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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1901
Page
3
Poem urging patient faith as life’s tests unfold under God’s wiser plan. It states sorrow will yield to understanding when life’s doors open, and concludes with trust that God sees what is best for us.
A Detroit Capuchin monk Father Paschal faces possible leg amputation from a knee disease caused by lifelong kneeling during prayer. The condition, linked to occupation, is rare in America, with long devotion shaping deformities in many cases. Italian models are noted for different leg aesthetics in art.
Arizona newspapers warn that deer antelope and mountain sheep face extermination unless immediate conservation steps are taken. Authorities urge protection measures to preserve wildlife populations in the state.
A portable Italian itinerant repairman travels from fishing village to village near Naples. He sets up his shop beside boats, mends tin and copper ware with careful tinkering, and becomes village gossip and a welcome guest during his weeklong stays.
A short historical note profiles Thomas Chatterton born in Bristol in 1752, famed as a prodigy poet by age 16, whose career ended in disappointment and a pauper’s grave at 18, with lingering admiration from scholars a century later.
The piece recounts Thomas Chatterton’s precocious genius and poverty. It notes his early writing at age eleven and his ac_acclaim as forged antique poems. It covers his move to London at eighteen, his prolific fifteenth century style works, and eventual death by poison in poverty.
A Chicago Journal item notes candlelight regaining favor over gas and electric lighting in elegant rooms. Modern makers supply brass copper and silver candlesticks from three to seven feet, often reproducing antique forms with newel posts and bewitching silver sculptures.
A fast trolley car in Philadelphia is tested. it carries newspapers to Chestnut Hill fourteen and three quarters miles away at about thirty five miles per hour with a stop every three quarters of a mile. It has run a mile in one minute eight seconds and the full trip in twenty five minutes, matching express trains for the distance. It generally adheres to schedule but once was ten minutes late due to a hay wagon wreck on the road.
The article notes a Fort Worth businessman hosts Sunday phonograph concerts for telephone exchange operators. He connects a phonograph to the central transmitter so nearby girls can cut in and enjoy hour long records, entertaining the weary afternoon shift and offering his guests, typically many on Sundays, amusement.
A railway method says there are thirty telegraph posts per mile. Multiply the number of posts passed in a minute by two to obtain the train’s speed in miles per hour.
Edmund Clarence Stedman is hailed as the foremost living American poet and the sanest poetry critic. He began as a reporter for the New York Tribune after earning master degrees at Yale and Dartmouth. In 1892 Columbia granted him the literary doctorate for lectures tied to the Turnbull foundation and his writings span 1860 to 1884.
A Chicago statistician proposes that if England and Russia fought, the key strike would target England by starving it through buying up the American wheat and flour surplus. He argues Russia could corner U S grain centers, raising prices to about $1.50 a bushel, yet afford 200 million bushels to pressure London into surrender within months.
Senor Julio Sanguilly, once a leading Cuban revolutionary and noted for his role in Santa Clara and Matanzas, has shifted to urging Cuba to yield to Congress demands. An American citizen, his era of persecution by Spain ended after two years of trials following intervention by Raymon Williams, the Havana US consul general.
The Toledo police judge supports the view that drunkenness is a disease, aligning with sentimentalists and pseudo scientists who see plain drunks as victims. He also notes that gamblers thieves and criminals may be treated as similarly afflicted in this framing.
A Portland Telegram report says Chinese leaders may revisit laws on head dress for Mongolians. An informant claims Chinese fashion shifted with emperors, from long braids to short shaven heads, sparking debate over restoring old styles amid practical concerns and rumors of a policy alteration.
The Rev. C. H. Thompson, a longtime missionary among Choctaw and Creek Indians, credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing his diabetes and kidney troubles after decades of disease. He, aged 68, praises the remedy as a God-send and claims it cured Bright's Disease and Dropsy as well.
Mine owners and prospectors join the Bureau of Mines in supplying specimens for a premier mineral display at the Pan American Exposition, showcasing Canada’s richest mineral heritage.
An Atchison Glob item extols Grain-O as a grain based drink for children that resembles coffee in taste and has health benefits. It claims Grain-O, sold by grocers for about 1.25, offers a nourishing alternative to tea or coffee and distributes health with increased usage.
An advertisement urges keeping a RUBEPACIENT jar in every home. It claims to relieve internal inflammation and aid pneumonia diphtheria la grippé cases. Readers are directed to write to the Rubefacient Co. in Newton Upper Falls Massachusetts for a free booklet.
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific seeks joint cheap excursion rates to Colorado destinations including Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo with a schedule of dates from Chicago to Missouri River region and from Missouri River points. Rates include one fare plus 2 dollars or 31 50 round trip with special July and September price points and parallel eastbound runs from Colorado common points. Tickets valid through October 31.
A new imitation vaccination scar costs a dime and can be pasted on the arm to deceive health officers, representing a novel shortcut in modern medical regulation and public health compliance.
Buy Rice lands in East Texas and western Louisiana at 910 feet per acre. Advertises multiple land agents including N. Mille in Houston and Cameron Moore in Liberty with regional contacts. Mentions railroad routes via Santa Fe Cen and Pac id rate.
The Louisiana Commissioners to the Pan-American Exposition pledge full effort to ensure the Pelican State Exhibit stands among the best at the great show. They vow diligent work and thorough preparation to showcase state progress and culture.
The ad asserts that Garfield Teunt benefits all diseased conditions of blood and skin by purifying the blood and clearing the complexion, then makes a remark about China’s upper classes being of Tartar origin and that the select are the cream of Tartar.
An old ad promotes Maple City self washing soap claiming it keeps whites bright. It urges shoppers to buy at local grocers or ask for it at stores.
The lines reference a long hidden truth about deities arriving in low affliction or disguise, attributed to Emer non, presenting a fragmentary meditation on divine concealment and revelation.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers round trip excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays each month from Chicago Milwaukee and other line points to many destinations in South Dakota North Dakota and other western states at about one fare. Learn about rates routes and farm land prices by writing I A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago Ill.
An army surgeon argues that in hot climates the sun oxidizes blood carbon quickly, requiring a high meat intake to counteract waste and maintain strength.
Try Grain-O ask your grocer to show you Grain-O the new food drink replacing coffee. Children and adults may drink it without injury and all who try it like it. Grain-O has rich seal brown color like Mocha or Java but is made from pure grains and gentle on the stomach. Price 14 cents or 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers.
The Cambridge Longfellow Memorial fund for a statue in Longfellow park has reached 816.44 dollars. Construction of the memorial will start early next spring.
Product description touts healing effects for liver and kidneys and a cure for sick headache. Listed price is 25 and 0 cents. The text reads like a vintage medicinal ad with limited context and no verifiable claims.
The London army of maid-servants totals about 320000, nearly equal to Sheffield’s population. Newspaper men will attend the Pan-American Exposition next summer, and many editorial associations plan trips to Buffalo through press clubs and state editor groups.
Dean W A Henry of the University of Wisconsin Agricultural College plans an exhibit of college work at the Pan-American Exposition. A witty quip about debt and a motor car is noted. Garfield Tea is praised for spring liver cleansing and blood purification. A St Louis Christmas demand consumed 500000 pounds of candy.
Advertisement asserts deafness stems from Eustachian tube inflammation and catarrh. Claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure most cases. offers one hundred dollars for any deafness caused by catarrh not cured by the product. Promises free circulars from F J Cheney & Co Toledo and recommends The Ball's Pills.
Walter Scott's home Abbottsford in Scotland is to be let with 1300 acres of shooting. The famous novelist's family have long found the estate costly to maintain and it is now owned by his great granddaughter Mrs Maxwell Scott.
An old public notice warns that coughing leads to consumption and urges readers to visit a druggist for a free sample bottle. It promotes 25 and 50 cent bottles and warns that delays are dangerous. The piece also mentions a boy subjected to a home-made hair clip as a separate incident.
An advertisement promotes Maple City Self Washing Soap as saving time, back strain, and wear on clothes with broad grocer availability. Separately a rule for women lawyers in New York criminal courts requires removing hats while practicing. A quoted remark mentions taming a page described as red by an auburn haired messenger.
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