29 Dec 1899
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1899
Page
1
The piece notes Loomis' Newa Depot in Austin Illinois and exposes promoter swindles led by the Franklin syndicate while Chicago hosts envoys weighing an exhibition of Mexican goods to boost US Mexico trade. It mentions Mexico needing modern machinery and cheap American sources for farming and manufacturing.
Kansas Congressman Curtis introduces a bill to create two Agriculture Department branch stations at Topeka and Springfield Illinois to manufacture remedies for hog cholera and black leg for farmers at cost. Dawes reports rising bank deposits and lending trends while noting immigration concerns and a European rodent invasion.
A Denver fireman James H. De Vore describes a method to stop runaway teams. Stand in front of the team when not afraid, identify the dominant horse, grab the neck, then pin the other rein and pull hard while bracing with each step. The technique relies on nerve and precise timing to avoid being crushed.
In Germantown a woman clung to the handles of a piano as a band’s vehicle sped down a hill. Antonia Annelli and his wife chased the instrument and, though the husband left her at the top, the piano shot downhill two blocks before she fell at the foot of Berkeley Street. Band members offered aid after the fall.
A collier near death asks for ham as his diet is relaxed by the doctor. His wife, relieved, permits any food but keeps a funeral ham reserved, misunderstanding the request and humorously noting the ham is for the funeral. The dying man longs for the ham he enjoyed before illness.
The tale tells of a man asking a dentist to look at his teeth. The dentist praises the teeth as magnificent. The punch line reveals the dentist sees many problems to fix with four extractions six fillings and three crowns.
Evelyn endures a harrowing night as Major Brown appears in the dawn, Evelyn’s suspicion grows while Parker and others doubt the danger. A note arrives from Mrs. Courtenay as Evelyn faces the morning with looming uncertainty.
After a sleepless night and suspected drugged coffee, Evelyn endures a tense day of isolation and fear. She finally attends a seaside theater under chaperonage, where she spots Gilbert Falkland in the row beside Mrs. Courtenay, provoking renewed strain and unease.
The article recounts two zebras sent from Abyssinia to Queen Victoria now in England as the zoological gardens adjust to them. It also tells of a Robin Hood's Bay dog journeying 170 miles back home after escaping a Liverpool shipment. A white cat roosts in a Cayuga lake tree, feared by locals, feeding on birds and small animals and moving like a flying squirrel when disturbed.
An old reporter Browning once covered Henry Ward Beecher with no notes using a running longhand report. He described Beecher's manner and said the phrase After this manner therefore pray ye shortly printed as Turn rule for Lord's prayer. The printer misread the marginal guide.
Harvard professor James argues tears and anger reveal inner grief but discipline lies in steering actions not feelings. By withholding hurtful words we calm both behavior and emotion, showing action guides mood rather than the reverse.
In a classroom exchange from the Columbus Ohio State Journal a teacher asks Bobby Smart about Miltons misfortune and he answers he was a poet. The brief reflects on fearing progress of truth and doubt in God’s power or will to sustain his cause.
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