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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1897
Page
8
A German peasant named William married on the same day as the emperor and empress. Their first son was born on the crown prince’s birthday, and five more sons arrived alongside the six younger princes. The couple’s daughter shared a birth date with the emperor’s daughter, prompting the emperor and empress to become godparents and to provide for her future.
The New York World notes shoemakers now attach two rubber strips across babies shoes at the ball of the foot to reduce slipping during early walking. The device aims to lessen ankle strain as infants move from chair to chair.
Ask your grocer today to show you a package of Grain-O the new beverage made from pure grains. It tastes and looks like coffee yet is easy on the stomach and costs only 15 or 25 cents per package sold by all grocers.
University of Heidelberg chemistry and physics students must obtain accident insurance. Premiums vary from 75 cents for practical lab work to 2? cents for lecture only students. Doc dated Lupton, Ill., November 6, 1807 from French Chemical Company requests a bottle of Anti-Neuralgique for neuralgia relief.
G W Fill of 9 Chandler Warrick County Indiana is described as the state’s tallest boy for his age. At fourteen he stands six feet tall in bare feet and grew six inches in the past year.
A Pesther Lloyd writer argues the German emperor is animated by two rival souls. One mirrors ancestor Frederick II and channels conservative, religious authority, and autocratic rule. The other embodies a modern absolutist impulse pulling toward broader, state-centered power.
Picturesque Black Hills location famed for cures of rheumatism neuralgia and related diseases through its waters. Includes first class hotel accommodations and baths with tourist tickets on sale daily. Special low rates on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Information from Chicago Northwestern Railway agents.
A new style bath towel uses heavy blotting paper as a full suit. A person stepping from a bath would don one of these suits and be dry in a moment.
On December 21 the Big Four Route and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway will sell excursion tickets from points north west at greatly reduced rates to Virginia North and South Carolina and other southern states. Round trip tickets are valid twenty one days returning. Write for particulars and pamphlet on climate and Virginia farm lands. UL. Trutt Northwestern Passenger Agent Zod Clark St Chicago.
A European inventor allegedly created a bomb that would lull an army into a deep sleep upon detonation. The idea ties to the soldier’s longing for home and mother, described as potentially more than poetic fancy.
A vintage ad touts Cascarets candy as a blood cleanser that stirs the liver and purges impurities to banish pimples boils blotches blackheads and a bilious complexion. It promotes beauty for ten cents with druggists guaranteeing satisfaction.
A Bowling Green man killed a chick and found a solid gold ring in its craw that had been a wedding present. The item appears in a National Correspondence Institute advertisement praising home college education and urging readers to consider their services.
OGARTHS sketch of Fielding is regarded as the sole authentic likeness, likely showing him in 1764 when health failed and gout worsened. The article recalls Fielding’s lively youth, his famed Works Joseph Andrews Tom Jones Amelia and his strength in depicting lower society, tempered by occasional coarseness, and notes a bust by Miss Margaret Thomas in Tantonshire hall capturing a dignified, humane Fielding.
Edmond H Driggs 32 year old Democrat won the Third New York Brooklyn district seat in a normally Republican area. He isMarshall 5 Driggs nephew and aligned with Brooklyn Shepard Democrats before joining the regular Democratic organization. He had failed to secure county clerk nominating but gained broad support for Congress. The piece notes his background and political shift.
All About Alaska describes a descriptive folder with five maps of Alaska and routes to the gold fields. It offers a booklet titled Alaska Land of Gold and Glacier for four or fifteen cents in stamps through F I Whitney Great Northern Railway. The Great Northern promotes the line from St Paul and Minneapolis to Seattle and Portland as the shortest to Alaska outfitting points.
The New Orleans Picayune notes Japan moves to confront Russia for control of the Far East. It highlights Japan building a strong navy and growing military power with Germany as a potential ally or adversary, warning that German alliance with Russia could ruin Japan’s gains in Korea.
A brisk note urges readers to study advertisements for interesting bargains and reliable offers as advertisers promise to deliver what they advertise. The piece stresses value and dependable shopping through the classified section.
An archival remark questions Harvard’s superiority in education and notes it lacks notable athletics. The speaker mocks the college for not having a champion football team a winning baseball squad or notable rowing. The exchange reflects early tensions between athletics and academic prestige at Harvard.
An advertisement for No-To-Bac promotes quitting tobacco easily and forever. It claims to make weak men strong and offers a $1 cure with a booklet and sample free from Sterling Remedy Co in Chicago or New York.
Smiles quips that some biblical figures were precocious children. Giles asks why and Smiles cites Job who the Bible says cursed the day he was born.
The Ohio lieutenant governor earns $800 annually while Pennsylvania's receives $5,500. Their duties are similar and both states show near equal voter interest, with Ohio around 1,000,000 and Pennsylvania around 1,200,000 votes.
Beginning December 7 the Missouri Kansas & Texas railway will run a system of tourist sleepers on excursion dates between St. Louis and South Texas points. For details contact H A Cherrier Northern Passenger Agent 516 Marquette Building Chicago Illinois.
A sworn statement from Frank J. Cluney of Toledo says B Cheney & Co will pay a hundred dollars for every catarrh cure not achieved by Hulls Catarrh Cure. The notice, dated December 6, 1888, is notarized by A W Gleason. Also advertised are Hall's Family Pills, Cascarets for constipation, Star Tobacco, and generic quips.
In Bucharest Roumania women perform strenuous labor mixing mortar and carrying bricks to upper stories of buildings under construction. They take on some of the severest forms of labor in the city’s construction sites.
A humorous Harlem Life exchange features Mr Ardent teased about age as a playful jab. The caption notes a quip about freezing point, delivering a lighthearted flirtation tone from the periodical.
A humorous exchange presents a doctor warning that quinine and whisky should not be mixed to treat a cold. The patient replies with fatigue and intends to proceed despite the caution, highlighting a lighthearted miscommunication about remedies.
A partial misspoken quote highlights Wrigele the contortionist, known professionally as the Human Barrel Hoop, as someone who rarely struggles to make ends meet. The exchange underscores his reputed ease in trouble-free earnings.
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