14 Apr 1899
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1899
Page
1
A fragmented page notes a weekly publication with reminiscences and proverbs. It includes reflections on etiquette, memory, and friendship, quoting historical figures and urging timely acts of kindness and reconciliation.
Dispatches from Shantung report a new rebellion around Kiao-Chou with Tan-Chen-Ghien district seeing twenty Christian settlements destroyed and four Christians killed. German Foreign Minister vou Buelow orders Baron von Heyking in Pekin to act vigorously against the Chinese government to defend German victims of these outrages following prior Tientsin abuse warnings.
An article surveys how monarchs and leaders dine, noting Victoria’s thrifty private meals, Berlin’s quiet breakfasts, and the simple, ascetic habits of the pope and Japanese mikado. It contrasts lavish retinues with modest eating, highlighting varied royal preferences and ages-long traditions.
Dr Isaac M Wise of Cincinnati founder of Reform Judaism in America celebrated his eightieth birthday on April 3. Born April 3, 1819 in Steingrub Austria he studied the Talmud before church and state education, graduated Vienna 1843, rabbi in Radnitz then New York and Albany before settling in Cincinnati. He founded the American Israelite in 1854 and authored works on Judaism including The Wanderer Jew and The Martyrdom of Jesus of Nazareth. He argues Zionism will come from within, not by external force.
An Interpretation quotes a man who mocks Shakespeare and a barkeeper who notes the need for protection of clever readers. The Indianapolis Journal relays that even common folk may grasp literary subtleties, as olives are removed and crackers remain, suggesting lunch can shape understanding.
When first known to the Romans, silk was so valuable that merchants sold it by weight equal to gold, signaling the luxury and scarcity that defined ancient trade.
Philip Vanderdecken boards the Batavia bound for Java with a troop detachment and rich cargo. He battles premonitions of the Phantom Ship while the fleet sails toward Madagascar and Cape waters, and a Dutch captain recalls the Flying Dutchman sighting before a sudden fog and vanish.
Philip travels with his captain and meets a hospitable merchant then returns to sea. After sailing east past Batavia and Cape, a becalmed ship receives a Dutch Indiaman survivors crew and a Portuguese priest who fled Japan. The priest sought Dutch protection to avoid his enemies.
Expatriate American William Waldorf Astor, living in London, is profiled in Tit Bits with anecdotes about the Duchess of Cleveland remarking on staircase beauty at Astor’s Thames embankment estate. Other tales recall admiration for Cliveden lawn and a gardener’s quip about turf growth over a century.
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