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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1897
Page
2
A common law principle binds you to pay for newspapers left at your door without orders. A Cicero citizen who never ordered the Staats Zeitung paid no bills for ten years but was sued by publisher Mr. Heasing and awarded $86.00 for ten years of subscription.
The notice invites bids to furnish and lay water service pipes in Harvey avenue from Randolph Street to South Boulevard. It notes Cicero water rates are higher than Chicago’s because Cicero’s system is run by a private corporation, unlike Chicago’s public water works.
The text argues that charges for public service are acceptable as long as not unreasonably high. It notes a few lawsuits that occurred, one ruling favoring the people and one favoring the corporations.
Trustee Radford of Morton Park is set to attend the next school board meeting to break a prolonged deadlock. Board members listed include A. B. Whitney, Clyde O W Young, J W Radford, Morton Park, Dr Arthur MacNeal Berwyn, W J Andrews Berwyn, KR C Harding LaVergne, We BL Good enough president Berwyn. Senator Bacon of Georgia opposes ratification of the Phawadi annexation treaty, Hawaii comments by Ma Ba com criticise statehood distant from the U S. John Brenocek challenges the Hawthorne race trench lease as unlikely to hold, a receiver may be in charge, and Brenock gained access to association books via attachment Wednesday from Bisandt & Hoffman, Corrigan’s attorneys.
At Saturdays Cicero Town Board meeting an ordinance allowed the Suburban Railway to charge its tracks to the center of Robinson avenue. The measure was trimmed from earlier objections, and its acceptance by the railroad is uncertain. The board also created the town electrician position, to be appointed by the president and to oversee all electric wires and appliances. The gas ordinance did not advance, and some members remain wary of cheap gas plans.
Manager B L Dodge told a Tribune reporter the circular explains the plan to meter the system after discovering widespread water waste. To maintain reservoir levels the company operated pumps from 11 p m to 6 a m and will meter all service, with current meter users unlikely to revert to the old schedule.
The speaker argues the water price drop is not a new scheme and cites an old ordinance permitting metering. Rates are higher locally than Chicago because local costs are about twice as high to furnish water. The outcry is seen as political capital, with no hidden plan behind metering beyond standard rate adjustments.
Cov Brady reports to the Secretary of the Interior that mold seekers flood Lynn Canal and Skaguay booms with lumber demand and high land prices. He notes Americans head toward Yukon encroaching US territory, parties study routes between Yakutat and Cook Inlet, and expected gold output remains substantial.
Notice proclaims the death of Henry George praising him as a faultless apostle and a great man in his prime whose great work remained unfinished. It laments the global loss as America and the world mourn his passing.
The article urges keeping municipal ownership of gas and criticizes a Kalamazoo gas franchise bid. It notes heating needs, possible AC lighting advances, and a proposed clause removing city revert rights after ten years. Trustees Cheney and the Citizens' Trust are criticized for favoring private control over an open, competitive municipal system.
Citizens of Cicero and Proviso urge a five cent fare to Chicago, arguing it would spur growth, lower living costs, and boost real estate and business. They note current higher fares elsewhere and threaten to build an elevated line themselves if progress stalls.
The Oaks Club hosts a Monday November 1 reception under W Allan Rourke of Chicago who also teaches at Oak Park and other clubs. Witigerald's orchestra backs the event with children's class at 4 pm and adults at 7 45 pm. Special reduced rates for clubs and parties available. arrangements Mondays until 11 pm at the club.
Friday's Library Hall program by St Catherine's Church youths featured Florence Kidlemann nine, Maud Jones and Adin Snow in violin and piano pieces. Performers including Nellie Goss Alice Johnson Minnie Callaghan Eva Ryan and others received applause. Mrs T J Sullivan organized the event and was honored with roses. Five participants belong to the Beethoven Society of Austin.
Mim Rippen, an Austin Boulevard employee, withdrew 1200 from the Tinous Trust and Savings bank to pay a Canadian farm mortgage. On a southbound State street car a pickpocket grabbed the money, handing a package to a partner who escaped as officers pursued. A Cicero man was captured after a struggle, with other suspects at large.
A man identified as James Martin claimed his name after a robbery at Ty Second Street Police Station. The second robber escaped with the money while police searched. Police identified prisoner Sam Strahler alias Dayton Sam, a noted pickpocket. The other thief was chased to Denver by Chicago detectives, captured, and brought back, but Mr. Rippin has not yet recovered his money.
Early Monday thieves broke in between 4 and 7 am at Oak Park Grace Episcopal Church, stealing a silver communion service, four brass candle sticks, and valuable plate worth about 150 dollars. No suspects yet. doors showed jimmy marks. police link to recent silver plunder sprees.
A large turnout filled First Methodist church Oak Park for the Oak Park sub district rally of Sepworth Leaguers. Chapters include Moreland Austin Oak Park River Forest Maywood Melrose Park Glen Ellyn Meacham Wheaton and West Chicago. Supper served 630 to 7 in church parlors before a program in the main auditorium featuring musical numbers and speeches on league work.
Thomas H. Gale lists recent sales in River Forest Oak Park and Mont Clare with prices. Properties include eighty feet on Forest avenue for 1600 and seventy five feet on Euclid avenue for 3000. five and a half acres near Chicago avenue for 8000. nine Mont Clare lots for 1500. Oak Park No 324 Chicago avenue for 5250. Gale notes rising inquiry for houses and lots, modest price strengthening, extensive building in Cicero and River Forest, and plans to build three nine room modern houses on Kenilworth avenue ready by May 1 priced around 5000. he will reside in one and sell the others.
A survey notes 60 percent of shortsightedness cases are hereditary. A Grandin Missouri mill uses mostly women workers. Montana coal output rises yearly since 1877. Chicago to Milwaukee line is patron owned and charges five cents per message. A remarkable eel from the Wiji islands whistles when excited. Pitcairn Island hosts 120 inhabitants, descendants of mutineers and Tahitian women. only forty are men. Maple sirup flows less from north-facing taps. Tennessee forestry display shows forty five hardwoods from one Montgomery county farm. Camden summer resort activity is said to exceed local mill investments in value.
Mr James Jones of Jones and Son Cowden HL reports his wife nearly died from la grippe worsened to Hasty Consumption. After using Dr Kings New Discovery sold locally she improved from the first dose and a six dollar bottle completed her cure. Free trials at Lovell's Oak Park and Traill's Austin drug stores.
A New York Telegram exposé recounts a so called clairvoyant named Coffee Carrie near Herald Square who sells fortunes for 50 cents, offers love and life guarantees for 1 dollar, and pressures clients to pay 5 and 10 dollar sums to rule planets. The writer visits the den observes a shabby setup and a woman with coffee cup readings predicting wealth, danger from a dark woman, and a looming fortune for a price. The piece notes one young client returns with $10 and that Coffee Carrie remains active near Herald Square.
A Georgia schoolgirl’s composition on the Confederate veteran stirs debate by describing pensions, a home, and a rough tale of a wounded veteran. The piece includes a vivid claim about a Confederate sawmill and ends with a blunt expletive about state aid.
The text notes rapid discovery of planetoids between Mars and Jupiter after photography aided stellar charting. Charlois is credited with discovering eighty eight planetoids in 1896, with nineteen additions that year. It attributes growth to large telescope apertures and longer exposure, projecting continued increases.
Second crop of grapes has been raised at Belview Florida this season. The report notes a healthy yield for the region with several growers reporting strong fruit quality and bumper tonnage. Local merchants anticipate improved markets as harvest continues.
The Schiller stock company reports continued success for Chester Baley Fernalds life in Chinatown play The Cat and the Cherub. The production is praised for its realistic portrayal of Chinese characters and dramatic handling, with Julia Stuart starring in the Jerome sketch Sunset and a strong cast including W. Walter Ellis.
Patrice will begin a week long engagement at the Olympic on Monday afternoon. She leads her company in a clever original comedy A New Year’s Dream which delighted audiences last season. The bill features Lew Hawkins with songs and patter, Harry Stanley Adele Jackson in An Eccentric Music Teacher, and other specialties by Le Roy Clayton Irene Franklin and more.
The Leonidas Winter Circus formerly the Royal English Circus opens Saturday night October 30 with top European acts making their American debut. New impressive feats, tumbling and bare back riding highlight a fast changing weekly program. Prices range from 10 to 50 cents for performances with box seats at 1.00. Nick Props serves as manager.
Beginning with a Sunday matinee the spectacular production of Allen Among Thieves will play one week at the Alhambra Theatre. The play by Frank Harvey features country and city life with heart interest, excitement, and humor amid vivid scenic effects including Old New England Homestead Snow Storm East River Wharf and a Gilded Gambling Palace.
The Gaylansqueraders under Robert Manchester, originator of The Night Owls, will headline Clif ford's Gaiety all of next week. Two burlesques A Jay at Coney Island and The Sporty Widows plus a vaudeville bill feature Mason and Healy Electric Clark sisters Nick Brown Lorenzo and Allen La Mogne brothers Emma Manchester and Stella Borland.
Hopkins Theater continues heavy attendance with a full revival of Bronson Howard's Shenandoah, praised for patriotism and humor. The vaudeville lineup features Irish comedian John Kernell, the Window Quintette, Bock and Rodgers in a one act, Morton and Elliott, the Folly trio, and Ray L. Royce, among others.
The Savoy Theatre announces Shepard's Modern Minstrels with vaudeville and burlesque, plus appearances by Billy Murphy the lightweight champion wrestler and Dick Green. The vaudeville bill features Sherman & Morrissey, Charles V. Seaman, Ried & Young, Early & Kreuse, and the Trocadero Quartette.
La Belle Carmen headlines at the Haymarket with a sensational high wire stunt. Elvira Francelli and Tom Lewis offer operatic selections, James H. Cullen performs popular songs and parodies. Ford and Francis deliver operatic travesty The Tryst, a hit at the Olympic. Josephine Gassman debuts with a singing sketch. Alfred Holt the whistler Maddox and Beach impersonations Basco and Roberts acrobats Wertz and Adair dancers and about a dozen others round out a varied program expected to please.
The Stage reports on Olga Nethersole delaying appearance in America until October 1898, Rose Coghlan joining Beerbohm Tree next spring, and Rheingold staged without an interlude. D'Oyly Carte may bring Lillian Russell to London for The Grand Duchess, with 750 vaudeville houses active in the US and Canada. Henry Arthur Jones works on The Liars, Robert Tabor in Peter the Great, Lulu Klein in Iskander, and George C. Jenks rehearsing The Girl from Lisbon. Arthur Sullivan may set The Vicar of Wakefield to music. Strauss devotes summer to an operetta in Ischl. Coote, remembered in The Silver King and The Lights of London, has passed away. Mrs. Baker, 82, claims the title of oldest stage actress. Kathryn Kidder pursues a European guest-costume tour. De Koven and Taylor draft an American comedy for Frohmans Lyceum. Daly preps The Merchant of Venice with Ada Behan. A San Francisco judge contends a leading man need not avoid minor parts. Mayor Strong criticizes music halls. Majilton holds a record 5,480 performances in Around the Clock. Pagliacci in Rome advances as drama. Rubinstein memorial tablet in Stuttgart. Verdi rumor of a locked opera draft for posthumous exposure. Julia Linthicum leases Court Chelsea. Lotta Lynn and Aubrey Boucicault to appear. Vienna’s An der Wien announces Phryne and Brull’s The Huzzar. Phryne deemed risky yet likely to succeed.
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