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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
5
Mme Paderewski served as her husband’s secretary and business agent during his tour. She monitored ticket allocations and the balance of complimentary tickets, supervised his private car, and tracked tour expenses.
The article lists exact measurements for a "perfect woman" in height 5 feet 5 inches, weight 128 pounds, and body proportions. It specifies limb lengths, chest, waist, bust, arm, wrist, thigh, calf, ankle sizes, and midpoints from head to toe and elbow to chest.
A Franklin, Pennsylvania man vowed to drink whisky for six months if McKinley won. He began the stunt but soon his stomach rebelled and he abandoned drinking, becoming a strict teetotaler.
Social updates show visits and casual events from Moreland including Evi Luce guests of Mrs Fickey, residential moves by H F Brown, a 12 year old Chicago avenue robbery, and fire damage at Kearns saloon. Obituaries for Hannah Butterworth and Gus Carlson note interments at Forest Home. Knights of Pythias election results listed. other injuries and a pet death also recorded.
The property spans 13 000 acres near Fergus Cuba and employs 1 500 people. It includes two forts thirty miles of railroad multiple steam locomotives native and white housing a large sugar factory and a river that ferries sugar lighters from docks to coastal ships.
Admirers propose photographing Spinoza's autograph letters to preserve them. The push follows the absence of the key "De Infinito" letter, which sold at Amsterdam auction in 1860, and aims to multiply facsimiles of remaining letters for Dutch scholars.
Japan moves toward naval supremacy in the Far East as three new warships arrive from England France and Germany and the Hatsuse is expected from England. The four new vessels exceed the tonnage of all Japanese and Chinese ships at the Yellow Sea battle.
Twenty five Victoria Crosses have been awarded so far in the South African war. Eight went to captains, three to lieutenants, including Lady Roberts proxy for her dead son, four to sergeants, four to corporals, two to mayors and one each to a gunner, a driver, a trooper, and a private infantryman.
The camel holds double the load of an ox and can trek twelve to fourteen days with a 400 pound load. It travels about forty miles daily, starts work at five years old, declines after twenty five, and commonly lives to about forty years.
At the New York automobile show a row of three machines drew laughs. A big truck bore the word Champagne, next to it stood a vehicle branded with an ambulance emblem, and beside that a patrol wagon, creating a humorous contrast on the main floor.
Farmers report multiple brown bears moving from canyons into pastures south of La Veta near the Las Animas Huerfano border. Bears raid barns and calf enclosures with several killed calves and a foxhound slain. Hunters pursue two den sites as depredations prompt an active local hunt before Christmas.
The Free Press reports Detroit’s cemeteries contain about 145 520 graves, with living residents far outnumbering the dead by 140 184. Oldest plots are Mt Elliott and Elmwood, while Woodmere and others house tens of thousands, and Jewish and Polish plots add smaller totals.
The article discusses handwriting as a personal instrument shaped by muscle control and environment. It traces styles from Phoenicians to modern schools, argues that handwriting evolves with age and reflects individuality, and concludes that even looped forms by the same person can vary due to changing surroundings.
J W Gardner of Idaville Indiana testifies Electric Bitters cured stomach liver kidney troubles and general weakness. He says the tonic gave him strength and a good appetite and a new lease on life. Only 50 cents at local drug stores with guarantee.
In memory of Oglethorpe Savannah is building a monument. The Oglethorpe club has subscribed 600 dollars after a 1000 dollar gift from S P Shotler. The Georgia Secretary of the Sons of the Revolution gave 800 dollars and the City Council may provide 5000 dollars if the state legislature matches it with an equal sum.
The article notes William C. Whitney and Hamilton McK. Twombly repeatedly spend fortunes on building and tearing down. Whitney plans a stable and then remodels, while Twombly is described as equally prone to changing plans.
William Astor Chanler, the wealthy New York lawyer, defended Henry Allshoe who was acquitted. Moments later Chanler found the man shivering in the lobby and gave him his overcoat and a bill, then vanished into a passing cab.
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