17 Apr 1896
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1896
Page
1
A Boston legacy from Benjamin Franklin dated 1789 to aid the city has grown from 5,000 to 111,900, illustrating how money earns interest. The piece covers other 1890s notes on languages, Paderewski, messengers, roads, and new Salvation Army volunteers.
The article profiles Lorado Taft and his sister Zulime Taft and peers Janet Scudder and Miss Potter, all Chicago area sculptors forging a new American style. It highlights Miss Bracken and Miss Cary Brooks, tracing perseverance from Apple River to Springfield, praising federal support of women in sculpture.
A Berlin hospital performed the first operation linked to new photography. A milkwoman had a needle fragment in her hand from an old accident. X rays produced a clear image of the steel piece, which was removed successfully. She asked for a photo of the procedure to display in her shop.
A diver recalls the startling perils of underwater deep dives. A fifteen foot shark lunges toward the diver, while a large turtle and a boa constrictor coil above, making the experience extremely nerve wracking despite claims that sharks seldom attack unclothed divers.
Eva Booth, a 29-year-old Englishwoman and temporary commander of the Salvation Army in the United States, has risen from selling War Crys on London streets to leading a 21 000-strong London province. Her motto Blood and Fire reflects a career marked by discipline, diplomacy, and relentless work ethic amid early controversy.
The duchess of Marlborough, born Vanderbilt, may insure her life for £600000 with a syndicate to benefit the duke. Medicals and private letters circulate while British insurers weigh the risk for a large premium. Alva Vanderbilt Belmont informs her daughter, as family and potential talks with the duke loom.
A portrait of Miss Helen Clarke of Alabama notes her as a tall stylish student with a fondness for German and a destined debut in two years. The piece discusses Curzon, British plans for Egypt, and rival interests from France, Turkey, and Russia amid a broader view of Suez security and geopolitical maneuvering. It ends with a Bangor to Portland telegraph relay illustrating long, circuitous routes in the early communication network.
Communities express condolences between all families including new parents and those without babies. Ella Wheeler Wilcox admired her work Poems of Passion and its themes of shared sorrow and emotion.
A humorous exploration of how women grip their skirts in public, from the stiff backward clutch to the perpendicular grip. The piece notes the left hand holds accessories while the right secures the dress, worries about purse visibility to deter thieves, and explains different postures for balance and style.
The Cicero Wheelmen of Austin plans a busy 1896 season with club runs trophy events century rides and a long distance Elgin to Aurora record bid. The group also fields an indoor baseball team tennis courts and fall tournaments with officers listed and fast riders preparing for the Chicago road race.
Rev. Joseph Krauskopf comments on the Russian, claiming his actions mix Western fashion with Tartar habits, his head stuck in medieval times while his feet stand at the 20th century threshold, and his aims and passions are often unimpressive.
Mrs. Francis Ralston a member of Philadelphia society has entered the millinery trade in Philadelphia. She is noted for her exquisite taste and many townswomen seek to benefit from her offerings.
English cyclist R. L. Jefferson plans to ride from Asia into central Siberia after following routes to Constantinople in 1894 and Moscow last year. He notes the Bay of Piandy claims the highest ride in the world, rising a foot every five minutes and reaching seventy feet at times.
The passage argues life’s aim is freedom and reason, with the supreme lesson being voluntary brotherhood. Doing good for others begins to solve their problems, and true love includes even those you may not like. Loving others makes them your brothers and enables universal brotherhood.
The accidental arrival of two poisonous snakes in ballast from Queensland and South America panic New Zealand colonists. Parliament passed an act imposing heavy penalties on importing dangerous serpents to protect a land with no venomous reptiles in sight.
In New York a sale of articles lost on the L train disposed of 370 pocket leeks and contents for under two cents each. The items appeared to belong to women shoppers, as seen on their faces.
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