12 Aug 1898
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1898
Page
1
A noisy mix of vignettes and quotations discusses troops, war talk, fashion, humor, and social mores. It mocks selective codas about front lines, a New York girl in surf wear, cyclones in Michigan, and political jests about war. It notes racialized views and stereotypes while offering snips of anecdotal commentary on society.
The son of Admiral Dewey started in New York at $20 a month and was approached by an unscrupulous editor who offered $200 a month to sign articles daily. He rejected the offer, choosing honor over money and matching his father's Manila stance with firm integrity.
Simon Pokagon describes Ottawa seances with circle poles and birch lodge coverings. A child lost near Ke chi ne bis sing is traced through spirits with an underground cavern and a demon Mautchi Mantito driving migration toward Lake Superior.
A collage of historical notes covers social classes in a country, Crimean War casualties, Borodino dead, Harvard Randall dining hall funding, diamond combustion, Col William J. Bryan’s Fort Omaha conveyance, and aluminium’s first baby rattle in 1856.
An improved plaster for walls is formed of plaster of paris, cement, sand, cream of tartar, borax, lime, hair and water in specific quantities. the preparation is patented.
In a humble palm leaf cabin Izora helps General Gomez by guiding old Don the mule through jungle brush to warn of Spanish danger. A pursuing officer falls as Gomez’s troops arrive and Izora is carried to safety amid praise for Cuban children’s patriotism.
A Paris article gathers opinions of French women on the man and woman question. Writers discuss male hardness, female emancipation, and the new role of women who read and compete with men. They note enduring marriage and love norms despite changes, with references to Eve and Adam and the idea that protected love may fade.
A Cuban patrol plans to ambush Gomez and his patriots as a Spaniard officer and a scout discuss the raid. Izora flees with a dog toward a mule. a scout fires, wounding the mule, then an officer pursues on a fast horse, the chase continuing along a rough road.
A Contemporary Review writer lauds Russians as the gentlest humane nation in Europe while noting defects. He cites their generosity and kindness, contrasts other traits, and argues Russians would not wage aggressive war for spoils, calling them superior to the French in many respects.
Among foreign sailors in the British merchant marine, 5000 are Germans and 2000 Russians. Scandinavians number 4000, with total foreign seamen listed as several thousand.
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