07 Feb 1896
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1896
Page
1
The article collects wry anecdotes and quips about actors poets laureate Turks Armenians and marriage customs. It notes Lord Dunraven’s secretary J A G and mocks public figures and inventions while mentioning Keely motors and General Harrison’s club endorsements.
The piece reports Buffalo claiming Niagara water power will fuel unlimited immigration amid a new business boom. It notes Chicago and New York capitalists organizing a $2,000,000 company to develop vast gold mining properties in Buckingham County Virginia and asserts expert investigations show strong ore yields compared to Cripple Creek and South Africa.
A British Emigrants Information Office circular outlines hiring outlooks across colonies. Victoria and South Australia offer no labor openings. New South Wales favors experienced miners and capitalized agriculturists. Queensland shows improving prospects. Western Australia demands miners at Coolgardie despite high living costs and scarce water. public works may boost building trades. Natal seeks bricklayers carpenters and blacksmiths, while Transvaal labor market risks oversupply.
A House debate centers on supporting Cuba in its struggle for freedom. The chaplain's prayer is contrasted with calls to grant belligerent rights to Cuba. The piece notes interested parties among Americans connected by marriage to Cuban sympathizers and hints at international legal considerations.
Pitcher Fisher born January 8 1872 in Anderson Indiana rose through Indiana Wisconsin and Pennsylvania leagues before moving to Buffalo Cleveland Cincinnati and finally Indianapolis. He helped Indianapolis win the Western League pennant and ranked second in pitching averages while posting notable feats for Buffalo Putnam and Indianapolis teams.
Mabel Davidson known as Little Mabel wowed crowds at a New York rink with elaborate tricks during a two weeks’ engagement. She returns daily to practice, drawing fans who claim she is the finest trick skater in the world and that each show offers something new.
The L A W holds its annual meeting in Baltimore on February 17. Miles in his report praises the Cheivele and urges adding a full regiment of cyclists to the regular army. The general’s position suggests the draft may proceed.
The article extols skating as an ideal winter sport for boys and girls in northern climes. It argues skating provides free motion to all muscles, maintains the body's natural position, and offers exhilaration, likening it favorably to swimming in broad fitness benefits.
A historic Bank Register article traces the Bank of England's 200th birthday as the world’s greatest bank. It outlines early staff and salaries, current employment, and notes on cancelled payments and curiosities such as 25 and 1,000 pound notes. It recalls dramatic incidents of theft and depositors, including a director’s note mishap and long forgotten notes reappearing.
The New York World reports 3834 male children born in France on March 16 1856, the same day the prince imperial was born. Ex Empress Eugenie supposedly names godsons and preserves their addresses, though the number has dwindled to under five hundred.
The article extols skating as a healthful, popular open air sport enjoyed by crowds at Lincoln Park, Chicago, with vivid imagery of gleaming ice and scenic frames. It contrasts the sport’s vigor with fashion’s freakishness and notes guards and workers maintaining safety at the bank area. It also cites Cardinal Manning urging sobriety, arguing liquor undermines national character and political deliberation.
Walter Besant weighs George Eliot as ill-bred yet influential, noting her intellectual rise in Westminster essays and novels, her marriage to a discerning partner, and her rise to oracle status among admirers, ending with her death as her works stayed read.
Missouri tops in mule ownership and sales with St Louis as the largest market and Saline as key supply. A Marshall firm reports handling ten thousand mules in a year and a Sparkes farm mule breaks all records at twenty tuind's high and weighs two pounds?
A diet guide advises extreme measures to shed flesh by eating stale bread and avoiding potatoes rice beets corn peas beans milk cream sweets cocoa and even vegetables. It urges dry toast without butter tea without milk or sugar rare meat with no fat and frequent walking plus baths and hunger to ensure weight loss.
Georgia reports its youngest locomotive engineer may be a 14 year old boy. He runs an engine on a short road linking several sawmills and supplies, and has held charge of the engine since age nine. Road owners praise his competence and skill.
In a New Haven factory a girl fainted and fell to the floor, triggering eleven more fainting fits as onlookers speculated about sleep and night watch effects, noted in a brief incident report.
The passage describes Napoleon I offering to be godfather to all legitimate French-born children on a chosen auspicious day and details a grand birth celebration. It notes proclamations, cannon fire at dawn, and poets writing about the event, including Theophile Gautier. It also mentions decorative godson titles and the popularity of related verse.
A compendium of cheeky quips from assorted periodicals showing playful gossip and witty exchanges. The fragments mock social mores with lines about cooking, insurance, fashion, wall built pianos, and royal receptions.
Austin society hosts the first Austin Charity Association ball at the Oaks club. Prominent residents from Chicago’s west side and nearby towns attend as funds benefitting St Vincents de Paul and St Catheries aid groups. Grand march begins at 10:15 PM with ornate costumes and heavy guest list. Proceeds estimated above $500 after expenses, destined for local charitable efforts.
The Vindicator recalls Lady Jane Francesca Speranza Wilde wife of Sir William Wilde and mother of Oscar and Willie Wilde. A renowned nationalist writer for Dublin Nation she penned as Speranza and stood out in 1848 49 era politics. Her life links with Duffy Meagher Mitchell and McGee and with the Young Ireland movement.
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