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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1899
Page
4
The club invites readers to peruse notes of interest for women including curious observations about membership, noting there are no old maids or widows among the group and highlighting its inclusive social atmosphere.
A regional miscellany on bridal bouquet trends using gardenias and white jessamine, revived flat round bouquets, and restrained ribbon accents. It also describes new skirt pleat styles, evening wear, and fashion revolts against excessive ribbon and massed roses.
Queen Victoria never forgets old servants and last week presented a loving cup to James Shaw the retiring superintendent of the London & Northwestern Railway. The note recalls her earlier aversion to rail travel and how she and the prince consort avoided trains while he lived.
Guests lament the bride’s burdens as a light musing on poached eggs and a tongue in cheek critique of new women rights. The piece notes a reform group rejecting the word obey in marriage while approving marriage itself for those who win husbands without artful ploys. A Victorian travel line and Queen Victoria’s era frame the final anecdote.
A garbled Indiana Journal fragment mentions a figure named Mr Figg and a tombstone like lie. No clear event or context emerges beyond fractured references to names and dates.
A doctor recounts Henry Ward Beecher's misadventure when a stagecoach driven by four horses veered wildly near an inn. Beecher, proud to handle the reins, caused the team to zigzag, wrecking the fence and furniture until the driver, an expert, restored order. The tale ends noting it was not Beecher’s line.
A meditation on romance in marriage contrasting a ready made home with a self built one. The piece argues that shared sacrifice and mutual love create lasting happiness as prosperity grows, turning prudent marriage into lasting prosperity through caring deeds.
A local sportsman famed as a poor shot invited friends to dine. He showed a barn door with a bullet in the bull and claimed to have shot from 1,000 yards. Two witnesses backed him, but the host admitted he painted the target around the bullet after firing.
The Zoological Society's small mammal house now holds at least six bristly ground-squirrels from South America. They burrow in natural clefts rather than climb trees, have pale brown fur with yellowish dorsal stripes, long coarse black tail bristles, and notably lack external ears.
The Baltimore American notes shifts from Shakespearean era to modern times with students preferring quick transit over tradition. The playful observation contrasts creeping pupils with the convenience of a trolley ride to school.
Special letter reports a swap of Pacific possessions. Germany cedes Tonga and Savage Islands and two largest Solomon Islands to England in exchange for control of Samoa except Tutuila which remains U.S. territory. Notes native populations and Christianization. Also mentions Russian Empress fashion inclinations.
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes talk is not cheap as the Kansas City line costs two dollars a minute. It compares social calls to paying for a cab outside and observes even short talks incur high charges. The piece emphasizes the business value of telephone communication despite the expense.
The piece cites Zadkiel’s Almanac for 1900 forecasting widespread calamities across months, including fires, riots, earthquakes, and wars in America and Europe. It notes widespread unrest in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Italy, and England, ending with danger of railway accidents in England.
A fashion writer notes a Duchess of Fife dress allowance of about 1500 dollars a year before marriage. Royal princesses must also wear elaborate wedding attire for kin, but can reuse lace furs and jewels. Frugal princesses may spend around 5000 dollars annually, while wealthier sisters may spend much more. Queen of Italy is referenced.
Melton Prior is described as a veteran war correspondent with twenty one campaigns and extensive front experience in the Boer War of 1881 Kaffir Zulu and Basuto wars. He has circled the globe twice explored Iceland and knows Europe well, representing the oldest illustrated paper in the world in South Africa.
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