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Dsath ofThe sudden *blt;t 4pf fitbn. Hepry ,W^was a saidVei*y few/’whieh began last Tr.s i'f 1 r*: -V-*mTue*lay ttf/ihia oomw of*A-» *,'jV'Lewis,itlr? failure.Islcians, Drs;until shortly which resulted About midnight 4hW~ fa moned to his bedsld# T)ie!deceased was then unable ap*peared to be conscious of goon around him. f paired a inAof.r+**.. ■. «,, F.Chri* .■; - TICleftMi .fhis daughter's armi; • o’clock.Gathered about hint -his:Wtitr*i.3Xt0ri■XsEfUt*son and daughter; bom Aug. 1,1828, in N, Y„ and was there• • v .He was married Get* . .tba Sophia, daugh Voorhees, of Syra came to the west wit resenting certain pie and special r line 1858, He conductedandwasn4.%e 'fit years old.,18593toMar-of ? James L. M.vY. He* TOp-m starhardware in- T’ hadnig*TnasiYea\'vneyClulWeveiGlaatihRitUr»' — ^ ™ .. . “71 * 1 y . ^ t • »ix* ,— i— • 125 years with snccesi|^^ hU mtired elecfrom mercantile has *■been identified w 1th aft the prdgi'ess of v TOak Park, assisted i the pyan Iza tion of the first church^^society and has also contributed liberally;*to other church enterprises, ^ ^-Austin, which ho funded in 1866.owes much to Mr, AuAln ^nd will feel his loss most sadly* fie wint to great expense ,ii) Ipying out^thdtoWd and ih building in it a ^systohl improvedroadways and parke.Hegve a great deal of money for schpoteand Churches,-and it seemed to be hi4 fcspecjial delight to have fine buildiiiga for these3,*itma-Q-e=°idy*11*us ti e tile-leboerLe-bat! pn lt;.we ioil-day. AtheherH..■Ias :Ro;Jai 1 Epwaenjovlt;terfasesjr-rt.-aa-3WayndBrieriraonbyheth*elv.ra-ar-orf mo ry.laswnthethetorho*er,ere4 rmtrichlelyins-ofaneta.n*esandira-ess.adethetheilexfcloldrte’sredtheirgeenc-thethet the* • • iapurposes. lie built at his own expense the station, hoUse of the Noi*th-road at Austin'. While the Austin public library, was casting about for money to put Uii a buljding and to buy a place to locate it Mr. Austin came forward and gavb them the site at the corner of Lkke . streetand Walter itvoube,' y^hied at $7,56(1.To this ho added a cnah donatlojn of $2,500, and secured for the ;village its present handsome library building. No gi*eater friend of temperance everlived than Mr. H* W. Austin. When he caMo to Oak Park the town of. i . • • .Cicero contained such a large drink? ing population that the saloons could not be voted out under thoJocal option law, and in order to get rid of them he bought out the saloons in Oak Park at a cost of $5,000, under an arrangement with the Town Board that if he did so no more saloon licenses should be granted for that village— and none have been since that time.In 1870 he was elected to the Legislature. He prepared and introduced the bill known as the “Illinois Tem^• • * • y* I • t ....perance Law,’1 It was passed, andwent into effect In 1872; Hu was also■ vthe originator of the West Park system, the bill creating, it haying been introduced by him. He was a candidate on the Prohibition State picket for treasurer in 1884. xHe was always a strong supporter of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, and gave it great aid in many of its charitable enterprises. He contributed largely to the Anchorage Mission for women and also to many of • v the day nursery and children’s missions. He was unostentatious inohis charity,sand mado no parade of his acts of judicious benevolence. When, last spring, the Prohibition organ of the state. The Lever, got into financial difficulty, he became its manager and by devoting a portion of his time to it* soon got the paper on a selfTSupporting basis. /'v;.The funeral services were held at the residence on Thursday, at 10 o’clock, conducted by ReviHi N. Hoyt,, at the Congregational ehtireh, assisted by Rev. Keynolds, of River Forest; in the presence of a large? hutober of people, including many frbin Austiri^ The choir of the same church fimntehed themusic . - The; business Hohses of the village were closed during* the hour of -the service. Mr. Hoyt paid a feeling ti ibute to the worth pf the deceased and intimate A that a generalmemorial service would be hbld at anearly date. ^The remains wereCemetery for intortoehk^arera were: Solomon ThatcherJr.; jO T. Boal, M. Cv iftles, H, i E, O, Gale ahdc B-Me8hfinEcitnoimdeoxolidrTimelHFiI*aoltoalt;in*b;ftaatlbVISP 11ackIBBtr rt9Sisii*.■ •* H*....... 4V%-; :ti.
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Oak Park Reporter
Oak Park, Illinois, US
Fri, Dec 27, 1889
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