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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1898
Page
8
Under orders from the British admiralty, perfect wax models of new battleships are created before laying down the vessels. These 12 to 24 foot models are tested in a 400 by 20 foot tank at Haslar, wax chosen for its water resistance and reworkable nature.
The verse describes a go between of many writers and thinkers, implying a mediator or translator who blends and distributes ideas. It hints at Shakespeare Milton Sidney Spenser Taylor and broader learning, suggesting the answer is "translation" or "translator" as the link between minds across eras, enabling freer speech and thought.
The article notes that hissing signifies different reactions by region. In West Africa natives hiss when astonished, in the New Hebrides they hiss at beauty, Basutos hiss to applaud authors, and the Japanese use a hiss as a reverent hush to command silence.
Excursion tickets will be sold at North Western line stations and on connected routes including Union Pacific within 200 miles of selling station at greatly reduced rates on December 24 25 26 and 31 1898 and January 1 2 1899 good until January 4 1899. Apply to agents Chicago & North Western Bay for full particulars.
A London wag offered a shilling for a single Kipling word after learning his book cost a shilling per word. Kipling kept the postal order and replied simply with the word Thanks.
The Boston Journal cites a quip warning that piety must pair with fair weights and measures. It humorously links the reverent phrase Let Thy kingdom come with practical honesty in business and daily life.
The Chicago Great Western Railway Maple Leaf Route posted November gross of 475771 63, up 2229 18 from last November. Since July 1, the fiscal year’s gain totals 91023 71 versus 1897, reflecting steady progress. A Chicago man with ten wives was arrested for vagrancy, prompting quips about wives supporting husbands.
Ex convicts leave Sing Sing in new clothes after graduation as guards secure order. The process includes weighing, barber, and a formal discharge with settlement money and a train ride to New York. First purchases after release are a drink and cigarettes, then inquiries about train stops.
In the New York Life building on the tenth floor an inverted bust of Grover Cleveland sits in a corner as John Sullivan recalls his former admiration. Sullivan, once secretary to the federal building architect, was deposed over free silver views, and he affirm keeps the bust upside down, a sign of lingering grievance.
Soak one cup tapioca overnight in two cups cold water. In the morning place tart apples in a buttered dish. Add sugar to the tapioca, pour over fruit, bake two hours, and serve with a beaten egg sauce flavored to taste.
Western Canada prairies attract attention from eastern settlers facing rents and poor farms. Wheat and cattle production rise as government offers 160 acres free to settlers. Reports from The Germania and other papers note positive impressions of Manitoba, Assiniboia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. Interested individuals may contact Ottawa’s Department of Interior or C. J. Broughton in Chicago.
A Russian medical journal publishes a series of statistics on European blind counts. Of 302000 totally blind in Europe, 192000 are in Russia, about one in 500 Russians. Other nations show roughly one in 1000. World total blind people cited as 2000000. Russian cause linked to peasant hygiene cold and sun glare on snow.
In Tacoma Washington a group of gulls land on long submerged logs thick with barnacles. A leader gull appears, calls, and the flock shifts weight to roll the log, gradually exposing barnacles. They pick off the barnacles until the log is emptied.
Advertises harvest excursions to the west and southwest from Chicago with Pullman tourist sleepers to California and Portland. Details include a first and third Tuesday departure schedule, one fare plus $2, and promotions for the Pacific Coast Limited. Contact Bissell Wilson, D. P. A., 111 Adams Street, Chicago.
Windsor Castle houses about 250 clocks with varied winding cycles. One clock runs for twelve months and is wound yearly on the winder’s birthday. The oldest clock once belonged to Anne Boleyn and is paired with heavy weights. One case holds Gen Gordon's bible.
Ida Husted Harper presents a detailed biography from Bowen-Merrill with illustrations and many autograph letters from contemporaries. The volume offers insightful views into Mrs. Anthony’s era and influence.
A Washington Star quip contrasts doubt with bravado as Farmer Cornetzel taunts the idea of certainty at county fairs. The exchange features a melancholy wan speaker and a boastful reply about confidence in competition and luck.
A humorous line from Comic Cuts about Jenkins relation with his wife who punishes swearing. She charges sixpence per bad word and blocks three for a shilling, sparking a quick, witty domestic setup.
A brief snippet shows two characters debating paternity with playful insistence. Givens says Tommy is Ferbot s son while Ferbot counters that only Tom could be his father, highlighting a humorous, domestic misunderstanding.
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