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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1901
Page
3
The fragment recounts a narrator’s jealousy toward a rival at school and college who won a scholarship and a beloved girl. The speaker vows retaliation if the rival harms him, ending with a defiant line about the “other fellow.”
Martha Coombs travels from Osborne to Louisborough to confront Justin D. Gye with an outlawed promissory note for five thousand dollars. Gye reads the back and, moved by her plight, agrees to pay the debt with interest, ensuring the siblings receive a proper home and education.
The Diller drug store in Springfield, a hub where Lincoln and Douglas once traded wits, has been sold to Hay & James. The store, run by Roland W. Diller and then his son Isaac, hosted famed figures like Col. H. D. Baker, Gen. James Shields, Judge Logan, and many Illinois leaders. Lincoln reportedly carried papers in his tall hat. the building preserves 19th century fittings, with remodeling planned.
The New York Press imagines a fully sea derived wardrobe with porpoise skin shoes and socks spun from byssus fibers, while shells, mussels, and seaweed supply fabric, buttons, hats, and trims. It notes byssus threads from pinna and walrus sinews as alternatives, and seawater materials for winter and summer garments.
A Parisian editress runs a notorious undated, unnumbered magazine for light-fingered readers. It provides devices for shoplifters and pays for useful tips, with every subscriber required to have a year of crime apprenticeship. The periodical, illustrated with gloves and disguises, has thrived for years and costs $3 monthly.
An Indian market tale recounts a kind elephant that daily passed a market in Ameer. A compassionate stall owner fed him greens. One day the elephant rampaged through the crowd, but paused to lift and save a woman’s infant before returning to the street commotion.
A Detroit Free Press poem praises a sturdy boy who roams the pantry for scraps, loves fishing, and may trash talk yet respects parents and elders. The verse celebrates the rough but wholesome youth who will become a man one day.
A collage of witticisms and quips from multiple periodicals. Jests touch on obituaries, flowers and duels, a scientist duel, and social observations. Characters reference readers and editors, with themes of money, publishing, and satire.
A mother cat comforts and guides her mischievous kitten stuck high in a cherry tree. She ascends, then carefully descends, showing the easiest way down and prompting the frightened kitten to follow. The scene ends with both cats safe on the ground.
A conman plans to solicit photos and a $5 payment, promising beauty advice. He will return flattering but evasive letters claiming the recipient already possesses beauty beyond the system. The scheme relies on deception, with the chump skeptical about the five dollars.
The Twin City Rapid Transit Company faces charges over using the United States Mail sign on cars not carrying mail between St. Paul and Minneapolis. The offense risks a fine of 100 to 500 dollars per car, amid labor union intimidation rumors tied to strikes.
The Jerome Park Reservoir will span over 300 acres with land costs near 2 million dollars. Ten million cubic yards of earth and rock will be removed and 60 million square feet inside the walls will receive three to six inches of concrete. Contractors bought 250 acres on Long Island Sound for deposit and built five miles of railway to transport material. Retaining walls will largely blend with the landscape though some sections rise above thirty six feet inside slopes and eight to ten feet above surrounding terrain.
The Pall Mall Gazette notes Millet’s Angelus, hung by French peasants and American cowboys, linking viewers across continents. Millet first showed the painting to a Barbizon neighbor who spoke of unseen bells ringing as workers paused in their furrows.
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