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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1900
Page
10
The passage commends the book as beautifully and appropriately illustrated, describing it as an invaluable reference unequaled for the money. It invites readers to address J C Aver Co at Lowell Massachusetts for more information or purchase.
A Melbourne nurse tells a young husband about a beautiful ten pound baby while he reacting with delight and confusion asks if he is a father or a mother. The lighthearted moment captures parental pride in a weeklyTimes feature.
The 1900 Columbia Desk Calendar follows the successful late year plan. It serves as a memorandum pad marking days of the year and provides information on bicycle quality. The Pope Mfg. Co. of Hartford Conn will send it for five 2 cent stamps.
Wealthy relatives provide backing that enables a man to pursue futures trading. Authorities note that the arrangement allowed him to take positions in various contracts, raising questions about influence and risk.
Mrs Julia Dent Grant, 75, widow of General Grant, returns to her Massachusetts avenue home in good health after five months away. Her Washington visit included Saratoga and Newport and the wedding of granddaughter Julia Dent Grant. She recalls nupitals of Cantacuzene and plans to publish her memoirs with help from daughter Nette Grant Sartoris, aiming for Christmas release.
The obituary recalls Lady Mabella Knox youngest daughter of the first Earl of Kilmorey and widow of the Hon. Henry Knox. She lived through Napoleonic and Regency eras with vivid memories of George III to George IV, Moscow 1812, Salamanca, Carlton House parties, and the Scots Fusilier Guards. She married in 1822 and remained a widow from 1872.
In British Columbia, natural soap and paint mines have been found near Ashcroft. Soda lakes in the foothills yield a washing compound with borax and soda lining the shores. About 275 tons have been removed from one lake, with another lake holding 20,000 tons. The compound is mined and handled like ice.
The article notes that in the previous year the government gained 10010.71 dollars from undeliverable letters. Letters with incorrect addresses sat in the lead letter office until owners could not be found, after which the funds were sent to the treasury department.
A discussion on academic freedom argues that colleges should limit agitation and focus on disciplined study. Professors are citizens whose freedom aids discovery and method, but fit and context matter for who teaches. The piece notes differences between German and American academia and warns against misplacing teachers in chairs.
A Philadelphia report notes an extensive trade in gathering cleaning and selling old glass bottles. One veteran collector, active for 40 years, amasses wealth estimated over half a million by sourcing bottles from yards alleys and housekeepers. Summer demand, wage jobs in sorting, and direct sales drive profits as factories close.
Avondale Wicklow residence of Charles Stewart Parnell is highlighted as a historic Irish home saved by Tammany's plan to clear a $10,000 mortgage. The article notes the house's lineage from John Parnell through William to John Henry, with Delia Tudor Stewart as Parnell’s mother influencing his political course. The manor's stately 19th century charm is described in nostalgic terms.
Ella recalls a long friendship and how Bella recognizes her by her bonnet revealing that little has changed. Bella quips about wear in 1% humorously highlighting their close rapport.
In an appeal against aggressive ads, M. R. Zagel & Company of Sheboygan Wis offers free two week home remedy samples. Readers may request roots and herbs with directions by sending a letter and a two cent stamp for postage to P O Box 831. Supports claims for rheumatism headaches stomach bowels liver and kidney complaints.
Russian authorities prepare a major relaxation of typewriter restrictions to aid commerce and industry, with foreign firms benefiting. Meanwhile La Porte Texas sees rapid progress on shipping facilities, streets, and utilities under I R Holmes supervision, ahead of a February 1800 sale. McClure Magazine unveils a new Life of the Master serial with Rev John Watson and Palestine color illustrations by Corwin Linson.
Historic claim that catarrh is constitutional and requires internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure from I J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is marketed with a $100 reward for any failing case and is sold by druggists along with Hall's Family Pills as a recommended product.
A Life magazine cartoon riff mocks wartime censorship with a newspaper man calling the general an idiot while the censor refuses to permit any military secrets. The gag plays on the tension between reporters and officials over information flow.
A collage of medical claims and consumer ads. Lane's Family Medicine promises bowel health and liver and kidney aid. Other notices tout cures like Grippe remedies and cough syrups. Local items mention a 16 year old girl preacher in Prescott and city police staffing.
Five million boxes sold last year and readers share patient reports from across America praising Cascarets for relief from constipation and biliousness. Letters from Mrs. Gub Jer, Albert J. Burt, Mrs. Durrant, Mrs. Grandwell, Mrs. Cummings, and others attest to mild, pleasant, effective results. The ad urges readers to buy at druggists and to request a free booklet from Sterling Remedy Company in Chicago or New York.
A boy in Strung Stories considers exchanges from a knife to a top to a mouth organ and marbles to an apple, then asks how much he makes after eating the fruit. The passage notes this arithmetic puzzle as part of children’s logic endeavors.
Promotes GRAIN-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains with rich seal brown color like Mocha. Claims it is gentle on the stomach for both children and adults and costs 15c to 25c per package, sold by all grocers.
Myrtle Gushion writes she is now living surrounded by splendor and jokes about a new silk petticoat in a lighthearted World’s CommiE column fragment.
An old advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as a cough cure claiming it stops coughing immediately. It offers free sample bottles via druggists and markets 5 and 50 cent sizes with a warning that delays are dangerous.
A temperance column quotes an orator asking why men drink and a voice from the Crown joking that salt fish could cause it. The piece uses period voice to discuss causes and social attitudes toward drinking.
The B and O R R reports rapid telegraph growth adding nearly 2000 miles of copper wire at 166 pounds per mile. New lines opened include Baltimore to Pittsburg, Baltimore to Parkersburg, Newark to Chicago, Philadelphia to Newark, and Cumberland to Grafton. Summer work quadruplexed Baltimore to Cumberland and duplexed west.
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