Round Trip Tickets Chicago to New York $31 Via B and O
Round trip tickets from July 1 to October 20 price 31 dollars for Chicago to New York with stop overs in Washington Baltimore Philadelphia or at the Pan-American Exposition Buffalo returning. Passengers may visit Atlantic City or other seaside resorts. Send 14 cents for Guide to Washington and Reasons Why. For information contact C G Lemmon 244 Clark Street or BN Austin 185 Adams Street Chicago.
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Chicago
New York
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Atlantic City
C.G. Lemmon
Clark Street
BN. Austin
Adams Street
Money to loan on real estate in Chicago area
Money to loan on real estate advertised by Geo A Philbrick treasurer. No commission by Cicero school trustees. Office listed as room 916 Stock Exchange Building 108 La Salle Street Chicago.
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Cicero
Geo. A. Philbrick
Stock Exchange Building
la Salle Street
Chicago
North Side Kindergarten Opens in Austin
North Side Kindergarten at 203 North Park Ave Austin announces a full corps of teachers and invites mothers to visit. The program offers every advantage to children.
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North Park Ave
Austin
Pan American rail fares to Buffalo and beyond
Pan American routes offer $13.00 to Buffalo and return at $18.00, with Nickel Plate line daily, fifteen day limit. Twenty day tickets cost $16.00 return, five day tickets $6.00 on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays for coach travel only. Through service to New York and Boston with lowest rates. For details and Pan American folder, contact John Y. Calahan, general agent, 111 Adams Street, Chicago.
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Nickel Plate Road
New York
Boston
John Y. Calahan
Adams Street
Chicago
Retinoscope Clinic Advertises Eye Examinations in Austin
Scientific optician offers improved eye exams using the retinoscope claimed to measure vision perfectly. Dr Jenner performs all examinations at the Masonic Building office with hours 7 30 to 9 p m and Sundays 2 to 4 p m. Telephone 78 and house calls promptly attendable.
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Austin
Jenner
Masonic Building
Austin Town News Highlights Local Then and Now
Wm. McGill builds a large flat at 5225 Indiana street for 56000 dollars. Miss Julia Chapman hosts Springfield visitors from Illinois. Walter Guy travels to Des Moines to craft artistic fireplaces for Mr. Chamberlain. Mr. R. J. Bennett spoke on Japan at the Thifty second Avenue Presbyterian church. Rumor said Lawrence Geddis died in Omaha, but he is alive and ill, with his mother beside him. Wedding bells for Miss Katherine Francis Thurber and M. E. W. Teagle planned for October 24 in Chicago. Juanita Ford heads to Cohoes via Buffalo for six months with relatives. Various society gatherings, lectures, and club meetings noted, plus trips to the South and river voyage plans for New Orleans arrivals. Kate M. Cleary’s story in McClure’s earns praise.
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Julia Chapman
South Austin Avenue
Springfield
Ill
Walter Guy
Des. Moines
Chamberlain
R. J. Bennett
Japan
Thifty Second Avenue Presbyterian Church
Lawrence Geddis
Omaha
Katherine Francis Thurber
South Park Avenue
M. E. W. Teagle
Chicago
Juanita Ford
Superior Street
Will T. Ford
Cohoes
N. Y
Buffalo
May Brown
Hattie Freeman
Danville, NL
Lottie J. Wiley
G. M
L. H. Howell
North Pine Avenue
J. E. Thorndyke
Catholic Woman’s National League
Masonic Temple
S. W. Silsbee
Oakdale
South
Park Avenue
W. S. Ryder
South Boulevard
United States
Warrington
Thomas Warrington
Emma Walker
Rena S. Tuthill
Ed Walser
Harry Walker
Will Custer
Robert Sullivan
Chester Gordon
George Branston
Jennie Custer
Kate Fleming
Ava Snow
Marie Bartelme
Evelyn Murray
Estelle Emerson
C. E. Crafts
S. C. Crafts
Ohio
Fred Hill
Kenosha
Austin High School
Library Hall
Leicester Newbie
South Haven
T. P. Elliott
Taylor A. Snow
Kate M. Cleary
Washington Boulevard
McClure
Ben Hur Engagement at the Illinois Theatre Limited Season
Ben Hur and Ben Hur's engagement at the Illinois Theatre for a limited season only. Orders for seats for any performances of the first two weeks must be accompanied by money order or check, sent in the order of their receipt.
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Ben Hur
I Linolaig
Mandolin Guitar and Banjo Instruction Ad
F I Newell offers mandolin guitar and banjo lessons at 626 FM Arts Building or 211 North Central Avenue. Mail P O Box 256 Austin Station for details.
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F. I. Newell
North Central Avenue
P. O
Austin Station
Oak Park Social Notes Highlight Local Moves and Visits
Mr and Mrs R W Seers welcome a baby boy at 13% Oak Park Avenue. Kathryn Abbott returns from a European trip visiting Switzerland Italy and Germany. Misses Ingram to lead a dance class at Oak Park club. Dr Storke back from his country home and ready for business. Harry Robinson recovering from a St Louis streetcar accident and suing for 306000. P J Fallon travels to Oklahoma for hunting. Hal Hilton and Gertrude Hilton return to Oak Park. Mrs George Charlton returns from Charlevoix Michigan. Walter Gale winters at Windemere Hotel Chicago. Hilton sisters host cards for Mrs Richard Hilton of Riverside, once Miss Lucile Badger.
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Kathryn Abbott
Chicago
Park
Switzerland
Italy
Germany
Ingram
Oak Park Club
Dr. Storke
Oconomowoc
Wiks
Harry Robinson
Park Hotel
St. Louis
St. Louis Company
P. J. Fallon
Oklahoma
Hal Hilton
Oak Park
Gertrude Hilton
New York
George Charlton
All Oaks Avenue
Charlevoix
Richard Hilton
Riverside
Austin
Oak Park Society
Lucile Badger
Ladies Tailoring in Austin at North Park Avenue
The ladies of Austin are told of a first class tailor offering the latest Chicago and Austin styles at prices below city rates. A careful inspection of work is urged. Call at 103 North Park Avenue, upstairs. MRE. J. BD. PERRY.
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Austin
North Park Avenue
Chicago
MRE
J. BD. Perry
Austin churches mark anniversaries and autumn services
The Austin area churches announce events including the second anniversary of Rev. Clarence Elgine Lapp at Austin Baptist Church with morning address and evening theme The Life of Christ, plus roll call by the B Y P A. Other churches list Sunday services, sermons, and upcoming events such as a Trip Around the World in a Tally-ho at the M E B church, and a new kindergarten at Fifty-second Avenue Presbyterian. Also noted are Holy Communion and prayers at St Pauls Episcopal, Unity Church worship, First Baptist and First Methodist services, and an invitation to all. A health ad promotes Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets with free samples at local pharmacies.
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Austin
Austin Baptist Church
Clarence Elgine Lapp
Christ
Austin Christian Church
George B. Charles
Lord
Methodist Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. EB
Nicodemus
Fifty-second Avenue Presbyterian Church
ST. Paul’s Church
Episcopal
Midway Park
Waller Avenue
S. L. Mitchell
Ohio Street
Unity Church
R. F. Johannot
First Baptist Church
First Methodist Church
John Norris Hall
Epworth League
First Church
Congregational
William E. Barton
Louis Falkus
Local Oak Park Mourns Two Deaths in Brief Notices
Joseph Kettestrings aged 29 dies at 507 North Oak Park avenue. Electrician known in Oak Park. survived by mother and three brothers and many relatives. Grandfathers founded Kettlestrings Grove. Reuben Whaples noted as second Oak Park settler. Also WM Fowler, 34, painter of 5725 Cedar street, dies October 8 of consumption. survived by wife and three children. burial at Elgin.
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Joseph Kettlestrings
J. W. Kettlestrings
Oak Park Avenue
Kettlestrings
Oak Park
WM. Fowler
Cedar Street
Fowler
Elgin
Exhibition of Etchings at The Art Store Oak Park
Original and reproductive etchings by famous artists including Rembrandt Millet Whistler Had en Rajon Gravesande Platt Moran Jacque Meissonier Waltner and others. In preparation an exhibition of water colors by European and American artists. Permanent exhibition of pictures for the school room. Framing of pictures a specialty. J Shiffman 210 Lake Street Oak Park. Telephone Oak Park 157.
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Rembrandt
Milleto Whistler
Haden
Rajon
Gravesande
Platt
Moran
Jacque
Meissonier
Waltner
J. Shiffman
Lake Street
Oak Park
Telephone
Rickel Plate Road Ticket Sale for Buffalo Expo
The Rickel Plate Road will sell tickets each Tuesday Thursday and Saturday during October to Buffalo Pan American exposition and return at six dollars. Good in coaches with a return limit of five days from date of sale. Tickets with longer limits available at slightly increased rates. Three through daily trains operate from Chicago passenger station at Van Buren street and Pacific avenue. City ticket office at 111 Adams Street Chicago. No. 36 October.
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Buffalo
Jewelry listings and prices from Vanguard Crescent Street
The snippet shows catalog style items from Appleton Tracy & Co featuring amedines and various watches and jewelry. Entries reference Bart, gilded pieces, nickel jewel counts, Waltham Riverside Maximus and ruby designs with model numbers and jewel counts. The text lists several item codes such as No 820 nickel-15 jewels and No 610-7 jewels.
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Crescent Street
Appleton, Tracy & Co. Amedines
Bart Ptt
Bart Att
Waltham
Siim Riverside
Riverside
The Pantorium Pressing and Cleaning Note
A local cleaner advertises gentlemen suit cleaning and pressing for 75 cents and pants for 25 cents, ladies skirts 50 cents, promising first class tailoring at reasonable rates. customers urged to bring in suits and overcoats before the rush to 1385 N Park Avenue in Austin.
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Roberts
N. Park Avenue
Austin
Odds and Ends From a Bygone Era
A collection of curious facts notes Black walnut weighs less than half ebony, no woman has joined St Catherine’s convent on Mount Sinai for 1400 years, Spain’s foreign population is smaller than Norway’s, since 1890 pensions exceed 1.5 billion dollars, France and Germany face wheat shortfalls, average savings bank deposits exceed 400 dollars while Europe averages 100, compound locomotives total 5 percent of the fleet, and the Marconi station on the Nantucket lightship is a success with several transatlantic steamers in contact.
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St. Catherine
Mount Sinai
Spain
Europe
Norway
France
Germany
Marconi
Nantucket
Buffalo Pan Am tickets on Nickel Plate line
Tickets sell for 13 dollars round trip valid fifteen days and 16 dollars round trip valid twenty days. Three daily trains with vestibuled creeping cars. Dining cars offer meals from 35 cents to 1 dollar. Address John Y Calahan general agent 111 Adams Street Chicago No 38 Oct.
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Buffalo Pan-American
Nickel Plate Road
John Y. Calahan
Adams Street
Chicago
Trolley Systems Expand Across Major Cities
Trolley networks grow in scope as major utilities consolidate. Massachusetts Electric controls 776 miles, Brooklyn Rapid Transit 522 miles, Chicago Union Traction 486 miles, Philadelphia Union Traction 448 miles, Metropolitan Street Railway 428 miles, and West End of Boston 370 miles, highlighting rising concentration.
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Massachusetts Electric Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit System
Chicago Union Traction Company
Union Traction Company
Philadelphia
Metropolitan Street Railway of
New York
West End Company
Boston
Career of A. J. Balfour in Parliament and Cabinet
The Hon. Arthur James Balfour entered Parliament at twenty five, became a Cabinet minister at thirty eight and led the House at forty three.
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A. J. Balfour
Arthur James Balfour
Fruit as Luxury in London Hotels Sparks Grudging Billing
The London Mail reports that hotelkeepers treat fruit as a costly luxury with extra charges. Even in new hotels, breakfast offers many free dishes, yet fruit like a cherry or banana appears only on the bill.
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London
London Mail
Visitors to Carlyle birthplace in Dumfriesshire decline
During the year ending August 31 the Carlyle birthplace in Dumfriesshire drew 1285 visitors, thirteen fewer than the prior year and fifty-seven fewer than in 1899, reflecting a continued drop in turnout for the historic site.
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Carlyle
Dumfrieshire
Tale of a Cow Escapes Into House in Siesta Exchange
A cow being moved from Sydney to Blakeney wandered into a house, climbed twenty two steps to a bedroom, and prepared for a nap. A second cow was brought to the bottom of the stairs, and the first cow descended to invite the newcomer to join the slumbers before both were sent back to the street.
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Sydney
Blakeney
Portsmouth
Eng
Evening News
Not Legal to Burn Money After Death
After Harvey Scott of Faribault Minnesota died a will ordered $43500 in money he possessed be burned to deprive distant relatives of any immediate benefit. Heirs contested and won in probate court, so the funds will be divided among the beneficiaries in Pennsylvania Ohio Minnesota and California.
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Harvey Scott
Faribault
Minn
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Minnesota
California
Nordenskjold Ancestors Said to Wear Crowns in Royal Lineage
A Swedish genealogist claims the late explorer Nordenskjold descended from crowned ancestors including his grandfather and great-grandfather who were prominent in the army. The royal connection comes through his mother, and it is noted that Nansen may also have royal blood.
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Nordenskjold
Nansen
Theater Motto Suggestion at Cleveland's Van Buren House
W S Cleveland announces a possible motto for Cleveland's new theater on Van Buren between Wabash and Michigan avenues. The proposed line invites patrons to leave their worries at the door so they may forget them upon exiting.
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W. S. Cleveland
Cleveland
van Buren Street
Wabash and
Michigan Avenues
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M. J. Madigan
Worth Park Avenue
Ansta Sation
August Terneak & CO
Aden
Oak Park, Ill
Book OF Designs
E. B. Moore
Randolph Otrest
Arthur J. Kendall
Justice of the Peace
S. Clark St
Hugh Gair
Geo. D. Hoffman Furnaces
Lake St. Oak Park, Ill
Annewalt
Austin and Vicinity
Distinete Skee Light, Fleet & Power Building
Cor. Central Ave
Boul
Rlem Savings. Bank
Madison ‘St. Harlem
Dil
Boots
T. E. Connelly
Telephons
CANAL
4Th Street
Walter W. Mayne
Marion Street
Baltimore and
North Side
Scientific Optician
News OF the Town
McGill
Indiana Street
R. H. Traill
Belleville
Canada
Mrs. S. W. Silsbee
R. W. Seers
Steege
L. J. Steege
Masonic Hall
Tel
Avenue Pharmacy
G. H. Harris
North 48Th Avenue
Schnitzus’ Pharmacy
Rickel Plate Road
Eva
Siza
Lapies
W. R. Wellnach
Ecgiin—Ladtigs
Seos
Waltham O Sram
Jevels
Oak Park Bakery
PHONE
Abert Erson
N. Park Ave
Chicago, Ill
Costase
Edwin Osgood
General Cement Contractor
North
Euclid Ave
Odds and
North End Bakery
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