Ivy Leaf Rebekah Lodge No 428 meets monthly
Ivy Leaf Rebekah Lodge No 428 of the O O F meets on the second and fourth Wednesday evenings at Odd Fellows Hall corner North Boulevard and Marion Street Oak Park. Visitors welcome. Mrs Jessie Kin N G Miss Addie L Willy V G A E Heuermann Secretary.
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IVY Leaf
Rebekah Lodge
Felway Hall
North Boulevard
Pasion Street
Oak Park
Mem
Celia Churchill
N. G
Jessie Lakin
V. G
A. I. Heuermann
IVY Leaf Rebekah Lodge NO
Arion Street
Jessie Kin
Addie L. Willy
A. E. Heuermann
Law on newspaper subscriptions and implied contracts
A common law principle holds that a newspaper left at a home and taken in without a stop order creates an implied subscription. A Cicero resident who never ordered the Stanaty Zeitung was sued. the publisher won $80 for several years of presumed subscription.
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Cicero
Stanaty Zeitung
Mressing
Lyons Village Gains from Bridge and Sunday Grove Visits
Editorial notes report Lyons benefited by a completed Desplaines river bridge and electric cars reaching the village. It notes many city visitors to Lyons groves each Sunday and cites war readiness figures for Spain in case of conflict. The week features Cicero Oaks Cycle Club meet at Austin and a ball game on Oak Park grounds where the local club edged by the Al Collegiate nine.
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Cicero
Proviso
Lyons
Desplaines River
City
Spain
Howard
United States
Oaks
Suburban Electric line praised for accident record
The Call from LaGrange notes the Suburban electric line has shown remarkable fortune. Since inception there has been no fatal accidents and only a few minor finger injuries from handling the 60 foot rails, attributed to the large workforce and early stage of the road.
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LaGrange
Abandoned daily Vindicator edition plan
The proposed daily edition of the Vindicator is abandoned for the present due to the Chicago Daily Tribune suburban edition covering the same ground we planned to occupy.
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The
Vindicator
Chicago Daily Tribune
Vindicator to be discontinued for new paper launch
The Chicago Tribune Cicero item claims the Vindicator publication is suspended but the paper asserts it will be replaced by a new and better publication with a different name. It cites the editor’s age as a reason and notes ongoing efforts to renew energy for the profession.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Finch Bonds For Assault Trial In Cicero
George B. Finch town attorney of Cicero posted a $200 bond to answer a state warrant for assault and battery. He appeared before Justice Lehman on Wednesday and the trial is set for Saturday.
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Cicero
George B. Finch
Astice Lehman
Tfarlem
Bealley
Thomas Boddy
Proviso
Mirinch
Justice Lehman
Finch Gains Notoriety After Editor Attack
The Vindicator piece on an editor attacked by Myr. George 2. Finch Cicero town attorney brings Finch fame across the nation. Copies from distant papers show Finch Bull Finch resounding in America after a single blow to a local editor.
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Myr
George 2
Finch
Cicero
Far East
Far West
George Bull Finchnow
Land of America
Fortunate remarks echo in old political quips
The narrator recalls George P. Barker once New York attorney general and a
Chicago Drainage Channel Lauded As World’s Greatest Sanitary Feat
Mr John L Wright writes in September Lippincotts Magazine praising the Chicago Drainage Channel as a monumental sanitary engineering achievement. The project spans about 37 miles to Des Plaines river and Des Plaines to the Illinois, with costs around 27 million dollars and machines developed to meet the vast scope.
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John L. Wright
Lippincott’s
Chicago
Lockport
Desplaines
Illinois River
Joliet
Illinois
Mississippi
Alton
Wright
John Dillon the Actor Letters From the Banner of Gold
A letter from John Dillon to Col Reed appears in the Banner of Gold praising Dr Keeley’s Regnetry and recalling Dillon’s 1891 Dwight experience. Dillon, famed comedian, notes pride in shared affiliations and extends well wishes for Reed and his wife.
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John Dillon
Col Reed
Banner of Gold
Hogs Lake Avenue
Chicago
Col
Reeds Inc
Dwight
Mrs. Reed
Spain’s Cuba War Seen From Weyler Reports
Crittenden Marriott in the Septem ber Arena questions Weyler’s claims in Cuba and argues the western revolt remains strong. He notes rebels hold wider positions, avoid direct battles, and sandbag Spanish forces as Pinar del Rio and Santa Clara provinces show continued insurgency. If Spain sustains force ten years more, victory for Madrid seems possible. otherwise rebellion could triumph.
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Crittenden Marriott
General Weyler
Cuba
Spain
Puerto Principend
Santiago de Cuba
Laven Weyter
Pinar del Rio
Ino Santa Clara
Maximo Gomez
Fifty Second Avenue Trouble in Cicero Rail Settlement
At a Monday meeting the Cicero town board rejected Suburban Electric railway overtures over the Fifty second avenue extension from Madison to Lake street. Two ordinances for Washington boulevard crossing and pole erection were offered. The railroad bought half a block to enable the crossing at right angles but must straighten the boneyard before tracks can be laid, facing a pole placement dilemma with limited track space.
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Town Board of
Cicero
Suburban Electric Railway
Madison Street
Leke Street
Fifty-second Avenue
Washington Boulevard
Chicago
Cicero trolley project halted by property owners demand
Property owners along Fifty second avenue oppose erecting wooden trolley poles near the curb and block the planned line. The company declined to proceed with temporary poles and would need Chicago city council permission to alter the street or place tracks on the city side. J M Roach and attorney Marence Knight attended the meeting as fifty owners protested under the Allen law requiring two thirds consent for ordinance changes.
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Cicero Curb
Chicago
Fifty-second Avenue
Five-Cent Fare Struggles For Cicero Transit Needs
The Cicero community presses for a five cent fare to downtown Chicago and faces failures from Lake street elevated and the Yerkes system. A test trip via transfers cost the editor 15 cents for about ten miles, illustrating the inequity against northern and southern suburbs.
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Cicero
Fernwood
Chicago
Lake Street I
Sixty-first Street
State
Wentworth Avenue
Maslewood
Washington Heights
100Th Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Alley L
Apology Change at The Vindicator Ends Weekly Run
The Vindicator will discontinue and a newer, better paper will take its place. The new pen paper will be sixteen pages, five columns per page, printed on better paper with half tone engravings of prominent people and society content.
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Chicago
Trib- Nive
Cicero
Tribune
Cicero Home Journal Planned to Serve Local Readers
The piece proposes launching a Cicero Home Journal by October to serve Cicero and Proviso homes without a local paper. It notes extensive housing and community interest and pledges the same subscription price, asking for reader patience during the launch.
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Cicero
Cicero Home Journal
New Books at the Library from Scoville Institute
A catalog of 1890s era children's and general titles including Allen Choir Invisible Bellamy Equality Brookings Briefs for Debate Caine The Christian Davis Soldiers of Fortune Du Maurier The Martian French Missionary Sheriff Krebbel How to Listen to Music Sargent Reading for the Young 1891 95 Sherwood An Epistle to Posterity Skinner Myths and Legends Stark Steel On the Face of the Waters Stockton Storyteller's Pack Stuart In Simpkinsville Egeleston Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans Gibson Eye Spy Afield With Nature Lothrop Phronsie Pepper Norton Heart of Oak Books Otis Left Behind Mr Stubb's Brother Smith Arabela and Araminta Thompson Boy's Book of Sports Wesselhoeft Flipwing the Spy Wright Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird Life Tommy Anne. Parents should examine these books before Saturday.
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Allen—Choir
Lexington
Bellamy
Equality
Brookings
Caine
Davis
Soldiers of Fortune
du Maurier
Sheriff
Krebbel
Sargent
Sherwood
Skinner
Steel
Stockton
Stuart
Simpkinsville
Egeleston
Gibson
Nature
Lothrop
Phronsie Pepper
Norton
Heart of Oak Books
Charles Eliot Norton
Otis
Mr. Stubb
Toby Tyler
Circus
Smith—Arabela
Thompson
Wesselhoeft
Flipwing
Wright-Citizen Bird
Tommy-Anne
Women’s Club Austin September calendar and talks
The Austin Women’s Club unveils a September schedule with a directors’ reception on September 1 at Dr. Louis Walk’s residence, a President’s Day gathering, and lectures by Mrs. Gee Sherwood on travel reminiscences. Departments cover history and travel, music art and literature, civics and sociology, plus a Greece sketch lecture and piano recital.
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Woman's Club of
Austin
Louis Walk
S. Central Avenue
Department of History and Travel
Withélizabeth Woodside
Cuyler Avenue
Oak Park
Elizabeth Woodside
Nancy QO. Griffing
Mary Warder
Annie Gray
R. Abbie Carr
St. Augustine
Maude N.evans
Fannie M. Geselbracht
Franklin Avenue
Sir Walter Scott
Leader
Elizabeth S. Osgood
Indiana Street
Clara Wilson Kretzinger
Greece
F. B. R. Hellms
American School
Rome
Athens
Chicago University
Melia Sterns
Department of Music, Art and Literature
Ida P. Wilson
Longfellow
Pena Hayes
Home and Educational Department
Nancy ©. Griffing
Erie Street
Floods Rise as Forests Fall Across States
The Atlanta Constitution notes renewed flood damage in river valleys and links deforestation on hillsides to the danger. It argues that excessive logging costs lives, citing Minnesota's timbering as a costly example impacting Louisiana.
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Minnesota
Louisiana
Atlanta
Suburban Electric to Link with Lake Street Line for Low Fares
Cicero moves push a new cheap fare plan with eighteen rides for $1 for Austin and Oak Park residents to ride downtown via Suburban Electric line and Lake Street Elevated. Harlem and Batavia steam line will convert to electric, eliminating the 5 cent fare and routing most riders to Lake Street. Officials expect about 12,000 daily transfers once the lines operate together.
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Suburban Electric
Cicero
Austin
Oak Park
Harlem
Batavia
Lake Street
West Fifty-Second Street
Washington Boulevard
E Electric
Metropolitan Elevated
Harrison and
West Forty-eighth Street
Harlem Race Track
Lake Street Company
Grand Central Depot
Lake Street Elevated
Cicero Board Settles Road Plan Sprouting 5 Cent Fare Debate
At a special meeting the Cicero town board required Suburban Electric Railroad to follow the June ordinance connecting Harrison street with Lake street along Fifty-second street. Plans to straighten Washington boulevard were discussed as tracks would cross at right angles. J M Roach said the company bought land on the boulevard’s west side. The board sought a 5 cent fare guarantee and a fifty year franchise, but Yerkes refused a $100,000 bond, delaying work for weeks and prompting private deliberations by trustees.
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Cicero
Chicago
Lake Front
Northern Pacific
Lake Street
Harlem Avenue
Creere
Yerkes
Cicero Town Board
Suburban Electric Railroad Company
Harrison Street
Fifty-second Street
Washington Boulevard
J. M. Roach
Gunthorpe
Grocers Edge Butchers in Oak Park Baseball Tilt
In Oak Park on Thursday afternoon the Grocers defeated the Butchers by 26 to 2. Batteries were Zilly and Clifford for the Butchers and Johns and Shoff for the Grocers.
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Oak Park
Zilly and
Clifford
Johns
Shoff
Dr King’s New Discovery Ad Promise
There is nothing as good as Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. It is sold with a money back guarantee and trial bottle offered at Lovell’s Drug Store Oak Park and Traill’s Drug Store Austin. Regular sizes are 50 cents and 1 dollar.
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Dr. King
Lovell’'s
Oak Park
Traill's
Austin
Will Build Homes for Rent or Sale on Chicago Street
Thos. H. Gale offers houses for rent or sale on East and Scoville avenues first block south of C N W R R with long term leases. Plans tailored to tenant. Office at Room 702 84 La Salle Street Chicago.
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East
Scoville Avenues
Cat Rescue From a 20 Foot Telegraph Pole
Mrs. Grettman and her husband fear Tommie the cat is stranded atop a long telegraph pole. After hours of coaxing, the athletic husband climbs the pole to save the cat, who finally jumps down injuring the rescuer in the descent but escaping unharmed.
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Tommie
Tom
Tomiie
Chas. Grett
Affray at Harlem Stable Ends With Multiple Wounds
Eight oclock Tuesday morning at Harlem race track a man named Fred Franklin shot during a scuffle with turfman Jas R Hand after Franklin threatened Hand with a revolver. Franklin wounded six in head and one in arm. Hand held for trial with $500 bond. Franklin treated at Harlem station then county hospital.
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Harlem
Fred Franklin
Jas. R. Hand
Hand
Franklin
Kidd
Oak Park
Herman Helling
Haarlem
Laughing children and curious quips from a byegone club
A collection of humorous vignettes from a New York boy’s club. A four year old mishears and reports a singing pig, a teacher quizzes months with all having twenty eight days, and a supervising adult discovers a boy laughing at a racially charged illustration.
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Tommy Traddles
Robbie
New York East Side
French Cavalry Introduced Oriental Saber in 1710
The Oriental saber entered service with the French cavalry in 1710, marking a notable adoption of eastern weaponry by European forces. The note highlights the cross cultural exchange in military arms during the early 18th century.
Preparations for Active Social Campaign at Oak Park Club
Oak Park club gears up under new steward S W Tanner after a successful informal dance. Aiming to boost house service and membership, organizers plan a fall program, complaint box, dancing classes for all ages, and a waiting list. An Elmhurst outing, with tallied coach rides and moonlit return, is arranged with Mr Thomas E Wilder hosting.
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The
Athletic Association
Fitzgerald
S. W. Tanner
Tanner
Down Town
Louisville
Mercantile
Columbus
Chicago
Holland
Lake Avenue
Fifty-third Street
Oak Park
Geo. H. Thomas
Western Society Army of the Potomac
Royal League
Episcopal Church
House
Oak Park Club
Thomas E. Wilder
Wilder
Elmhurst
Notable deaths and anecdotes from public life today
James I. Babcock inventor of the fire extinguisher dies at 53 in Dorchester Massachusetts. Congressman Sprague wore bicycle attire in the senate chamber. Senator Mason quips with Senator Morgan about speaking on the unknown. William Allen Butler linked to Flora McFlimsey and transcontinental railway plans. Georges the Paris fire rescuer earns Legion of Honor and government position plus $20,000 from the rescuer's lover's family. Mrs. Alexander Campbell dies at 85 in Bethany West Virginia, recalling the church founded by her husband and its growth to over a million members.
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James I. Babcock
Dorchester
Mass
Congressman Sprague
Massachusetts
Senate
Congress
Mason
Senator Morgan
Alabama
Morgan
William’ Allen Butler
Paris
Legion of Honor
Alexander Campbell
Bethany
W. Va
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Ble
George P. Barker
State of
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Fathers of the Republic
Actor
Scoville Institute
Woman’s Club
Jim Hand
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