie J. Staidguit and Mary Tucker as secretary. The document records trustees for three years, various committee roles, and mentions Sunday school and temperance hospital activities.
Melrose Park reports improvements on Nineteenth avenue and plans for a new village library as taxes are collected. A Ball by Rainbow Pleasure club is set for Oct 30 at Maywood hall, and a Jockey club dance is planned for Oct 9 at J J McMahon pavilion.
McVickers presents The Paris Doll a two week operatic comedy by Regingild De Koven and iarry B Smith about Columbine and a duke with a double Cerise. Vernona Jarbeau plays Columbine Cerise and Gaston in a three act farce with 60 performers and a strong comedy cast. Matinees daily.
The Gaiety theater announces a week of entertainment headlined by The Girl from Paris Ky a Weber Field production from New York. The cast features renowned performers including McAvoy May Gilbert Goldie Emma Carus Violet Griffin and Dick Bernard promising strong burlesque with humor and song for Chicago audiences.
Beginning next Sunday with a matinee Merrit and Davis present McSourley's Twins at the Alhambra theater. The company features Mark Murphy and John T. Tierney renowned comics, Nat M. Wills, Horwitz and Bowers, Marie Stuart, Marguerite Ferguson, the Ad dis Sisters and Australian novelty performers.
The Schiller theater stock company presented Secrets of State last Monday night. Anred Kennedy, a rising dramatist and Washington based newspaper correspondent, wrote the comedy drama of political and social life in the capital. The production utilized several new company members.
At the annual Epworth League election at the Methodist church in Oak Park, officers chosen for the coming year include President John Parson First Vice President K I Sperry Second Vice President Mrs Fox Parker Third Vice President Mr J T Cleveland Fourth Vice President Miss Katharine Bradley Secretary Miss Leola Cassett Treasurer C J Smith The chapter reports a successful year financially and otherwise and begins a bright outlook.
A reader writes from Austin dated September 28 asking to inform in the next issue that an extra carrier for October has not yet been notified. He had his valise ready to travel to Washington for a game and learned this morning that five men will handle duties from December 1, expanding from four. He has sent letters about taxes and plans to add men to meet the workload.
A fragmentary European notes column describes a forty eight hour stay for foreigners in Turkish territory, large free bath usage in Tiason, Attorite cable peak times, a Greek church ceremony with rings, a Long Island mayor tutoring students, the Sutley river claim as fastest with 12 000 foot descent, temperance clubs in Ireland, and Kenesaw Mountain Georgia turned to peach orchards after Civil War fighting.
John and James Russell head the bill at the Olympic with a new version of Our Irish Servant plus novelties and comic features. Caron and Herbert the pantomime acrobats, Lizzie B Raymond the singing comedienne, Dillon brothers Irish talking comedians, and Montgomery and Stone the black face dancers are also featured with sketches by Staley and Birbeck and the Franklin sisters. Other entertainers include Herr Grass the Freemonts Mons Creage Charles E Wilson and Pattie Lataine.
Hopkins Theater resumes its popular continuous performance with Mme Marie Tavary making her first appearance. The bill includes a revival of Aunt Jack starring Maurice Barrymore, plus a variety of acts from Harry Stanley and Adelle Jackson to the Aherns and Sigfried, with the Hopkins Ladies' orchestra and Lizzie McKelvey among others.
John T Sullivan, newly appearing this week at the Olympic, travels west Monday as star attraction in Captain Huntington a one act farce. Supporting acts include Wicanor Barry Asie Vies Edith Sinelsir and more.
Vanity Fair describes beach dress changes with men in knee-length heavy duck breeches and blue jerseys, compares them to woolen tights, and notes novelty finery in Spain where women may use maternal names. It covers Paris inspired accessories including insects and reptiles used as jewelry and a marmoset corsage at races.
The article notes Queen Victoria weighs 224 pounds against Empress of Austria at 102, with the Austrian Empress tall. It mentions Bologna’s Bruetti theater renamed for Duse, who rests in Switzerland for two months before a Italian tour. It details anonymous gifts to the Princess of Wales including a white dog named Fuzzy.
The opening attraction at Manager Clifford's new south side theater is The Gay Matinee Girl, a performer noted for gaining genuine popularity on the road. Monroe and another act round out the bill as audiences expect a pleasant, light program.
A consolidated list of church offerings in Cicero and nearby areas shows multiple denominations with listed pastors and service times. From Clyde Baptist to Swedish Evangelical, morning worship ranges 7:45 to 11 a.m., with many churches also holding evening sessions.
A consolidated church directory for Maywood and neighboring areas lists Sunday service times for multiple denominations. Notable entries include the First Methodist in Maywood, Harlem German Baptist, St Pauls German Evangelical Lutheran in Harlem, River Forest Methodist, First Presbyterian Maywood, Maywood Episcopal, and St Johns Catholic River Forest, with varied morning and evening masses and sermons.
A budget of aphoristic lines contrasts humor with aging, conscience with wealth, and restraint with vice. The piece frames virtue as a growing force from childhood through maturity and cautions against self indulgence and lack of control.
Worthington Indiana Sun editor Morrison lauds Electric Bitters as a remedy for constipation headaches and a general tonic. Annie Stehle of Chicago recovered from fatigue back pain and poor digestion after six bottles. price list 10 cents to $1.00. Available at Lovell's Oak Park and Trails Austin drugstores.
Advert seeks active, responsible men to travel for an established house. Monthly pay 65.00 plus expenses. Steady work. Include self addressed stamped envelope. Dominion Company Dept. Y Chicago.
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