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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1900
Page
6
In Mizpeh, Jephthah a mighty but sorrowful father cherishes his daughter Namarah. A young armor bearer named Adina awakens Namarah’s gaze as Jephthah returns from battle, and the pair exchange warnings and prayers for safety. The scene blends pious devotion with budding romantic tension as the story hints at future peril and consequences.
A New York Herald item profiles Sarah Cohen known as Old Sal who runs a button shop off Hester Street. Her stock spans thousands of buttons from many materials and she touts a high resale value, earning about five thousand dollars from her curious trade. She sources from rag shops and dre gmakers, paying fair prices for buttons and often matching lost buttons for customers at prices up to a quarter or more. A second note: scientific authorities call honey a healthier sweet than sugar, useful for bread, laxative, and digestive aid, with broad dietary benefits for children and the sedentary.
The piece profiles Coler, New York City comptroller, once tied to Tammany, now delivering combative speeches accusing city hall and Albany conspiracies of legalizing robbery. It notes his background as a minister, author, and broker, and contrasts his stance with Roosevelt’s view of New Yorkers. It also surveys global tramp shipping trends and American registry trends.
A description of tramp steamers trading without fixed routes and offering cargo space to any paying buyer. It notes aging liners becoming tramps, and mentions the Alaska once famed for speed between Queenstown and New York, now at risk of settling into cargo-hunting service.
A giant warning megaphone mounted on Falkner's island near Guilford Connecticut will direct ship traffic away from rocks using a steam powered siren. The rotating device delivers eight compass point signals and is described as the largest of its kind.
Destitute in his old age General Ho ward Moody McCook of the famed fighting McCook family has entered a California soldiers home. Born in 1835 at Breabenville Ohio he served in the Civil War with the Kansas Legion and became Colorado governor. He was noted as a politician statesman and an eloquent orator shaping Colorado’s early growth.
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