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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1900
Page
2
The article states all pupils must present a vaccination certificate this fall, with no option by the teacher. It also notes tax reductions for Cicero and the 385th ward next year, potential real estate gains from increased sales and construction, and reports on political sentiments regarding McKinley and local candidates.
Mr M W H Church of A H Barber & Co says leading Texas newspapers and business men reject Bryan and his anti-imperial 16 to 1 doctrines. A riddle asks a man with $100 to buy 100 animals paying $10 cows $3 hogs and 50 cents sheep to determine counts. First five correct solvers win a prize from the Vindicator.
In Proviso Frank Lehmann, a Democratic politician, plans an independent run for legislative honors in the Seventh district amid disputes as Bryan condemns govern consents and the Philippine issues. His town supports Mr C E Crafts who secured the regular nomination.
Citizens in the 45th ward are urged to support Mr. H. Cutting for the probate judge post on the county Republican ticket. The notice emphasizes his eminence fitness and confidence across all classes and asks for universal backing in this section.
The McKinley Roosevelt platform defends sound money and patriotism while the Democratic Populist origin platform advocates free silver anti imperialism and questions prosperity and progress.
A Pennsylvania church's annual rose payment as rent, a colonial vestige from the last century, recalls odd rents in England. The Duke of Marlborough gives a banner for Woodstock manor every August 2 as rent, the Blenheim anniversary. The Duke of Wellington pays similar rent for Strathweldsay after Waterloo victory.
A British fisheries feature notes a large shift to steam trawlers from sailing vessels. Steam boats rose from 250 to about 1,000 in ten years, and steam trawlers now exceed the tonnage of otter trawlers, alarming sailing trawlers. The steam fleet can also use the beam trawl.
A reflective passage urges inner striving for innocence and beneficence. It counsels forgiving others and understanding the pain one might cause, so one’s deeds never wound another spirit. The exhortation frames moral work as lifelong self-scrutiny and compassion.
The Inter Mountain reports Montana horse owners see a resurgence of value and selling activity. Prices rise sharply, herds are consolidated, and eastern orders for cavalry mounts boost western sales. Buyers seek “any thing” from ranges as horseflesh markets expand nationwide.
Jules De Bar, a sailor on the bark Olympia, was dragged down while swimming near his vessel on June 22. Shipmates searched in vain for hours, and his body surfaced after 24 hours with face and torso eaten, showing tentacle marks. Authorities note similar incidents and locals kill the creature by striking it to release grips.
The capital invested in orange growing across California is estimated at 44 million dollars. The bulk of production comes from seven southern counties including Los Angeles Riverside Santa Barbara and Ventura. About 1,227,300 non fruit bearing trees and 2,072,400 fruit bearing trees exist in this district. When all trees yield fruit Californians could reap about 10 million dollars yearly from this crop.
Lawrence J Crook of Austin and Linden Park died at his home age unknown. He emigrated to America in 1873 and settled in Racine Wis where he lived eighteen years. Survived by widow and five children. Interment Forest Home. William Hales Pridmore born Allesley Warwickshire 67 died Oak Park. He lived in Chicago since 1883 and helped bring first California wheat cargo to England. Funeral at 736 N Forest Ave. Survived by widow six children. Rosalie Ford infant daughter of Mr and Mrs WJ Ford of 5923 Midway Park Austin died August 18 aged 1 year 10 months 6 days. Interment Calvary.
Lloyds Weekly notes vast sums and quantities of war supplies sent abroad. It cites 170 million small arms rounds and dozens of artillery munitions, clothing gaps filled by thousands of suits and boots, tents and blankets, food ships with 58 items totalling millions of pounds, and large forage shipments from English and foreign ports.
Edwin F Van Vechten in Milwaukee houses a new telegraph instrument by George H Landgraf taught in Menasha high school. The device makes messages inaudible to bystanders while transmitting to a hidden sounder and even conveys touch to the teeth for deaf readers. It aims to aid teaching deaf individuals and enable deaf operators, with potential use in railroads and government secrecy.
The article describes free meals in Sakri where children from 8 a.m. wait for breakfast under a banyan tree. Brahmin cooks fill earthen pots with rice pulse ghee and salt while about 60 children line up with metal disks for two daily meals. The text notes strong physical condition and lack of starvation among the youngsters.
A St Louis Portland express passenger dropped a pocketbook containing 109.25, a gold ring, four rubies and valuables from a moving Burlington train. At the first stop Supt Phelan at Alliance Neb wired a search party. The items were found three miles from Whitman and returned to the owner the next day.
The New York World describes Jamaica’s life plant as nearly indestructible with leaves cut and hung to sprout white roots and new growth. It also mentions a South American cactus family flower that only appears when the wind blows from bumps along the stalk.
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