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Oak Park Vindicator

Location

Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1899

Page

8

Free Heart Disease Treatment Offered by Chicago Specialist

The Dr Franklin Miles Association in Chicago offers to mail a $2.60 personal heart treatment free to any heart disease patient. Testimonials claim cures after years of failures. Readers advised to write to Adams and State Streets Chicago.

Chicago Franks Lin Miles M. D LL. B Julius Keister Michigan Ave Swanson Rheumatic Care Company Ill Swanson Rheumatic Swanson A. Jackson Kearney Neb Swanson Rheumatic Cure CO Lake St

Why He Got the Ruan

A dialogue from Puck recounts Mr Gotrox accusing his butler of discovering his wife’s maid had saved $600 and pressing her to marry him. The exchange shows Gotrox’s swift anger and his plan to fire the butler after the attempted manipulation.

Solid Trains Run Direct to Copper Country

The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway introduces solid trains with palace sleeping cars dining cars and first class day coaches from Chicago to Calumet Houghton Hancock and other Copper Country points with direct connections to Marquette Negaunee and Ishpeming Passengers from the East South and Southwest are urged to use these routes. coupon ticket agents sell tickets via the line.

Michigan Chicago, Milwaukee

Envious society anecdote from Detroit Free Press

A brief Detroit Free Press note describes Mrs Hobbs as possessing a versatile mind. The exchange highlights her ability to plan a gown while feigning attentive listening to her husband, all at once.

Beware Mercury Ointments for Catarrh and Hall's Catarrh Cure

Mercury ointments for catarrh can destroy smell and derange the system when absorbed. Use prescriptions from reputable physicians. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo contains no mercury and is taken internally. Sold by druggists with testimonials available. Hall's Family Pills touted as best.

Hall F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio F. J. Cheney &Co

Scientific Theory of Blushing and Portable Lamp Mechanism

The piece explains blushing as mind driven capillary blood rush under emotion, noting that joy anger or fear trigger skin changes while horror or remorse cause pallor. It adds that preparation or a calmer nervous system may reduce tendencies, especially in sensitive individuals. It also describes a portable acetylene lamp valve mechanism with a water driven gas generator and refill steps.

Philadelphia Times Kansas City Independent

Earthquake Shakes Rome Amid Strange Sky Rain

A July earthquake in Rome rattled ancient monuments including the Forum and Colosseum with a half minute tremor. Rain drenched residents as gray clouds gathered during the quake, then cleared in a moment of seismic theatrics.

Rome Forum Colosseum

Portable Acetylene Lamp Promises Uniform Brilliant Light

A Josserand Texas inventor unveils a table lamp using calcium carbide to generate acetylene. The device features a bowl generator, water reservoir, automatic valve, and a curved gas conduit to the upper burner, aiming for steady bright illumination.

Josserand Tex

Philadelphia inventor patenting inflated hose fender

A Philadelphia inventor introduces a fender for autos or trolleys built from inflated hose tied into a locomotive cow-catcher shape. The design aims to prevent bruising by absorbing impact with a simple, inexpensive construction as shown in the illustration.

Philadelphia

German Invents Artificial Sponges From Cellulose

Dr Gustav Pum of Graz Germany patents a process using zinc chloride on cellulose to make water absorbing sponges that harden on drying. The molded porous mass is washed with alcohol and water to remove salts and can replace natural sponge in filtration buoyancy and surgical uses.

Gustav Pum Graz Germany

Electric comb and curling iron heat barbering tools

A French journal describes an electric substitute for barber scissors: a comb with a platinum wire in its teeth that heats and severs hairs as it passes, sealing ends like singeing. A similar device for curling uses an internal electric wire to keep the iron at a constant temperature.

L’electricien

Roadside fruit cultivation expands in France as revenue source

A fragment notes France's highway fruit trees growing annually under government policy to boost national industry revenue. It cites Prof Bergmann denying Roentgen rays’ healing power, and reports on liquefied carbonic acid gas for underground fires via George Spencer at a Mining Engineers meeting.

France Bergmann Berlin University George Spencer Institution of Mining Engineers Nature Spencer

Track Tanks for Freight Engines on Eastern Rails

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tests water scoops on passenger locomotives to refill on freight runs, cutting stops between Washington and Philadelphia. If successful, track tanks may be installed across divisions from Baltimore to Chicago, starting with 50 new Vaulcain compound engines.

Washington Philadelphia Baltimore Chicago

Teachers Question Knowledge In Greek Word Duel

Mamie doubts professors knowledge and Maud challenges her. Maud recalls asking Mr Fulpate how to say rubberneck in Greek, reflecting a playful clash over language and learning in the Washington Star.

Mamie Maud

Cures for Colds and Ailments Advertised in 1905 Paper

Various patent remedies and health claims appear, vouching for cures from cold remedies to nerve restoratives and morphine addiction help. The notices include Dr Kiine and Yi-Ki cures, with testimonials, price offers, and mail-order details from multiple cities such as Chicago Philadelphia Denver Crawfordsville.

A Bargain in Guitars Ad Promises Low Price

The notice highlights John M. Smyth Co. offering an elegant guitar for 2.66 dollars. It urges readers to consult their catalogue of goods and asserts the firm’s reliability. The ad ends with a wry remark about bachelorhood and marriage.

John M. Smyth Co

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