National Guard Review Praises Vermont Camp
General O. O. Howard attended a Fairiles Vermont national guard review and praised the spectacle as complete. Captain George Kilmer commended the efforts shown in inspection, sanitary practices, and the sham battle. Kilmer’s letter stresses the guard as the foundation of our political and military system and the citizen warrior ideal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. O. Howard
National Guard
Fairles
Vermont National Guard
George L. Kilmer
Burlington Free Press
Boys In Blue
Kilmer
Our Mathematical Friends and Their Advancing Theories
A humorous summary of mathematicians at a convention discussing topics like the linear vector of quaternions, partial linear transformations of ternary quantics, and periodic solutions as a first approximation. The piece notes Dr. G W Hill’s lucid arguments on the periodic solution and mocks debates on expansions without derivations and continuous functions without differential coefficients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Hill
Dr. Hill
Greater Republic of Central America forms union pact
Eminent wisdom guides three Central American states in an agreement creating The Greater Republic of Central America. Each nation preserves its own government while a general council governs impartially from rotating capitals. The arrangement promises stability and potential U.S. arbitration on regional issues including the Nicaragua canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvador
Nicaragua
Honduras
Republic
Central America
United States
Railway Postal Clerks Mutual Benefit Assn Not Pensioning Members
The Railway Postal Clerks Mutual Benefit association respects self support for disabled workers. Members pay annual fees and assessments fund care for illness or death. The 1895 treasurer’s report shows no gain despite $58,000 in assessments. the organization holds $33,000 cash with 83,848 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway Postal Clerks’ Mutual Benefit Association
Senator Peffer on interest and borrowing at the expo
The senator argues high interest harms savers and borrowers alike while noting that many avoid borrowing. He recalls Dr George F Root as the composer of famous Civil War songs and mentions a negro restaurant at the Atlanta exposition showcasing fall cooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Dentist Dr Stanfield Promoted as Expert in Austin
Advertisment extols Dr W Stanfield a skilled Austin dentist with offices over Garner and Co. drug store at Park Ave and Lake St. It notes his graduation from the American College of Dental Surgery and his specialization in bridge and crown work. Hours listed 8 to 12, 3 to 6, and 7:30 to 8 p.m. The piece praises his location, practice size, and courteous demeanor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanfield
American College of Dental Surgery
Hunt
Garner & Co
Lark Avenue
Lake Street
Cook County
Hea
Ilo the Thorough Business Man Sets Favorable Terms
The passage extols Ilo as a thorough business man who can command unlimited capital and secure more favorable terms, describing him as reliable and capable in every respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilo
Edwin Archer a Practical Cyclist and TLurg in Austin
Edwin Archer, Austin’s practical cyclist and craftsman, is highlighted as a leading business figure. The article praises his bicycle work, machine designs, repairs, and electrical services including burglar and fire alarms, light wiring, and bell hanging. It notes his large stock of bicycle supplies, guaranteed workmanship, reasonable charges, and high esteem among townspeople.
Noble & Co Hay Grain Firm Icon of Austin Trade
A Reliable House in Austin, S. J. Noble & Co., stands as a leading dealer in hay grain and feed. The firm emphasizes courteous service, prompt delivery, full weight, and high quality, enabling large cash purchases and cheaper prices. They are praised as trusted and reliable by the Vindicator and local patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
S. J. Noble & Co
A Devine Inheritance From Froehlich Green House
A profile of Froehlich Green House owner Mr Froeblich at 5530 Cornelia Street praising his cultivation of flowers for decoration and funeral needs. The piece extols flowers as a refined symbol of life, urges community planting, and notes his twenty five years in the business with fair pricing and prompt service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Froehlich
Cornelia Street
Froehlich Green
States
Austin
Froeblich
Green House
Central
Pine
A RELIABLE MAN G E Fletcher coal and wood dealer
G E Fletcher successor to C B Patrick runs a growing Austin coal and wood business. He operates large yards behind the Baptist Church with capacity for thousands of tons and keeps a full stock of coal wood and kindling. He offers prompt delivery and full weight and quality, buying in large cash consignments allows cheaper prices than smaller competitors. He is a trusted, longstanding Austin merchant with broad patronage.
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G. E. Fletcher
C. B. Patrick
Austin
Baptist Cauaroh
Downtown Houses Seek Bigger Profits With New Dressmaker
The business notes heavier expenses force higher profits and mentions Mrs. Sommer, an artistic French dressmaker, among their staff. The context implies a local enterprise adjusting operations and employing a notable designer.
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Mrs. Sommer
Worthy Mention of Conrad Kampp Funeral Establishment
In Vindicator review of Austin's leading business men, Conrad Kampp's funeral home is praised for careful service and extensive embalming expertise. Located at 237 N Park Ave, Austin, and 48th Kinzie, Moreland, the firm offers a full line of caskets robes and undertaker furnishings with 24 hour calls and modern facilities.
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Conrad Kampp
N. Park Avenue
Austin
48Th
Kinzie Ave
Moreland
48Th and
Kinzie Streets
Notice of Public Attention to Local Services Title
Shortest notice highlights funerals and weddings with emphasis on horse boarding and feeding. Public attention drawn to a location at 126 Marion Street for related services and offerings.
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Marion Street
Albert Burgess Bakery Ad Promotes Local Trade
The Oak Park business advertisement portrays Albert Burgess as a experienced manufacturer and wholesaler retailer of bakery goods confectionery and ice creams. It lauds his central premises and fresh home produced bread pies cakes and confections with strong community esteem and growing patronage.
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Burgess
Oak Park
Popular milkman George D Rogers noted for purity
A profile of George D Rogers at 222 North Park Avenue praising his long service to the community. The dealer supplies bottled milk and cream, guarantees a pure product, and runs a clean, well equipped depot. His industry and integrity have built a large, growing trade and he is regarded as a respected local businessman.
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George D. Rogers
North Park Avenue
Enterprising Oak Park Harness Maker
John J. Brown operates a prominent Oak Park harness and furnishing goods shop at 134 Lake Street. He manufactures and custom-orders harness, offers whips and wagon equipment, repairs all kinds of work, and guarantees quality at fair prices, earning high local regard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Brown
Lake Street
Brown
Oak Park
Successor to the Austin Bicycle Works at 215 Nonth Park Ave
A notice praising Mr. Briggs successor to the Austin Bicycle Works at 216 North Park Avenue. He is described as a skilled craftsman in bicycle repair sewing machines and various hardware, capable of making tools for complex jobs. His work is stated to be thorough, reasonably priced, and highly esteemed in the community.
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Nonth Park Avenue
Briggs
Austin Bicycle Works
North Park Avenue
Real Estate and Insurance Agent in Austin Ad
Real estate and insurance advertisement featuring Frank L. Race of Austin with offices at 5629 Lake St and Chicago Pine Aves. Promotes Chicago ave subdivision lots at 12 to 20 dollars per foot with small cash down and 10 month terms. Highlights extensive local property knowledge, loans, and insurance coverage with prompt claim adjustment.
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Lake ST
Austin
COR
Chicago
Pine Aves
Fisher
Race
Chicago Ave
53D Street
Central Ave
Pine
Chicago Aves
Austin State Bank praised for growth and secure quarters
The Austin State Bank of Austin Ill established in 1891 is celebrated for its stable community role, elegant secured vaults, and move to the Austin Safe Deposit Company building. Officers listed include C S Castle president H F Frink vice president and P D Castle cashier with directors H F Frink P V Castle Taylor A Snow F R Schock C S Castle R H Trailt and P D Castle.
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Cicero
Austin
Austin State Bank
Austin Safe Deposit Company
Cook County
Austin State Bank of Austin
Ill
United States
C. $. Castle
H. F. Frink
P. D. Castle
P. V. Castle
Taylor A. Snow
F. R. Schock
C. 8. Castle
R. H. Trailt
Stylish and Durable Footwear by Austin Dealer Blackman
Mr H Blackman the shoe dealer at 211 Park Ave showcases his own stock and can craft footwear in house. He sells Douglass $3.00 shoes and carries a select line made by proprietor artisans. specializes in repairs and custom work with guaranteed completion timelines.
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H. Blackman
Park Ave
Austin
Blackman
Points for the fashionable millinery at Black and Co
Austin readers learn that C A Black and H M Robbins run 5614 South Boulevard artistic millinery offering Parisian and Eastern hats, custom designs, and a wide stock of fashionable goods. They urge visits for sociability and up-to-date fall lines at reasonable prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
C. A. Black
H. M. Robbins
So. Boulevard
C.A. Black & Co
Oak Park Jewelers Standout For Quality Goods
A leading Oak Park watch and jewelry dealer is praised for a wide stock of watches clocks and silverware along with skilled repair work. The proprietor offers monograms engraving and reliable service with a personal touch and satisfaction guaranteed. Orders arrive from nearby areas due to dependable workmanship.
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Oak Park
West End Pharmacy and its noted chemist Groesse
West End Pharmacy at 104 Lake Street features C U Groesse Ph G a respected chemist and apothecary who manages the store. The business emphasizes skilled drug compounding, pure medicines, cosmetics cigars and druggists sundries with careful prescription supervision praised by local physicians. The Vindicator lauds him as a dependable citizen.
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Lawa
Oak Park
C. UL. Groesse
West End
Lake Street
Groessle
Graeasle
First Class Turnouts at Oak Pann’s Popular Livery
Visitor praises Benj Congleton’s Windication stable for excellent ventilation lighting and ready access to high quality turnouts with ample patron services in this county.
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OAK Pann
Benj. Congleton
Windicaton
Harper and Bulendorf Mason Contractors of Oak Park
Oak Park’s Harper and Bulendorf are noted mason contractors praised for fair charges and thorough work across the city and county. They oversaw notable projects including the Chas Dear Wm Johnson post office Sansom Rogers and Hegardh residences and many other artistic structures. Their HQ is 114 116 Harlam avenue with Wm Johnston and they offer prompt estimates.
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Oak Park
Harper & Bulendorf
Chas, Dear
Wm. Johnson
Post Office
Sansom Rogers and Hegardh
Expert workman runs top Harlem Avenue carriage shop
W. F. Johnston at 114-116 Harlem avenue operates a large two story shop with modern machinery for carriage and wagon work. He builds light and heavy wagons to order, repairs and sharpens lawn mowers and farming tools, and employs expert staff to ensure high quality output praised by locals.
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W. 5. Johnston
Harlem Avenue
Hoe
Johnston
Splendid stock carried by Dréchsler Furniture and Undertaking
This feature on Chas. F. Dréchsler, Oak Park 108-110 Lake Street, praises his large furniture store and its extended services as an undertaker and embalmer. It notes his wide range of modern furniture, value, and low prices, plus his capacity to handle funeral arrangements and embalming for long shipment. Calls answered day or night at 70 or 108-110 Lake Street.
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Dréchsler
Efe
Lake Streat
Oak Park Shoe Emporium a Model Establishment
Carlson and Holmgren run Oak Park's largest shoe house selling ladies and gentlemen fine hand sewn footwear. They offer a well stocked display with custom work, repairs, and expert craftsmen. Prices aim to undercut downtown rivals while maintaining quality and service.
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Messrs. Carlson & Holmgren
Oak Park
Messia
Carlson & Holmgren
Portrait Studio Leader Arnold Shapes Oak Park Image
The Vindicator highlights Arnold the Oak Park photographer at 143 Lake Street as a premier artist with a studio state of the art equipment and a reputation for life like portraits. He covers all sizes including cartel de visites panels and life sizes with ink crayon watercolor and pastel finishes. It notes his modern tools and civic contributions.
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Oak Park
Arnold
Lake Street
Frank H. Hillmer: Oak Park’s Steadfast Community Leader
In Oak Park the town’s push and enterprise rested on one man, Frank H. Hillmer. He is portrayed as the public spirited leader behind churches, schools, factories, and town prosperity. The piece lauds his generosity and honesty and his readiness to support any local movement for the town’s good.
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Oak Park
Frank H. Hillmer
Hillmer
Oak Park Proud of Hillmer as a Business Leader
The article lauds Mr. Hillmer for running a vast Oak Park store at 101 3 Lake Street with two large rooms full of dry goods clothing shoes and more. It highlights his prompt order fulfillment fair prices from large consignments direct factory contact and a respected standing in the community. Oak Park pride underlines his steady stock and customer focus.
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Lake Street
Hillmer
Oak Park
Land Tunnels: Three-Tunnel Job Won by Low Bid
Joseph Duffy submitted the lowest bid of 735,625 dollars to undertake the three tunnel project. The work’s magnitude underscores its significance to the western city’s development and infrastructure expansion.
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Joseph Duffy
Water Works Plan for Chicago West Side Tunnel Network
Public Works begins a multi tunnel project to bring Lake Michigan water to Chicago’s west and northwest wards. Three land tunnels totaling about 43,150 feet will deliver a larger supply via pumping works at the tunnel ends. Bidder Joseph Duffy offered the project for 735,625 dollars, far below estimates.
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Public Works Department
City of
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Chicago Avenue
Green Bay Park
Cass and
Rush Streets
Green Street
Grand Avenue
Rockwell Street
Humboldt Park
Cicero
Great West Side
Joseph Duffy
Court Fines Detective Ten Dollars in Shadowing Case
A New York court fines a detective $10 for shadowing a man and sends the case to a higher tribunal. Lawyers say the divorce business may end if they are not allowed to obtain evidence in that manner.
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New York
St. Louis
Marquis de Castellano on Americans as a nation
The Marquis de Castellano, father of the French groom who wed an American heiress, says Americans are not a nation but an agglomeration of individuals. He questions why he brought his son across to marry into American society if we lack ancestors.
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Marquis de Castellano
Galveston
Another Use For the Wheel Ambulance Cycle
A Berlin doctor invents a litter on two wheels attached to a tricycle worked by two men. It offers a cheaper option for small towns and rural areas where horse ambulances are costly, according to the Philadelphia Ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Philadelphia. Ledger
Telegraphing Without Wires in The Electrical Age
The Electrical Age reports that after the Scotland Mull cable broke, communication continued via induction over two miles. A telegraph line on the island coast ran parallel to the mainland line to maintain contact.
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the Electrical Age
Scotland
Isle of Mull
A Samson of Four in Valparaiso Family Tale
Charles Hales of Valparaiso Ind recalls a remarkable family anecdote a four year old boy once carried his 180 pound father across a room a newborn weighed 24 pounds at birth highlighting a playful family record from Indiana.
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Charles Hales
Valparaiso
Ind
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W. Madison St
Weenly Review
the National Guard
Peffer
America
George F. Root
DR. CO. W. Stanfield
PaAnk Ave
Ovier Garniss Drug Store
Edwin Archer
Abbott Hlock
S.j.nonar & Co
West Lake St
Devine
Abbott Building
NEW Astor
Waldorf
John Jacob Astor
William Waldorf Astor
Albert Burgess
W.H. Briggs
Real Estate and Insurance
Frank L. Race
South Boulevard
SNOEH
N. Park Ave
A. Black & CO
Boulevard
J. W
Screning
West End Pharmacy
O. F. Graessle
PH. G
Wein
Chas. F. Drechsler
Shoe Emporium
W. F. Arnold
Lake Steert
General Mercantile
West Side Water Supply
Tance
Samson of Four
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