03 Jun 1905
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Newspaper
Oak Park Reporter Argus
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1905
Page
1
The Oak Park column surveys moral lessons and social commentary, noting that some prefer jail to hustling for a living. It discusses marriage, wealth, immigration, and public figures, quoting various opinions on money, class, and virtue, with digressions on fashions, citrus crops, and clever witticisms.
A Philadelphia Press reader laments his wife and daughters blaming him for their hardships and asks for guidance. The column reveals the public’s interest in domestic balance and personal accountability.
The Commonwealth, 17 000 ton battleship, is under rearmament due to alleged weak twelve inch guns. Britain plans a new battleship of unmatched power and reviews all pre dreadnought designs after Russo Japanese lessons. Experts cite powder and muzzle blast as factors in gun reliability and seek improved smokeless powder and conditioning.
Civil War figure William S. Rosecrans organized Camp Chase in Ohio and led home guard efforts. He drew on his general’s experience to command battles in Middle Tennessee and Chattanooga, and later fostered U.S. relations with Mexico through steady diplomatic work.
Historical notes recount how assistants to the Navy secretary often rise to major positions including Roosevelt and McAdoo. The article also describes official visit honors, with officersSaluting and Marines paraded when an Assistant Secretary boards a ship.
The guard presents arms the drum gives three ruffles and the bugle sounds three flourishes. A march by the band follows and the Assistant Secretary's flag is displayed at the main mast while he is on board. Similar ceremonies occur on his departure with a fifteen gun salute.
Miss Helen Cannon ranks just behind Miss Alice Roosevelt in Washington society due to her father’s Speaker role. The Cannon family, already social leaders, moved to a larger home after his elevation and Helen travels widely, knowing both hemispheres. She combines democratic tastes with quiet dignity and Western hospitality.
The piece discusses how landscape art conveys love for countryside and attaches viewers and locals to place. It references the French pays age intime term for the well known country scene as painted by Rousseau Dupre Corot and Barbizon painters near Fontainebleau, tracing influences to Nobbema and earlier Dutch masters.
The speaker notes that hearing a married woman envy another whose husband gives her a dollar freely provokes more envy than admiration for virtue. The remark contrasts perceived generosity with moral judgments, suggesting some see indulgence as worse than strict vice.
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