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Newspaper

Oak Park Vindicator

Location

Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1897

Page

7

Cicero's Seat and Austin News Digest

Austin area briefs cover loans, business moves, social visits and club activities. Notables include Bert Hallinan resuming activity, J. J. Ganzer returning from the East, and plans for the Oaks Club reorganization and Austin Presbyterian rally. Also notes on bids for bonds, football hopes, and a new Acetylene illuminant patent.

Linden Park Social Notes and Club Gathering

Mrs L Gurst and Miss Lydia Harmon visit Mrs J M Crook of Linden Park. Edna Bortry hosts a birthday party at Linden Park. Stangeland plans grain trips through Iowa and South Dakota. Stella Williamson returns from Columbus Ohio. Mrs J Dale hosts a Linden Park lawn party drawing many city friends. Linden Park Chess and Dineh Club meets at W C Town with O C Wilson from Farm Field and Turf. Next meeting at 196 North Fifty second avenue on Sept 27 for officer elections.

Wil Oaks Culture Club of Austin Oaks Club Luther Pardee Canada Berthel Hoy Park Avenue J. Rockridge Midway Park Frank H. Muddis William T. Porter Carthage N. Nissen Mary Campbell South Dakota Austin Baptist Church J. W. Kent Emma R. Converse Ioney the Park J. A. Brown Hamilton Ont T. G. Noble Board of Trade M. Bettis Sycamore E. D. Robinson Lena Johnson Mt. Vernon Austin Woman's Club Will Cameron Mandell Noble, N Heintz Park Grocery George Parks George Davis Lake Delavan J. C. Rouser Poplar Avenue Louisville Frank H. Hartless Austin Business Men's Association S. J. Noble C. A. Schaff S. Clarke Fifty-second Avenue A. M. Stangeland Iowa Street Linden Park Iowa Stella Williamson Columbus Ohio J. Dale W. C. Town O. C. Wilson J. M. Crook North Fiftysecond Avenue

One Act Plays at Unity Church Entertainment Event

Unity Church and The U P Co present three one act plays on Friday and Saturday September 17 and 18. Casts include William Heald Ralph Sherman Arthur Chomley James Heald Jr Ethel Johnson Mrs Curwen Ida Gurley Jean Summers and others in titles Major McCool Broken Hearted Club The Mouse Trap and Yellow Roses.

U.P. Co. U. of Unity Church Charles Pleydell William 2 Heald Frank Flexor Thomas Ef, Heald Major McCool Ralph Sherman Arthur Chomley James H. Heald, Jr Mrs. Lovebird Tertrude Riley Cissy Maythorne Maud Burroughs Colonel St. Clair Edwin N. Nash Somers Ethel Johnson Curwen Ilda B. Gurley Roberts Jean C. Summers Broken-Hearted Club Louisa Libscombe Whidden da Parke Myrtle Whidden Aramenta Wollowby Ida B. Gurley Camilla Spooner Serena Brook Verlie Calhoun Perkins Peveril Nellie KF. Calhoun Miller Bemis Isdna Whidden Fang Leeceeee Eee Gertrude Riley Willis Campbell

Austin Women's Club department meetings described

The Austin Women's Club held department meetings at leader homes with good attendance. The music and art department discussed Sir Walter Scott while the Civics and Sociology group explored Women as Conservators of Public Health. A key event was a lecture and musical at Clara Wilson Nretzinger's home on Sept 14. Visitors may obtain admittance via a member's visitor ticket.

Clara Wilson Nretzinger

Curious facts on marriage, bats, and public lands

A survey of varied topics notes that Thibet practices polyandry with wives costly to acquire, while India reports large numbers of underage marriages. It describes Chinese regal gifts to Queen Victoria, bat types and feeding, Greenland egg collecting by boys, soap from linseed oil due to India quarantine, and lists public lands by state.

India China Queen Victoria Lengevi'tv Greenland Marseilles France New England New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Tennessee Kentucky Texas Ohio Florida Alabama Louisiana Michigan Wisconsin Territories

Trustworthy Travelers Wanted for Illinois Position

Advertisement seeks active individuals to travel for a trusted Illinois firm. Paid $65 monthly plus expenses with a steady reference-based role. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope to The Dominion Company Dept Y Chicago.

Illinois Dominion Company Dept. Y Chicago

Oak Park Notes Show Residents At Home And Visiting

Oak Park social notices list Mrs Lucy Ward Starrett visiting parents at Oak Park and W R Wilsnach vacationing in Grand Rapids Michigan. J D Ross remodeling Oak Park home at $5000. Miss B E V Tinker employed by Henry White of Oak Park. N D Crosby moves to North Park Avenue residence. Oak Park Chess Club resumes meetings. Revival services planned at First Congregational Church by Mrs Booth Tucker. Several residents travel to Denver Colorado Springs and Manitou. Oak Park Club considers consolidation with Prairie Club and plans a club run to Riverside with a dance. Unclaimed letters and calendar items noted.

Park Grocery Austin North Park Avenue W. F. Strangeway Flint Mich C. A. Schaff North Pine Avenue G. B. Burns South Prairie Avenue Burns F. &. Pray N. Park Av W. P. Jenkins Addie Austin Halifax N. S A. C. Chute Austin Baptist Church J. W. Strackbein South Waller Avenue Detroit L. C. Ryerson Ignatius Neshelroth Vienna Berthel Hoy Park Avenue Oaks Club of Martin Chicago Edward Wolf Grand Jury B. F. Smith Smith van Buren Street State Street Wabash Avenue Wolf Wolff Lucy Ward Starrett Oak Park W. R. Wilsnach Grand Rapids J.D. Ross BE. V. Tinker Henry White N. D. Crosby C. Y. Knight South Dakota Rimmerman & Roth Co Helen Tope Irene Neuman Cedar Rapids Iowa M. Conant Zimmerman and Roath Harlem Race Track J. B. Tourney Oak Ark Teir Michigan M. Brown Arkansas City Kas Fred F. Parker Chess Club Iskeen Phil Furbeck Sidney Niles Fred Ackert Europe Oaks Cycle Club Riverside First Congregational Church Booth Tucker Salvation Army Stacy P. S. Hulbert Syracuse N.Y Wesley Arnold Michigan City Ind Sterling S. Hy. Crounse Home Avenue Cora Fidelia Crounse Mgr G. Whittier Gale First Church of Christ (Scientist Avenue Hall Paul Ephesus Corb. Walbanis S. W. Tanner Oak Park Club George W. Thompson The Western Society Army of the Potomac Royal Arch Edgar Armstrong G. Y. Bell J. F. Coulter Mayme Clark M. J. Decker Henry Foul B. F. George M. A. Jones B. H. Lake Katie Nelson Peoples Rochelle J. Y. Smith Bessie Schneider W. FP. Smith Albert W. Tiles P.M R. FF. Johannet Unity Church Edison Howland Maywood Maywood Congregational Church Mo Mann W.S. Cutler West Maywood Wisconsin Tema Tate Wheaton Coramedics McMahon Melrose Park M. C. Woodward Seventeenth Avenue Philadelphia Virgil Ross Proviso Land Association Stevens Point Wis W. OH Jennison HH. Adams Maywood Universal’st Kirfee Vail la Grange M.A. Goodrich Ladies’ Aid Society of Knapke George Hulbert Jan Frank Gray Oat Clintod Pro- Viso W. GC. Bock Mary J. Brown M. J. Corley J. S. Duer Br. L. Beges Granty J. H. Johnson George Luhr Frank Panzer Mary Peterson George Rose Myre Hattie Stonehouse H. L. Wilkinson Norton Bros Welch

River Forest Notes Show Community Life And Growth

River Forest residents attend high school in record numbers and residents travel to Mackinac Island and Wisconsin for visits. The River Forest Boys Home expands, with fourteen boys housed and capacity for twenty two, while an ordinance for sidewalk repairs is prepared. The River Forest Woman's Club discusses Froebel and Greek mythology as members express growing interest in club aims.

Cora Griffin River Forest Waterman Hall B. Klock Harold Freeport Kk. J. McAdams Mackinac Island R. Mickelson H. P. Wansen Benjamin Hoy W. G. Walsh Brown Lake George L. Phateher Green Lake Wis Frank Little River Forest Woman's Club Froebel Mutter Und Weselieder Mme. Hakes Wisconsin Mil River Forest Boys’ Home Young America Ernest Micklisn River Forest Water Works Birylington Edward Zwiebel River Forest Woman's Circle and Franklin Avenues Conway Park Chicago and Northern Pacific R.A Lake Madison Street

Ridgeland Notes On Repairs And Wells

Engine House No 2 in Ridgeland gets needed repairs. Mrs N W De Armond of Ridgeland improves after a broken arm. Morris Peterson of the Ridgeland Hotel resumes activity after serious illness. Irred Ar Blase sells groceries and meats at low prices. Miss Alice Scoville writes from Salt Lake City about surviving a Colorado rail disaster on her way to Utah. The second artesian well at Ridgeland powerhouse now yields around 100 gallons per minute with 336 feet depth and cold, clear mineral water drawing visitors.

Ridgeland N. W. de Armond Morris Peterson Ridgeland Hotel Irred Ar. Blase Alice Scoville Utah Colorado Salt Lake City Cicero and Proviso Street Railway Company

If the man does not show at ten he will not at forty

A terse aphorism notes that absence at the ten o clock mark implies continued absence until age forty, reflecting a pragmatic view of punctuality and commitment. The statement uses a single unnamed speaker and broad time references.

Electric Bitters Offered for Elderly Health Needs

Old people needing medicine to regulate bowels and kidneys are advised to try Electric Bitters. The tonic alters digestion gently, strengthens organs, and aids Nature. It contains no whisky or poisonous ingredients, priced at fifty cents and 1.00 per bottle at Lovell's Oak Park and Traill's Austim drug stores.

Lovell’s Oak Park Traill’s Austim

Maywood News Focus on Town Growth and Events

Maywood reports show village expansion with drilling of the town well, new barber shop purchases, and bets on a fall festival. Residents travel to Wisconsin and Michigan, while Proviso Land Association activities and church events keep the town lively amid prairie fires and local sports notes.

W. H. Millard Oak Park Maywood M. Palmer South Dakota Carl BE. Woodruff Wilcox Little Jewel Roscoe Lye Proviso Land Association Welch

Melrose Park Notes Include Social Plans and Water Woes

In Melrose Park a dramatic club forms as subscriptions and ads are collected for the Vinidioacor. The Nineteenth Avenue School opens with Miss C Beale in charge. The Harlem jockeys plan a ball at J J McMahon’s Laindow. Fire department receives $10 from M Bloss. Water shortages affect wells and drought hits Maywood and Melrose Park. A court injunction on Constable Boddy’s 72 suit actions proceeds next Monday over alleged extortion and mythical defendants.

Melrose Park Henry Heling Nineteenth Avenue C. Beale Albert Barrett St. Louis W. W. Har Harlem J. J. McMahon M. Bloss Hisory Nineteent Avenue West Maywood Mayood Business College Melrose Park Pleasure Club Charles Schmidt Maatwood Ias Oat Melrose Park Soares Dunne Thomas Boddy Peter Bohlander Henry Beling Constable Boddy N. O. Mitchell Boddy

Harlem News Roundup From Rockford to Oak Park

Harlem notes report Glen Fabrice visiting at Rockford and Andrew Peterson returning from Germany to resume teaching at Harlem German Lutheran parochial school. Local tradesmen A Peters and W A Irause praised. turf events at Washington Park and Hawthorne include Petite stakes and nine nominees. Anna Breichtsprocher and Cleary Schnei der wed at Harlem. couple to travel in Iowa, then live in Oak Park.

Andrew Peterson Harlem Pn Vist Germany Peterson H. Schumacher F, Essex Hl. Schultz H. Strunk Llarem Delevan Lake Wis Alderman Schumacher al Rothes Schumcher A.peters Oak Park Cicero Cty Chiesza W. A. Irause J. Murphy Kentucky Celia & Sippy Iemond Johnny Murphy Errone Sly Turf Congress Washington Park Hawthorne Chicago Newport Highland Park Detroit Mich Thiarlem Congress Burns and Waterhouse Napanax Miss Rowena Mary Will Miss Gussie Crystaline Deceiver Belle of Memphis Lote Muller Fle Hazel Jean Elsie Bramble Alleviate Nannie Davis Loving Cup Our Gertie Empress Josephine Plora Louise Sorrow Anna Breightsprocher Town Cleary J. Schneider PL M. Gross St. John’s Lutheran Church Iowa

Quarrel Ends in Stabbing. Police Learn Few Details

Police report limited details after a man was stabbed during a quarrel with his father in law. The victim, Martin, was in a very weakened state at the hospital and refused to discuss the incident.

G. H. Martin Maywood Martin West Chicago Avenue

Also Mentioned on This Page

FL H. Zander North Park Ave Otto Clemenson Cedar Street A. MecNaughten Janesville Austin Presbyterian Bert Hallinan Charlotte Thompson N. Fifty-Second Avenue J. J. Ganzer Cicero Fire Department Pistaqua Bay Austin Presbyterian Sunday School Beson Walter Fred Beson Ada Vreeland W. Haythorne Pine Avenue Berthel Boy Aisin Byron, Dowse Bert Biggs Clarence Dowse Dayton Southern Lake Michigan Diana Riverside Hiatel J. Bartlett Baptist Central Mission Clark Street Axel A. Strom Ontario Street McGrogan Lake Street Waugh McKenzie Suburban Electric Company South Front Chicago Avenue John D. Maclean la Salle St Chicizo Association of the Baptist Young People's Union West Side Chapman Austin Board of Education Farson, Leach & Co Austin Building and Loan Association Sec'y Austin W. C. T. U Franklin Avenue F. B. R. Hellms Rome Athens Greece Nelia Stines L. Gurst Lydia Harmon the Plaza Edna Bortry Ilinden Park Dramat Ant Unity Thibet Cicero Precincts Oak Part Avenue W. D. Ray Riverett Wash H. N. Mattison Walter D. Herrick Henry Walter W. RR Wilsnach Jesse A. Baldwin Massachusetts Prairie Club Grace Church Dunlop's Bank Helen EE. Starrett Scoville Place Lena Fugate Melancthon Smith Hiram Odell Canada Thistles River Forest High School Proviso May Twaiood John Griffiths Alfe, Brown Lake Geneva H. P. Norton Malcolin McLeod Maywood Foundry Mexico Maywood Epworth League Jacob Bohtander Chubb Clister I Dunnebecke Glen Fabrice Rockford August Stohmer Ehirtim M. He Drexler Mle On Strut Easelem Galen Brown Bob Tucker Arec Sheepshead Libertine Tou Ros Paul Kauvyar
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