Town Notes Show Busy Social Round and Local Travel
Miss Belle Minard travels to Dun kirk Ohio for a nephew’s funeral. Many residents host, visit, or travel, including Mrs H Leeding in Bloomington and Roscoe Jenkins at North Central avenue. Local clubs meet, sermons and dedications noted, and forthcoming weddings and moves announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Minard
Dunkirk
Ohio
H. Leeding
South Fiftythird Avenue
Bloomington, Il
Roscoe Jenkins
North Central Avenue
J. F. Moore
Wheaton
Ill
Superior Street
H. E. Rockridge
E. D. Robinson
Sycamore
F. C. Bettis
Harvey Pettibone
Webster City
Iowa
J. D. Wood
North Prairie Avenue
E. R. Dunlop
North Park Avenue
Cicero Town Board approves street and tax items in 1899 meeting
The Cicero Town Board met September 18 1899 at the Town Hall Austin with all trustees present. Minutes from early September were approved. Board files include town engineer and street issues add to file and referrals for catch basin repairs and Ridgeland area cleanup. Referred to president and engineer. Petitions request repairs to Berwyn boardwalks and Hawthorne saloon hours and license. Welsbach lamp street lighting proposal discussed. Fire marshal office ordinance referred to whole. A long list of rebates sorted by special funds totaling $919.56 was approved for payment. License granted for Hugo Polzin to peddle fish. An ordinance for a plank walk on Austin avenue was directed for preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Town of
Cicero
Austin
Lewis
Attridge
Frink
Hafner
Linn
MacDonald
R. A. Carpenter
Berwyn
C. J. Linden
F. J
Borwell
Ridgeland
F. J. C. Borwell
Cuyler Avenue
Lake Street
N. A. Hill
Boulevard
S. W. 14
Committee On
James McCartney
John Breck
Hawthorne
Committee of
Welsbach Street Lighting Company of America
Oak Park
Committee of the Whole
George Tucker
J. B. Cuneo
Eeawe
Frank Thom
Oliver Carson
e.Csue
Hy. Thom
Anna Olson
Batess
Charles Silverman
John Tucker
Hy. Lindanger
C. G. Perino
de Barr
Landaster
Allie M. Gilbert
Emily JL. Warren
Gust Larson
Michael Bostad
J. D. Caldwell
William D. Love
Crowley
H. B. Gibbs
George I, Wilson
Yeas
Traill
Utley
Hugo Polzin
Austin Avenue
Twenty-eighth
Tiwen
Death of Charles Kelly in Austin
The sudden death of Charles Kelly occurred at his home on South Waller avenue around 4 am Wednesday from heart failure. He was 78, born in Galway Ireland, married Mary Doulin in 1848, lived in Chicago before moving to Austin eight years ago to live with his daughter Mrs. A J Moore. Survived by seven children including Rev. E A Kelly and Mrs. D F Murphy. Funeral Mass at 9 o clock at St Cecilia's church with Rt Rev Bishop Dunne preaching. Pallbearers listed. Mr Kelly remembered as an honest man and good father.
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Charles Kelly
South
Waller Avenue
A. J. Moore
Mr. Kelly
Galway
Ireland
New York
Mary Doulin
Chicago
Austin
Moore
E. A. Kelly
St. Cecelia’s Church
M. Gregory
Charles J.S
Murry
Hishop Dunne
Pall
Robert KE. Burke
M. Nicholson
Edward Keeffe
Alex. Corbett
James Myers
John Gately
Kelly
Lewis A
Austin Woman's Club Opens Year With Programs and New Members
The Austin Woman's Club held its first meeting of the year on Monday at 2 o'clock featuring a program with Master Von Houghton and Miss Ruby Smith among others. Papers on American Poetry and The Short Story were presented, nineteen new members joined, and a lecture course for winter is planned under the club's direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Woman's Club
von Houghton
Ruby Smith
Francesca Falk
Nellie Abbott
Sesame Circle Opens Lectures At Scoville Institute
The Sesame Circle begins with a lecture at 10 a m on October 3 led by Mrs J G Mc Murphy. Last year covered sculpture. this year will cover painting from the earliest periods. An associate membership of twenty five cents funds art purchases for local schools and grants access to lectures and a reception.
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Sesame Circle
Scoville Institute
J. G. McMurphy
Thorvaldson
Art Institute
College Boys Dance Draws Twenty Seven Couples
About twenty seven couples attended a Maywood Opera Hall dance last Friday with flags and bunting. Fitzgerald provided music and outsiders from River Forest Oak Park Glencoe and La Grange joined in twelve dances and six encores. Organizers included Clendening Evans Levens Hodgson Morgan Appleton and the event ended late with plans for another dance. A closing note quips that paste diamonds on a woman do not change opinions.
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Maywood Opera Hall
Fitzgerald
River Forest
Oak Park
Glencoe
la Grange
J. B. Clendening
Howard Evans
Sidney Levens
John and
William Hodgson
William Morgan
Edward Appleton
American Poetry From colonial verse to Longfellow’s ideal
The article surveys early American verse from Massachusetts settlers to the Revolutionary era. It notes Benjamin Thompson as the first American born poet and critiques social themes, cites Cotton Mather and Roger Williams, and discusses colonial hardship shaping poetry. It highlights Phillip Neweau, John Trumbull, Timothy Dwight, and the rise of Longfellow and peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macauley
Massachusetts
Benjamin Thompson
America
Cotton Mather
Roger Williams
Williams
Harvard
Yale
Phillip Neweau
John Trumbull
Timothy Dwight
Canaan
Cowper
Longfellow
Ssmerson
Whittier
Bryant
Holmes
Lowell
Europe
Maywood Community Notes Show Busy Social Scene
Mrs. R Robison and daughter spend a week in Michigan. Miss Raghin recovery from illness noted. Engagement announced between Miss Grace Whaples and Carroll McCullagh. Marriage plans for Alma Goodwillie and Harold Rossiter at Grace Church Oak Park. Local officials discuss public roles as Pitkin and Strong attend church council meetings. Maywood bank stock plans adjusted to raise 50 000 dollars with initial sale to local and Chicago interests.
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R. Robison
Michigan
Cuyler
Iowa
D. W. Kimball
Wheatfield
William Condon
North Taylor Avenue
Robert Coughie
Ridgeland
Henderson Shoe Company
Grace Whaples
North Boulevard
Oak Park
Carroll McCullagh
Lombard Avenue
Alma Goodwillie
Harold Rossiter
Grace Church
Ohio Street
Austin
FE. H. Pitkin
Dr. Strong
International Council of Congregational Churches
Boston
Maywood Bank
Maywood Capital
Chicago
Ex-Collector Purchases Snow Flake Laundry in Chicago
H. H. Rearden has purchased the Snow Flake laundry plant in Chicago for about $20,000 in cash and will resign his insurance position. The transfer formalizes a new business venture for the former collector as he takes over the laundry operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Rearden
Chicago
Theft Allegation Against Local Teamster Troester
Charles Troester a teamster of 5914 Chicago avenue collected 18 50 dollars for George H. Chard an express man and vanished. It is the second or third offense for the same man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Troester
Chicago Avenue
George H. Chard
Gentlemen's Driving Track Announces Saturday Races
The gentlemen's driving track at Twelfth Street and Central Avenue announces several interesting races for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twelfth Street
Central Avenue
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Thomas Duncan
Fort Wayne
Ind
G. E. Fletcher
Elgin
Nebraska
Della G. Amerson
Lilian Schaubel
Charles Harter
Maywood
Mr.h.8. Amerson
J. W. Farwell
Lone Tree Point, Mich
Theodore Hostetlar
Edith Spears
Bowen Avenue
Chi- Cheo
M. E
Mary Cleverdon
Oberlin College
Charles Castle
F. R. Schock
James Martin
Post Lake
Wis
Gordon Summers
Waterford Mills
D. D. Ward
Ontario Street
C. H. Zimmerman
Earlville, Ill
E. J. Amerson and Son
G. C. Amerson
W. Freemont White
Evanston
Northwestern University
Charles H. Smith
Washington Heights
W. H. Toles
North Austin Avenue
Miss Carr
Miss Sargeant
Dexarb
State Normal
Marrettia Ellsworth
Lacy
Grand Rapids
Mich
Oscar Clemenson
Cedar Street
George B
Lizzie W. Charles
de Kalb
Fred L. Charles
F. J. Olsen
Madison Street
A. Berg
Adams Street
Clinton
Austin Congregational Sunday School
Santa Claus
Soul Culture Club
Ernest Blackmer
Minneapolis
Frank Nettleton
Kalamazoo, Mich
Jennie A. Barnard
Dr. Johnston
Gertrude
Mayo Tesler
Frank Webb
Scoville Avenue
George Hayden
East Avenue
Edith Grace Durhan
Julia Hallock
Ingalls
Sessions
Forest Avenue
Missouri
Smith
Carpenter Avenue
Kentucky
Mortimer Lowrey
Menominee Street
M. P. Waugh
Denver
Oscar Balche
Misses Ingram
KenilworthTall
Nakama Club
Kenilworth Hall
Epworth League
First Methodist Church
Fred Barnard
M. Wagner
Glen Ellyn
Toronto
Ont
John Farson
East
Miss Beard
the Order of the Royal League
Avenue Hall
May Carpenter
Rev. West
Lena McMillan
Jesse George Strowbridge
Mrs
Jesse Smith
Rush Medical College
Mrs. Pierce
City
W. E. Blackstone
California
Chancey Elderkin
Clinton Avenue
Jessie, Melville
Henry Benton Howard
Castleton
A._C
Jewell
Edna Jewell
Kenilworth Avenue
Mrs. Herrick
Oak Park Avenue
Louis Niles
Park Place
Cicero Town Board
Ghas. Kelly
Woman's Club OF
College Boys
American Poetry
The
Austin Women’s Club
Nellie H. Abbott
S. H. Nichols
South Harvey Avenue
M. A. Shemp
Fifth Avenue
Tennessee
Bessie Lonas
Timothy Sullivan
Minnie Edwards
Eighth Avenue
Western Avenue
Harry H. Nichols
Vermont
Helen Nichols
Brooklyn
First Baptist Church
Jennie Brown
Sydney Steele
Greenwood Avenue
Steele
New Orleans
Coeding Dry Goods _ Company
Lake Street, Cor
Cross Creek Lehigh
COAL
Cross Creek Lehigh Coal
George Warren Furbeck
North Park Ave
LA Salle ST
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