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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1897
Page
2
A citizen who never ordered the Staats Zeitung still owed ten years of paper delivery. The publisher Hessing sued and won $40 for ten years of subscriptions, based on common law that regular delivery binds the recipient.
A rough summary notes Chicago Tribune caricatures of Cicero leaders, Jay Miller influence, and local town board tensions. It mentions editorial reactions, a Pacific Coast return, and busy ordinance work as well as a proposed Cicero water issue and gas franchise transfer debates.
Trustees delay action and refer ordinance to committee. Kalamazo is cited in a probe. A night stop order at Washington boulevard crossing. Chicago & North Western to station an attendant at Central avenue crossing at Austin. Lavergne avenue renamed Home avenue. Routine business listed in report.
A 48 member syndicate purchased 48 Oak Park lots from Yustus Sipperly at 205 per lot. Premiums from 310 to 10k were secured for prime locations as the group met in Sipperly’s Oak Park office. Maywood and Melrose Park push to open Nineteenth avenue to connect both villages and ease street obstruction by the railroad.
Report discusses switching Cicero Water Gas and Light Co to meter service. Advocates say meters cut waste and bills, reduce pressure issues, and bring cheaper, better service. opponents cite costs and systemic changes.
Citizens fault the Cleere authorities for inferior paving and sewer work. Brick street paving on Third Avenue is delayed, with inspectors seen as ineffectual and contractors accused of dodges to favor poor results. Reform is urged amid ongoing public complaints.
Bohemians remember historian Robert TL Vickers longtime attorney and figure among Chicago merchants. The tribute notes his professional work, civic ties, and his role in the local community despite a life cut short.
Jean Vickers, born in Wicklow Ireland and former Trinity College professor, wrote on Bohemia and its literature. He died poor and was buried in Forest Home Cemetery. over 2,000 Bohemians gathered at Patriot's Circle for his reinterment and a monument plan by the Bohemian Free Thinkers League.
Donations for the Union Relief Society of Austin were received at police headquarters for January and February 1897. List includes meat, flour, potatoes, bread, cash donations, clothing, shoes, and goods from individuals and clubs. Treasurers’ records for the year ending October 31, 1897 are noted.
Austin Ma sons prepare for the installation of Austin Lodge No 1 at Masonic Hall. Grand Master Edward Cook of Ok Park will install officers led by Master RR. Re Jampolis. A banquet follows in the Oaks Club banquet room with about 300 invitations issued.
The Avent Cineh Club has been reorganized and will hold its first meeting Thursday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs PT Woodcock on North Kenilworth Avenue.
The advertisement promotes Bucklens Aknica Salve as a universal remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers and various skin conditions. It promises guaranteed satisfaction or money back and lists Lovells Drug Store Park and Trashs Drug Store Austin as door sale points with a price of 25 cents per box.
Austin High School eleven defeated Oak Park 10 to 6 at Oak Park on Wednesday in a close game marred by a protest over Austin half back Whitehead eligibility. Oak Park led early with a 45 yard touchdown by Steele, but Austin rallied in the second half behind Whitehead Weber and Jenkins to reach the ten yard line and Smith scored.
Harlem Turnverein hosts a combined bowling and shooting tournament as women compete Friday and next Friday. Top scores include 45 in bowling and 45 in shooting with Winchester rifle accuracy. Also noted are a lawsuit in PHarlem court and a Proviso letter from Ernest Dahlenberg about the Florida Harken colony.
The Oaks Club hosts an opening reception on Monday evening November at Houston area venue under W Allan Rourke of Chicago. Rourke also teaches at Oak Park Club and other south side clubs. Fitzgerald's orchestra will provide music. Children's class meets Mondays at 4 p.m. Adults class Monday evenings. Special reduced rates for clubs and parties. Address W Allan Rourke 2300 Vincennes Ave.
A Tiskilwa Illinois editor extols Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. The piece claims it is the only certain cure after trying many remedies. It invites readers to obtain a free trial at Oak Park and a local store in Austip.
Fragmentary item notes trusted and active motions about responsible, established nonen da Pinos monthly RA expenses and a reference to close sei added penaed e tare envelope. Mentions the Dominion Company and Chicago department in a technical context.
J A Usher of 6050 Vincennes avenue Chicago has built a three story and basement brick flat at 224 Oak Park avenue. The 40 by 206 foot lot cost 5000 and the building about 16000 with nine room flats and modern amenities including steam heat electric light and mosaic hallway floors. Each flat has a separate utility area and the project is praised as a pioneer in the village reflecting credit on the builder.
MeeVickers Theater brings The Mysterious Mr Bugle a Parisian style farce by Mrs. Ryley to start the second week next Sunday night. The cast features Joseph Holland Gretchen Lyons Winona Shannon Joseph Kilgour Alfred J Edwards and Henry Phillips with La Belle Carmen and the Folly trio among other top liners. The program includes post and Clinton Looking for an Actress Fordyce musical novelty and a variety of comic songs and sketches.
Berwyn trustees clash with Clyde members over attendance and legality of meetings. Trustee Whitney says no removals will occur regardless of Judge Carter’s decision. Dispute centers on quorum, payroll for teachers and janitors, and hiring at $2300 for Professor Spencer amid claims of illegal actions by Berwyn members.
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Second Congregational Church in Oak Park released a series of meetings for the rest of the year. Activities include talks on Chicago Christian activities, ship missions, Labrador work, and Lake Work with music, luncheons, and hostesses listed for each date.
The Oaks Culture Club held its opening reception with palm and rose decorations. President Mrs. Stanley C. Crafts and presiding ladies welcomed attendees. Highlights included piano by Miss Shiele, a talk on Quo Vadis by Mrs. J. G. McMurphy, and a duet by Mrs. Hunter and Mrs. Hartley. Mrs. Tyrrell of Milwaukee sang two lullabies.
The Schiller stock company presents The Cat and the Cherub, a Chinese stage drama by Chester Bailey Fernald, with its San Francisco Chinatown setting, followed by the three act farce Dont Deceive Your Wife starring George H. Nash and Minnie Dupree. The double bill continues next week.
The Hopkins stock company revives Men and Women by DeMille and Belasco praised as a masterful dramatic work with a famous three act climax. The vaudeville lineup features Fred Hallen Mollie Fuller Florence Bindley Johnson Davenport Lerella the Baggesons and Smith and Cook plus Baby Lewis Charles Wilson Edgar Yer and Hopkins Ladies Orchestra.
The Alhambra presents a week of entertainment featuring Joe Flynn in McGinty the Sport, Chicago’s first production of the farce. The show blends comedy, bright dialogue, original music, and a strong company including Jon Flynn James Wesley Mack Chas Jerome John Fields Charles Boyle and others.
The burlesque To Gay Paris will debut at the Savoy theater in Chicago on Sunday Oct 24 for a week. The cast includes Madame Shirley Marie Marlow Edwina Lea Peasley Tullian Stillman and others with Dan Creedon the middleweight champion as feature. Creedon will spar at each performance and later meet challengers while training for a world championship with Kid McCoy.
Olympic program features Hope Booth following a week of success with statue posing at Haymarket. John Kernel, a humorous Irish comedian, joins the lineup. Eckert and Berg present a one act musical comedy titled Master and Pupil.
Al W Filson and Miss Lee Erro lead a vaudeville bill at the Haymarket starting Monday afternoon featuring George M Cohan's A Tip on the Derby at the Olympic and a program including Wm H Windom with a quartet of colored singers Leo Hawkins Mlle Leopoldin Burton and Ashley the Carlisle sisters Morte and Elliott Delavoy and Fritz Ro Royce the Dixie trio John West Jt Jacksons Healy and Farnum and Mardle and McArdle in varied acts and novelty turns.
Flynn and Sheridan present fifty vaudeville and burlesque talents at the Gaiety theater next week. The lineup features a mix of performers described as evenly split among white creoles and other acts.
Nat Goodwin to appear as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice this winter. Charles Coghlan seeking engagements to perform Shakespearean roles. New York Symphony Society to feature Melba Ysaye David Bispham Marteau as soloists across five concerts. London bookings include Martha Morton's A Bachelor's Romance The Magic Kiss Miss Francis of Yale and The Wedding Day. Probate court in Connecticut revokes Jessica Seeley Marshall will. her fortune details and inheritance split noted. Italy to produce forty eight new operas this season. numerous scores rejected by impresarios last year. Dresden hearing Paderewski preparing a new Bohemian opera with orchestration praised.
A jumble of short items reports Benjamin SCRAPS Bissell from near Ballston Spa noting he has voted for eighteen presidential candidates without any victory. Miscellany includes a Chicago church shared by Baptist and Hecrew congregations, a centenarian death in Sussex, and a Connecticut husband placing a grave stone reading She done what she could. A housekeeper tip urges refrigerator upkeep, while Gov Taylor of Tennessee complains his 4000 salary is too low and a guard misreads a city gate, provoking a monarchs joke from an Indianapolis Journal.
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