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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1900
Page
8
A health column urges women to balance home duties with strength and care for children. It claims a tired world needs a restoring tonic and endorses Pe-ru-Na as a stimulating remedy to rekindle vigor.
The advertisement claims Pe r u n a is a universal remedy for women addressing inflammation or catarrh of mucous membranes. It asserts catarrh in any organ and congestion imply catarrh and that Pe r u n a cures troubles where other remedies fail.
The onion coated hailstone reveals layers with texture from snow to ice, proving it formed over time in the atmosphere rather than in one operation. Also promotes Cascarats and Maple City Soap with urging health and household products.
Vice Admiral Edouard Poattier is introduced as the new French commander in chief in Chinese waters. The 61 year old officer is described as alert robust and experienced in diplomacy and long sea service. He led the French contingent in Crete and once commanded combined naval forces of four powers as senior flag officer.
Hazel Patterson, age eleven, was abducted from her home in Kenosha Wisconsin. Grandmother Mrs Patterson allegedly instigated the crime and fled toward the state line with the child. A high speed chase across ten miles ended near Waukegan with the abductors arrested after their horse failed. Public sentiment grows for prosecution.
James J. Hill argues China should establish a safe and stable government. He says the U.S. should not parcel China or claim it, and stresses guaranteeing safety for life and property while respecting China's centuries old religious system.
A new washing device for photographic plates and prints uses a spherical bowl with smooth inner surface and inlet outlet openings. Water circulates freely, preventing contact with rough surfaces and driving prints away from the inlet to avoid clogging the stream. A patent has been granted to Henry Burke and David Jones of Chicago IH.
Miss Wilson of the Wilson family at Tranby Croft, noted for beauty, is again the subject of engagement rumors with various peers and nobles. The claims are announced and denied in turn, reflecting a pattern of repeated engagements and retractions.
Mr. T. E. Gatehouse of the Electrical Review argues peace can be deadly. He cites 1899 UK rail deaths 1,340 and injuries 19,165 totaling 20,493, while war fatalities by May 30 reached 2,957 with 11,348 injured totaling 14,300, implying 6,195 more casualties in peacetime rail travel.
Lady Arthur Paget has gained her title through her husband General Arthur Paget being knighted for Boer War service. She is daughter of the late Mrs Paran Stevens of New York. Hugh Almeric Paget, brother of Sir Arthur, married a daughter of W C Whitney. Sir Arthur and Lady Paget are close favorites of the Prince of Wales.
Ex king Milan attempted to enter Servia to foment a rebellion against his son. Police detained him at the frontier and he was sent back to Vienna. He then reached Paris where he has since been intoxicated. The French government warned him to behave decorously or face expulsion.
Last month Havana reported thirty yellow fever deaths with eleven in the first ten days of the current month. Sanitary work has reduced some unsanitary conditions, but no new sewers or harbor cleansing system exists, risking yearly outbreaks under any government.
Collin Potter Huntington, famed as a leading American money king, rose from a country town store in New York to miner, business leader, organizer of the first transcontinental railroad, and head of a vast railway system with a fortune estimated at 40 to 50 million dollars.
A brief ad-like note urges relocation to a farming belt along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line in Marinette County Wisconsin. It touts rich crops ample work markets climate water and cheap long term land with buy now prices lower than rent. Address C B Rollins land agent at 161 La Salle Street Chicago Illinois for details.
The September issue marks a shift for The Delineator as it blends fashion with broader features. It includes Edna Witherspoon on preserving by new methods, Mrs. Moses P Handy on farming for women, Russian cross stitch embroidery, and Isaac Taylor Headland’s illustrated Peking life, plus a touching piece on Charles Lamb and his dream children and over twenty practical articles with more than one hundred fashion sketches.
The new tenth thousand edition of Ben Kings verse earns praise from friends and readers for graceful versification and humor. Editors Nixon Waterman John McGovern Opie Read contribute, with illustrations by McCutcheon Schmedtgen and others.
Special trains for one night trips from Chicago to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City and Ogden Utah depart August 21 September 4 and 18 at 445 pm Excursion tickets are regular fare plus 2 00 for round trip with return limit October 31 1900 Tickets valid on regular trains Free berth information and book Colorado the Magnificent available from John Sebastian G P A Chicago
Peru hosts the widest mineral diversity with deposits at Piura in the north and Cerro de Pasco in central Peru. Southern Arequipa Carabaja shows phosphate and borax while 2,500 mines employ 70,000 workers. Ore value rose over 60 percent in the last two years versus 1898.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is marketed as a constitutional remedy for catarrh, claiming internal action on blood and mucous membranes to destroy the disease’s foundation. Proponents offer 100 dollars for any unsolved case and invite testimonials, with sale through druggists and related pills.
English surgeon Dr. Heather Bigg conducts amputation of the four lesser toes on each foot of a woman patient to prove these toes serve no use beyond feeling, asserting the great toe alone aids walking and dancing.
A collage of old ad blurbs touts Allen's Foot-Ease as the sole remedy for swollen feet and corns, urging 8 powder sachets to shake into shoes and noting 25 cents at druggists. It also promotes Carter's Ink for writing, claims Egypt's cotton crop has doubled under British rule, and retells a mix of quotes and taglines from grocers to fashion.
A Topeka banker Dr W W Gavitt is credited with novel medical discoveries for chronic kidney liver and stomach diseases said to surpass many remedies. Western papers report strong doctor and patient interest and a two cent stamp could obtain full particulars.
An old advertisement notes Allen’s Foot Ease powder to ease tight shoes and foot ailments with a trial offer by mail. It also includes a kids’ joke about Job’s condition at life’s end, referenced by a Sunday school superintendent.
The article notes steam thawers expediting work in the Klondike mines this year and recommends Maple City Belt ing Soap as a labor saver, advised by the dealer and according to directions.
An advertisement extols Nebraska as a land of plenty with cheap, easy terms for land, abundant grain and fruit, healthful climate, and growing churches and schools. It invites readers to request promotional booklets The Corn Belt and The West Nebraska Grazing Country, and notes cheap excursion tickets on the Chicago and North Western line via P. S. Eustis, Can't Pas er Agt.
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