27 Aug 1897
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1897
Page
1
A collage of aphorisms and notes reflects on honesty and perception. It cites Weyler requesting troops for Cuba, Milwaukee aldermen, missing New Yorkers, and cross border jubilation between Calais and St Stephen, ending with a remark on shared tunes “God Save the Queen” and “America.”
US Consul Weilsike in Managua reports Nicaragua's government is enforcing strict economy. Salaries from the president to minor employees are reduced, many offices are abolished, and coffee planters face bankruptcy. Foreign and native banks and trading houses have withdrawn credits amid losses.
The London Economist examines Barnato’s rise and fall in diverse ventures. It notes early private diamond enterprises and a later pattern of dubious financial experiments, with public overestimation of his capacity. Excluding minor gold mining firms, Barnato floated ventures totaling about £7,803,000 during his period as “King of the Kaffirs.”
The Maryland Court of Appeals held in Kerr, Receiver v Urie that a married woman residing in Maryland can hold stock in a national bank located in Texas and is liable as a stockholder under federal law. The court noted the strong trend allowing feme sole rights to contract for separate estates and rejected the notion that a married woman lacks power to subscribe for or transfer stock in a national bank.
The Hatfield McCoy feud resurges as Cap Hatfield escapes jail prompting renewed focus on the Bishop Usher affair linked to the Adams ox tragedy. The case revival echoes through local headlines as authorities pursue leads.
The piece contrasts funding for Sioux tribes based on religious alignment, stating it costs the United States about 120 dollars yearly to support each heathen Sioux and under 8 dollars for each Christian Sioux.
London report describes proxy voting in the French chamber of deputies. Deputies vote by proxy via colleagues cards, sometimes voting for absent peers and even for multiple colleagues. The incident during Viviani's remarks highlights the system’s abuses and the allure of London jubilee draw.
A Louisville Dispatch tale recounts Ole Bull calming a despondent madman in a solitary Rocky Mountain hut. By drawing his violin bow the great virtuoso restored the man’s reason, saying he had never enjoyed his gift as in this moment. Also notes Teeland’s Gulf Stream warmth near the Arctic Circle and sheep pastoral trade.
A naturalist reports seeing 173 distinct wild bird feathers on New York women hats. He catalogs forty species, thirty two of which are protected by law with a twenty five dollar fine for possession.
A New Zealand Maori princess, Mary, says she will wed a Caucasian husband of Anglo‑Saxon birth and wealth. Her father King Paul supports a union with a strong chieftain, while Mary insists on love and a partner who can travel to England and America. The Macfarlanes report royal reception, finances, and plans amid British dominion and Maori customs.
Weetern Boy Oratching the home No but fo once pot caught in a drove of stampeded mujes. New York Weekly.
A fragment from Town Topics presents a playful exchange about marriage and daily life. The line hints at domestic humor as a wife notes a sweet moment while a husband jokes about dreamlike sleep and wakefulness.
A school exchange features a student quipping that street cars are not contagious while acknowledging they are hard to catch. The line showcases playful word use around the term contagious and an amusing misdirection.
In Moravia at Kremsier the Cardinal Kohn son of poor peasants from Hebrew origins honors his aging parents. The Pope awarded a ceruxin and the Order of St Gregory the Great for their sacrifices that educated their son to the priesthood. The Cardinal, ruling Olmutz, confers papal distinctions while his parents kneel in peasant garb.
Dr Ladislaus Kieser once led the Old Czech party in Austria and long represented Czech interests in the Reichstag for Kreinster. Now about eighty, he was made a baron after years of public service.
A note on typical cigar size states that most cigars measure four to six inches in length. This range represents common proportions used by manufacturers and enthusiasts when discussing blends and formats.
A long South Carolina family feud in Edgefield erupted in two generations of violence. Joe Glover killed Lovett Gourillion, then Glover was killed by Gourillion's son Eli after a pistol duel and a knife attack. The bloodshed wiped out the Gourillion name and sparked further killings over decades.
Trial ends with acquittal and a costly peace. Eight men dead mark the toll of the feud between the Glovers and the Gouril Lions.
In Kentucky's White Oak region widow Martha Berry and her daughter Matilda plan an elopement with farmer Johnson Whitley. The mother binds Matilda, and Whitley unwittingly marries Martha, only to learn the deception after the ceremony in Gray son.
A Vincennes man recalls a regional tale where a husband helped his wife file a faulty divorce petition. He rewrote it making himself the defendant, enabling the divorce. Both spouses later led unhappy lives but remained fond of each other, hoping for reunion.
The bodies of Horace J. Johnson and his daughter Etlie were found floating near the head of Lakewood, tied together with an anchor rope. The anchor stone weighed thirty pounds and kept the pair at the lake bottom. It appears the father intended to drown both.
Mrs Martin Torance of Charlotte North Carolina seeks information about her son Walter Lorance who is traveling with race horses. Any person knowing his whereabouts should write to the address provided to ease a mother's anxiety.
The report states that the price to become a naturalized Englishman is about six pounds.
McVicker's Theater presented A Southern Gentleman by actor-author Clay Clement with strong audience turnout Monday. Critics praised the entertaining production though reviews were varied. a Sunday matinee is planned for August 29 and Thomas W. Keene will take the stage on September 5.
Franz Von Suppe's sparkling opera Bocaccio is announced for the coming week at the Great Northern. Prima donna Helen Bertram is specially engaged for the production with Beatrice McKenzie Sylvia Cornish Miro Delanotte Teddy Ricketts and O B Thayer in the cast.
Owing to his success, Dixey is re engaged for another week at the Masonic Temple roof garden. The lineup next week includes May Perkins from California, Mme Leopoldine trapeze, Mollie Thompson in songs, Carrie La Mont, the Carlisle sisters, the Dawsons, Hall and Lewis, Spencer and Day, and the original Cinematographe in new pictures.
Paulinetto and Pique head the program as European grotesques. The Angela sisters return for a whistling singing act with Moa Goodrick and others. The stock company stages Boucicault’s The Octoroon. A new Cinematographe feature shows. Hopkins unveils a $30 000 living picture plant “Vision of Art” for patrons.
Milton and Dolly Nobles headline a week at the Olympic starting Monday with the new one act comedy Bilgeville Junction. Also on the bill are Caron and Herbert the Kingsley sisters Sharp and Flat Arline Rumsey Chris and Maud Lane Mons Bicknell and Dan Randall among others in the program.
Commencing Sunday August 29 with a matinee Girard's Inter Ocean Vaudeville and Burlesque Company will present a musical farce Cupid in Paradise. Twenty two artists including M'dle Troga Fannie Barnard Gracie Hill the Raymond sisters and John Max Glennan perform with pretty girls comedians and grand scenery as Clifford's Gaiety opens. The Savoy theater is slated to open in the second week of September.
The Alhambra theater opens Sunday matinee August 29 with Lincoln J Carter’s melodrama The Tornado. The production is hailed as among the best of its class and features dramatic scenes such as a tornado collision of two ocean steamers a dissecting room at night and Chicago harbor at night.
A star lineup at the Hay market features LeClair and Les lie, burlesque comedians, Phyllis Allen renowned vocalist, Morton and Ravelle in a farce, Marie Heath the little sunbeam, the Dare sisters singers dancers, Seo and Josie Earl instrumentalists, and boy soprano Master Joe O Hara from Trinity church choir New York. Additional specialties complete the bill.
The Academy of Music will show The Brand of Cain this Sunday August 29. Augustus Wolford wrote the new romance with Arnold Wolford producing a lavish staging. The Diablo Chasm scene sparks originality and the play blends comedy throughout. The house is strictly union and matinees run Sundays Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Hensler's American Cadet Band of Milwaukee directed by Prof Fr Hensler, 30 young artists in uniform perform arand concerts each evening and weekend matinees at Sunnyside Park, Chicago. Access via city limits cable car from North Clark and Lawrence avenues. Change of program at every concert.
This week the 18th at Ferris Wheel Park marks the most successful period since opening. The Miniature World's Fair cost $65,000 and is proving popular. Next Sunday August 29 opens with a strong vaudeville bill. Saturday September 4 features the first school children's matinee with 10 cent admittance.
Augustus Thomas reports the new comedy drama Illinoi is near completion and is being written for performer Digby Bell. The work details and progress are shared as production moves forward with Bell in mind.
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