Berwyn Social Notes Highlight Visits and Church Reports
Miss Williamson of Evanston visited Mrs. E. A. Schell while Mrs. P. F. Chase returned from Wisconsin. Mrs. Walter Lackey came home from a Minneapolis vacation. Ralph Drent, sick with malaria, is now able to go out. Fonda family of Coldwater Michigan visited last Saturday. Ray Sprinkler shows improved health but remains weak. Epworth League Q district convention postponed due to weather. Methodist church services featured department reports and choral music. The Attic Plaisance at Edith Reynolds home raised funds for a forward movement and was a new Berwyn event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Lackey
Minneapolis
Ralph Drent
Epworth
M. KE
Charles Wesley
Edith Reynolds
Berwyn
Austin Society to Stage A Box of Monkeys Comedy
The Catholic Woman's National League plans its second social in Austin this Saturday afternoon at the Masonic Temple drill hall. The two act farce features Edward Ralston Joseph W. Cremin Chauncey Oglethorp Arthur J. Lloyd Mrs Ondego Jhones Miss Edith Elliott Sierra Bengaline Miss Alice Johnson Lady Guinevere Lland pore Miss Helen Goss with mandolin music between acts and a reception in the blue parlors afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Society
Catholic Woman's National League
T. J. Sullivan
Masonic Temple
Austin
Edward Ralston
Joseph W. Cremin
Chauncey Oglethorp
Arthur J. Lloyd
Ondego Jhones
Edith Elliott
Sierra Bengaline
Alice Johnson
Guinevere Llandpore
Helen Goss
Deer hunting tale from Wisconsin spooks and venison swap
Rev Hall and Austin friends hunted in northern Wisconsin. Their guide allegedly shot three deer but produced two for the camp. The next morning the game warden’s son visited for breakfast, and rumors circulate that the hunters are wanted up north for possessing venison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hall
Austin
Wisconsin
Oaks Culture Club Opens Season With Reception
The Oaks Culture club will host an opening reception next Tuesday afternoon in the clubhouse. Mrs. Franklin Ray and Mrs. Louis Falk will preside. the event will feature a general reception with musical numbers and light refreshments. This is the first of six afternoons intended as premier social functions. Austin should take pride in Oaks club entertainments run by its ladies. Their prior efforts placed them among Chicago area social and culture leaders.
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The
Oaks Culture Club
Chubhouse
Franklin Ray
Louis Falk
Austin
Oaks
Ladies of the Oaks Club
Chicago
Telegram aided race gambling expose in Harlem
R Bilg was arrested yesterday at Harlem while using a telescope to view the races. He noted the winning horse and signaled a confederate who used a long distance telephone from a room at W Winholtzs house to relay results to Chicago poolrooms. Gamblers used the information before track officials telegraphed the results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Bilg
Harlem
W. Winholtz
Chicago
Straw Bailer Edward Leach Arrested for Perjury and Forgery
Detective Walbaum arrested Edward Leach on perjury and forgery charges after he posed as Louis T. Trapp and signed bonds in the Berwyn eye throwing case before Justice La Mena. Unable to post an $8,000 bond set by Judge Baker, Leach remains in the county jail.
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Walbaum
Edward Leach
Leach
Louis T. Trapp
Berwyn
Justice la Mena
Trapp
Wenkle
Baker
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Alice Lee Shaw
The Shaw family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the illness and loss of Mrs. Alice Lee Shaw. From BW Shaw, Mrs Phoebe Lee, and Miss Minnie Liek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Lee Shaw
BW. Shaw
Phoebe Lee
Minnie Liek
Wartime Solicitors Sought Across the Front and Home
Recruiters call for active solicitors nationwide linked to War Department work. The record mentions agents in San Francisco and Manila while noting hospital cases and front line experiences. A Chicago address lists Star Insurance Building as a contact.
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Murat Dad Bled
Caieps
San Francisco
Merritt
Tom Klaite
Manalin
Tte
Maui
Sidress
Bop
Barber
Star Insurance Building
Chilcago
Austin Business Notes and Local Advertisements
Local business notices offer loans, laundry services, millinery sales, photographs, footwear, weather strips, wallpaper, and window glass. Promotions include a four-photo club offer, a fashion line from Mrs. Leidig, and weather strips by J P Parks. Also listed are the Austin Building and Loan Association shares and notes about the Chicago Record price rise and its circulation impact.
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Arnold
Postoffice
Austin
Clement’s
A. H. Loomis
Austin Building and Loan Association
George H. Park
John ID. Maclean
Avon
la Salle Street
Chicago Record
Oak Park Stores Advertise Goods and Services
Local Oak Park businesses list offerings from Home Bakery bread and pies to wall papers, photo supplies, cold capsules, cough syrups, and prescription services at Miller’s Drug Store. Miller’s Market advertises meats and canned goods while 128 Lake Street’s shoe store offers repair.
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Miller's Drug Store
Oak Park Home
L. D. Cogswell
Marion Street
A. W
Miller
Lake Street
Oak Park Shoe
Chicago
Holbrook
Chicago Avenue
Home Bakery
Miller’s Market
Mason's Hall
Miller’s Drug Store
John D. Suydam
Avenue
Oak Park Lios
Santiago
Cushman Drug Co promotes No Stomach Nostrum
An old advertisement touts a product named No Stomach Nostrum priced at 50 with distribution through Cushman Drug Co in Vidennes, U S A. The copy claims instant relief for those in misery and urges readers to send for a book.
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Cushman Drug Ca
U.S. A
First Congregational Church Announces Services and Topics
Austin church calendar lists Rev W L Demorest as pastor at 5801 Ontario. Sunday services at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m with a morning lesson Essentials in Religion and an evening talk The Modern Mary for women only mothers and children urged to attend A ladies and girls choir will provide music Rev Demorest preached last Sunday to men from I Corinthians 16 13 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Waller Avenue
Midway Park
W. L. Demorest
Ontario Street
W. J. Demorest
Christian Church in Austin Services and Speakers
The Christian church of Austin located on South boulevard near Central avenue offers services at 11 a.m. and 3 45 p m with Sunday school at 2 30 p m. John Williams preaches in the morning and Geo A Campbell pastor of Garfield Park Christian church speaks in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Church of Austin
South Boulevard
Central Avenue
John Williams
Geo. A. Campbell
Garfield Park
Presbyterian Church Bazaar Planned for December First
The ladies of the Presbyterian church are preparing an annual bazar around December 1 offering a fine assortment of Christmas gifts. Austin ladies are invited to inspect the offerings before shopping elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
Austin
Second M. E. Church of Oak Park Service Listings
Services at East Avenue station and Randolph Street on Sunday October 30, 1898 feature sermons at 10 30 a m 3 p m and 7 30 p m by Rev J Clayton Yonker Rev A Hirst D D and Rev Amos W Patten D D with solos by Miss Eva Cleveland Mrs Alice M Conrad and a male quartet offered between talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Avenue
Randolph Street
J. Clayton Yonker
Eva Cleveland
A. ©. Hirst
D. D
Centenary M. E. Church
Chicago
Amos W. Patten
Hyde Park M. E. Church
Alice M. Conrad
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Park Ave
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Cicero Water, Gas and Electric Light
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Terneak
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F. &. Pray & Son
Loomis
Vredenburg
Christian Church
B. Cammon
E. W. Witcher
RUS Manufacturing
West Madison St
Scranton
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Austin, St
Gookins & Wilsnach
Opticians
Wilsnach
Chicago Opthalmic College
Mama MK
M. E. Church OF
P. B. Saur
Tel. Main
P.M. Champlain Building
Cor
State & Madiaon
Cicero Telephone
Donaldson
Fie
Case & Paddock
Dearborn
E. E. Prescott
Illinois
Masonic Hall
A. H. Clement
Reid
Charles Arnold
Chas. Loheit
Insley Bros
N. Waller Ave
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Co. B. Patrick
N. Park Avenue
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Cedar Street
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August Terneak & CO
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