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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1895
Page
6
The article surveys dress trends in New York, highlighting vivid velvets, velutinas, and spring woolens. It details fancy hats and dominos for balls and masks, several Alsatian and Renaissance costumes, and tips for children’s outfits and economical reworn garments.
The rabbit's foot, long claimed as a charm, vindicates Lucien Baker the Kansas lawyer who becomes United States senator elect. Born in Fulton County Ohio in 1846, he moved to Monroe County Michigan at age 20 and began his legal career.
The piece profiles Colonel Shervinton, a veteran of the Cape Mounted Rifles and Madagascar service, who rose to high rank in the Malagasy army. It notes his war record from Basuto and Inkerman to Madagascar campaigns, his Victoria Cross nomination, and his claim to peace for the queen despite readiness to fight France if needed.
The body of Robert Louis Stevenson rests on Vaea Mountain Samoa atop a narrow ledge chosen by his widow and stepson after Samoan chiefs offered rites and mats. Forty Samoans carved a path to the grave as his friends and family gathered for the solemn burial.
The Rev Dr Henry Lunn famed Maglis evangelist and Grindelwald conference originator travels to the United States to drum up support for Christian unity. Born in 1386, Lunn studied at Trinity College Dublin and became a medical missionary in India before shifting to debates among Protestants. He founded Grindelwald conferences aimed at uniting Protestant Christendom.
The Cotton States and International Exposition closes a contract with firms that provided services for the World's fair to bring in an Italian exhibit covering 100000 square feet and an Austria Hungary exhibit of 6000 square feet to the Atlanta event.
Rata. Thomas Willams, a hermit living near Burtonsville Kentucky, embittered by the loss of his family, adopted rat farming.
A historical survey notes collisions as a major ocean peril alongside derelicts, icebergs, fires, and storms. It cites incidents from the Victoria and Arizona to modern steamers, detailing derelict hazards, blizzards, gigantic waves, and vast losses of vessels and lives at sea.
David M. Clough, a wealthy Minneapolis lumberman, becomes Minnesota’s chief executive after Knute Nelson moves to the U.S. Senate. Born in 1846 in Lyme New Hampshire, his rise from farm hand to powerful businessman and politician is recounted along with his early schooling by hoe and ax and his later roles in banking and the state Agricultural Society.
A first person account in a New York Mercury children’s column describes a boy and Bilis playing a variation of hide the apple. The narrator resists at first but faces temptation, hiding the apple with a blindfold and failing to recover it, ending with a reflection on evil and revival times. The piece uses vivid but troubling language about corruption and manipulation.
The article notes watchwomen at Dutch railway crossings in Holland and describes street car conductors as a common occupation for women in Chile. It contrasts gender roles with men in tasks like chambermaids and cooks, while women hold clerk and managerial positions in Chilean commerce.
A New York grocer's daughter became Countess Waldersee by marriage to Count Waldersee of Germany. Mary Kather Lee led a life from New York to Wiesbaden and Paris, gaining influence with the Kaiser, shaping views on succession and religion, and forging ties with Empress Frederick through years of social opposition and diplomacy.
Great finds of gold reported in Korea with enterprising Americans already aiding locals and demonstrating energy in mining efforts.
The czarina enjoys swimming and orders a large white marble bath at the Winter palace to facilitate regular exercise. The project reflects imperial leisure activities and architectural display of status during the period.
A tale from Our Little Ones describes Miss Topsy the cat from the Bates household who adores music. Pussy climbs onto the piano stool and wakes the keys as May Bates and her mother laugh, Mrs Hall recounts in the poem.
A Sunday school teacher asks little Olga to recount how Hijab was fed. the eager pupil responds that Tie was fed with raisins in a brief Youth's Companion excerpt.
A London Graphic quip imagines Noah releasing lions and tigers from the ark, joking about whether Noah knew what he was doing. The remark uses biblical figures to frame a humorous point about wild chaos.
The article notes a brass or copper coin from China weighing about a pound. It mentions a $1,000 antebellum price for a healthy young African man, Keokuk the sly fox namesake for an Iowa town, and Rahway once called Rahwuck after an Indian chief. Also references college speech and football.
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