Cicero town board to hear sidewalk repair request at Saturday meeting
The Kerwin Improvement and Portrait club will ask Cicero officials to repair many defective sidewalks. Harlem avenue will be renamed Seventy-second avenue, crossing Cicero and Proviso. The Vindicator will continue publication for now and proceedings from the Werwin club will be printed. The Scoville Institute needs funds as it catalogs its books while the Hawaiian senate ratifies annexation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerwin Improvement and Portrcal Club
Cicero Town Board
Scoville Institute
Periodical selection and stock sale note in Chicago
The item discusses choosing periodicals and mentions the Chilkat Gold Mining and Transportation Co of Chicago with a capital of 5 million dollars and stock for sale at 10 dollars a share. It notes Halley of the Vindicator as an authorized stock sale agent and briefly covers Mandell Cicero residents seeking city water, criticizing the drainage act and Cicero’s reluctance to fund tunnels or pumping works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ftsg
Chilkat Gold Mining and Transportation Co
Chicago
Mr. Halley
Vindicator
Mandell
Cicero
Fiscal Waste Sparks Job Cuts and Salary Debate in Cicero
The Cicero administration trims the special assessment department, reduces firefighters and engineers assistants, and shifts staff while retaining the president’s $2,000 salary, which critics say should be $500. The cuts follow broader financial mismanagement and public disappointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
Special Assessment
Paving Contract Set for Indiana Street in Cicero
The Cicero town board awarded the asphalt paving of Indiana Street to Standard Paving Company after owners requested a brick-to-asphalt specification change. Nearby, Suburban Street Railway lays tracks on Eighteenth and Fifty-Second Streets, while Judge Freeman of Chicago blocks crossings with Chicago Perming Transfer and other lines. Oak Park, directed by Coach Treadway, eyes a strong football pennant bid despite past parental objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero Town Board
Indiana Street
Standard Paving Company
Oak Park
Treadway
Yale
Canadian branch banking praised by bankers in Chicago
Postmaster General Gary endorses the Canadian postal savings system in a favorable report. Cicero considers boulevard on Twenty-second Street and the Suburban Street Railway plans, while North Austin boulevard improvements are deferred to next year due to objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ochicago
Canuck
Gary
United States
Cicero
Borty-sixth
Tflartern Avenues
North Austin Boulevard
Board of Improvements Reduces Power of Local Leaders
A Windis legislature created a Board of Improvements giving presidents control via the president and two appointees the Town Engineer and Town Superintendent. All street improvement petitions go to this committee and bypass the broader board, prompting criticism of the diminished board role and power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windis
Ciumeirate
Finch Fined Again for Repeated Offense
George B. Finch attorney for the town of Cicero was fined a second time by Justice Klimmer of Harlem on Monday for assaulting the editor of this paper Aug. Wd. If any evidence was needed to prove his incompetency as a danger this case provides it.
Bicycle Ordinance Sought as Unstoppable Hex Model
City council eyes a tough bicycle ordinance described as the hex model aimed to endure court challenges. Stakeholders rally for swift passage to curb cyclist issues and set clear rules.
Wedding Joy Marred By Runaway Horse Clash
A wedding at the First Baptist church in Oak Park ended in tragedy when a wedding couple and the groom’s brother were injured after a runaway coupe linked to a team of horses bolted. Mrs Lenox was badly hurt with possible spinal injuries. Mr Lenox escaped with bruises. They fled the carriage, the horses hauled the coupe three miles before capture, guests and a police ambulance aided the injured at the Roberts residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Powell Lenox
Lucie Mae Roberts
First Baptist Church of
Oak Park
J. H. Lenox
North Boulevard
Ridgeland Avenue
George S. Roberta
First Baptist
Lohengrin
Charles 5. Sweet
Mary Whaples
Gertrude Hammond
Sybil Conway
Grace Whaples
Linda Holdredge
Clara Middleton
Kate Comley
Fannie Kastrup
Harry L. Lawe
Charles E. Hurbnut
Evanston
Clarence J
Patrick
Elbert Sweet
Mildred Howard
Belle Hunter
Adam Turmmey
Aura Tlowes
Esther Roberts
Todd Lunsford
Francis H. Rowley
J. 1
Ball River
Mass
Mendelssohn
George S. Roberts
Miss Roberts
River Forest Woman's Club Calendar
The Municipal Reform department of the River Forest Women's Club met and heard about malpractice from Mrs. Stcinda Sheldon Lord. The schedule lists lectures and meetings from September into October including topics on Chicago history, child development, and myths, with speakers such as Miss S. W. Paxon Mrs. Elizabeth A. Purbeck and Mrs. J. G. McMurphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Mills Dunne
Oreads
J. G. McMurphy
Jane Addams
Froebel
Florence A. Ingalls
J. G. MaeMurphy
Municipal Reform Department
Emily M. Luff
Augusta P. Thatcher
Mary Lord Ruess
Mary L. Boyd
River Ferest Woman's Club
Department of Municipal Reform
River Forest Woman’s Club
Stcinda Sheldon Lord
Chih
S. W. Paxon
Maude Fuhiner
Haw Teethe
A. McMurphy
Chicago
Puanjie PE. Chappell
Elizabeth A. Purbeck
Chicago Five
Sturgess
Mroebel
Florence Anealis
Prometheus
Get
We Municipal
Daughters of Veterans Attend Buffalo Convention
Misses Mattie McCormick and Mamie McCormick of Oak Park travel with veterans to Buffalo for the Daughters of Veterans national convention held with the G A R thirty first encampment. Attending officers and members from multiple states entertain with receptions and a grand parade reviewed by President McKinley and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie
Mamie McCormick
Oak Park
Fred J. Phillips
Lillian E. Phillips
Austin
Ekwall
Robert Troneyman
Chicago
Buffalo
Julia Croft
Carrie Humphreys
Bertha Dicus
Minnie Trescott
Ohio
The
Daughters of Veterans
N. Y
Corp
Camp Jewett
McKinley
Clarkson
Black
New York
D. of V
Massachusetts
National Officers Daughters of Veterans
D. of V. of
Daughters of the Revolution
Daughters of Veterans’ Convention
Alice Ingram
Illinois
Lillian Phillips
Cleveland
Anna Schmid
St. Louis
Anna Clark
Binghamton
Kate M. Matews
Allegheny
Alliance
Ida J. Allen
Newtonville
Mass
Cora B. Pike
Summerville
Mags
Bell Wray
Alice L. Ingram
Imma Day
Omaha
Neb
Defiance
Lizzie Kimball
Itchberg
Elen M. Walker
Worcester, Mass
Lillian 2
Philips
Evalyn Monroe
Worcester
Magnificent Views on Bridge Trail to Whirlpool Rapids
Travelers cross a railway suspension bridge for a view of Whirlpool Rapids and the great whirlpool. White waters rise 40 to 50 feet as they rush through the gorge. They tour Toronto then return to America, enjoying hospitality from Miss Julia Croft in Cleveland before heading back to Chicago.
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Prospect Park
American Falls
Prospect Point
Niagara
Breen
Goat [Sland
Dominion of Canada
Toronto
America
Buffalo
Cleveland
Julia Croft
Chicago
Irish-American Day Shines At Nashville Exposition
Nashville marks Irish-American day with a vast parade through uptown streets to the exposition grounds. Clan na Gael guards from Chicago and many officials, troops, civic groups, and 100 young guards join a display of floats honoring Ireland and U.S. figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Chicago
United States
Union
Ireland
St. Louis
Atlanta
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Louisville
Clarksville
Memphis
Andrew Jackson
Commodore Barry
Robert L. Taylor
Thomas W. Wrenne
Irish-American Centennial Association
John F. Finerty
Patrick Walsh
Augusta
George W. Pepper
Cleveland
Ohio
New Orleans
Harlem Village Board Grants Telephone Franchise Conditioned on Boxes
Harlem village board passes ordinance granting Chicago Telephone a street franchise to erect poles and wires. The company will provide three patrol boxes and may install two instead, delaying acceptance. Board also bids for a second standpipe to expand water supply, avoiding a new well for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem Village Board
Chicago Telephone Company
Harlem
Water Committee
River Forest Board Meeting Plans Gate Repairs
Trustee H. H. Scharenberg presided in President Jackson’s absence. Gate placement at railroad crossings discussed with action postponed. Clerk to pursue delinquent dog taxes and prosecutions. Sidewalk reconstruction debated with probable steps at next regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Forest Village Board
Jackson
Denver
H. H. Scharenberg
Judge Freemans Injunction Halts Suburban Crossing Bid
Judge Freeman issues injunction against Suburban Railway Co restraining crossing of Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad tracks in Cicero. Chicago Terminal Transfer owns two main Cicero tracks used by Chicago Great Western and Wisconsin Central. Complainant alleges Suburban tore fences to enable a crossing and seeks perpetual injunction. Property in dispute lies between West Twelfth and Polk streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suburban Street Railway Company
Freeman
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad
Cicero
Chicago Terminal Transfer Company
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Wisconsin Central
Chicago
West Twelfth
Polk Streets
RAMS HORNS Keep faith with your child and church lessons
A collection of moral extracts urges faith, kindness, and humility. It warns that abused freedom endangers nations and contrasts worldly greed with spiritual duties. It stresses simple, relatable preaching over showiness and the value of guiding a child through life.
Harlem Community Notes Show Local Movements and Illness
Walter Smith visits Harlem as a caller from La Grange while Mrs Peter Carney and Mrs Katie Shogro suffer typhoid illness under Dr. Tope and Dr. Kahle care. Births, moves, new houses, school enrollments, and athletic classes at Harlem Turnverein reflect a busy suburban community in September with residents and visitors from Chicago and Maywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Smith
la Grange
Peter Carney
Dr. Roberts
Rosie Barnard
Elgin
Henry Strogrife
L. Stahmer
River Forrest
Harlem
Christ Leder
Chicago
Oak Park
John Moran
Madison Street
Robert Gladrow
Bertha Lange
Desplaines Avenue
Kahle
Katie Shogro
Carney
Tope
Ernst Fichter
Lathrop Avenue
Lizzie Steinmetz
John Burchard
Burchard Court
Fred Heller
Maywood
Harlem Public Schools
Cicero Churches Directory Listings
A reader guide to area church services with multiple congregations across Cicero and Berwyn including pastors, service times, and mass hours for denominations such as Baptist Methodist Presbyterian Congregational Catholic Lutheran and more. Local churches listed include Clyde Clyde Berwyn Hawthorne Lavergne St Pauls and St Catherine with morning and evening hours noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde
Walter Stranahan
Berwyn Baptist
Leander Turney
First Congregational
Oak Park
Lake Street
Berwyn
W. J. McLannen
Hawthorne
Slominski
Swedish Baptist
V. J. Wedberg
Lavergne
Merle Stevens
Berwyn Presbyterian
George William Wright
Evangelical Luthern Church
Alma Street
Austin
J. N. Brandelle
First Baptist
Pleasant Street
Wisconsin Avenue
North Pine Avenue
J. F. Bartlett
Methodist
Central Avenue
Gotic Street
M. W. Saterfield
Presbyterian
Oak > Park
Charles S. Hoyt
Waller Avenue
Rink Street
John Park Till DD
Thsa
Linden Park News and Local Notices
A Linden Park child, 11, died from heart failure. A reception is planned at Morrison Hall October 6. John C. Schmidt builds an eight room house on Fifty-second Street. Clarke at 30 N Fifty-second Ave sells top beef and groceries. Maurice Brown, 7, fractured his arm in Pullman. Ford W. Schulz and William Ralph plan a hunting trip to Lake County Indiana. Alma Social Club hosted a stig party at 643 N Robinson Ave. about twenty-five men attended. Clarke showcases a premium meat refrigerator boosting trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Park
Roy
M. Willis
D. L. Morrison
Maurice Brown
George H. Brown
Pullman
Ford W. Schulz
William Ralph
Indiana Street
Lake County
Indiana
Alma Social Club
North Robinson Avenue
S. Clarke
North Fifty-second Avenue
Cicero
Clarke
For Sale 8,800 8-Room New House with Furnishings
For sale an eight thousand eight hundred dollar eight room house with bathroom furnace gas electric high screens gas range on the southeast corner of East avenue and South boulevard. Terms 800 cash and 6 percent interest a month. Inspect at 84 LAttrs street Chingo run by Thomas H Gale room 702.
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S. B
East Avenue
South Boulevard
H, Gale
Atts Street
Chingo
Maywood Church Directory Lists Sunday Services
Proviso Churches Maywood area lists multiple parishes with addresses and service times. Includes Melrose Methodist First Methodist Maywood Harlem German Baptist St Pauls German Evangelical Lutheran River Forest First Presbyterian Congregational Neighborhood Church Maywood Episcopal First Presbyterian Maywood St Johns German Evangelical Lutheran Harlem Methodist Episcopal Onward Mission St Luke Catholic with morning and evening masses and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawthorne
W. Akendarf
St. Paul's
Austin
Prairie Avenue
Ohio Street
Adolph Dbuartling
First Church OF Christ (Scientist
Avenue Hall
Oak Park
Waller Avenue
Midway Park
Thos. Westerdale
Second Congregational
Lakestreet
Fair Oaks Avenue
Sidney Strong
Grach Episcopal
Forest Avenue
Ontario Street
Co. BP. Anderson
Metphodist
Lake Street
F H. Pooley
ST. Catherine's Catholic
Park Avenue
Washington Boulevard
Louis A. Campbell
HL PP. Coughlin
Church OF ST. Paul the Apostlie
Luther EK
Pardee
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran—Cor
Moening
Toh
N. Brandelle
Almast
Maywood YY
Presbyterian Church
Melrose Methodist
Nineteenth Avenue
Tenth Street
M. Cushington
Wes Wm
TAG P. Om
First Methodist
Maywood
Sixth Avenue
Fifth Street
A. Read
Harlem German Baptist
Dixon Street
Harlem Avenue
Jacob Fillmian
Aw. Om
ST. Paul
Park and Oak Avenues
John Boyd
First Congregational
Fifth Avenue
J. Dunlap
Maywood Pavilion
C. Seynour Tullack
Maywood Episcopal
Second Street
Colin ©. Tate
W. Kerns
ST. John's German Eevangelical Lutheran
Harlem
Franklin and
Marengo Streets
Trustworthy agents sought for travel position in Illinois
Advertise for avenue men or ladies to travel for a responsible established house in Illinois. Monthly 165.00 plus expenses. Steady position. Reference. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope to The Dominion Company Dept Y Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Dominion Company
Dept. Y
Chicago
King's New Discovery Cures Chilhowie Merchant
Mr. K R B Greeve of Chilhowie Virginia says he suffered consumption after many remedies and long nights yet was cured by two bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery. He reports the medicine also helped others in his community and guarantees relief for coughs colds and consumption. Trial bottles are free at Lovell's Drug Store Oak Park and Traill's Drug Store Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KR. B. Greeve
Chilhowie
Dr. King
Lovell
Oak Park
Traill
Austin
Softly Spoken Voices Butchered by Loud Demand
The piece argues that pushing children to shout and sing loudly harms the speaking voice. It urges parents and teachers to instruct children to speak softly and clearly, claiming that gentle vocal habits would improve American voices’ worldwide reputation.
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Arion Street
Jessie N. G
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Kilpatrick
Odd Bellows
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J. K. Parks
Adit
Cedar St
Staats Zeitung
Hessing
Seventy-second Avenue
Feero
Provisa
James Fr. Joyce
Werwin Club
Vindikeator
River Morese
Cook County
Charles Loheit
Maatson Street
Tlarlem
Loheit
Carinichiel
Nt Ter
Peter Swanson
Hardihood
Comese Te Wis
Linden
Trattt & Cooling
Ble
Cincinnati
Tan
School Board of District No
Race Mineral Water Co
Anustin
George Fh Park
Park
Salt Lake City
Colorado
Board of Improvement
Mra. J. M. Lenox
Daughters OF Veterans AT Buffalo
Tennessee
Twarklem
Ife
Saffith
Jesus
Adolph Goode
Troost
Aug Weise
August Klemp
Elm Street
Dr. Lewis
Albert Roos
George Schrade
Albert C. Roos
New Harlem Bank
Theo Raddatz
Thomas Street
Iowa
Carl Raddatz
William Haase
Forest Home Cemetery
Carl Rehbein
Circle Avenue
Frank Sehwass
Desplaines River
Rabbi J. Goldstein
Louis Harris
North Avenue
Justice Klimmer
Rabbi Goldstein
North
Harlem Turnverin
C. A. McMannus
Berwyn Episcopal
Geo. J. Mead
Unity Church
St. SW. Johonnot
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