06 Aug 1897
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1897
Page
1
A Friday column from Chicago notes diverse topics from Crooked paths and self examination to Kansas politics and Rev. John Jasper's 84th birthday. It mentions Dr S Weir Mitchell summering in Philadelphia and Saint Gaudens quietly in New York.
A critical editorial cites Cuban naturalization as a potential threat and urges a U S Spain agreement to curb it. It also reviews Congress postal reforms including universal postage stamp debates, international mail practices, currency issues, and European-focused arrangements.
The passage notes a leading financier from Atchison joining public service as street commissioner at forty five dollars a year, suggesting he will earn his salary through service. The tone highlights exploitation of wealth in public duties and hints at local civic duties.
An illicit whisky still and a nest of moonshiners were discovered in New York City. The find may explain certain peculiarities recently observed in eastern journalism.
A lecturer traces drinking habits from ancient India and China to Egypt Greece and Rome, noting wine dilution practices and exotic additives. It covers Alexander's feast with Promachus, Roman temperance for women, the three gallon man, New England’s early drink requests, and ends with the rise of the temperance movement last century.
A Chicago association plans weekday picnics replacing Sundays, sparking fears of a social revolt as pickpockets and rowdy spectacle accompany excursions. The piece notes the city’s famed quirks and predicts changing crowd dynamics amid growing urban novelty.
In Boston a speaker dialogue recounts a tense exchange about burglary. A burglar remarks he has become entangled in the crooked streets and inadvertently broke into his own house as onlookers react with outraged calls and threats.
Dialogue reveals a tense domestic scene with Bridget reporting the silent doorbell and a mistress instructing the man to repair it at once while specifying that no one should be admitted as the caller arrives.
A California tale of John Bradbury and Amy Banning, Ashley aristocracy, and lavish scandal. Amy leaves her rich husband for an English lover, faces San Francisco vice authorities, then returns as financial whirlwinds and rotating marriages unfold in Los Angeles and San Francisco society. The Bradburys’ world spirals into misadventure across high life.
Lucy Banning, well born, and Johnny Ward of the Bradburys form a costly social web in Santa Monica. Ward's allure pulls Lucy from past riches toward a life of luxury, while old families and land booms shape their circle as Bandini and Bandini-era wealth mingle with new fortunes.
A tale of love and betrayal unfolds as Lucy Bradbury flees with Ward while Mrs. Ward plans a voyage to England. Jewelry worth 16000 is hawked and sold for 1500 as the pair drift across the continent. They reunite with Bradbury in Chicago and return to the coast with reconciliation.
A Wallner hat factory forewoman at 208 Wooster street is exposed as a transgender man after seven years of secretly romancing 208 Wooster workers. The couple, Sophie Goldstein and Max Feingold, now live in Chicago as Mr and Mrs Feingold.
The John Carey brig faced a leak and sinking, leaving captain and five crew in a lifeboat. Rescued by Ladybird, that ship wrecked next day, while Brightwell later saved six others. Fearing the Jo nah superstition they refused rescue twice, staying ashore until the Brightwell departed, then endured further peril before reaching Auckland Sydney.
Grace Stevenson a 95 year old heiress and society favorite from Brookline near Boston has been missing since April. Her estranged parents had not lived under one roof, and she acted as mediator between them. It is believed her efforts toward reconciliation contributed to her departure.
Edward Bush and George Gray of Palmira Wisconsin accidentally drank a mixture of turpentine belladonna and ammonia intended for horses. The incident highlights the dangers of mislabelled or mishandled veterinary preparations.
In Pretoria and Amsterdam a proxy wedding linked Ernest Van Trotsenburg and Miss Morsman across six thousand miles. Using a glove held by the proxy and two cablegrams, the ceremony bridged continents with a breakfast in Amsterdam and a reception in Pretoria as they begin married life. The scheme, dating to Dutch colonial days, kept the groom connected to his telegraph bureau while his bride awaits him.
The dialogue depicts Mrs Gotham and Mrs Suburbs discussing urban domestic life. Mrs Suburbs complains about keeping servants in the country and recalls a cook who starved after eloping with her husband, illustrating tension between city and country households.
A Cincinnati Inquirer passage features a living skeleton arguing a bicycle exhibit has shaped public perception, suggesting it challenges the stereotype of being a freak while remarking on bloomer girls staging exhibitions and the impact on business.
About 10 000 fish were found dead on the shore of Loring Park Lake in Minneapolis as melting ice this spring suffocated them. The winter’s unusually thick ice trapped fish beneath, leading to mass die off reported by local observers.
A North Carolina paper profiles a woman who runs a tobacco farm and supports her husband and five children. The editor praises her with the line She knows her duty and she does it.
Ned asks if Cholly started a comic paner today and Ted confirms the item was a promissory note to Cholly's tailor, suggesting a humorous or satirical gag tied to a debt.
Gou nod s masterpiece Faust to open at the Great Northern Theater with Signora De Pasquali as Marguerite and Signor De Pasquali praised for his prior New York Faust performance. The De Pasquals return after a two day rest to open next Sunday evening. The New York Sun lauded Magioni De Pasqua li beside Emma Juch and Emil Fischer. Chorus noted as among the best in years with bargain matinee on Wednesday and regular matinee on Saturday.
Sabel reprises her hit Hot Time in the Old Town at the Masonic Temple Roof theater next week. The lineup includes Smith and Cook, Howe Wall and Waktes, Cushman and Holcombe, Ringstrom Sisters, and Maude Beale Price. Evening crowds and matinees draw strong audiences.
Hopkins Theatre extends Trilby starring Miss May Hosmer and Mr. Maurice Freeman for another week. The program features Caron and Herbert as headline acrobats, Leola Mitchell with new motion pictures, and Sisters Nicholls described as the sole Negro dialect comedians along with other acts.
Emily Melville appears at the Olympic Chicago in a vaudeville show next Monday. Clayton Jenkins and Jasper present a burlesque on circus life. Titenia the dancer, Adams and Taylor in After the Election, Edmund Santaro with crayon portraits, Romalo brothers in balancing acts, plus Foy and Clark and other acts.
Clifford's Gayety will reopen with a Sunday matinee on August 8 featuring an original musical burlesque titled His French Doll. Preparations have run smoothly for opening night with a lively plot and catchy music. The Savoy theater project is nearing completion and expected to open in early September.
Manager Will Barry returns from New York with bookings for the coming season. Prominent acts include The Brownies Hoyt's A Milk White Flag The Cherry Pickers Rice's 1992. Robert Mantel Under the Polar Star Lewis Morrison The Privateer Father Satan Hogan's Alley Sinbad Joseph Murphy Northern Light The Girl Is Left Behind Me Superba Hoyt's A Contented Woman.
Burke and Andrus headline a program at Tay warket with a burlesque acrobatic and pantomime camelly. Irene Franklin juvenile artist performs dramatic poems recitations. Joe Doner Tfelen Mardicae deliver Bowery humor. Natus and Vousden perform songs and monologues. Clark sisters sing and dance. Stanor Mandela Tom Doyle and Mannings also appear. Graham Marcon Transport operates steamers Chicago to St Joseph and Genton Harbor with daily round trips.
Daily excursions to Milwaukee and return on the famous Whaleback grow in popularity each week. Fare is only 1 dollar for the round trip. Docks are at the north end of Rush Street Bridge.
At Ferris Wheel Park, the World Columbian Exposition wheel by G W G Ferris is on display. Two vaudeville shows daily at 2 30 pm and 8 pm with a strong bill next week. The wheel grows more popular as a charming place for afternoons or evenings. The Czar of Russia is said to be very superstitious and places faith in relias.
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