Oak Park notes and local concerns surface in census and public work
The Oak Park census is delayed to next week with Madam L Ashelman teaching languages in the public schools. Attorney William Ritchie seeks injunctions against Lake Street elevated work while racetrack critics target Oak Parkers as grafters. Trustees dispute a $2 fee, and Isaac Vlerr demands $50 000 tax to suppress Hawthorne race track, a move he claims will benefit property owners.
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Madam L. Ashelman
Oak Park
Austin
William Ritchie
Lake Street
Joop
South Boulevard
Isaac Vlerr
Hawthorne
Isaac
Cicero Faces Annexation Talk With Chicago
The text argues Cicero is ready to join Chicago by annexation after ongoing troubles. It notes good men avoid responsible roles and implies a future joint meeting to resolve the issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Chicago
Cicero Clerk Defends License Funds Handling
The Cicero town clerk asserts he does not keep license money but transfers all collected funds to the town treasury. He claims this aligns with the practice of reputable clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tristram
Treasury
Cole
Cicero
Justice Lehman Drops Independent Candidacy
The Hon. Frank Lehman, a peace justice and editor, will not pursue an independent run in the seventh senatorial district. He says the party has already settled the matter themselves and he will not push his candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lehman
Justice of the Peace
Pang
Aldermen Review Metropolitan Elevated Extension Plan
The committee of aldermen examined the proposed extension of the Metropolitan Elevated and the Aurora Elgin and Batavia Nine on Saturday with Alderman Race, and will present a committee report at the next council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan
Aurora
Elgin
Batavia
Race
Cicero official urged to back Lake Street expansion
Residents press for the South Boulevard extension as Mr Utley from the Cicero town board faces public demand. The people demand the road be built and warn the board to wait until operation begins, promising action if railroad fairness fails.
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Utley
Cicero Town Board
Lake Street Company
South Boulevard
The Shame of the Cicero Board
A local column accuses the Cicero town board of pressuring for trouble on trustee Cole. The piece claims directors shifted positions quickly, cites President Jones’s unsettled conscience, and notes absences and scheming behind coalitions in a contentious meeting.
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Cicero
Mr. Cole
Haffner
Utley
Jones
Coalition
Alderman Frank L Race Works to Maintain City Funds
Alderman Frank L Race and the city council push to keep the appropriation at 38,000 for next year after a meeting approved a higher reduction than prior. The effort centers on preserving funding levels amid budget pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Race
Frank L. Race
City Council Considers Reducing Ward Funds in Thirty-fifth
The finance committee backs a plan to trim public works spending by 1000 dollars from the Thirty-fifth ward amid broader cuts to 1,260,000 total appropriations. The move follows reports that street cleaning garbage and sidewalk repairs will be underfunded, risking layoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Works
Commissioner of Public Works
Thirty-fifth Ward
Crafts Named Sole Democratic Candidate in 7th District
The city Democratic machine narrowly backs Clayton S. Crafts as the regular nominee for representative in the 7th Senatorial district. William Ritchie and allies contest the result, but the reviewing board unanimously confirms Crafts’s nomination, praising his competence and the party’s unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton RE. Crafts
Ritchie
Crufts
Crafts
The
Chronicle
Clayton S. Crafts
Election Board
Democratic Party
Austin Art League Organizes First Annual Meeting
The Austin Art League held its first annual meeting on Monday October 8 at Mrs P V Castle 5706 Ontario Street. Officers elected were Mrs Rockwood president Miss Hodgman secretary and Miss Alabaster treasurer. Lectures on art were planned for local pupils and league members with the next meeting set for October 26 in Cody Block Miss Hoggins studio.
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Austin Art League
P. V. Castle
Ontario Street
Rockwood
Hodgman
Alabaster
McMurphy
Austin
Art League
College Notes Highlight Growing University Enrollments
Missouri University attendance tops 1 300 nearly doubling 1894 95 figures. California University enrollment nears 3 000. Ten year growth around 400 percent. Brander Matthews begins new Columbia course on English comedy. Colorado College reports record fall term enrollment. Shedd and Urdahl join faculty. Science building work to start soon. Boston University dean warns against sophomore freshman fracases. Cornell College of Forestry Adirondacks hires 35 workers. Railway project six miles long to open by November. Illinois agricultural college building on south campus cost 159 000 with equipment quoted at 15 000.
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Missouri University
University of California
Brander Matthews
Columbia University
Colorado College
John C. Shedd
Thomas K. Urdahl
University of Illnois
Sudden Death Statistics Shift Among Genders
A report shows one sudden death among women rising to eight among men, highlighting a gender gap in fatal incidents. The data underscore the higher incidence of sudden death in men compared with women within the studied population.
Moreland Oct 3 Social Gathering Reading Fragments
Fragmentary notes record a Mrs Wainer hosting on Ohio Street and 49th with a guest list and candid remarks. The text interleaves poetry lines about longing and happiness, hinting at a personal or domestic gathering with emotional tones.
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Wainer
Ohio Street
Ae Porter
Cousin’s Visit Upsets Chicago Family Reunion
In a late 19th century Chicago scene, Henry Stafford plans a meet between his brood and cousin Godfrey Chester’s daughter Adele Chester. Ross Stafford searches for a dispatch to meet the girl, encounters a mysterious misaddress, and instead meets Adele by chance at the depot and later in the Stafford home, amid family merriment and relief.
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George
Stafford
Godfrey Chester
Henry
Paterfamilias
Chester
Chicago
New York
Ralph
Ross
Newberry Library
Henry Stafford
Union Depot
Ross Stafford
Denver
Brigham
Miss Chester
House of Stafford
Stafford Senior
Ross's wit and the Bridemaid Dilemma at Stafford Household
In Chicago Tribune style, Ross reveals he arranged the meeting with the staffords’ country cousin and attends to family business in New York. Ralph and Dick ridicule his secrecy while Adele sends a bridal hint declaring Helen will be a bridemaid.
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Ralph
Ross
York
Helen
Adele
Chicago Tribune
If I Had My Way a Law For Early Retirement
A writer in the New York Press argues for a law forcing men to retire once they gain competence as population grows. He condemns the aged as ground-occupiers and urges successful men to retire by age 50 to allow new workers to enter the economy. The piece contrasts the fates of the poor and rich, calling greed a driving force for continued toil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Growth of the Button Industry on the Upper Mississippi
The Gen Barnard crew counts 1 627 workers in the main river channel gathering shells from La Crosse Wisconsin to Clarkesville Missouri up from 716 a year ago. An estimated 5 000 people earn a living gathering shells. Button factories line every river town with Muscatine hosting twenty two. Five or six steamboats of 100 tons tow shells.
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Mississippi River
Gen. Barnard
la Crosse
Wis
Clarkesville
Dubuque
Muscatine
A Tale of Two Shirts Discharged Soldier Steals Shirts
A veteran just back from the Philippines recounts a tale from The Argonaut about two shirts drying on a laundry line near a large stone church. A worn soldier, with only half a shirt, takes a whole shirt after a woman warns him he will owe for it on judgment day. He responds that he will take both shirts if given such credit.
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Union
Jehu
Ross Stafford
Athletic Club
Philippines
Yale Graduates 1895 1899 By Region And Occupation
Among Yale University graduates from 1895 to 1899 only 29 percent hailed from New England while 38 percent came from the middle Atlantic states. Twenty two percent were from the north central states and seven percent from the South. A notable shift shows many graduates entering business careers, with a rising share from one third to another third moving into law.
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Yale University
New England
Middle Atlantic States
North Central States
South
Crusade Against English Sparrows Gains Ground
Rufus Hendrick of Wakefield led a year long effort with local boys using guns to destroy 6,000 sparrows and 6,500 eggs. He started with $30 from subscriptions and paid 3 cents per bird and $1 per hundred eggs, quickly exhausting funds before raising more money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Hendrick
Wakefield
Boston ‘Transcript
Back-Door Reform in Turkey Sips In Quietly
Report says reforms in Turkey enter via back channels as a washing machine passes the customs house. Authorities’ feelings are spared by this small private opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Constantinople
Quotes on thought and fate from varied sages
A collection of aphorisms and reflections on influence by divination learning and intellect. Notable lines cite Ninon de Lenclos, Locke, Montaigne, and Zoroaster, linking thinking to existence and the origin of knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterne
Ninon de Lenclos
L’eastrange
Swedenborg
Locke
Recejac
Montaigne
Zoroaster
Paris millinery parade features gilt lace and feathered hats
Hats displayed include one gilt with white chenille, a sable decoration, and a green velvet brim. A Paris opening showcases L Alg lon in black velvet with gilt edging and cock feather pompon. Makers claim edible birds will still be used, urging nondefiance of Audubon societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Robbed the Grave by Electric Bitters
John Oliver of Philadelphia recounts a near death experience with feverish symptoms and failing doctors until Electric Bitters provided dramatic improvement after three weeks. He claims the remedy robbed the grave of another victim and urges trying it. Sold for 50 cents at Traill & Cooling and Chas Miller drug stores.
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John Oliver
Philadelphia
Traill & Cooling’s
Chas, P.miller’s
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