Neighborhood Stores Offer Timely Fall Shopping Advice
The piece promotes shopping at Owens Bros. and other local Chicago-area firms for fall needs. It highlights Owens Bros. stores at California Avenue and Jackson Boulevard, Woolworth-like convenient access, and invites patrons to compare prices with downtown markets. It notes coal and wood supplier tips, the Stock Yards Branch Market, Hankermeyer Brothers, and George Eissler’s Oak Park market, plus Mohn & Son carriages and Meshler’s cash grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owens Bros
Fifty-third
Lake Streets
Chicago
Austin
California Avenue
J. H. Owens
Stock Yards
Lake Street
Kensley
TL C. Hankermeyer & Brothers
North Park Avenue
Hankermeyer & Brothers
Marion Street
Chicago Avenue
George 8. Eissler
Oak Park
Eissler
I. Mohn & Son
L. Mohn & Son
C. Meshler
Meshler
Notable Figures in Arts and Politics Highlighted
The Boston Journal notes graves gaining proper markers for John Hancocek Samuel Adams and James Otis at Arlington. Mme Rejane’s divorce suit is dropped as she and her husband and baby are seen in an automobile in Paris. Richard Croker bids $8000 for Little Saint after the prince of Wales fails at auction. J Morrison Harris, Baltimore reformer and founder of the Maryland Historical Society, dies in Baltimore after a career including a 1876 congressional run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kebers
Tutzine
St Starnberger Sea
Boston Journal
Aranary Burying Ground
John Hancocek
Samuel Adams
James Otis
Mme. Re- Jane
Paris
Mme
Rejane
Bois
Richard Croker
Prince of Wales
Little Saint
Croker
J. Morrison Harris
Baltimore
Tacxley
Washington Star
Boston
Detroit Journal
Quotations on truth, sympathy, and integrity
A selection of aphorisms from Clarke Pope Thackeray and Thoreau on honesty, understanding, self-improvement, and sincerity urging humility and integrity in daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Clarke
Pope
Anne Thackeray
Thoreau
To Cure Colds in One Day Patient Advised
An advertisement urges taking Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure colds in one day with a refund offer if it fails. The copy frames the product as a guaranteed remedy and notes retailers will refund the purchase price.
Recent Inventions Preview Novel Devices and Tools
A survey of new ideas shows corrosion resistant propeller shaft coatings, wax treated corks with gutta percha caps, a letter opening device using knife blades, and a wearable life saving buoy with inflated pockets. Also described are a cork removal method, a railway distance indicator gear, a pavement cleaning machine, an acetylene burner with wider flame spread, a hands free corn holder, a reversible cake-turner, a copying book aiding writing in class, and an English racing stage apparatus with an endless track and panorama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inglishman
Things Said About Women Riff on Gender Stereotypes
A string of satirical quips critiques women and romance, noting pity toward a wife as a mild insult, women’s instincts in love, and social scenes of young men with multiple girls on porches. It closes with a reader question about a boy’s evening routines and risk-taking.
Old Bilger and the anti imperialist fever
The excerpt contrasts sharp remarks on equality and vanity. Bilger faces mockery over political views as a wife buys a new extension table and a father vents about infant weight proving a debated claim. The dialogue captures colonial era debates and social pretensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilger
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Lake St
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Marton St
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Conrad Kanmpp
C. Kampp & Son
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Chicago Exchange
Cicero Exchange
Rob
T. 1. Ward
Nene Park Ave
Banuufacturer
Ww. S. Smith
Oak Park and
Maywood
Dunlop Bros.’ Bank
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Oak Park Av
Thompgoon’s Drug Store
J. Dunfee & CO
Franklin Street
Corser Washington
W. R. Clark
West Lake
Fifty-Second
Coal and Wood Department
Clark & Murphy
Ark Avenue
Cash Grocery and Market
B. D. Larson & CO
Haarlem
B.D. Larson & Co
Madison
Hannah Street
Harlem
Youur
Maryland
Congress
Maryland Historical Society
Cicero Gas CO
North Oak Park Avenue
Ss. B. Wait
Cicero Telephone
Ontario Street
Albert Burgess
Bakery E'Ephone
Cook C
Rakama
N. Parkav
E. B. Moore & CO
Randolph Street
New
B. Patrick
North Park Ave
Reid
Charles Arnold
Park Avenue
Solid Trains
Raat
Murphy
Cicero
West Lake and
Fifty-second Sts
D. G. Vanderwolff
Ireland
Linden Park
Chicago & Austin Express
Ausin
Midgeland
N. Park Av
E. Jackson Street
Tel
Harrison
Pacific AV
W. A. Bunge
T. & Irving
Qak Park
River Forrest
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