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Oak Park Vindicator

Location

Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1899

Page

7

Races Open At Chicago Driving Club Meet

Harness events at the Chicago Driving Club track on Central avenue and Twelfth street opened with fast times and close finishes. A dead heat in the free-for-all between Miss Maymo and Sherman Clay highlighted a program that included 2:35 2:25 2:15 pace and various trots, with purses set at 400 dollars and a track record attempted by Muggins.

Chicago Driving Club Central Avenue Twelfth Street Unity Josh Fred Yoalsum Amini Toledo Boy Ness Meyer Miss Lycurgus Clematis Nina V Ethel G Carrie J Ione Alit Lone Miss Maymo Split Silk Ainsworth Sherman Clay Chicago Silk Grace Greenlander Lady Lambert Dedron, Jr Ramage Fay Highwood Walter K Daisy Field Starmount Rockley Boy Billy Bowman Mardino Louise Patchen Slipp Stuff Miss Greenlander Robert Greenlander Black Blondin Hunter Belle Jorden Randall A. W. McElroy W. Hayes W. L. Peck Robert N. Newton Yorkville Ind W. T. Smith Joseph Hartford B. H. Roteclerk J. B. Crafts

Popular Music Co Offers Full Sheet Pieces by Mail

An Indianapolis ad seeks three music teachers or performers on piano or organ and twenty five cents for six new and popular sheet music pieces. Pieces include The Flower that won my Heart Mamie O Rourke March Manila and other tunes as played by the U S Marine Band.

Mamie O'Rourke Manila Dewey U. S. Marine Band Washington, D. C Popular Music Co Indianapolis Ind

Coal dealer PATRICK offers savings on orders

C B PATRICK promotes winter coal supplies and price savings. He handles all kinds of coal in any quantity with carload lots a specialty, located at Austin avenue and Lake street in Austin.

Austin Illinois

Electric Bitters urged for recovery and renewed appetite

A testimony from J. W. Gardner of Idaville Indiana touts Electric Bitters as a cure for stomach, liver and kidney troubles plus general weakness. He claims the tonic restored appetite and energy, noting it helped him eat anything and feel renewed. Available for 50 cents at Traill & Cooling and Chas. P. Miller drug stores with a guarantee.

J. W. Gardner Idaville Ind Traill & Cooling’s Chas. P. Miller’s

Town Notices and Social Notes Highlight Local Life

Typhoid patient Carl Holdridge is ill at 885 North Linden avenue while George Hemingway and family deal with diphtheria in Mt. Pleasant Ohio. Nakama Club held a musicale at Kenilworth Hall with listed artists. D A R chapter to meet October 19 at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Barton to speak on maintaining ties to the past through patriotic societies. First Congregational Church women meet biweekly for sewing with luncheons and talks. next meeting October 27. Epworth League of First Methodist hosted an autumn social with a pumpkin centerpiece and refreshments. Unclaimed letters at Oak Park post office include many local names.

George Hemingway Mt. Pleasant Ohio George Rogers Clark R. F. Storke Forest Avenue Barton First Congregational Church Epworth League of the First Methodist Church Oak Park Ill Edward G. Adams W. C. Ballney Birdie Barr

Foreign Notes Highlight Global Events and Trends

Tokio fires devastate 3027 homes while St. Petersburg plans an underground railway. Berlin hires female sign painters. German press lauds American consular service. Excavations near Brussels reveal a 2000 year old find. Famine in European Russia contrasts with good Siberian crops. Peasants starve, even eating thatch. London police ban tan shoes as too stylish. German beer sales rise in Britain. fears of war impact. Swiss neutrality concerns grow. Tunis census shows 20000 French residents. French wealth shifts to English and Belgian banks per London Leader. Prison reforms include boot brushes for men and nightdresses for women. Stockholm telephone fees rise with 8% profit. In Prussia from 1875 to 1895, 50,000 Jewish women married. 10% to non-Jews. Berlin figures 25% in recent years.

St. Petersburg Berlin Brussels Russia Siberia London England Switzerland Tunis Stockholm Prussia

Tracings of Doubt, Soul, and Love in Fables

A series of brief moral tales features doubt denying existence to a soul, a man who built a house for visitors yet complained of solitude, a child and butterfly debating a day’s life, and Love seeking entry to a heart. A dying man chides Glory for arriving late, while Glory notes arriving after the funeral.

Glory

Arnica Salve touted as miracle cure in old ad

The ad claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed G B Steadman of Newark Michigan after a civil war wound and promises cures for cuts burns boils felons and skin eruptions. It markets the salve as the best pile cure on earth with a twenty five cent price and a cure guaranteed, sold by Traill & Zooling and Chas P Miller druggists.

G. B. Steadman Newark Mich Bucklen Traill &Zooling Chas. P. Miller

Austin Methodist Church announces Sunday services and rally

First M. E. church of Austin led by Rev. A. M. White lists Sunday services from 9 30 morning sermon to 7 30 evening sermon and midweek prayer. A mass meeting for the new church is set for Sunday Oct 22 at Library Hall with speakers Hon Clayton E. Crafts and Hon C S. Cutting. further notice next week.

Austin Methodist Church M. E Church of Austin A. M. White Library Hall Clayton E. Crafts C. S. Cutting

First Congregational Church Weekly Schedule and Events

The First Congregational Church at Waller Avenue and Midway Park, led by Pastor W. L. Demorest, lists services and events including morning worship at 10:50 and 30:30, Sunday school at 12:15, Junior and Intermediate programs, vesper from 5 to 6, and a 5 p.m. vesper topic The Christ in and for the World. Upcoming: Christian Endeavor meetings October 15 and 22 with subjects on Last Opportunities and Hull House work, plus a juvenile court Hull House address by Mrs. A P Stevens. The home department, led by Mrs. W. R. Gray, met discussing Housekeeper's Day and recipes.

First Congregational Church Waller Avenue Midway Park W. L. Demorest Iowa Street North Pine Avenue Christian Endeavor Hull House A. P. Stevens Cook County The Congregational Church W. R. Gray

Austin Episcopal Church Service Schedule

Austin Episcopal on Waller Avenue and Ohio Street lists early communion at 7 30 a m morning service at 10 30 Sunday school at noon and evening service at 7 30 led by Rector Rev S L Mitchell The dining room of Library Hall will host a harvest home supper for the Episcopal Guild on Monday at 6 o clock the supper is in the dining room of Library Hall.

Waller Avenue Ohio Street S. L. Mitchell The Episcopal Guild

Oak Park M. E. Church Services Schedule

Rev. W. H. Burns, pastor, presides over worship at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Sunday school meets at noon, Junior League at 3:30 p.m., and Senior League at 6:30 p.m.

W. H. Burns

Euclid Avenue M E Church to Host Lecture by S J Christley

The Euclid Avenue M E Tabernacle, led by Pastor J Clayton Yonker, announces Sunday services and Epworth League events. On Monday evening October 30, The Hon. S J Christley of Chicago will deliver a lecture titled Under the Evening Lamp. Admission is 25 cents, and press reports praised the talk, hoping for large attendance.

Euclide Avenue M. E J. Clayton Yonker S. H. Goodyear Epworth S. J. Christley Chicago Euclid Avenue M. FE. Tabernacle

Local Business Notes On Wood Coal Music And Butter

Classified items announce wood and coal by C B Patrick and a dancing season opening by Frank Harris Peak. J Dellers offers private party music from 77 Elgin Oak Park. Butter ad highlights Gra ham dairy union label and Itasca Creamery. Mrs J N Adams buys bakery restaurant at 52nd and Lake streets.

Frank Harris Peak Superior Street J. Dellers Elgin Street Oak Park Illinois Dairy Union Gurantee Graham Telephone Itasca J. N. Adams N. Park Avenue John Gronendyke Fifty-second Lake Streets

Miller's Drug Store Promotes Cough Syrup and Cold Capsules

Oak Park advertises Miller's Drug Store with Columbian Cough Syrup and Cold Capsules at 206 Lake Street. The Oak Park Tailoring Company offers a first class suit or overcoat, and violin instructor Aiden C. Snow announces a class with address in the issue.

Miller's Drug Store Lake Street Oak Park Tailoring Company Aiden C. Snow Oak Park

First Baptist Church Service Schedule

Sunday morning worship at 10 30. Sunday school at noon. Evening sermon at 7 30. Young People meeting after evening service. Midweek prayer meeting Wednesday evening at o clock. Rev. Clarence E Lapp is the pastor.

Clarence E. Lapp

Second Baptist Church Service Times Listed

The Rev. J. D. Collins pastor conducts Sunday worship at 10 30 morning Sunday school at noon and evening service at 7 30. Midweek prayer Wednesday 8 pm. Ladies prayer meeting Thursday 2 30 pm at Old Presbyterian Church on South boulevard.

J. D. Collins Old Presbyterian Church South Boulevard

Austin Christian Church Oyster Supper Announcement

The Austin Christian church schedule notes services at 11 o clock with pastor George A Campbell and Sunday school at 10 a m. A church oyster supper with a literary program will be held Thursday evening Oct 19 from 8 to 10 at 285 N Park Ave tickets 25 cents available at the Austin Fair. Pastor Campbell is in Cincinnati this week for convention.

Christian Church George A. Campbell Austin Christian Church N. Park Avenue Geo. A. Campbell Cincinnati

Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church Schedule

The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran church on Waller avenue and Iowa street in Austin lists Sunday activities: Sunday school at 9 30 a m morning worship at 10 30 a m and evening service at 7 30 p m Pastor J N Brandelle resides at 725 North Waller avenue.

Lutheren Waller Avenue Iowa Street Austin N. Brandelle North

Home Merchants Prove Reliable and Worthy Patrons

Local shoppers praise area merchants for dependable service and fair pricing. Residents report consistent product availability and courteous staff, reinforcing trust in their neighborhood retailers.

Wanted managers in nearby counties with salary 900 a year

The Dominion Company seeks several bright honest persons to act as managers in this and neighboring counties. Salary 900 yearly plus expenses for permanent, home based office work. Send references from any bank in any town and a self-addressed stamped envelope to Dominion Company Dept. 3 Chicago.

The Dominion Company Dept. 3 Chicago

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Miss Williams Bake A.E. Hart C. J. Roath ER. Moore Randolph Street Heile SEARS Rotbuck 4 CO Chicagg Cicero Telephone Insley Bros Waller Ave Austin, Ill August Terneak & CO Sweetheart Bell Fisher Building Park Ave D. G. Vanderwolff Austin Ver Haviem Furniture and Piano Moving N. Eare Av E. Jackson Street Tel Harrison Pacific AV Draughon St Louis Mon Galveston Tex Savannah Texarkana John Price Justice of the Peace Fifty-Second St. Austin Iit Lake St Walter G. Kraft Chamber of Commerce Building Washington St S. E. Cor. la Salle Thatcher River Forest Cornelia St North Park Ave Frank Bratt W. D. Cornell Masonic Hall North Park Avenue, Austin A . Ee New York Sears, Roebuck & Co C. B. Patrick Austin Ave. and Beave News OF the Town Carl Holdridge Linden Avenue Tokio Austin Episcopal M. E. Church Lake County Emerson Ingalls NEW York Life Ins. CO Oak Park Ave L. S. Pinney Wisconsi Business Personals First Baptist Church Second Baptist Church P. B. Saur M. Champlain Tel. Main Cor. State & Sadison Geo. B. Burns S. Prairie Ave Kennard Sera Toa Tg Anaeae Ee Mastin Wom Women’ Ss Club Abbott Block Sweetheaart Nell Miss Virginia Kentucky Elliott Waltzes King's Musketeers la Bouton International Music CO USF Sears, Roebuck & CO. (Inc E. Lindberg Marion Street Arthur J. Kendall Wesley Avenue Tol S. Clark St Hugh Gair Stoves Tiana Ban Magee Myatice
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