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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1900
Page
7
The poem portrays the New Year as unable to reveal the future's exact course. Joy and hope require contrast with grief to keep meaning, and a perfectly tranquil life would dull delight. The speaker, Helen Whitney Clark, notes nature's plan weaves a varied fate.
A Baltimore mansion tale follows Mr Lennox and Miss Evelyn Beresford as an old servant Uncle Isaac helps trigger a New Year wish. The miniature portrait sparks fate, saving a family from foreclosure and forging a marriage, with the mansion restored and the loyal Isaac remaining trusted.
A vast 28 mile Desplaines Desplains canal project reroutes flood waters to Lake Michigan, including a new channel 168 feet wide and up to 28 feet deep, with seven 20-ton sluice gates and a bear trap dam shaping the hydroengineering. The work unites the river with the Gulf of Mexico and paves a future Mississippi connection, while overcoming dam removals, walls, and legal hurdles.
Two years ago an expressman delivered a bright new baby carriage to the home of ex President Harrison. A nurse welcomed the carriage at the door as the ex president was abroad with the Venezuelan commission. The child, Mary Elizabeth Harrison, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Perry Hutchinson of Marysville found an old sow with piglets in a hog pasture near a creek. A dead huge wildcat lay beside her, reportedly killed by the sow in a fair fight. Hutchinson heard the sow bark “Woof” before fleeing toward a fence.
A nurse warns a mother to keep the baby from putting his foot in his mouth after Dr Brown reports several cases of ptomarna poisoning recently. The notice cautions careful handling and child safety measures.
The article describes early Iowans laboring against rugged terrain as they ventured westward beyond the Mississippi. It frames the landscape as a dramatic natural force shaping pioneer effort and settlement.
Ainslie's explains the Warangi a German East Africa tribe as warlike while detailing migration patterns in American settlement. The piece traces the push from Illinois Missouri and Iowa toward the plains, noting Indiana swamps malaria and the appeal of Iowa valleys for farming. It contrasts laws of least resistance and greatest endurance in Iowa and Missouri shaping western expansion.
The male butterfly bears a hidden pocket under its wings, colored to match the upper surface. Inside lie tiny perfume boxes and mechanical-looking structures that may release scent to attract females. Evidence suggests butterflies and moths are drawn by odor signals from distances.
A grandmother explains to a little girl how Earth stays in orbit around the Sun as it tries to pull inward, while Earth maintains its distance. The girl wonders if the Sun might ever give up.
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