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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1895
Page
2
Editorial notes urge preparing to vote on November fifth for city government in Cicero. The Republican convention ends with Martin B. Madden named Northern Illinois Republican leader. Lot Brown of Morton Park nominated for Drainage Commissioner by Cicero and Proviso delegates, with no city delegates voting for him.
The principal office of the VIN DICATOR is now at 107 North Park Avenue Austin over the post office where all communications should be addressed.
At an adjourned Cicero Town Board meeting the ordinance for an election on city government was passed. Full particulars in our next. FE S Conway of Oak Park named central committeeman for the Fourth District at the Republican County Convention. Oak Park boasts of the honor.
Attorney Ball of Oak Park won the Republican nomination for judge at Thursday's convention. Supporters call him eminently judicial and expect his election.
The Oak Park young Republicans narrowly failed to carry the regular ticket of Mrs. OO W Nash in a Wednesday primary. Mr Nash’s road fortune is noted as never having been beaten in an Oak Park Republican primary.
Richard G. Moulton of the University of Chicago will deliver six lectures in Library Trail Austin during October and November. He has shown lively interest in the University extension movement. Republican voters in Cook County were led in Chicago Wednesday by men who make city politics a profession, while Cicero and Proviso remained calm and kind as a June morning.
At the county convention on Thursday the Republicans nominated Drainage Trustees J. P. Mallette J. C. Braden Z. R. Carter B A Eckhart and William Boldenwick and Superior Court Judges Henry M. Shepard Tarlin Q. Ball.
In Maywood on Wednesday there was no opposition to the regular ticket. Delegates chosen to the convention Thursday were Oren H. Benson John Porter and John Soffel. They aligned with the county party wing. In Austin the county convention saw the Republican Club ticket selected with 156 votes. Delegates elected P. V. Castle S. S. Vastine H. H. Rearden George H. Park. Alternates H. Robinson W. Cline E. F. Abbott W. H. Bennett.
The Vindicator reports its Austin edition suffered destruction when a sack of papers on a Northwestern train at fifty miles per hour was torn apart by wheels. Readers lose a week’s issue while publisher arranges replacements from Oak Park edition and warns of continued delays.
Mass meeting in Moreland reveals deep rifts between the McKenna-Lundin-Barclay county faction and Ald. Sayle city faction. Balloting chaos includes locked doors, improvised boxes, and reported stuffing at Crawford and West Monroe precincts. Delegates named for county and city sides amid arrests and injuries.
At a Democratic meeting in Austin on Wednesday evening delegates were nominated for the county convention and a resolution passed demanding representation on the Board of Commissioners for Cicero in the drainage district. The note adds that James A. Bond is the favored candidate to support, though Bond is currently out of state and unaware of being named.
Petition presented to the Cicero Town Trustees seeks an election on forming an independent city government. Delegation led by Whitehead Bennett and Halley reports 555 signatures, with over 400 qualified voters. board to meet Wednesday to discuss and hear public remarks.
The Oaks club of Austin will hold its opening reception Tuesday evening next week to inaugurate the season with two winter events. Fitzgerald's full orchestra will provide music, and Sunper will serve midnight refreshments. A large attendance is expected, and the Oaks club remains a prominent social organization near Chicago renowned for rare events.
A brief poem recalls a school bell’s chime that urges punctuality. The speaker cherishes the bell’s memory, noting its steady reminders from dawn each day and its lasting impression on schooling and life.
The Oak Park club held a reception and dance last Tuesday with over six hundred guests. President Ainslie and wife greeted attendees in a lavishly decorated hall lit by electroliers and filled with flowers, music from Fitzgerald's orchestra, and a ballroom packed with dancing, supper, and social mingling extending past two in the morning. Attendees included numerous Oak Park, Evanston, and Chicago residents and families, with a noted list of guests and honorees.
Cicero Council No. 500 presented a Thursday evening program in Library Hall Austin featuring the Imperial Quartette and soprano Lucy Mae Roberts. Twelve selections delighted a large refined audience, and organizers are praised for a successful venture.
A calm meeting in Giles hall Austin with about forty attendees elected officers Jas H Wells president and G C Griffiths secretary and selected delegates to the county convention for drainage commissioners. Delegates named John Scully John M Dumphy R R Jam polis Ross C Hall James Graham with alternates listed. The convention is set for Saturday at the Austin town hall with voting at the Democratic primary next Friday.
Rolla C Button longtime Austin resident dies at age in his prime after illness and a bout with grippe. He had visited La Crosse Wisconsin for health. funeral held at Northfield TL on the old home site of his father.
J. J. Davenport veteran circus performer and clown has opened a training school on Madison Street near Wiftieth Street. The building hosts a regular circus ring 50 by 64 feet with a safety valve apparatus to protect beginners as horse and rider train. Davenport, once under John Robinson, hopes large turnout by November as spectators are admitted free.
Fire at Oak Park, Starry Jewell on 220 Clinton avenue damaged a piano and household items. Origin traced to a kerosene heater. crews struggled to locate it amid dense smoke before extinguishing the blaze. The double brick flat owned by Mrs. S. H. Sturtevant sustained minor damage. Jewell’s losses set at about $800, insured.
In Oak Park the Republican primary elected J. Ts. Tristram C. F. Walker H. R. Pebbles and S. D. Altridge as delegates to the county convention after a late surge by the regulars. Final tally 89 to 70 with 53 men in line at one point. Opposing ticket headed Regular Republican Ticket lists W. R. Townsend J. D. Everett H. E. Patrick S. D. Attridge.
Amelia B Barr discusses the value of good talk at meals in The Ladies Home Journal. She argues a dinner table benefits from reality in conversation and from engaging on rational subjects rather than narrow fads or monologues.
Arnold opens Maywood gallery with H A Arnold in charge and local listings include vacant Oak Park River Forest and Ridgeland properties. Long Grove Creamery offers fresh poultry eggs and cottage cheese at 134 Lake Street Oak Park. Community events note WCTU mothers meeting, G A R social, and local church activities with sermons, concerts and sales.
Northwest side cycling clubs including Columbia Aeolus Viking West Side Irving Park Garland Norwegian Turners and Clover will compete in a five heat road race to determine the Northwest Side Cup champion. The cup passes to the club after three wins by one team, with final arrangements set at the Viking Cycling clubhouse.
The Austin football team begins its season this Saturday at Merrick Park against the Wiinels Cycle club team. A. A. Briggs, ex Chicago Athletics, may play center. Most dates set, only two away games, aim to play all at home. Saturday games, Wednesday high school games, players double as Austin team members. Next Saturday they face the Linsdales at Merrick Park. Rugby rules govern with lights installed for evening practice two nights weekly. Players work daytime, practice at night. The boys promise strong football for the season.
A New York Sun excerpt promotes walking backward as a reliable remedy for nervous headaches. It claims relief within ten minutes, notes the body brain reflex action, and suggests a quiet entryway as the best walking space. The piece also links backward walking to improved poise for women and grazes the psychology of gait.
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