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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1897
Page
6
Poetic imperishables describe the passing of the Old Year and the dawn of the New Year. The verse by Fanny Crosby portrays the grand year as dying, its reign ended, and its wreath withered while the new year prepares to rise.
Polly watches Aunt Viny unpack and hide notions in a tea caddy while Ben searches for a penny to buy a toy. He makes New Year calls with a card reading Mr Benjamin Cotten, pleasing Grandma who keeps the card safe in the caddy.
A lyrical domestic verse urges steady patience and kindness as time passes. It encourages keeping worries away and cherishing warm loving thoughts beneath a clear sky, promising mercy and comfort in old age.
Paris reports strong action by the French minister of justice to curb the display of foreign orders by those not entitled. A ministerial circular follows findings by the chancellor of the Legion of Honor that wearers exceeded authorized numbers.
An opinion piece discusses how many avoid changing social routines for fear of labels. It contrasts economical travel and simple living with costly display, praising those who resist trends. The essay notes genuine hospitality as a timeless counter to being “up to date.”
A Washington Post reminiscence recalls a Virginia home dining scene where Uncle Isaac, a longtime servant, quietly confesses he discarded hamburger cheese after realizing it was past its prime. The tale notes the servant’s polite restraint and the narrator’s amused reaction to the mishap.
In St John s Newfoundland the local press reports a feud between rival editors. One paper calls the other a polished brat and nervous paralyzer, followed by a pointed indictment accusing him of drunkenness, poor hygiene, and unfit travel conduct. The exchange reflects crude trash talk within the regional press.
An article reports a claim that transfusing blood from an African man immune to yellow fever could confer immunity to another. The subject, Ro, described as known and immune after exposure, is cited as evidence that phagocytes and platelets in his blood may confer resistance when injected into another. A Kentucky patient’s transfusion is mentioned in the fragment.
A Paris post office report claims letters travel to Berlin in about an hour and a half, sometimes thirty five minutes, across a 750 mile distance using pneumatic tubes. The note mentions Oulex Delivery in Letters as the system concept.
A Detroit Free Press item notes a college player is barred from honors this year after injuring his kneecap in the season's opening game. The focus is on the injury and its impact on potential recognition.
A country alms house youth rises to fame as a famed Welsh descent explorer. Henry M Stanley, born Joann Rowlands in Denbigh, Wales, travels from cabin boy to journalist then explorer. He writes How I Found Livingstone and Through the Dark Continent, earning honors from Paris and London.
A London Mail report notes a new electric underground line planned for central London. The six mile route will run sixty feet below sidewalks in double tunnels with ventilated segments and two-minute headways, using seven car trains seating 306 passengers.
Thomas Dunn English, author of Ben Bolt, announces he is writing an Irish play he hopes to stage soon. He has produced prose and verse for sixty years and says his new work will reflect his long career.
In 1890 Mr Statley married Miss Dorothy Tennant the painter. He is just a von to make another trip to Africa.
A Russian noble Count Scheremeter, famed for vast wealth, refuses to grant freedom to Schalouchine unless oysters are procured. At a dinner he bullies the captive into a secret freedom agreement by declaring a million rubles insufficient. Schalouchine’s freedom comes with a price that reshapes his fate and his lineage.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt argues that suggestion and emotional excitement can cure non organic ailments like blindness paralysis and hysteria without organic trouble. It notes the danger when ignorant beliefs misstate real causes or replace natural facts with fanciful explanations to support creeds or fads.
A Philadelphia born songwriter, once a physician and lawyer, wrote under several pen names and achieved renewed popularity for Ben Bolt thanks to Du Maurier. His career mixed literature, law, and politics, with Trilby and other works echoing in late 19th century fame.
Electricians test lightning rods and find thick stout red rods with large diameter better under heavy storms. Opinions vary on thin versus thick rods, but practical observations favor the robust option for safety.
Miss Marie Corelli writes to the British Phrenological Institute president to decline a cranium examination. She insists the head is personal and denounces the notion of being a celebrity. She jokes about other famous figures and ends with a cordial sign-off.
London Mail details a Shoreditch vestry plan to install penny in the slot electric light meters for artisans' housing. Lord Kelvin notes electricity could be cheaper than gas, supplying lighting and heat, with machines powered directly from central stations and waste repurposed from refuse.
A Thoes-Union and Chisen correspondent offers a paragraph lauding a death story told without opaqueness. The excerpt mentions Sela Jones in a local setting about an incident involving a tooth and dental work, with uncertain details and garbled wording.
A memorial chime is planned at the college in memory of the late Margaret Stanton wife of Prof EL W Staunton. The instrument honors her as a pioneer educator and a founder of the college with the state recognizing her contributions.
A Frenchman was found guilty of killing his mother in law. Asked for a final statement before sentencing, he replied I lived with her twenty one years and never did it before.
A poetic fragment speaks of parting and farewell as the old year ends. The speaker recalls a lost love and teardrops in the wake of departure, while reflecting on memory and sorrow as the New Year approaches.
The piece describes traditional New Year’s Eve charms involving beans and apple seeds to foretell marriage and favors. It notes the ash method for couples and the seed tests for choosing suitors, plus a three glass fortune ritual and a midnight mirror pairing via peelings.
Poem reflects on a vestal figure at a doorway and the moral duty of hospitality amid sorrow and fate. An accompanying note discusses gifts from the Japanese government, contrasting medals for Chinese war veterans with Swiss watches awarded to soldiers.
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