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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1897
Page
5
The firm promotes its electrical plant as the safest and cleanest option with light at gas-equivalent cost. It boasts duplicate boilers engines and dynamos and all night service. House wiring is handled by a skilled crew following Underwriters Association Rules at low rates.
An ad extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and urinary issues. It describes urine as a diagnostic, urges purchase at fifty cents to one dollar, and offers a free sample bottle and pamphlet by mail from Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY, with newspaper guarantee.
A lady offers a plate of cold meat and a glass of beer to a beggar at her door. As he departs he quips with Irish humor about feet and heart, saying his corn would not be the issue if his feet were as large as his heart.
A Jersey man returns with a bright red nose after repainting a tin roof and faces roars of laughter. The piece compares sunburn in mild January to Lt Commander De Long’s diary from the Jeannette expedition, where heat persisted despite subfreezing days and nights.
A large liner sailing across the Atlantic carries 547 cabin passengers and 287 crew. Its listed on board goods include 12550 pounds beef and other foods, 879 prisons in Russia with 100915 inmates, and 45 carloads of walnuts valued near 70000 dollars shipped from Fullerton California this year.
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