Cicero Town Board Its September Meeting Proceedings
Cicero Town Board met September 21 1896 in Town Hall Austin with most trustees present. Items include street improvements water shortages resolved sewer and drainage petitions, fire and water committee actions, bids awarded for sewers and street work, and warrants and abatements discussed.
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Board of Trustees
Town of
Cicero
Austin
Gunthorp
Austin Park
Chicago Avenue
Lorenz Larson
Austin Avenue
West Side
Iowa
Augusta Street
Rylands & Halli
W. D. Kerfoot & Co
Prairie Avenue
Joseph Binks
Berwyn
Consolidated Fireworks Company
Willow Avenue
Division Street
Matthew J. Fleming
H. W. Dietrich
Doleze & Shepard
Oak Park Fire Company
Geo. Irving
Lake Street
Richardson & Young
Sycamore Creamery Company
Geo. J. Gallinar
N. Pine Avenue
Ohio Street
Pine Avenue
Geo. I. Swinscoe
Charles T. Johnson
C. D. Valliette
Forest Avenue
Augusta
Thomas Street
Washburn & Lewis
Polk Street
Home Avenue
Harrison
Lexington Avenue
Anna Amling
Thomas Streets
Charley Pries
McDonald
Hancock Avenue
John Maller
I. W. Burmeister
Didier Bros
F. H. Clarke
S. P. Wintle
B. H. Reed
Amerson
Committee of Whole
Chas. M. Porter
Cheney
Clyde
Ogden and
Prairie Avenues
Porter
Sophia
Henry Streets
Same
Pease Court
Wisconsin Avenue
Hawthorne Fire Company
Ridgeland
Dare
Samuel Spiro
Baldwin
Howard Avenue
Kissack & Muir
Cicero Light, Heat & Power Company
Franklin and
Randolph Streets
Fifty-fourth Street
Clyde Avenue
Ogden Street
Fifty-third Street
Sackley & Peterson
Rearden
Danville
Committee On Finance
Dunlop Bros
Oak Park State Bank
Chicago, Wilmington & Vermilion Coal Company
John D. Maclean
Finance Committee
Mandell
James Gill
Ogden Street Railway Company
Twelfth Street
Weare Et
Hawthorne
South Boulevard
Park Avenue
Franklin Avenue
Town Hall
Monroe Street
Chas. Marwitz
Turvey Avenue
Castle
E.ot. Bassetts
Bassett
Oak Park
Morton Park
Chicago, Madison& Northern R RR
Robinson Avenue
Hyman Avenue
Harvey Avenue
Letter to reach McKinley through Canton readers
An elderly man visits the city editor asking for Major McKinley's address. He is advised to address the letter to Canton and not include a street or number, trusting local recognition to deliver it. The donor recalls a prior uncle receiving mail without an address and leaves convinced of Canton’s delivery reliability.
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McKinley
Canton
Philadelphia
Poor Roads Spark Tourist and Native Exchange in Chicago Tribune
A tourist decries the rough, log-crossed roads and links road quality to poverty. A native agrees, saying there is no corridor to wealth without better highways. The exchange captures common frustration with infrastructure.
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Chicago Tribune
Windmill on a tower shown as a windmill
An Indianapolis Journal snippet shows a farmer explaining to a summer boarder that the tower with a large wheel is a windmill. The exchange asks how much wind it turns in a day, reflecting curiosity about rural technology.
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Gravious
Indianapolis Journal
Fashion Notes and Recipes From A Hanging Hearth
Woman's Corner offers fashion tips for stiff woolens and hemline trends with bright color ideas and hat designs. It includes recipe briefs for sago souffle with currants and Swiss cream desserts served in compotiers, with assembly steps and serving suggestions.
Brave Texas Girl Fights Leopard Cat With Pitchfork
Sallie Strong, a young Texan girl, defended her brother from a huge leopard cat in a Caldwell barn. She drove the beast with a pitchfork, then shot it with a loaded shotgun, killing the cat eight feet four inches long. Her feat earned a gold watch at a neighborhood picnic where she was named queen and praised by Hon. Joe Savers.
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Elow
Sallie Strong
Texas
Caldwell
Mr. Strong
Lexington
Miss Sallie
Sallie
Strange Case of Eight Month Old Infant With Senile Debility
A New York City infant eight and a half months old is described as an old man in appearance due to senile debility, with mothers and doctors noting rapid early growth followed by swift decline and emaciation. The case, in a poverty crowded East One Hundred Twenty Fifth Street room, draws expert attention to infantile atrophy.
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New York
St. Louis
East One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Winter Hat Trends Provoke Wide Fashion Latitude
The piece notes broad freedom in hat styles for women, from picture hats to bonnets, with trimming choices and various widths. Millinery shops convey a generous scope, suggesting last year's hats can pass for this season with minor touches. The picture hat remains a dominant, oversized option amid fashion chatter and high demand.
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Acta
Teapots, Geisha Parasols, and Chinese Novelties Sweep Paris
The article notes a craze for teapots of any material and plentiful display, the pogoda-shaped Geisha parasol in high fashion, and Chinese novelties including Oriental fabrics and mother of pearl handles. Lighted tin lanterns sell in Paris as fashion forward accessories. The Komona is praised for its negligee style, while Napoleon I's death room is described as now a stable.
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Paris
Li Hung Chang
Neplige
Topeka Undertaker's Unsettling Funeral Parade Fashion
Whira Corts in Futuerudly, Topeka, reports an undertaker's new practice of dressing hearse and carriage drivers in white capes overcoats and plumed hats. The effect makes mixed impressions as drivers of varied sizes wear the outfits, drawing criticism for racial and visual impact.
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Whira Corts
Futuerudly
Ortaker
Its Sonurer Reveals Hidden Noise at Home
A fragment from Pick-Me-Up hints that HLit the dolmny opened his drrmm to Gnd where a noise emerged. His father returns and the noise is linked to little Johnny, suggesting a family mystery unveiled by the grown reveal.
Reckless Cyclist Spreads Wet Reputation in Toudon Traffic
Mr. Balfour is accused of cycling dangerously in Toudon traffic, harming his reputation as a reckless rider. The incident highlights concerns about safety and public conduct in the area.
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Mr. Balfour
Toudon
Trapped in Heat on Honduran Island 1846 Marooned Crew
Uncle Robert William Quimby relates a Fiji like tale from Lewiston about extreme heat on John's Discuit off Cape Gracias Honduras. He recalls four English sailors marooned there in 1846 and dying in a single hot day, with a note dated Liverpool found in a bottle.
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Robert William Quimby
Lewiston
Globe
Lewiston Journal
India
John's Discuit
Cape Gracias
Liverpool
Somnambulist Robbed Himself in Sleep
Bert McBride of Terre Haute Indiana reported a theft of trousers and fifteen dollars but investigators found he, while sleepwalking, stole and hid his own clothes and purse at the livery stable where he works. Co workers recalled him wandering about late at night and partially undressed. The missing items were recovered.
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Bert
Bert McBride
Terre Haute
Ind
McBride
Chicago
Sardine Eating Bets At Morganville Challenge
At Morganville Galord Wheeler bet he could eat ten boxes of sardines plus crackers and a half gallon of waiter in one hour Jie won by finishing in forty minutes adding fruit and soda. Flo offered to eat four more sardine boxes but the stake failed. A spectator bet Floyd could not eat a whole case, with the crowd ready to back the claim.
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Floyd
Morganville
Galord Wheeler
Jie
Flo
Caught Burglary Reporter Beat Editors With Early News
A Berlin burglar adopted a new profit method by sending full post burglary reports to a daily paper for payment. The editor grew suspicious after repeated incidents and alerted police, who found the amateur reporter could outpace rivals by providing early information.
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Berlin
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Cicero Town Board
Chicago & Northern Pacific R. R
Randolph Street
Waller Avenue
Erie Street
Prairie
Geo. R. Frankland
Washington Boulevard
Superior Street
Central Avenue
Lewis Avenue
Henry Street
MacDonald
Garfield Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
Mary J. Newman
Reynold
M. Bartoli
Bartoli
Windsor Avenue
Berkley Avenue
William J. Rawson
Hiflfon
Mousseline de Sole
Harper's Bazar
Pris
New York Journal
Naby
Vaneles and
Fada
Napoleon I
Mat
Telanid
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