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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1895
Page
4
A Newtonville boy received a toy gun and a promise of a dollar per bird. He killed a sparrow by misjudging a shot, felt deep remorse, and the father concluded the tale noting the boy’s compassionate response outweighed any pride in marksmanship.
The Springfield lawyer BH Herndon, once Abraham Lincoln's partner, will be commemorated with a grave stone funded by the bar. Once prosperous as a rural philosopher and lawyer, he later fell on hard times, ending life in the county alms house. His final resting site will honor his juristic contributions to Illinois.
A garbled text presents a wandering speaker Meandering Mike discussing quitting Lasik like confusion and fear. The scene includes brief lines about bicycles and clothes, danger and terror, plus a passerby from Pocton noting straight streets and confusion. Distinct characters are mentioned but actions remain unclear.
A novelty in Westminster entertainments features a 16 year old girl shot from a giant bow at a target. She passes through the target and is caught by another girl suspended by her feet twenty yards away.
A St Louis Republic article explains moon movements as an orbit around the earth combined with earth’s orbit around the sun. It notes north and south lunar motions differ from east west progress, and that the moon’s path is an ellipse affected by the sun and planets. It outlines six movements including rotation and node dynamics.
Bishop Whipple recounts a Dakota war dance near a mission house in Wabasha. Chief Wabasha rebukes white aggression, questions the white man’s 'Great Spirit' and quotes a warning that white men may face punishment for killing and scalp dancing. He notes Christianity and misdeeds in contrast.
The scarlet tanager known as Little Lilly lived months in W S Monroe’s cigar store in the Tribune building. After a stormy April 1 last, the bird died yesterday afternoon despite shelter, feeding, and open access, a remarkable tale of a shy bird roaming a city store.
In prohibition Vermont the prohibitory law is enforced and 484 federal licenses permit Aquar, about one for every TS4 inhabitants. Rutland shows one license per 405 residents and Montpelier reports one for every fff persons.
The Seventh-day Adventists in Mileti figan plan to discard weekday names due to heathen origins and replace them with numbers as in the Bible, with Saturday kept as the Sabbath.
Report sketches a November 11 custom on the Duke of Buccleugh’s Warwickshire estate where tenants pay silver dues before sunrise. Penalty for absence is a white bull with a red nose. The piece also notes a Washington telephone expert aging while inventing a device to count spoken words.
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