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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1898
Page
5
Austin society notes list dozens of local movers and shakers
Berthel Hoy becomes a father. Vernon A. Biggs returns from Southern Illinois. Local residents return from trips and visits in Wisconsin and Michigan. New moves include G L Eichelman in Warsaw and the Demorest family in Harvey. A paving project on Ohio Street is praised for quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berthel Hoy
Vernon A. Biggs
Illinois
C. EB. Bonney
BE. W. Young
Ohio Street
Oconomowoc
Standard Paving Company
Waller Avenue
Austin Avenue
Ontario Street
Oak Park notes and local updates in late summer
Oak Park residents hear Dr Burns will return home and lead Sunday services at M E church. Local bank bookkeeper Sievert resigns for health, and Julie Talmadge leaves sixth grade with Miss Savage taking her place. Post office hours on Labor Day and other civic details fill the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns
M. E
John
Sievert
State Bank
Hatch
Minnesota
Cicero Town Board Meeting Minutes August 30 1898
The Cicero town board discussed arc light questions and contract cancellations of Farley & Green for Oak Park avenue outfall sewer. They reconsidered engine house sites, sidewalk plans, and street lighting while hearing police fines, licensing requests, and proposed water works pumps. Referred matters to committees on streets, licenses, fire and water, and special assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. E. Plumbe
Ontario Street
Central
Park Aves
Committee of Whole
Farley & Green
Oak Park Avenue
la Mena
Taylor Avenue
Iowa
Augusta Street
Suburban
Robinson Avenue
Madison
Lake Street
Nelson & Wagner
Jessamine Avenue
32D Avenue
August Sehoen
Cr. Varlette
Pine Avenue
McCallum Street
Shaw
Committee On Fire and Water
Oak Park
Lewis
Oak Ark
Ayes
Gunthorp
Howell
McDonald
Nays
Attridge
Rearden
Utley
Austin
I. A. Hill
Waller Avenue
First Alley
F. R. Schock
City Council Proceedings Note on Streets and Finances
The report shows bids for relief sewer on 64th avenue with Barker and Williams retained for further consideration and others rejected. Finance cites bills of $13 233 79 for payment and panel actions authorize sidewalk and cement walk projects on Sophia Iowa Henry streets Chicago avenue etc. Referred items include an engine house bid reconsideration and appointing an expert accountant to audit town finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park
Austin
Committee of Whole
Lake Street
Chicago Racing Association
Police and Sanitary
64Th Avenue
Chicago Avenue
F. A. Barker
C. J. Williams
Finance Committee
Ontario
Kinzie Street
Ontario Street
Rearden
So. Park Avenue
Lewis
Ridgeland
Hull's Bigamy Verdict in Austin Court
John R. Wull, an Austin printer, was found guilty of bigamy by a jury in Judge Chetlain's court. He faces imprisonment in the penitentiary after a marriage to Grace Betty of Austin about a year ago. A Chicago woman named Amanda Huiss Hull says she was married to Hull about three years ago, and a new trial is being sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Wull
Austin
Chetlain
Grace Betty
Chicago
Amanda Huiss Hull
Hull
Wifort
The Sweater’s Decline Among Cyclists
The piece notes the rapid disappearance of the cycling sweater from rider wardrobes. Once worn by all, it is now largely abandoned for cooler, lighter apparel as bicycling shifts toward modern, civilized garments. A few scorers still cling to tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyeledom
One Merit In Red Hair Curiously Finds Fewer Balding Hairs
A curious fact notes red haired people are less prone to balding with an average scalp hair count of about 29 200. Dark hair averages 105 000 hairs, while fair haired individuals commonly show 140 000 to 160 000 hairs. If plaited, fair hair could bear roughly eighty tons, about the weight of 300 people.
Rattlesnakes and White Ash Leaves Antipathy Case
Naturalists note a rattlesnake avoids white ash leaves, with tales that a snake in a circle of half white ash leaves and hot coals will cross the coals before entering the leaves. The claim reflects folklore about plant repellents and reptile behavior.
Austin School Notes Announces Staff Changes and Open Day
Miss Ellen Eastman resigns due to ill health and will be absent for a year. Miss Harriet Beaumont will fill the vacancy, with Park Ridge duties. Sixty two teachers this year and a new high school expansion adds sixteen classrooms. Katherine Merrill arrives as English teacher, H N Holland teaches physics, Louis B Easton chemistry. School opens Monday September 5 with principals at 9 am September 3 for entry, vaccination certificates required, Labor Day short session for organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Eastman
Glen Sutton
Quebec
Harriet Beaumont
Park Ridge
Katherine Merrill
Champaign
H. N. Holland
Rockford High School
Louis B. Easton
State Board of Health
Annexation push aims to join Austin with Chicago
A petition in County court seeks a vote on annexing Austin to Chicago. Names on the petition include Clayton E. Crafts, John I. Crimmin, J. J. McCarthy, W. F. Murray and Charles P. Ryan. The Vindicator opposes annexation and has published arguments against the move in past discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Chicago
Clayton E. Crafts
John I. Crimmin
J. J. McCarthy
W. F. Murray
Charles P. Ryan
Washable wall paper ushers in sanitary designs for rooms
Sanitary wallpapers now offered in varied shades for living rooms and bedrooms. Designers expand beyond limited color schemes, making washed and durable backgrounds like a new denim-appearing paper seen at an exclusive shop. Anticipation grows for widespread use of washable papers.
Monstrous Australian nests weigh five tons
The largest and heaviest nests are in Australia where jungle fowl construct mound like nests up to fifteen feet high and 150 feet in circumference. Bush turkeys build pyramidical colonial nests so vast that six or seven carts would be needed to move one and a single nest can weigh more than five tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Bow and Arrow Duel in Edinburgh 1791
A hundred years ago in Edinburgh two men settled a dispute with bows and arrows. They fired three arrows each without a hit, were mocked by seconds and a surgeon, and then withdrew from the scene. The event occurred on February 10, 1791.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Edinburgh
A Great Event from a Littl Cause
Voltaire visits the Prussian court and Madame de Pompadour's compliments reach Frederick II. The king scorns her, and Madame influences Louis XV to shift France’s stance toward Austria. A Franco Austrian army advances on Prussia aided by Elizabeth of Russia, leading to half a million deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brederick II
Prussia
Voltaire
Mme. de Pompadour
Louis XV
Austria
Elizabeth of
Russia
Frederick
A Perfect Face Composition Study
A description outlines facial proportion noting one third of the face allocated to the forehead one third to the nose and one third to the upper and lower chin for ideal balance in facial structure.
Maywood Community Notes Share Local News And Arrivals
Maywood residents report health updates and travel from Anna Bullard Susan Schrieber and L V Ferris. W L Adams and W H Jineson renew singing at Unity church Oak Park. New births born to Wolf Stevens Brown and Dicky families. A Klondike returnee Charles Norris speaks of hardships and planning for next winter. An eye injury to A S Bullard is noted and a Knights of Pythias outing to Lincoln Park described.
Typhoid Convalescence And Community Notes In Harlem
Harlem news reports Mrs. Geo Oleson recovering from typhoid fever and several teaching and club updates. Mrs A Flynn will teach second grade at south school. Excursions by Harlem Maennercher and C EB lines drew crowds, with fourteen youths on a lake trip. A mad dog incident prompted local shooting. debate over who fired most shots remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Oleson
A. Flynn
South School
Harlem
Delights and Drawbacks of Army Life Noted by Soldier
A Third Infantryman stationed in New Orleans describes camp life with biting humor. He notes blisters from rough stew, a lumpy green mattress, pervasive bugs, sleepless nights, mosquito welts, and sore heels from hard drilling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Ridgeland community notices from local arrivals and visits
Ridgeland, Miss lay joined a Princeton Illinois concert on Thursday night. Albert Branch and family returned from an outing spent in Wisconsin. Reverend Sidney Strong and family are home recuperated after vacation. Mrs. Pierce of N Taylor avenue entertains her brother Howard Bend of Jackson Michigan. Elmer Keeney hosted friends Tuesday evening and suffers hay fever. Fourteen youths from the village joined a Christian Endeavor excursion to St Joe last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Goodwillie and daughter Ollie returned from Little Cedar Lake Wisconsin where they spent the summer. Hotfoot Cycling Club attended a lecture on astrology at Cottage Home tent in Maywood Tuesday evening. Frank Butler and family from New York visiting Thos Butler and family on Taylor avenue. D E Brink and daughter returned from a vacation visiting Illinois and Wisconsin towns. Mrs Wright on Taylor avenue entertains her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Small and their daughter Nellie of Wichita Kansas. Mrs Wm Stevens of N Humphrey avenue hosted two nieces from Downers Grove and South Chicago. Friends of Robert Caughie rejoice as he sails from Scotland to join his sister Mrs Wright in the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Lacey
Canton
N. Y
G. L. Eichelman
Warsaw
Ind
South
Waller Avenue
Edith Wallace
Milwaukee
J. K. O'Neil
Midway Park
May Canney
Aurora
Helen Furman
B. Gilchrist
Charlotte, Mich
E. R. Knowlton
Belle Gilchrist
Waukesha
Charles H. Demorest
Pearl Demorest
Harvey
Ill
Louis Falk
Delavan Lake
Wis
Addie Austin
Ruby Gilbert
Michigan
A. H. Clement
Julia
Josephine Reichmann
River Forest
White
Central Avenue
G. A. Griswold
Austin
Abbott Block
Eddie Knowlton
Charlotte
Mich
R. S. Tuthill
Fay Tuthill
Maria Moore
Morton Date
Mabel Charles
Hattie
Louis Crary
Lone Tree Point
Charles Deming
Fourteenth
Minnesota Regiment
Byron C. Dowse
Roy
W. L. Demorest
W. Ll. Smith
Harry Date Publishing Company
Chicago
McGinnis
South Prairie Avenue
B. M. Shurtliff
Randolph Center
Walter
H. Heath
M. E. Baker
Frank J. Race
Montague, Mich
Robert Kennedy
Scoville Place
Phinney
U. S
Louise Swift
Wellesley
Ann Arbor
Matteson
Oak Park
Wm. W. Bent
Chas. KF. Bourgeois
Jennie Brown
Burton
Etta Carson
Sue Clemenger
G. P. Goodwin
Thomas P. Kennedy
Gottlieb Meier
Walter Minty
P. R. Morgan
J. F. Meyers
Mary Meyers
Herman Klipp
Marion Street
Justice Kendall
Judge Whitehead
S. W. Packard
Col. Watts
Anderson
Forest Home Cemetery
Masonic Hall
Charles F. Dreschler
Armbrust
Jampolis
Earl Jones
Santiago
Indiana
Cervera
Harvard
Farr
Washington Camp
Patriotic Order Sons of America
P. Hotchkiss
P.O. S. of A
E. O. Vaile
Woman's Relief Society
Phil Sheridan Post
Knights of Pythias
Frank Brown
Fourteenth Street
Warren Avenue
Wm. Dicky
A. S. Bullard
Miss Lay
Princeton
Albert Branch
Wisconsin
Sidney Strong
Hotfoot Cycling Club
Maywood
Cottage Home
Frank Butler
New York City
Thos. Butler
Taylor Avenue
D. E. Brink
Illinois
Wright
Small
Nellie
Wichita
Kas
Wm. Stevens
N. Humphrey Avenue
Downer’s Grove
Robert Caughie
Scotland
Moore
Keystone Avenue
Vera Townsend
Oberlin
Dr. Fawcett
New York
E. C. Waller
Park Avenue
Lake Street
Chittenden
Stewart
Madison Street
Gerts
Jennie C. Sibley
Evanston
Hornbrook
Sibley
Smith College
Lexington
Laura Peterson
McArthur
River Forest Notes on Residents and School Openings
River Forest community news lists visits and travels of Mrs. Boyce Mrs. Fawcett and others. The new Park Avenue Lake Street store building should be ready by October 15. Schools reopen September 6 with Miss Sibley teaching Latin English and Miss Peterson kindergarten. Epworth League events and Dr Fawcett sermons noted for Sabbath services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fawcett
Epworth League
John Parson
Oak Park
Epworth League of
River Forest
Farson
Not Professional Exchange at the Police Court
A blunt remark from a police court lawyer sparked discussion about service charges after a river collision. The lawyer refused to bail out water from a yacht unless he was paid, prompting questions about professional ethics and aid without compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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News OF the Town
TL. Vihon
F. H. Hartless
North Park Avenue
Mr. Wilton
Frank Browser
Cicero Town Board
ARC
Northern Pacific Railroad
Roach
J. Wf. Callopy
Adams Streets
West Side
Grove Avenue
Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon Company
Hawthorne Race Track
Ilb
Malone
Hawthorne
Austin School Notes
Anna Bullard
Susan
South Haven
Dr. Schrieber
Battle Creek
Niagara Falls
HL. Whibby
Sixteenth Avenue
Hilbert
Nineteenth Avenue
L. V. Ferris
Messrs
W. L. Adams
W. H. Jineson
Unity Church
Charles Norris
Klondike
Norris
Chas. Beck
Hemingway
Talcott, Mich
Justice Lehman
Gaden's Grove
Lehman
Walter IE. Boyce
Waupaca
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