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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1897
Page
2
The text presents a jumble of classifieds and notices including a WANTED WASHING ad seeking daily or home service with contact Mrs. Cunningham at 5632 Ohio Street. It also mentions a post at Headquarters Kelpatelok Post 276 and evening meetings at Odd Fellows Hall in Austin.
A common law principle makes a household liable for newspapers left at the door even without formal subscription. A Cicero resident refused bills for Staats Zeitung, yet the publisher Hessing won 880.00 for ten years of implied subscription.
Column reports Oak Park Colonel Watts in command at Postal Station Td and lists church assignments in Austin and River Forest. Mentions Cicero ordinance sales, street railway disputes, tax levies, and ongoing political battles over rail and fare policy. Notes marriage disruptions, Cook County court reforms, and Yerkes franchise tensions amid looming congressional fights.
The Metropolitan Elevated’s September earnings show little improvement while a court filing notes a $1 430.20 fare drop from August. Daily averages stay similar as September loses one service day. operating costs fall. Payroll savings and voucher reductions lift cash on hand by $18 256.80 versus August.
Official utterances suggest the President and cabinet doubt Spain’s sincerity in peace efforts for Cuba. They welcome Weyler’s recall but fear it is a ploy to avoid intervention. McKinley intends decisive action if Spain fails to act in good faith.
A special citizens committee failed to reach an agreement Tuesday evening with Cicero Water Gas and Electric Light Company representatives over selling the plant to the town. Demagogues caused the town to lose its opportunity months ago.
New York dispatch reports John Z White, famed Chi Capo single taxer and Bryanite, will travel to New York by train to campaign against reform efforts. White, a Ciceronian and resident of Austin, plans to stump for his cause in Greater New York.
A court modified injunctive terms against Suburban Railroad to allow crossing at Robinson Avenue in Cicero until a permanent crossing agreement is reached. The order lets Suburban drive trains across the Diagon Perminal Transfer and Chicago Grn Western tracks, with operation limited to the crossing until further court order.
The article reports on a reshuffle with Associate Justice rumored retirement and Attorney General Mehkenta likely successor. It notes Secretary of State How and others poised for promotions while several cabinet posts may change, including possible Attorney General Me- Weta vacancy and Theodore Roosevelt moving to Navy.
A disputed ordinance argues whether passenger service can continue toward the city while restricting freight. The town seeks a one year window to allow trips from Cicero to Chicago depot under curbs, with objections over terms and potential voiding of rights.
A court filing states that the company and its successors must continue trips to the Grand Central depot in Chicago unless they choose not to. The text signals concerns about the legal phrasing and enforceability of the motion.
At the last Cicero town board meeting President Trail was asked to investigate car runs on the Suburban Rail line between Fifty-second Avenue and the Metropolitan elevated terminus. The franchise requires six cars daily but no fixed schedule, leading to inconsistent service and underuse of the Forty-eighth Avenue link. Trail has requested a time card from the company, while concerns rise that rivals may imitate the partial service model once the Fifty-second Avenue line opens. The piece stresses the need for town officials skilled in drafting enforceable ordinances to curb such evasions.
Albert W Bryant of Lexington Massachusetts marked fifty years in Masonic life with a gift from Hiram Lodge Arlington a large reclining chair with a Psalm 47 inscription. He is the lodge's oldest member and a longtime Odd Fellows participant at eighty four he remains active in both fraternities. His son Arthur W Bryant lives in Oak Park.
The Oaks Club in Austin announces a new Dancing Class starting Monday evening October under W Allan Rourke of Chicago as instructor. The program includes children and adults with sessions from 7 15 to 9 30 pm and a reception with Fitzgerald's orchestra. Special reduced rates offered for groups. details available at the club on Mondays or by writing W Allan Rourke Vincennes Avenue Chicago.
The reading room will hold a new book list through Saturday evening including titles from Piction Jewett Country of the Pointertairs Merriman Sowers Atehell Haigh Wynne Wilkins Jer ome Yeats and several others such as Mediaeval Art Henderson Morrison and Harpers Dictionary. Additional works span geography biography and literary criticism from standard volumes and catalogued series.
Bucelen's Arnica Salve claims to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers burns chapped hands chilblains sunburns and skin eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded priced at 25 cents a box sold by Lovell's drug store Oak Park and Traill's Drug Store Austin.
Cicero sub committee will meet to report on the Cicero Gas Water and Electric Light plant sale offer of 1 820 000 to the town. Residents debate a 70 000 yearly payment over 26 years and question net earnings and legality of financing. The broker for current owners may push to reduce the price.
Oak Park club continues its monthly Gentlemens Evening events with a set program of stories by Opie Read and musical highlights. Supper and cards remain part of the evening as attendance grows. All entertainments will now start at 8 15 PM to preserve the length and schedule of the program.
At a K. B. C. meeting the failure of the Suburban railway to fulfill franchise was raised. A committee will visit Cicero executives to urge enforcement and town inquiry. The group also proposed street lighting district coverage and a Thanksgiving Eve reception for about seventy five couples. Att ridge Sipperly Wagoner Bail and others were noted as accepted applications.
Berwyn residents gather with Clyde La Vergne and Morton Park attendees to protest crossing the Chicago Burlington and Quin- cey tracks. A motion to teach sixth grade on both sides of the tracks passes amid factional debate and a county superintendent ruling that a quorum was not present. The meeting urges harmony and potential salary cuts for Superintendent Spencer if needed.
The Oak Park club staged the comic opera Irma or the Interlopers Elope nt in two acts to a large, appreciative audience. Arthur Durham accompanied. cast included Mindlenry Hawkston, Father Ben, Robert, Mrs Hawkston, Irma, Betty, Manny Utley and others. The next event is a smoker with cards on Oct 16.
An interpretive recital for Mrs. Harry A Wales at the Congregational church drew prominent local figures to the audience. assisted by Signora de Pasquali John R Ortengren and Dr Louis Falk the program mixed readings songs and organ numbers signaling both social and artistic success.
The Oaks Culture Club announces its first reception of the season set for October 19 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the club. Officers include President Mrs Stanley Crafts First Vice President Mrs Rearden Second Vice President Mrs George Park Third Vice President Mrs Jed Berson Treasurer Mrs J P Garner Corresponding Secretary Mrs Chas Hatch Recording Secretary Mrs Dorchester Mapes with Directors Mrs George Stewart and others.
A vintage ad touts Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. It warns against substitutes and claims guaranteed relief or money back. Trial bottle offered at Lovell's Drug Store Oak Park and Traill's Drug Store Austin. Regular sizes 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Madeleine Lucette Ryley's farce The Mysterious Mr Bugle shifts to McVicker's theater Chicago next Sunday evening with a strong cast led by Joseph Holland Gretchen Lyons Winona Shannon and Joseph Kilgour. The three act hotel set farce features witty dialogue brisk action and an artistic production following its New York Lyceum run. A Guilty Mother a new Arthur D Hall play also debuts with an exceptional cast and lavish scenery.
Schiller theater announces Chicago audiences will see The Cat and the Cherub a one act Chinese life study by Chester Bailey Fernald. In New York it tops the season and plays Hammerstein's Olympia. The program includes Don't Deceive Your Wife a three act comedy. Performance set for Oct 18. Ches ter Fernald rehearses the Schiller stock company for a finished production.
Hopkins' Theater offers a Daly revival Nancy & Co at popular prices with a strong Chicago audience anticipation. The bill includes vaudeville acts from Lew Hawkins and the California trio to Wertz and Adair, the Dragons, Frankline sisters, Arline Rumsey, T Nelson Downs, Hopkins' Lady Orchestra and more. A Chinese one act The Celestial Maiden comes Oct 24 from the Pacific coast company.
The Kohl and Cnetle show at the Olympic on Clark Street opens Monday October 18 with A W Filson and Miss Lee Errol in A Tip on the Derby written for them by George W. Cohan. Johnny Carroll, Trish singing comedian, will headline alongside Leopolding Neuville and Barlow, the Carlisle sisters, Ray Royce and more.
One of the era’s famed models Hope Booth arrives for a week at Haymarket starting Monday October 18. She will pose in twelve tableaux depicting famous paintings or historic moments. Also featured are Edmund Hayes Emily Lytton Mazuz Mazette Allen and Delmein Meher Smith Maher Walter Illis and the Raymond musical trio. Other acts include Behan Datin Albert Hawthorne Hughes and Hughes and the Renfos with a varied program of novelty turns.
The Alhambra Theater lists an attraction for next week with opening details. Further specifics are not readable in the fragment.
A nostalgic critique argues kissing at social events spreads disease and contagion. It cites infants and children as vulnerable to diphtheria and infections, urges sanitary habits, and warns against pets licking faces. The piece blends humor with cautionary health advice.
Mrs McLean of Brooklyn recalls an act of Thackeray at the London Crystal Palace. A stranger lifted her above the crowd to glimpse royalty then, years later in Plymouth, she learned the kind Englishman was the novelist Thackeray. His quiet tact spared offense and inspired lasting memory.
The Winter's Vogue in Furs from Ladies' Home Journal highlights furs like chinchilla and sable in dark tones, astrakhan varieties, sealskin, and breitschwantz as the season's novelties. Long coats favor redingote lines, fur-lined bodices, trimmed cloaks, and tall slender looks with fur collars and matching toques.
The Detroit News quotes the president of the Christian Citizens' Reform League asking how to check Sunday bicycle use. A commercial tourist in the crowd humorously suggests using trunks as the method.
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