Cicero Town Board Seeks Careful Light Reform
Cicero trustees meet October 5 1896 reviewing street lighting Drainage petitions and sidewalk work plus sewer and ditch projects. The Cicero Light Heat and Power Co offers to lease its ore plant for 15 years with option to purchase, and bids on street lighting are filed.
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Home Avenue
Committee of Whole
Austin Park Improvement and Social Club
Dare
Ridgeland Avenue
Filmore
Harvard Streets
Harvard Street
24Th Street
52D
Oak Park Avenue
Division Street
Co. F. Kimball & Co
J. P. Hohman
Superior Street
Kaiser Miara Hawthorne
E. A. Cummings
H.C. Hansen
H.C. Hansen, 32 Cents; Mrs. I. Mueller, $2.02, and $5.20. H. W. Austin
H. W. Austin
Isaac Herr
John Kelley & Co
R. F. Conway
Rearden
Committee On Fire and Water
81St Street
Lyman
Prairie Avenue
Cicero Avenue
D1st Street
Engineer and Finance Committee
Fpeport
Thayer & Jackson Stationary Company
Gunthorp
Cicero
G. M. Davis
Cicero Heat, Light and Power Company
Police Telephone and Signal Company
Pease Court
Hancock Avenue
26Th
27Th Streets
Clyde Avenue
27Th Street
West 48Th Street
Owasco Street
Iowa
Augusta Street
Cuyler Avenue
Lake Street
Waller Avenue
Said Street
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Randolph Street
Pine
Park Avenues
Park and
Waller Avenes
MacDonald
Clyde Engine House
Weeping Tree of the Canary Islands Produces Fresh Water
The canary laurel tree sheds water from its leaf margins in day and night. Heat expels vapor that forms droplets on the edges, which at dusk condense into liquid drops. Residents collect this clean water from beneath the tree for beverages.
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Canary Islands
London Mail
A New Lamp Promises Gentle Light From Italy
An Italian inventor claims a lamp that weighs as little as a standard lamp yet generates its own gas. It costs only a fifth of ordinary gas and shines as bright as an electric lamp with a whiter glow. The device offers clean odorless illumination, challenging electric and gas firms, though real results may vary from promises.
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Pittsburg
Why He Wouldn't Go War Talk in Washington Star
In a chatty exchange, a glasses wearing man jokes about a hypothetical W war. Keener dismisses the idea, while another quips about being too nearsighted to go. The dialogue frames reluctance as personal eyesight limits.
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Keener
Washington Star
Paris Plans a Giant Rotating Tower Palace of Progress
The piece reports on a proposed Montmartre built rotary tower in Paris named the Palace of Progress. M. Devic’s design features a moving outer room turning at about 2.5 mph with hydraulic power costing 87.12 francs. Rozier and Marchand finance and manage stock with venues like the Moulin Rouge and Casino de Paris tying in to a ballroom and artificial ice rink attraction.
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Paris
Seine
Maine
Rozier
Marchand
Follies Bergeres
Palais de Glace
Pole Nord
Cottaro
Buckingham Palace
Winter Palace
St. Petersburg
Cettinje
Luli
Lycee Louis-le- Grand
Nicolas
Garde de la France
Montenegro
Form on the Track Shows Riders Varied Conditioning
A veteran rider once among the fastest in the world fails to win open events, despite methods suggesting victory. The piece argues that late hours and lax discipline harm form, urging strict training discipline and fair effort to ensure equal chances and honest competition. Bear ings notes the rider’s tendency toward sociability over strict regimen.
Extreme Division of Labor in Knife Making
A historical note describes knife production as requiring 70 artisans from blade forging to final finishing, illustrating an extreme division of labor. The process spans multiple specialized roles before the knife reaches the market.
No place too low for ascent to heaven
A reflection on moral ascent suggesting that no situation is so degraded that one cannot rise to a higher spiritual state. The statement emphasizes resilience and hope beyond earthly constraints.
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Earth
Prince Nicolas of Montenegro and Helena betrothal tale
A portrait of Prince Nicolas of Montenegro and Helena of Montenegro foreshadows a union with Italy's Crown Prince Vittorio Emannuele amid European court gossip. The piece highlights Nicolas's dynastic lineage, Montenegrin independence, customs, and Russia ties, plus notes on Helena's rise and the political implications across European powers.
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Princess Helena
Crown Prince OF
Italy
Lord Tennyson
Black Mountain
Montenegro
Prince Nicolas
Helena
Rhode Island
Princesa Helena
Royal
Cettinje
Martherita
Prince of
Naples
Europe
Clementine
Belgium
Leopold II
Fedora
Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Maria Annunziata
Austria
Maria Maddalena
George
Greece
Athens
London
Vittorio Emmanuele Fernandino Maria Gennaro
Nicolas of
Sultan Solyman
Ghosts Haunt New Jersey Hills After Mysterious Murders
A New Jersey region between West Orange and the Passaic River is described as ghost infested after multiple murders and suicides. Witnesses report sightings of Phoebe Paulin’s murdered spirit, the headless ghost of Charles Souder, and other apparitions near graves, cottages, and a ruin.
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Weat Orange
N. J
Passaic River
The
New York World
America
Phoebe Paulin
William Werner
Charles Souder
Eagle Rock
John Beach
Orange
Specters
First
Second Mountains
Pleasantdale
Phoebe
Second Mountain
Werner
Jacob Williams
Choctaw Hil
Roseland
Nouse
Placing the Family and Boys Paths in Public Life
An Atlanta Constitution snippet sketches a family choosing paths for each son. Dick studies law Jim preaches the gospels Ben pursues politics Bob lags, with a humorous remark about sending him to Congress if needed The exchange reflects early 20th century attitudes toward profession and public service.
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Jim
Ben
Bob
Congress
Atlanta Constitution
Loving Mother Seeks Help for Clumsy 21-Year-Old Son
A New York World note quotes a mother describing her only child as painfully awkward. She fears his clumsiness will cause harm, requesting advice on enabling him to become graceful and suggesting a fare bank trial, then to write back with results.
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Helin
Senate
Supreme Tribunal
Black Mountain
Montenegro
Lovchen
Europe
Russia
New York World
Light penetration in water reaches deep moonless-night darkness
Photography notes sunlight fails to affect plates at 553 feet depth. A Mennonite colony in Indiana abandons its creed and will vote in the upcoming election.
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Indiana
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Chicago
Herald
Special Assessment Committee
TRI
France
England
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M. Devic
Palace of Progress
Rough Rock Throne
Freedom
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Njogosch
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