03 Apr 1896
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1896
Page
1
A review of scattered quips and notes touches on cork from Algeria and 2.5 million acres of cork forests, a motor patent by Keely, a Boston fire destroying 2000 bicycles, public figures like John Jacob Astor and Mayor Sutro, and a Tennessee centennial exposition in Nashville inviting broad participation and exhibits. The tone mixes satire with brief notices on weather costs and diplomacy.
A Louisville newspaper published photos of several young lady clerks. A wealthy suitor quickly obtained an introduction and telegraph reports that the parents consent to the match, urging girls to submit pictures to the paper.
An account describes a Pinwall eruption where a crater filled with lava to depths of 600 to 1000 feet. The molten rock forced a subterranean path to the sea forty miles away, reaching waters in under two days and destroying all in its path. The lava flowed three weeks and heated sea water twenty miles offshore.
Nebraska passes a statute forbidding real property ownership by any non Nebraska incorporated corporation and requires forfeiture to the state. The North Platte Land and Water company, largely English stockholders and lacking a Nebraska charter, challenges the measure as the Supreme Court may hear the case. The firm holds about 20 600 acres of land and awaits the court ruling.
A large flatbottomed boat on the Snake River near Ellensburg Washington becomes a mobile mining camp. It houses a station the miners quarters engines dredgers and pumps with lodging for about 150 men. The Chicago syndicate conducts the experiment moving to bank the river for gold.
Sketch of Zeralda Q Wallace mother of Ben Hur author General Lew Wallace. She is a gifted temperance advocate known as Mother Wallace of the W C T U. Her lecture A Whole Humanity argues for woman suffrage and temperance. In 1875 she presented a petition to Indiana legislators and became a suffragist. She is seventy nin e and lives in Cataract Indiana.
A party wagers on naming 1000 acquaintances. A lawyer struggles, listing only between 100 and 600 after two hours, midnight arrives with no clear progress. The exchange notes few can recall 10,000 personal contacts, contrasting faces and names in social memory.
Senor Dominguez the Argentine acting minister gathers antique furniture and old Spanish chests and desks. His home also holds dimmed paintings of great value. Mrs Sheridan preserves her famed husband s arms and swords in a glass case. Mrs George B McClellan stores General McClellan s swords in her library. Mrs Grants sacred mementoes of the dead general and Mrs Gener al Joan A Logan preserves items about her husband in a large hall. A prominent senator owns many canes from across the country.
A side portrait of Senator Tillman shows him in a black suit and hat with a profile view highlighting the loss of an eye. The text notes his barnyard metaphor image and his portrayal as a representative of poor whites, while recounting the eye injury from reading by pinkknots.
Dr Delorme, Surgeon-in-Chief of the French army, notes steel coated rifle bullets cause little pain. Riots at Fourmies left a man paralyzed after a leg wound and another with a twitching elbow after a shot. At 100 to 150 yards bullets may explode and cause serious harm.
An exchange recounts how Professor Rontgen, while experimenting with a Crookes tube covered by cloth, noticed bone images on sensitized paper when placing his hand between tube and paper. He named the rays X rays and reported images through aluminum and books, confirming new photographic power.
The Philadelphia Times outlines New Jersey’s annual 100000 road fund used for macadamized roads at one third cost, with the county paying two thirds. Fifty miles yearly proven possible. two commissioners debated road bed width and stone size, while progress grows from five to fourteen counties and prompts calls for more state support.
New York Herald reports on Mrs. Foster known as the Tombs Angel who rescues women in trouble, avoids proselytizing, and runs Pelham Hall Shelter for Homeless Girls in New Rochelle. She works with the Pelham Hall League to place rescued women in homes and training, emphasizing care over punishment while guiding cases from jail toward independent livelihoods.
A charming tale recalls the early meeting of the German emperor at age twenty in a park cottage where a sleeping girl inspired a poem. He later met her in the castle, called her tiny dryER rose, and married on his twenty second birthday, shaping a devoted hausfrau ideal.
A computation shows Ohio has fewer Federal appointments in Washington than expected. Ohio has 738 officeholders while its population suggests 873, possibly because the counted posts are small and Ohio is better represented in higher paid, larger posts.
Agnes and her companion discuss fashion in a brisk exchange. The dialogue centers on why older maids oppose bloomers, framing it as a matter of propriety and form.
A wedding at Rev. Mary T. Whitney’s Boston residence joins Rev. Carl G. Elorst of Athol Mass and Miss Emily Aitken of Boston in a ceremony officiated by Rev. Martha C. Aitken, the bride’s mother. The event marks a rare instance of a mother marrying her daughter and is followed by a moral meditation on duty and courage.
Spectators note a clear disparity between the fighters from the start and the fight’s aftermath shows Slim Jim bearing all the bruises. The exchange underscores the lopsided nature of the confrontation and the visible toll on Slim Jim.
South Carolina reports last year liquor sales through state dispensaries totaling 920,662 with net profit 159,039. Subdispensaries sold 1,076,982 yielding 201,283 profit.
An Atlanta man collects Confederate banknotes to sell to Edison for carbon in electric lights. Edison notes the paper from sea grass pulp makes superior carbon for lamps. In Brooklyn, residents fear a wealthy New York negro may move into a three story house, prompting a local syndicate to purchase it.
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