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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1901
Page
8
Incoherent OCR fragments show sorrowful imagery and references to a tempest, death, and distress. The garbled lines hint at a meditation on soul and consolation with mentions of friendship and valor, but lack coherent narrative or clear subjects.
Ralph Gilman and classmates stage a perilous plan to stop hazing at Bradford. Billy Dunlap proposes abandoning the tradition by dumping the class head and fellow seniors in a ditch on Bloody Monday night to force reform. The plan is halted when a fatal misidentification reveals Stanley’s apparent death, leading to renewed effort to end hazing.
Ralph Gilman reads the Journal headline revealing a freshman death linked to hazing. He grapples with guilt as rumors spread and he returns to campus, fearing police presence and his father’s possible role in the tragedy.
Alexander William Kinglake disliked the daily press and once told Mr. Villiers that a clever man grew less sharp after studying newspapers. The remark, echoed by Argonsut, reflects his skepticism of journalism amid his era.
William H. Hunt will succeed Charles H. Allen as governor of Porto Rico on September 1. Born in New Orleans forty four years ago, he is the fourth son of the late William Henry Hunt, former Secretary of the Navy and Russian minister. A Yale graduate with later honorary MA, he built a Montana career as attorney general, legislator, and judge, and has long held prominent political roles there.
The 1817 Rush Bagot agreement restricts Britain and the United States to at most four small armed vessels on the lakes, with specifics of one on Lake Ontario and one on Lake Champlain, maximum 100 tons, and 18 pounder armament. Either side may terminate with six months notice, prompting calls to resume unrestricted shipbuilding.
The Russian government accuses George Kennan, expelled from Russia, of betraying confidences and spreading falsehoods about its penal system. American writers including Bookwalter and Talmage have previously disputed such charges, while Kennan’s visit is linked to broader Russia relations intrigues.
In Russia Keenan is described as an Englishman in British pay, a note on his deportation. In New York Dr. R Johnson Held finished a six thousand five hundred eighty two page manuscript on eye ear and nose diseases then dozed off. His cigar burned the table cloth, igniting the manuscript pages into ashes.
Mrs. William J. Bryan raised a granite monument from Massachusetts for her father John Haird who died recently. The memorial stands in the family lot at Wyuka cemetery near Lincoln Nebraska.
The article describes a novel tiger capture method in Sumatra using a wooden enclosure, a tethered dog to lure the tiger, and a new steel trap set under earth and foliage. When the tiger steps on the trap, springs grip its leg, leading to rapid capture or death, while the dog is released.
Frank M. Russell of Cox Wisconsin suffered kidney disease that left him unable to walk. After trying various remedies he read that Dodd's Kidney Pills cured kidney trouble Bright's Disease and rheumatism. He took two boxes and now works all day without fatigue. He calls it the most wonderful case in Chippewa County and hails the new remedy for miraculous cures in Wisconsin.
A London Chronicle note argues that color and sound are linked in perception. It cites a blind boy equating red with a trumpet and reflects on how joy, hue, and cries intertwine in human experience across senses.
A letter from Hon. Robert W. Wilcox, delegate to Congress from Hawaii, extols Peruna for catarrh of the stomach and dyspepsia. The ad claims Peruna cures inflamed stomach membranes and offers free advice from Dr. Hartman of the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus.
A succinct saying presents a claim that truth requires hearing and a patent cure named Wizard Oil is cited as relieving pain. The line frames a skeptical view of patent medicine while asserting the need for public scrutiny.
From August 1 to 10 the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers round trip fares for trips to Wisconsin and Michigan summer resorts. One fare minimum four dollars, valid until October 31. Resorts include Milwaukee Waukesha Palmyra Madison Kilbourn Elkhart Lake Pewaukee Lakeside Hartland Nashotah Oconomowoo Sparta Marquette Houghton Ontonagon Sault Ste. Marie St. Ignace Minocqua Star Lake. Through sleeping cars to Marquette Calumet Minocqua Star Lake with parlor cars to nearby resorts. Information at 95 Adams Street or Union Station Madison. Cardiff population climbs from 83000 in 1881 to 129000 in 1891.
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