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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
8
The text praises New Setland as a perfect British colony with hardy settlers and fruitful lands. It contrasts New Zealand for pioneering women’s franchise and pension schemes, noting its advanced self-management and the Maori population decline amid attempts at civilization.
Mercury containing nostrums warned against as dangerous for catarrh remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio claimed mercury free and absorbs system via blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle with testimonials offered.
A Washington Star recount tells of a boastful fishing story set in the summer of 1889 in upper Canada. The narrator insists the tale is true as suspicions arise over the fish’s size, finally declaring the monster weighed exactly half a pound amidst banter and interruption.
A collection of aphorisms on patience honesty and duty followed by a diary excerpt comparing American and Chinese views of women’s independence. The author contrasts traditional limits in China with American female agency noting vast employment breadth and occasional female success beyond men.
A New York precinct captain recalls a man seeking his missing child at the station. The man failed to identify the sleeping youngster and confessed he never sees his own children, as he works night shifts on streetcars. His wife later confirms the child, revealing a mix up in a case of lost children.
A small boy faces a delay for his promised visit to his grandfather in the country. Frustration grows as the carriage is late, then Kenneth kneels by a chair to say his prayers before leaving, explaining he expects to be busy at grandpa's house.
Representative Sibley of Pennsylvania dismisses talk of exhausting American coal as nonsense, noting Europe faces costly deep mining and aging methods. He argues America could export about 40,000,000 tons annually to European markets and still compete on price despite freight costs.
The exchange notes the rush for a storage battery that is light high output and durable for urban traction needs in goods and passenger transport, but expresses doubt about achieving a reliable long lasting solution.
Readers are invited to join the National Health Club for free two weeks of home treatment upon sending name address and trouble. No dues or assessments, suitable for well or sick. Life membership offer requires enclosd cents. Mail to look box 1457 Janesville Wisconsin.
Scientists report the cleanest air in cities lies about 25 feet above ground, suggesting that the healthiest apartments reside on the third floor rather than street level. The finding highlights how elevation impacts air quality in urban environments.
Lane's Family Medicine promises daily bowel movement benefits and liver kidney support with cure for sick headache at 25 and 60 cents. Jell-O dessert offers four flavors lemon orange raspberry strawberry at 10 cents per box, advertised for family appeal.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway is selling reduced rate excursion tickets to southern resorts including Jacksonville Mobile New Orleans Savannah El Paso good for return passage any time before June 1 1901. For rates routes and times contact any coupon ticket agent of the railroad.
The Boston Globe compares A Study in Temptation to John Halifax Gentleman and The Redemption of David Carson, praising its engaging narrative and crystal-clear manliness in a glowing literary assessment.
The Metropolitan grand opera company begins a two weeks engagement at the Auditorium in Chicago. Operas are sung in English by well known artists and offered at popular prices, with the season promising success.
Bethany College in Philadelphia becomes beneficiary of more than 200000 under the will of the late Rudolph B Walton. The legacy is payable only after the death of the decedent's widow.
More than two million dollars worth of thoroughbred stock was exhibited at Dexter Pavilion Chicago on December 18 1900 in the greatest fat stock show to date. Prizes totaled nearly one hundred thousand dollars with "Advance" the champion steer selling for 150 a pound live weight on the Chicago Scales Co. official scales, the highest beef price ever recorded.
The 1901 Youth's Companion calendar features a 12 color design with a life size portrait head after Paul J. Selinger, suitable for framing. Subscribers receive this calendar. a larger first issue sale of The World's Work outpaces 26 cent magazines since Scribner's debut. Nearby Cumberland Maryland reports turkeys wandered streets after a high wind. Garfield Tea is advertised as a cleansing health tonic. Denmark leads thrifty nations with $50 average per capita in savings banks.
Bishop Courteney of Halifax, N. S. has returned after representing the Church of England of Canada at the jubilee celebration of the Australian Board of Missions. The item notes multiple commercial cures and advertisements interwoven into the page.
The Governor of Oregon writes to Dr. Hartman praising Pe-ru-Na for colds and catarrh prevention. He notes in a May 9 1898 letter from Salem that the medicine has kept his family healthy. The advertisement urges households to keep Pe-ru-Na for coughs colds and winter afflictions and to obtain Hartman’s free book Winter Catarrh.
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