McKinley Park proposal eyed for Austin Merrick site
The Citizen argues Austin should redirect the McKinley Park drive toward Merrick park, a deeded public ground, proposing a few thousand dollars for beautification. It urges local aldermen and the McKinley Committee to secure funds, create trees, lake, bridges, and seating, benefiting residents and nearby schools.
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Chicago
McKinley Park
Austin Committee
Andrew Warren
Chicago Park
Brighton Park
Austin
West Side
West Park Commissioners
Merrick Park
McKinley Park Committee
25Th Ward
McKinley Committee
Suburban News Highlights From Austin
Local items report Mr Charles Schlecht ill with typhoid at home and several community visits and trips. Notables include dances for Miss Ethel Harvey, C Y G club meeting at Miss Pearl Callaghan, and Rev Abel White returning to Austin Methodist church for another year.
Oak Park social notes and events preview
Oak Park ladies plan a November card party as Mrs H W Gilbert leaves for Pan American trip. Announcements for Grace Bliss and Guy Miller marriage. Miss Edith Symonds to wed Gordon A. Ramsey November 14. Nineteenth Century club meets October 28 on political equality. Souvenir event planned November 7 at Second Congregational church. Bowling season opens with Oak Parks vs Ashland. scores listed. President Harper to lecture on Old Testament Prophecy November 1 at Second Congregational church.
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Oak Park Club
H. W. Gilbert
Grace Bliss
Theo. F. Bliss
Linden Avenue
Guy Miller
Detroit
Ashland Boulevard
Congregational Missionary Association
Edith Symonds
Chicago
Oak Park
Gordon A. Ramsey
Church of Our Savior
Nineteenth Century Club
Department of Social Economics
M.rolmes
Simeon Field Leonard
Miss Leonard
South Grove Avenue
Second Congregational Church
West Side Bowling Club
Oak Parks
Ashland Club
Ashlands
Eddy
F. Swirles
Washingtons
Ashland
Engagement Announced for Miss Ensign to Roy Rogers
Mrs. Ensign of North 64th Ave announces the engagement of Miss Mary Ensign to Mr. Roy Rogers. Mr. Harold Kimball and wife visit their parents on North Taylor Ave as Mrs. Carl MacFadden also visits D. W. Kimball family. National Missionary group to discuss three key questions.
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Harold Kimball
Carl MacFadden
D. W. Kimball
North Taylor Ave
Mary Ensign
F. G. Ensign
North 64Th Ave
Roy Rogers
National
Beethoven Concert Delivers Artful Austin Recital
The Beethoven Club opened its season Friday with Seeboeck delivering refined piano color and technique admired by pros and amateurs alike. Violinist Miss Gray drew praise and Holmquist’s strong voice impressed despite a lingering cold. The chorus now numbers about one hundred and will perform The Messiah on December 20 with soloists.
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Beethoven Club
Austin
Seeboeck
Miss Gray
Holmquist
Don’t Even Corn Buy Coal Now From Barr and Collins
Notice warns of an imminent coal famine across the West within sixty days and urges immediate purchase of coal from Barr & Collins at Traill and Cooling’s drug store, stating money is useless in a coal shortage and people burn corn if left without coal.
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West
Northwest
Barr & Collins
Traill & Cooling
Sabin's New Beatitudes
A poetic pledge extols teachers and mentors, blessing those who aid children, uphold good sense, and guide youth toward peace, growth, and moral conduct. It celebrates faith, patience, and knowledge as paths to a noble life and lasting remembrance.
Austin Woman’s Club Holds Regular Biweekly Meeting
The Austin Woman’s Club met Monday afternoon with Civics and Sociology directing. Mrs. Clara Wilson Kritzinger spoke on Was the Nineteenth Century Civilized, criticizing football hazing and other sports. A missionary talk followed, plus musical numbers by Miss Bontacue and Miss Graves.
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Woman’s Club
Clara Wilson Kritzinger
Kritzinger
South
R. C. Newell
R. Abbie Carr
South Park Avenue
Russia
Ivans I
Season Lecture Course by Rev Abel M White
Rev Abel M White will present a winter lecture series titled A Summer in Europe. Dates include November 11 November 25 Venice December 16 Florence January 27 February 10 Rhine February 24 with season tickets at one dollar.
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Abel M. White
Europe
Venice
City of the Sea
Walter Scott
Florence
William Shakespeare
Rhine
Death of Oak Park Grocer John Bohlander
John P. Bohlander, a long time Oak Park grocer and Oak Park State Bank director, died at his home 115 Lake Street at 9 AM Thursday from dropsy of the heart. He was 42, born on his father’s Proviso farm. survived by a widow and three children.
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John P. Bohlander
Oak Park
Lake Street
Oak Park State Bank
Costly River Forest Fire Destroys Out-buildings
A $5,000 blaze Tuesday evening consumed all out-buildings and a barn at Auvergne place Lake street and Oak avenue River Forest. Fire companies from Maywood River Forest Warlem and Oak Park responded. Origin of the fire unknown.
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Auvergne Place
Lake Street
Oak Avenue
River Forest
Maywood
Warlem
Oak Park
Riches and risk in a world of work and fame
The passage reflects on wealth bringing trouble, fame prompting overreach, and the dynamics of labor. It cites rabid celebrity pursuit, rheumatism in Kansas, and Iowa promoting literature. It notes a California woman earning 10000 a year as insurance manager and historical trends in education and libraries.
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Kansas
California
Greater
New York
Russia
United States
Iowa
River Forest Repeals Railway Ordinance
River Forest village board passes an ordinance repealing the Suburban railway ordinance. Construction in the streets is declared a nuisance and abated under penalty. The village cites willful violations and terminates the franchise to block yards and loops, seeking a new ordinance.
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River Forest
Chess Club Promotes Interest and Study in Austin Oak Park
Thursday meetings boost interest in chess as a mental discipline. The Austin and Oak Park members are noted by the Chicago Tribune as one of the most prosperous clubs of its kind. The club invites high school and home players lacking opponents to visit at 103 North Park Avenue each Thursday evening and entries are open for the annual handicap tournament.
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Austin
Oak Park
Chicago Tribune
North Park Avenue
Chicago Avenue
Society Wedding in Austin Highlights Thurber Teagle Union
A refined October wedding at 118 South Park avenue bound Katherine Francis Thurber to E W Teagle of Chicago. Rev Ballard officiated with a ribboned yellow and white aisle and a reception to follow. Out of town relatives attended including the bride’s grandmother and the Reynolds and Teagle families from Cleveland and Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Thurber
South Park Avenue
Katherine Francis Thurber
E. W. Teagle
Chicago
F.,c. Ballard
Indianapolis
Harris M
Walter W. Thurber
Pauline M. Reynolds
Cleveland
Jean JB. Irwin
Newport
Penn
Dorothy M. Bartelme
Austin
Walter C. Teagle
Thurber
I. N. Reynolds
John Teagle
M. M. Reynolds
Vermont
Wedding Bells In Austin A Pretty Home Ceremony
The wedding march echoed in Austin on October 23 as Miss Bessie Khilstrone daughter of Mr and Mrs A Khilstrone of 5816 Iowa street wed Mr Hartwick Bye of Oak Park at the bride’s parents home Rev C E Lapp officiated Roses carried by the bride and bridesmaids wore pink and white with white carnations They will reside at 738 North Harvey Avenue Oak Park after November 1 and have received many gifts from friends.
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Austin
Bessie Khilstrone
A. Khilstrone
Iowa Street
Hartwick Bye
Oak Park
C. E. Lapp
Mrs. Bye
North Harvey Avenue
Pretty Home Wedding Unites Lena B McMillan and W R Mott
Lena B McMillan married W R Mott on Thursday evening October 17 at the bride’s sister home 6826 Cedar street. Rev Geo A Campbell performed the ceremony with only relatives present. The couple will reside in Chicago where he works for a large piano firm.
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Lena B. McMillan
W. R. Mott
W. O. Cline
Cedar Street
Geo. A. Campbell
Etiquette Pointers For Guests At Table
Practical counsel on social behavior at meals. Applaud quick decisions, avoid gossip about partners, and clear away name cards or menus as mementos after dining. Emphasizes discretion and polite reciprocity in host guest interactions.
River Forest Church Opened With New Pastor Sermon
Rev A H Kistler preached his first sermon as pastor of the M E church in River Forest. The Sons of New York elected Fred L Thatcher of River Forest as president for the year. Mrs M N Lord of Benton Harbor Mich visited Mrs F J Griffin with Miss Alice Griffin. Discussion club met on Thursday to discuss Trades Unions chaired by Rev W W Johnston. Belles Lettres society elected officers and held a Revolutionary Period program with papers read and a New England supper.
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A. H. Kistler
M. E. Church
Fred L. Thatcher
River Forest
Society of the Sons of New York
Cook County
M. N. Lord
Benton Harbor
Mich
F. J. Griffin
Thatcher Avenues
Jeoree B. Townsend
R. I. Goldsmith
W. H. Turner
F. J. Watson
Aphorisms and Social Mores From a Historical Card
A collection of aphorisms and social observations on marriage, gender, intellect, and behavior. Statements critique manners and thoughts of women and men, advising restraint, skepticism of agnosticism, and the interplay of love, reason, and aging. Each line presents a compact editorial-style maxim.
Perfume trade fueled by Paris scents for king and court
The king liked perfumes but disliked English manufacture. All fragrances were sourced from Paris with a factory in southern France kept running year round during the season to supply the king and royal family.
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Klng
George IV
Paris
France
First American Stereotyped Book A Watts Catechism
A catechism printed from stereotype plates is said to be America's first. It appeared in New York in 18138 for the children of several New York churches.
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America
Watts
New York
Harlem Notes and Local Happenings in Brief
Fred Wimerslage left for the Buffalo exposition Wednesday. Clarence and Walter Hosler enjoy the sights at Buffalo exposition. The daughter of James McGuire died Tuesday at one week old. Robert Hess of Chicago Telephone Co. was sent to Toledo to look after interests there. The Afternoon Cinch club met at Mrs. Albert Roos home with Mrs. John Koppelmeyer winning first prize. South Side school progress slow. occupancy expected by January 1, 1902. Harlem Maennerchor plans Thanksgiving concert at Thode's hall with a new ladies' choir feature. Girls' club elected officers Miss Alta White president Miss Lilly Klimmer treasurer Miss Adelia Perley secretary. club room furniture auction in two weeks. Miss Minnie Bartels wed Herm H Hann in a 200-guest ceremony at 8 pm. reception at Gaden's hall. couple to reside at 29 Ferdinand avenue. Ideal Euchre club first progressive euchre at Miss Elma Hosler's. prize winners listed. next party at Miss Gertrude Hoffman's home. Rumor D Quill sold forty acres on 12th street and Des Plaines for cemetery use. village board urged to deny further cemetery licenses to avoid tax burdens.
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Charles Schlecht
J. S. Cleverdon
Gon Carl
Kansas
Frank W. Yale
Oshkosh
Wis
C. O. Burras
North Waller Z Avenue
Utica
Frank Catfield
Mantua
J. B. Locke
Des Moines
A. B. White
North Park Avenue
Ethel Harvey
C. Y. G. Club
Pearl Callaghan
South Park Avenue
Steinhauer
George Steinhauer
Vandalia
Ill
James Whitehead
Ontario Street
Henrietta Barker
Frank Dowell
St. Johnsburg
Frank Henry Pierce
California
W. B. McCall
Mt. Gilead
McCall
Rock River
Evanston
Abel White
Austin Methodist Church
Angelina Bowen
B. W. Bowen
Howard
West Aurora
N. Y
Myrtle Wheeler Hamiston
Emily Wright Thorndyke
Catholic Bazaar
St. Catherine's, Church
C. W. Coltrin
L. D. Castle
Edward Church
C. S. Cutting
B. A. McBurney
C. S. Castle
P. V. Castle
P. D. Castle
B. B. Castle
A. H. Stringe
C. F. Meyer
C. D. Crum
B. R. Coltrin
Eva Castle
Lara Davis
Edna Crum
Allen Maclean
Howard Castle
Franz Castle
Girls’ Club
Alta White
Lilly Klimmer
Adelia Perley
Minnie Bartels
Herm. H. Hann
Gaden’s Hall
Ferdinand Avenue
Plumbers Break All-Ell Sewer Pipe Record
Two Cripple Creek plumbers laid 2,600 feet of sewer pipe in seven days and plan more contracts after finishing. The Denver Post reports their rapid work and ambitions.
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Cripple Creek
Denver Post
Oldest Timber Found in Ancient Egyptian Temple
A timber four thousand years old is identified in an Egyptian temple used with stone work. The wood is believed to be among the oldest ever subjected to human use, dating back to around four thousand years.
Bunyan Spends Years Finishing Pilgrim's Progress
Bunyan used about three years of idle hours to complete Pilgrim's Progress, mainly written in Bedford. The Holy War, in contrast, took only one year to finish during the same period.
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Bunyan
Bedford
Jaik
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Indiana Black
Pocahontas
Delos Hull & Co
Marion St
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Suburban News
Harper
Chicago University
Roath
R. M. Roath, W. P
M. L. Robison
Sec
Treas
Roath & Robison Co
Ealers
Oak Park Ave
N. Boulevard
Oak Park, Ill
Nap Beauty
Sabin
Austin Woman's Club
John Bohlander
THE
Austin Chess Club
Edwin T. Farrar
W. Lake St
Bugg
Safety Deposit CO
Harlem
Fred Wimerslage
Buffalo Exposition
Clarence
Walter Hosler
James McGuire
Robert Hess
Chicago Telephone Co
Toledo, C
Albert Roos
John Koppelmeyer
South Side School
Board of Education
Harlem Maennerchor
Thode's Hall
Ladies’ Choir
Ideal
Elma Hosler
lLady
G. de Correvant
Clara Lobstein
Albert C. Roos
Herbert Luetke
Gertrude Hoffman
D. Quill
12Th Street
Desplaines Avenue
A. Miracle
Oak Park Shoe Store
Lake St
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