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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1899
Page
8
Warning against mercury containing catarrh treatments and promoting Hall's Catarrh Cure from I. J. Cheney Co. Toledo Ohio as a safe internal remedy. Mentions Toledo and Folemdo Ohio manufacturing details, with testimonial offers and family pills referenced.
Newspaper notes how absolute privation drove Irish coast residents to harvest Irish moss. When boiled it forms a thick nourishing jelly and is said to aid throat and lung ailments.
The copy promotes winter travel on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad to southern plant resorts and coastal destinations including Florida the Gulf Coast the South and the West Indies. It invites readers to write C P Atmore General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky for folders describing Florida or the Gulf Coast.
A keen observer notes that to travelers and the public you can often identify a newly married couple by the husband’s indignation when a fly lands on the wife’s butter at the dinner table.
The Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs Arkansas opens February 2nd in the Ozark Mountains offering a delightful climate and beautiful scenery. It features unequaled medicinal waters and cheap excursion rates with through sleepers via the Frisco Line. Actress J O Plank manager lists rooms at Arcade Century Building or Frisco Ticket Office in St Louis.
The North Western Line will sell home seekers excursion tickets on March 7 and 21 to numerous points in the West and South at exceptionally low rates. For tickets and full information apply to agents Chicago and North Western Bay.
A short discussion argues that a fish diet does not boost brainpower yet a fishing trip can spark imagination. It contrasts the contentment of those who desire little with those who crave more wealth.
Master mason Jacobs of Bentschen Germany received 60078 marks about $18000 from a New York sender using an assumed name. He suspects a vanished 1869 business partner stole 12000 marks and that a Chicago millionaire may be involved after American tourists mentioned the man’s name. The remittance equals the original loss plus compound interest with no disclosure of the Chicago name.
Charles Dudley Warner spoke at the College Club in Boston about modern poetry. He recalled reading Christmas magazines and felt unsettled until he reread the Hymn of the Nativity, which restored his sense of order.
The play Sporting Life opens Sunday night February 19 at McVickers Theater Chicago to great notice. It follows an English aristocrat the Earl of Woodstock and his passion for horses with a strong cast including Robert Hilliard Eliza Proctor Otis and Jeannette Lowrie. A Baltimore report of railroad rate cutting is denied by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad officials. Cincinnatus is recalled from farm labor to a dictatorial role with unknown influence.
A collage of old time drugstore claims and quotations promotes patent medicines and tonics. Ads tout Cascarets Laxative Bromo Quinine Piso's Cure for Consumption and other remedies with testimonials from A.B. Albright Mrs Winslow and Mrs Barton. A stray line notes a hog has no use for the moral law.
Missouri’s former war governor Thomas C. Fletcher praises Dr. Hartman’s Peruna, citing rapid relief from chronic catarrh after one bottle and improved health. He frames catarrh as a national issue and urges protection from disease to save the people.
A famous maker cites one testimonial as the most remarkable yet the case stands out as the first where a patient bought and used the remedy independently without solicitation. A science note estimates oceans hold about 9e19 tons of salt capable of covering continents a thousand feet deep.
A humorous verse about a soap bubble wooing a double, chasing a kiss and ending in heartbreak. The playful tale blends whimsy with irony as the bubble’s romance concludes with a bittersweet, comic doom.
A humorous Punch caption reflects a person apologizing for missing a visit due to a severe headache and instructing her maid to say she was not at home. The note underscores social awkwardness and etiquette in informal correspondence.
A letter from Dr. E. Strevell, an immigration official in Wetaskiwin Alberta dated April 5 1898, praises Canada as a land of opportunity for poor farmers. He notes many Americans moving to the prairies, reports favorable crop prospects with wheat yields around 25 to 50 bushels per acre and oats 60 to 75, and mentions cattle in good condition. He plans to return to the United States later that fall and thanks the recipient for past favors.
Mrs Evita Anetn Warriocr of Magno lia Iowa credits Lydia E Pinkham s Vegetable Compound with expelling a tumor after three boxes. She says three years of poor health due to change of life included bloating smothering spells and heart palpitations but improved to walk longer and felt no recurrence. The letter endorses the medicine amid strong testimony.
A brief nod to an old fashioned exchange over a headache remedy with a cheeky remark about age and fare evokes a street scene. The ad line hints at a product claim while hinting at social humor of the era.
A large German man walks Nebraska Street seeking a house number and knocks at Julius Pappe's door. The eldest son answers and the man demands who his father is with growing wrath. He asks, in crude terms, who has been their papa.
Suggestions for women on maintaining delicate undergarments. Warns against washing with impure soap and harsh rubbing. Advises washing in warm water with Ivory soap, rinsing, gentle squeezing, line drying, and pressing with a hot iron while still damp.
A comedy note mentions Miss Carrie Onn-Oh and Chol ly Fitzinhead with Nettie reacting to a ridiculous dog. The piece centers on public amusement as people mock both the man and his pet, highlighting social humor and self-protection themes.
The notice lists corn yields of 818 bushels per acre and oats at 250 bushels per acre, with pasture rates for Salter's Hope at 25e per acre yielding 50 tons, and potato price at $1.20 per barrel. It mentions Bromus Inermis grass, Beardless Barley 60 bushels per acre, and several grasses and clovers, inviting readers to John A. Salzer Reed Co. in La Crosse Wisconsin for a free catalogue and samples valued at $3,000. It also notes Chester, Wales, founded 1,500 years before America’s discovery, once surrounded by a Roman wall 12 to 40 feet high built by Julius Agricola.
A young lawyer asks the ageu attorney to pledge the information will not be used against him before answering if he loves the daughter. The judge, a scene described by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, frames a tense moment in a legal romance.
In a brief conversation, Audubon-bon notes removing bird wings from hats while Mabel advocates wearing whole birds. a Chicago Tribune quote labels this practice as horrible. A separate adage features a statesman denying imperialist actions and a young man’s response.
A brief humorous exchange in a Punch-like rural scene where a tout asks to borrow six pence, the cabby offers fourpence, and the tout agrees that this will leave him owing two pence as a small comic debt.
A brief exchange from the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph notes that articles on managing husbands are written by single women. Mr Gaswell comments on the trend while Mr Snagges jokes about married women guarding secrets.
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