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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1901
Page
4
Last Tuesday’s town hall drew a large crowd as Oak Park trustees faced pressure over issuing franchises without a public hearing. A recent state law lets voters decide such matters, urging the trustees to submit the issue to a vote to reflect majority will and avoid sectional tensions.
W O Cline, Oak Park and Austin newspaper monopolist, returns from a two week family vacation in Ohio. He has absorbed the Oak Park Vindicator Times and Review for the past year while maintaining amicable relations with neighbors and local rivals. He appears refreshed after the rest.
A country exchange notes advertising value citing a last week Express ad by John Rumseyer selling cows and a Monday morning sale where John Miller of Claytonville bought three cows for 95 dollars.
The article notes teachers returning for the new year with great pleasure and many seeming refreshed after time abroad or in the woods. It emphasizes collective gladness at their return.
Ambiguous transfer of Austin Public Library without clear reasons sparks aldermanic concern. Alderman Race questions approval process while Alderman Hunter’s backing adds significance. Public library has grown popular and continues to benefit residents.
A Chicago era column notes officers exaggerate size by fashion tricks. Examples include Oak Park and Austin police wearing extra thick soles socks and oversized hats. The piece also describes making fiber pipes from wood pulp treated with a preservative and formed into tubes.
The text notes that the United States pays stamp duties to Great Britain without representation, citing twenty five thousand dollars in stamps for Mr. Carnegie's ten million dollar gift to Scottish universities. It contrasts with current American figures, and remarks that figures like the Patrick Henrys and Sam Adamses would smile.
One quarter of sea carrying power is held by thirty large companies of various nationalities. Only one is American, controlling 81,000 tons of 6,616,000 tons total by the thirty firms. England built 4,638 steel steamers capacity 9,793,000 tons in ten years. America 465 ships capacity 743,000 tons, with 198 ships for inland commerce totaling 450,000 tons.
A grand rally will be held at the Austin Christian Church next Sunday during the 11 o clock service. The program includes a solo by Miss Mac Carpenter a solo by Mr Thos H Stark a duet by Earnest and Miss Lilly Thorson a reading by Miss Ruth Pierce and specially prepared music inviting public attendance.
Social notices report Rally Day at Euclid Avenue M E Church Oak Park with Sunday school at 9 46 a m preaching at 11 a m and vesper services at 6 p m Special music and new member reception led by Ep worth League A paper on the Epworth League convention in San Francisco will be read by Misa Elvira Stevens delegate Frank L Wood a Chicago bar member and Wesleyan Bible Class teacher will give an address
The First Church of Christ Scientist holds services at Masonic Hall Boulevard Lake Street at 10 45 a m with the subject Substance A Wednesday evening meeting is also announced at the same address
A collection of aphorisms from various thinkers on virtue courage truth and self awareness. Notable lines emphasize inner vision, the duty of virtue, and the restraint of vice through steady, small actions.
A reflection on personal duty and kindness urging swift love and prompt benevolence. The text argues that neglecting small duties weakens character and that true judgment blends reason with compassion. It cautions against emotionless firmness and praises a warm, sympathetic heart.
L Matthews & Co opens a downtown Austin bookstore at 115 North Park Avenue offering latest fiction journals magazines and periodicals at downtown prices. Mrs Matthews runs a clean courteous shop with school supplies and a Chicago Public Library free delivery station plus a private loaning library at two cents a day for new reads.
A New Albany resident recalls using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on a bicycle trip and a later bout of dysentery. He credits two doses with helping him complete the trip and recover. The remedy is sold by George H. Harris Schnitzus' and Oak Park Austin Avenue pharmacies.
The Nickel Plate Road announces round trip tickets starting at 10.50 for Illinois Day travel to the Pan American Exposition with departure September 14 and 15 and return through September 22. Details available from John Y. Callahan, General Agent, 111 Adams Street, Chicago. Also mentions Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and piano leather made from deer hide.
The excerpt blends moral maxims on law liberty repentance and character with a rambling humorous exchange about Miss Simpkins and Mr Hopkins. It cites ideas on humility patience faith and sincerity, framed as aphorisms and a brief comic quote.
A collage of rental and sale notices from Austin areas listing furnished and unfurnished rooms flats houses with terms addresses and contact names such as B F Dare S Central Ave 419 Park Ave 8513 5435 Ohio St 5405 Ontario St 252 Home Ave Oak Park 451 North Blvd Oak Park and others. Some items note dates or prices like 812 North Lombard Ave starting Oct 1 at 20 dollars monthly and a small horse and buggy sale at 317 North Park Ave.
Auction style notice offers a pedigreed female collie dog for sale at the Vindicator and Times office in Austin. Another item advertises cheap household furniture for sale at 210 South Park Avenue in Austin.
Various small ads and notices include mortgage assistance offers, sewing work wanted, lost items such as a gold headed cane and a lady's ring, a blue jacket, and a jacket found in Oak Park. Services announced include fashionable dressmaking, boarding house opening, and a bakery business changeover by Scharf & Oetgen. contact details given for returns and inquiries.
Mr and Mrs F D Powell welcome a baby girl born August 24 with mother and child progressing well. The new Episcopal church roof and windows are in as construction continues. Dr William Culp Brown failed to secure an appointment to the state dental surgeons position, which went to a Johnston of ler. Artist Joseph Vittur of Ontario street buys a home on Poplar avenue and paints church decorations for Catholic churches nationwide. Nels Rylander of 617 North Central avenue is elected state treasurer of the Gideons. Miss Kathe Currier returns from vacation in Coshocton Ohio. R H Traill and family rent the Quinn property at 5825 Washington boulevard.
Next Sunday rally day will feature a special song service at the Austin Christian Church. Many new residents will identify with the church and un-attending children may join the Sunday school for the first time, finding it advantageous.
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