Community notices and social items from Austin area
Local church services announced with sermons. Notable mentions include O H Fantham with W W Kimball piano tuning and where to leave orders. Daily life notes cover travel, weddings at Poplar avenue, clothing ads, and a piano teacher at 211 North Central. Public works fears delay on street paving and a water melon sale at Austin Packing Co. Also: a G A R train to Louisville, social events, chalk talks, a Niagara College party, and a tennis tournament with prize Winners and a Library Hall celebration in Linden Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Fantham
W W. Kimball Co
Miss Wood
North Central Avenue
Garner
Anativ
Mr. Lancaster
North Ping Avenue
Nebraska
North Pine Avenue
Austin Packing Co
Centa & Piece
Indy
Crofts & Reed
Chicago
Copelin
M. FE
Austin
J. J. McCarthy
William H. Holmes
Chattanooga
Epworth League
Methodist
The
National Cemetery
Jessie Clough
Paris
Baptist Church
Finnegan
Niagara College
New York
Raymond
King Sol
Finnegans
Library Hall
Harry Crafts
Walter Bennett
Ashley Ballon
Louise McFarland
Adele Price
Beth Horton
Maywood and Oak Park News Roundup
Towns, mills, and social notes headline a Maywood Oak Park update with water works progress, street work, arrivals and departures, a football push, a Baptist church event, and local social gatherings. Notable items include water pipe testing and testing schedules, a river forest football push, and a parade of residents traveling, renovating, or entertaining in October.
Village Board Meeting Set for Citizen Delegation
A village notice invites residents who smoke to visit Stahmer's store for cigars and informs that at the upcoming Village Board meeting a delegation of citizens will appear before the village fathers seeking action or discussion on a local issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stahmer
Funeral At Forest Home For Hawkins And Jontzen
Hiram A. Hawkins of Berwyn died at 69 from valvular heart disease and was buried at Forest Home after services. Wm Jontzen, Forest Home employee for three years, died Sunday from inflammation of the bowels and was buried there Tuesday. The cemetery employer funded a funeral purse for the widow. A new steel bridge contract, $2000, will connect the Desplaines river and link cemetery sections. Massillon Bridge Co. to build a 125 foot span with double wagon way and sidewalks, due this year. Mrs Marguerita Clamar died at 91 Ferdinand Street and was buried at Forest Home after funeral services. She leaves a husband and three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Street
Baptist Church
Autumn Leaves
J. H. Hilton
Arlington, Iinois
Martin
Eighth Avenue
Maywood
Jureau County
First Street
Fifth Avenue
John McGowen
Chatupnooga
C. W. Ballard
Maywood Electric Light Company
Stevens
Chicago
Frisby
Misa Scharenberg
River Forest
E. M. Scharenberg
Scharenberg
Warren Yalding
Oak Park
Mise Tassell
Wisconsin
Griffin
Henry Struble
Lake Bluff
Misa Lillian Wherry
G. T. Howser
S. A. Chappelle
J. F. Garcia
Dyewater
N.J. Villars
Methodist Church
Woman's Club
E. Bingham
Woman‘s Club
Wisconsin Central
Harlem
Batavie
Brass Picayune
Lake Street
Forest Home Cemetery
Hiram A. Hawkins
Berwyn
Wm Jontzen
Forest Home
Desplaines
Massillon Bridge Company
Massillon
Ohio
Marguerita Clamar
Ferdinand Street
Mita. Clamar
John
August Gaden
Hann Bros
Madison and
Desplaines Avenue
van Camp
John Buettner
Waldheim
Melrose Park
Harlem News Notes On Exhibits and Local Happenings
Harlem updates include an exhibition at Hann Bros Grocery corner Madison and Desplaines of Van Camp pork and beans on Thursday to Saturday. Local events cover deaths, new stores, renovations, school crowding, and a Proviso Club launch with social activities and a large lawn party for residents of Harlem, Maywood, and Chicago.
Proviso Land Association to Build Ten West Maywood Homes
The Proviso Land Association plans construction of ten new houses in West Maywood. A clothing department opens Monday on the Oak Park second floor. Mrs C L Schmidt travels Tuesday for a three week visit to friends and relatives. Earnest Lye becomes baggage master at Melrose Park station on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Lambert
Nebraska
Tie
W. B. Burton
Second Street
Chicago Avenue
Ed Dirks
Miss Anderson
Young Wilson
Waukesha
Welch
Argos
Indiana
New Enterprise
Marion Street
Oak Park
The
Enterprise
W. W. Tae
Wisconsin
O. C. Hall
Galesburgh
Illinois
Lizzie Hine
Fifth Avenue
Lake Street
Lyon & Healy
Webb’s
F. J. Gilmore
Phoenix Fire Insurance Company
West Maywood
C. E. Latham
Provisor Land Association
South Central Avenue
Austin
Millinery
Broaday
Proviso Land Association
Jne
Mra. C
Electric Bitters Promise Swift Liver and Kidney Relief
Electric Bitters lauded as a pure remedy curing liver and kidney diseases body antiseptic for pimples boils and salt rheum. It claims to purge malaria and prevent fevers while easing headache constipation and indigestion. Sold by L M Lovett Oak Park and St H Trail Austin with guaranteed satisfaction or refund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.M. Lovett
Oak Park
St. H
River Forest Village Board Holds Adjourned Meeting Minutes
River Forest trustees met at the village hall with President Jackson presiding. The board approved minutes, paid a batch of bills, and discussed sewer, street and sidewalk projects including a new John Street sewer, multiple avenue improvements with cedar blocks and brick, and paving on Thatcher and Oak avenues. Public train stopping and sidewalk bicycle enforcement were debated, with suspensions and permits granted, and a $62 claim for damages approved for payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Forest
Jackson
Arnold
Barrett
Juergens
Scharenberg
Wallbank
John Street
Oak Avenue
Lake Street
Thatcher Avenue
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Chicago Avenue
Keystone Avenue
Chicago & North Western Railway
Division Street
Forest Avenue
Lake
Washington
Hawthorne
Washington Street
Boutele Avenue
Madison Street
Strete and Sidewalk Committee
Tts
Frank C. Smith
Smith
Brown & Snyder
Duncan McDonald
Wheaton
Wm Iken
Thatcher Ave
Central
Qak Ave
Trinidad
Auction of Furnishings in Second Flat Reach
Furniture for sale includes parlor sofas and armchairs, rockers, tables in oak and cherry, a folding bed with mirror, a cherry dresser, washstand, kitchen gear, refrigerator, stoves, dishes, screen, pictures, carpets and rugs. Call to inspect at second flat.
Village board acts on street works and tree removal
The board reviewed proposed street improvements and a draft ordinance on willow trees near drains. It ordered bills for catch basin work paid by deducting from the Village Engineer. Ole Anderson was barred from village service, and Cicero Gas was billed for destroying catch basin stubs. The matter of a steam or horse roller for Lake street was sent to the Streets and Sidewalks Committee. The meeting adjourned to September 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett
Lake Street
Ole Anderson
Cicero Gas Company
Bucklen Arnica Salve Promises Quick Cure
Otic ad copy touts Bucklen Arnica Salve as best for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. Guarantees satisfaction or money refunded. Sold by L M Lovett Oak dark and Rh H Traill Austin. Price 25 cents per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Lovett
Oak Dark
Rh. H
Notice of nonresponsibility for debts by Houghton family
J. A. Houghton of Austin Cook Co TL incurs no debts for us. We are not authorized to bind our names to his obligations and will not pay any such debts. Mrs M. J. HOUGHTON and G. B. HOUGHTON announce this in Austin on August 27, 18W5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gies
J. A. Houghton
Austin, Cook Co
JA Houghton
M. J. Houghton
Houghton
Austin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Janver
Albert Bargeas
Anccorner
Geo. Norderholt
King and the Star
Hilda Olson
Waller Avenue
Ausin
Charles West
Emma Marstillar
Poplar Avenue
W. H. Satterfield
Philadelphia
Oxford's
Henry Pillingers
J. F. Strickle
P. G. Biggs
Bloomington
Chas. E. Went
Sre
Chas. E. West
Poplar Ave
Gertie Monay
Central Avenue
Linden Park
Proviso
Stone
Welch's
David Kaya
Max Hensel
South Fifth Avenue
James Baggot
North Fifth Avenue
Albert Burgess
Geo. Nordenholt
James Munton
Lakes of
Schreiber
P. Brookman
Ninth Avenues
Congregational Church
Charles Westcott
Misa Waldo
High Hill
Missouri
Mrs. Hathaway
Misa Lulu Hathaway
Miss Waldo
Miss Hathaway
A. Corbet Elliott
Milwaukee
Geo. Buttendorf
Forest Home Tuesaday
Central Grove
Men's League of the
Firs Presbyterian Church
Geo. F. Townsend
Samuel EB. Baker
J. A. Cabb
Frank D. Thompson
W. E. Henderson
Geo. T. Howser
Men’s League
Presbyterian Church
W. H. Reynolds
Europe
J. T. Goodman
J. M. Chambers & Sons
Haklem
Childrens
Hosery
Marion ST
Department Store
NEW Department Store
Teter & Martin
Chas. Biefeldt
Madison
Charlie Millers
O. Gorke
Chas
Plano
Otto F.gorke
Anderson
Prof
Rhein
Monroe Street
Desplaines Street
H. G. Fiddelke
August Luedke
E. K. Essory
Dr. Rogan
Sixty-third Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Nineteenth Avenue
C. W. Parker
Western Union Telegraph Company
Twenty-first Avenue
Mary O'Day
Fifteenth Avenue
W. A. Woodward
Falkner
Winchester, Va
Seventeenth Avenue
Geo. T. Visher
KE. M. ‘Odd
H. O. Craven
W. L. Stahl
Sidney M. Bloss
Fred J. Fisher
Mr. Bloss
George Whitman
Board of Trustees
Cicero
F.W. Bacon
Ann Arbor
Melrose
Electric Bitters
Alma St
Cor. of
Superior, Austin
Oak Park Fair
Fortune
Karlsbad
Haviland
Coods
L. Schnadig
Bucklen’s
Arnica
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