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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1901
Page
8
Emperor William emerges as the world’s wealthiest monarch after Queen Victoria’s estate division. He inherited over 30 million dollars from his grandfather thirteen years ago, with strong investments increasing his fortune, plus further inheritance from his father, the late Emperor Frederick. His wife is also described as wealthy.
Toronto rejects the national census figures and demands a fourth recount. City leaders argue the 207000 population is underestimated by about 50000, and insist another enumeration is needed to correct the record.
The piece claims an 1810 agricultural exhibition at Georgetown District of Columbia as the first in the United States but notes disputes from towns in New England asserting earlier fairs or expositions.
The plow, oldest and simplest tool, appears among Egyptian hieroglyphs over 4000 years old. By 1000 B C a Greek historian described it as having a beam a share and handles.
Dr White, the American ambassador at Berlin, was shown to the old Marshal Von Moltke as a person born at Homer and president of a university at Ithaca while a Syracuse resident. Moltke reportedly said we shall have to talk Greek to dink.
George McCoy improves while HW L B Wittlans returns from Canada. Lizzie Bippus hosts Christmas night. Coly Curry, rheumatism. William Beppers back from Glen Ellyn for holidays. A. I. Reighberg hosts family gathering. KE R Cash and I R Cash visit Glencoe. U S Grant Lodge 141 K P euchre party. Grace Otto birthday surprise. M F church 49th and Indiana streets Christmas event a success. More saloons planned on east side of 48th avenue. a prosperous business trend concerns other trades.
A Toowoomba Gazette note praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as curing a severe two month cough. W C Wockner, an elderly trusted resident, voluntarily endorses the medicine for others to try. The remedy is sold by G H Harris Schnitzus Pharmacy and The Avenue Pharmacy Oak Park.
Mrs. Martha Foote Crow dean of women at Northwestern University urged co-eds in Chicago to refuse to appear with young men in sweaters arguing self respect requires linen collars and tied scarves. She noted four fifths of Northwestern men would be affected by such action and some sorority sisters already favored keeping sweaters.
The Chicago Record-Herald reports Berlin operates a vast taxi network with over 17,000 cabs all using meters. The base fare begins at 12 cents for up to two passengers for 800 meters, with incremental increases per 400 meters and passenger load, totaling about 1744 cents per mile, touted as the world’s cheapest and most convenient cab service.
A Nantes report recounts Captain Rosa of the brig Anita S borrowing funds at every port from June 1900 to September 1900, then fleeing to Teneriffe. After months at sea and a fresh loan of £3200, the ship returned to Teneriffe and was finally arrested. The cargo of sugar, shipped from Martinique, reached Nantes in poor condition, with total debt around £5000 and ship worth under £600.
A cyclist nights in Santa Comba Dao at a small house run by two maiden ladies. They offer a lavish meal with regional dishes, flowers in a room, and a morning breakfast with wine and biscuits. The traveler pays 1s 8d and leaves grateful.
In Kirkcaldy Margaret Tomiie dies at 86. Born on Waterloo field the day after the battle she and her mother, daughter of a Scots Greys corporal, aided a wounded husband on the battlefield. An octogenarian granddaughter is noted.
A reflective piece explores gratitude and memory as a life ledger is examined, framing thanksgiving as a heartfelt outcome rooted in past experiences and present appreciation.
Northwestern Utah reports say the highland waters are disappearing into a natural sink, leaving the lake empty. The report notes a dramatic loss of water and hints at ongoing geological activity in the basin.
A hydrographer reports a Utah stream, the Dry Fork, vanishing in a basin 14 miles from its source. The pool’s walls rise 75 to 100 feet, water circulates, and an outlet lets only a trickle escape. Below, springs refill large holes as rainfall returns water to the system.
The late German ambassador to England, Count von Hatzfeldt, married Miss Helen Moulton of Albany. Bismarck pressured a divorce to secure his aide and Foreign Affairs post, then sought the American heiress’s remarriage. The count later reunited with his wife after opposing politics and personal entanglements.
A traveler recalls a Mexican custom in Lower California where tarantulas are captured and fought in a tin pan arena. Prisoners spar as spectators cheer, betting Beir centavos on the deadly bouts, illustrating a curious regional habit.
The passage describes a traveler and ress and I arriving at a game. One stake is a 7 ball with many hairy legs protruding in all directions as death claimed the victims.
The article highlights a Canay Islands whistling language where people across hills relay messages via repeated whistle sounds. It compares to Thang Tu drum language in an African tribe where drums signal questions and verdicts, with three bangs meaning death and one tap meaning freedom.
The Chicago Journal notes a frog hunting pastime in Constantinople where French ladies in Parisian dress fish with meat bait on bamboo rods. When a frog takes the bait, a strong jerk pulls it ashore, where attendants and sometimes the ladies kill the frog with sticks, men often warning them to avoid injuring humans.
In New York a growing but dubious trade called steerers operates in polite society. Steerers require wide social networks and the ability to influence pricey social events by promoting drinks and foods through their large, liberal following. Their role mirrors wine agents and hinges on cleverness and social prestige.
Charles Hileman and William Cartwright started from Anderson to hunt with Hileman's bird dog. Mistaking the sleeping goat for the dog, they loaded the goat into the wagon and drove two miles before realizing the swap. The dog remained asleep in the barn, a joke revealed too late.
A Texas well emits Aeolian harp like tones in fair weather with wind direction affecting water level and sound. East wind lowers water and muffles the sound while west wind raises water and sharpens the tune. North wind brings its wildest rise as water nears the top of the sixty foot well.
Chicago market posts 32 472 cattle in a single day the largest on record. Separate women only bible class serves elite members with a wealth tally around 60 million dollars.
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