News of the Town Highlights Local Visits and Community Happenings
Mrs. C Reeves of New York visits Mrs. E P Dowse. Miss Emma Tamm of Chicago visits Dr George B K Charles. Miss Kittie Farnham of Milwaukee visits Miss Edith Wallace. Garfield A Tod, a Rough Rider, is due home next week. St Catherine's Sunday school opens Sept 18 under Sisters of Mercy. Local soldiers from Cuba return with mixed health. many men and townsfolk involved in school, church, and club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Reeves
New York
E. P. Dowse
C. W. Crary
Oshkosh
Wis
Garfield A Tod
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Emma Tamm
Chicago
George BK. Charles
Kittie Farnham
Milwaukee
Edith Wallace
North Central Avenue
P. M. Aldine
Sycamore, Sr
F. H. Aldine
Howard Avenue
J. H. Gunn
Tonica, I
Arthur Gillespie
South Waller Avenue
Beloit
South Watler Avenue
Jerry
Denver
the Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
George Lither
Kathryn Cleary
Nell Cheserton
Austin
St. Catherine's
Nellie Cummings
Wright
Lombard Avenue
William White
Albany
Rose Merrill
AL Cummings
Alta Brink
Miss Woodford
Robert Caughie
Scotland
America
May Pitkin
Emerson Hall
Burton
Sayles
Sixty-fourth Avenue
Cicero board grants liquor license to Corrigan amid race track dispute
The Cicero town board, with most trustees present, grants a liquor license to Corrigan at Hawthorne race track though a minority report urged denial for alleged past illegal betting and pool selling. The meeting covered road, sidewalk, and fire safety items, with several contracts and repairs approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ss. Corrigan
Howell and
MacDonald
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Howard Corrigan
Cicero
Hawthorne
Utley
Wal Bunge
Hila Fr. Jackson
Board of Education
Chicago
Oak Park
Mary Houston
Washington Boulevard
Prairie Avenue
Doctor Newell Surprised by Friends at New Residence
Dr Ro o C Newell was surprised Thursday evening as about Tot friends entered his newly completed home bearing gifts including a medicine case a library table and an office chair. The gathering included local musicians who performed several selections reflecting the friends’ appreciation for his medical care during illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ro O C. Newell
Extraordinary rock church of Sao Vincente in Madeira
A remarkable church carved from a massive coastal boulder at Sao Vincente, Madeira, created entirely by local labor. The sanctuary is unusually quiet and may be one of a kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sao Vincente
Madeira
Doctor A G Bond ends life amid illness in Austin
Dr A G Bond, 59, shot himself in his office beside Traill and Cooling drug store at 2:45 pm Sunday. He had suffered stomach trouble for months and died at 6:30 pm. He moved to Austin in 1902, built a large medical practice, and leaves a young wife and aged father. Interment was Forest Home cemetery after services at the Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
A. G. Bond
Traill & Cooling
James Goddard
Central Avenue
Bond
Rush Medical College
Lo.d. Bond
Westside
Town
Madison
Wis
Presbyterian Church
Forest Home Cemetery
Obituary of Dr. A G Bond of Austin
Dr. A G Bond of Austin died Sept 11 189s at age 459, survived by wife, brother Dr lL Bond of Lowa, and father Rev R C Bond of Milton Junction Wis. Funeral at Austin Presbyterian Church with brief service, poetry, and hymns. Interment Forest Home cemetery. Bond practiced 25 years, Rush Medical College graduate, noted for nose throat lung care and devotion to patients. Many friends mourn his loss.
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A. G. Bond
Austin
Spirit Life
Lost Creek
West Virginia
Ll. J. Bond
Lowa
R. C. Bond
Milton Junction
Wis
Austin Presbyterian Church
S. M. Johnson
J. J. Walser
G. M. Davis
Wo OW. MacFar
Volunteer reception for Washington Camp honored return
Citizens of Oak Park River Forest and Harlem join Washington Camp No 47 P O S of A in a public welcome home event. Mrs Vaile president of the Woman’s Aid Society chairs the arrangements. The reception moves from Scoville Institute Auditorium to the First Congregational Church Oak Park for a patriotic welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scoville Institute
Oak Park
ISUS
River Forest
Harlem
Washington Camp
Patriotic Order Sons of America
O. Vaile
Woman's Aid Society
Community Notes From Maywood Stages and People
Local items report soldier Jack Holland’s recovery from fever and Miss Stella Westcott in charge of a Iowa school for next year. Several residents announce travels, studies, and visits including Laura Westcott to Smith College Northampton and Verron Ferris to Chicago University. Maywood First Regiment return, new Male Chorus organized, smoke nuisance discussed, and dozens of residents listed with moves, visits, and health updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Holland
Stella Westcott
Iowa
C. N. Currens
Seventh Street
Third Avenue
Local Items and Updates From South Franklin Area
South Franklin avenue receives cedar block paving and a dry goods store rises at fake street and Park Avenue with Mr Stewart set as proprietor. Mrs Chambers from De Kalb visits Mr Leonard Moore and Mr Boxee Jeff at Waupaca for a two week outing. Reverend Dunne of Dallas will confirm St Luke's children next Sunday at 4 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Clarke
Boyce & Gilberts Grocery
Chambers
de Kalb
Ind
Leonard Moore
Fake Street
Park Avenue
Stewart
Grove Avenue
J. Tleyot Barbour
Washington
Bureau of Statistics
FE. J. Dunne
Dallas
Tex
St. Luke’s Church
Lathrop Avenue
Lake Street
Woman's Club Of Austin Opens Season With Library Plans
The Woman's Club of Austin held its season kickoff as Mrs. Clara Wilson Whretzinger welcomed members. A traveling library of several hundred volumes was secured for public use at low cost and Superintendent Gilbert urged mothers on home and school ties. Observations from the Federation meeting in Denver were shared, with notes on civic weed control efforts in local suburbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Gilbert
Clara W. Kretazinger
W. Charles
Federation of Woman's Clubs
Denver
Civics Department
Woman's Club
Presentation of a pipe to Sergeant Coffin by Pomahawk Club
Sergeant Percy Coffin of Comiypsiunys A First regiment received a call from Alderman Francis Charley Thoma and other Twelfth ward figures. The Pomahawk Club members presented him a fine meer schaum pipe as a farewell token from last spring with a note saying this is not the pipe of peace but the pipe of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Coffin
Comiypsiunys A
Francis
Charley Thoma
Twelfth Ward
Pomahawk Club
Coffin
Shank's Hall Grand Opening and Local Notes
The article notes Shank's Hall grand opening attended by about 500 people and the $2,500 cost of Nick Shank's saloon fixtures. It also mentions events at Shank's Hall by the Melrose Park Foresters, a forthcoming Turner fair, the Agassiz museum, local remarks on McDermott's saloon, and revised US foreign trade figures showing a large trade surplus for the year to June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Shank
Shank
George Sthrade
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Melrose Park
Agassiz
McDermott
Village Board
Joe Miller
Whopper
United States
Georgian Designs Automatic Crop Theft Alarm
A Georgian inventor develops an automatic alarm to deter crop thieves. The device uses multiple gun barrels loaded with explosive charges set to fire at intervals by a clockwork mechanism to frighten away intruders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aluro
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News OF the Town
Walter Aiken
Kate J. Andrews
Geo. C. Dill
A. C. Dusek
Gertrude C. Ellis
Kk. KE. Morris
Cornelia Johansson
Jo. M. Kahl
Marie Lamkin
Lisa Nelson
Ellen Palmquist
S. A. Sandgren
Willie Schaefer
H. Robertson
Addie Austin
Halifax
N. S
Miss Austin
Santiago
Harry Griffing
St. Luke's Hospital
Fred M. Mason
Lieut
George Horton
Michigan
Will Fielderness
Volunteer Engineer Corps
Cuba
Porto Rico
Nome
Frank Tilt
Howard Pratt
Irving C. Wing
Earnest Riefstahl
Charles Horton
Harve H. Kellogg
Howard A. Bestorf
Roland Lackey
Oregon
Oak Park Avenue
Chicago Avenue
Sibyl Conway
Monticello
Harry Blackstone
Colorado College
Frank Teter
South Side
Phil Sheridan
Hotchkiss
H. J. Schneider
Sumner
Episcopal Church
Highland Avenue
A. H. Sehneider
Marion Street
The
Agassiz Society
Seoville Institute
Hemingway
Oak Park Club
Klenny Renken
State Bank
Severt
Scoville
Findlay
C. J. Bowles
Naperville
J.J
Westward Ho
United States Golf Association
Arthur Herrick
Arthur
Lake Michigan
Fred Fisher
Eerwin Sehneider
Arthur van Vinck
Dean Bicknell
Ralph Sherman
Dr. Roberts
JF. Od. Thompson
Quartermaster’s Department
Ohio
Old
Oak Park Athletic Association
Ofice
Bell Abbott
A. C. Benson
Violet Bischoff
S. E. Cain
Henry Taylor
A. M. Taylor
Joliar Weisse
L. Walker
August Ziegler
Cicero Town Board
COR
Attridge
Charles T. Yerkes
Baron Yerkes
Cleero & Hintent Ry. Co
Sonmth Boulevard
Seventy-second
C. T. Yerkes
City of
Pfifty-Second Avenue
Committee On Fire and Water
Water Company
Price Mains
Tavior Avenue
Augusta Street
Air Com
Berwyn Water Works
Sergt
Piper
Mississippi
Lexington
Kentucky
W. OC. TU
Oak Park Presbyterian Church
Jane Addams
Helen M. Barker
Job. Anderson
Maywood
F. G. Strickland
Sargeant Edward T. Barnard
DR. Bond
A. G Bond
Laura Westcott
Northampton
Mass
Smith College
Verron Ferris
Chicago University
Earle Fantham
Mr. Ed. Klug
Mr. K }. Harris
Record
Robinson
Fifth Avenue
Fourth Street
W. N. Adams
Miss Butler
Rockford
Emily Pitkin
Lillie Ervine
Wellesley
Lewis Ensign
Lake Forest
Harold Kimball
Indiana
Brink
Taylor Avenue
O. A. Hinsdale
Louchelle
Roy
Higin
Fred Viel
Flint, Mich
Daisy Nashole
Kbarnest Girard
South Franklin Avenue
Mr. Boxee Jeff
Waupaca
Austin Woman's Club
Miss Sherman
Dre
E.W. Beechstein
Har- Temo Avenue
Turners
Gaden'’s
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