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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1896
Page
4
Community notes from South Cicero cover a police award, a birth, a resignation from a fishing club, a betrothal, a horse theft, a death, local business updates, a theater show, a fire company project, a political rally, a church bazaar, and a gala with the Clyde military band.
A damaged OCR reads of a local notice referencing Mr Wi Creighton and Mrs Sehaler. It mentions a drench day, absent three weeks, and a court matter over debt contracted by a wife. It cites addresses along Penn t forth and dat itst streets and requests action by a stated party.
The Clyde football team faces Lagrange in a key game with a score eclipsed by a 34 to 0 result. Local construction proceeds on four new houses at Clyde avenues and two on Gaideld, with sewer work from Oden avenue to Twenty-sixth street expected to finish in about six weeks. Jerry Binefteer shows a noted horse team, while prices for coal will rise soon. Special notice highlights Geo McDonald and surveyor Hore.
A collage of community items reports people traveling for work and health updates. JW Paige bids on a large contracting job in the east and returns. M J Wood and family back from the south. L Johnson sells his shop to C B Jessen. Nellie Merwin starts a bakery venture in Mivanston. Typhoid recovery for John Richards. Emerson school furnace issues resolved. church events, evangelistic meetings, and a Baptist congregation's attendance noted.
The Cicero fire alarm and police telephone system was completed yesterday and shown to the town board for inspection last night. President Pierre arranged for underwriters of Chicago to critically inspect the system before acceptance. Chicago Athletic Association defeated Proviso 48 to 0 on their grounds Saturday with standout plays by Thomas, Thompson, Graver, Slater, and Johnson.
Maywood village board met with most members present except Aiken for a Wisconsin vacation. A cow pound case and George Williams sewer account were sent to the finance committee. Bills totalling 566.46 were approved and a general sidewalk ordinance passed. Heating apparatus bids were opened and Meyer & Saffel won at 135.00 with completion in twenty days.
The Town of Cicero orders a pipe sewer on Lyman avenue from Twenty-eighth street to the alley south of Twenty-sixth street Cook County Illinois. The County Court of Cook County will hear the assessment for benefits at the October term beginning October 8 1896. Interested parties may appear and defend.
The Board of Trustees of the Town of Cicero ordered a pipe sewer on Thirty first street from Lyman Avenue to Austin Avenue Cook County Illinois. The final hearing before the Cook County Court will begin October 12 1898. Citizens may appear to defend.
Homes priced from 2350 to 3100 dollars feature 7 8 or 9 rooms on stone foundations with water and sewer pipes complete baths finished furnaces and Georgia pine. Parquet trimmings electric light wires hardwood mantels speaking tubes broad verandas and old fashioned hardware. Maywood offers churches schools stores and society served by multiple rail lines and elevated transit.
The city announces a special assessment for a connected brick and pipe sewer system named The Ogden avenue system from Austin to Ridgeland avenues. A sub main sewer and interior sewers in multiple streets are planned with a final hearing in October 1896 after a benefits based assessment by Cook County Court.
Fred Miller known as the pious man in Oak Park and Harlem was bound over to the grand jury on six counts of obtaining money under false pretenses. Justice Smith presided, with Attorney Walter G. Kraft prosecuting. A second man was similarly held for a local picture fraud, urging vigilance against strangers seeking money.
Ave J Bogel of Shreveport Iowa touts Dr King's New Discovery as the cure for coughs and the best seller. G oalford Arizona merchant endorses it as a sure cure for consumption, coughs, and colds. The ad claims the product is not an experiment, has a century of trial, and offers free trials at Lovell's and Traill's drug stores.
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