07 Jan 1898
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1898
Page
1
A fragmented notice from a Chicago based periodical discusses publication details at 104-198 So. Clinton St and a branch at 1497 North Park Avenue. It weaves in social commentary on Spaniards and Hannis Taylor, bicycle racing incidents, a sultan’s character, and a reference to Byron.
The article laments insulting questions to a lady witness and urges court and community to protect women. It notes the need for responsibility among lawyers and cites Bishop Potter and Beecher on minstrel shows and propriety, arguing dignity should not stifle harmless humor.
The author argues that churches embrace progress by using bicycles for visits electricity to light sanctuaries and telephones to broadcast sermons. He contends Horace Greeley would have approved of a paper driven approach and says newspapers are the churchs most effective aid and a sign of modern energy.
A women's political study group tried and acquitted Aaron Burr in a discreet meeting. They forgive gallantries toward women other than his wife and remark that in a different era he might have faced different treatment. They also note Burr’s marriage to Madame James for money and then drop the private life topic as improper to discuss.
The year marks the 150th anniversary of Isaac Watts death. The piece highlights Watts as a hymn writer whose works, especially O God our help in ages past, united believers beyond denominations. It criticizes a proposed statue of George Washington in London, fearing humiliation of America’s first president, and cites Cyrus Field’s monument to Major Andre as a cautionary example.
A Birr correspondent reports finds at Leap Castle including a 100 foot high stone spiral staircase from the first floor to the tower summit and a rock hewn guardroom entrance. Bones coins and relics found in dungeons. a haunted death chamber with bloodstains and eerie noises unsettles staff.
In Burmah villages two or three pagodas crown available hill sites. A remarkable site near Shwepryin features a pagoda atop a giant rock about thirty feet wide, perched on a cliff edge as the brick pagoda rises about twelve feet.
Ian Maclaren praises Scott’s wealth of knowledge and lyrical power arguing he writes not by measure but freely funds of wit and insight. He warns against elevating Scott to a distant classic status and praises fiction as a relief from daily cares through sentiment and romance.
A trench is dug and filled with cement or concrete. A canvas covered rubber tube is laid inside, covered with more cement, and once set the tube collapses and is withdrawn, leaving a concrete conduit.
A Greenwich Connecticut minister has resigned from his pastorate after parishioners continued to play golf on Sundays, prompting the clergy member to step down amid the dispute over worship and leisure practices.
The essay argues Karma as the universal law adjusting effects to causes across planes, linking reincarnation to modern issues of wealth and class. It cites Christ and scripture to support karmic ideas while outlining how thoughts form habits that become deeds, shaping character and destiny.
The Chicago Medical Missionary Training school at 1926 Wabash Avenue Chicago operates as an undenominational program to train Christian men and women for city mission work. One year courses cover gospel principles physiology nursing hygiene and philanthropy with practical district visiting health meetings and cottage missions. The building offers free tuition room and board. sixty homeless girls have been placed in Christian homes in six months.
A descriptive piece extols the torpedo fleet in the harbor as proudly American with crews nearly all of one nationality. It lauds the health vigor and steadiness of the sailors, calling them fit for dangerous work and confident they would rise to any emergency. It also hopes Assistant Secretary Roosevelt will soon elevate the broader fleet to the same standard.
A burglar entered John Hughes's Belleville New Jersey residence and cooked a porterhouse steak with potatoes for breakfast. He then petted Mrs Hughes' young daughter in the dark before leaving.
A Kansas City man who helped a young woman to faint in his arms later discovers his diamond shirt stud is missing. He then jokes about letting the girl faint on a flagstone, suggesting a bizarre consequence for the theft.
Storyettes recount soldiers trading hungry days during Sherman era rations with humor about persimmon pucker power. A Manchester Arts Club supper recalls Sir Henry Irving dialogue with Lord Tennyson, and a witty Old Bailey joke about Scottish inheritance and emotion in law figures.
In a concise notice the army states that the old forecuster troops will be redirected to new convenience points after years of service. The change marks the end of an era for the unit and aligns with updated strategic needs.
Washington ordered Fort Custer to be abandoned near the Crow Indian reservation in Montana. The move reflects a westward troop concentration at railroad hubs for economy and rapid redeployment, a plan supported by General Ruger and the army. Fort Custer, once a thousand-strong post, sits overlooking the Big Horn and Little Big Horn rivers and the Crow agency nearby.
The piece recalls Fort Custer's 19th century role as a key outpost and trainer for soldiers in the Sioux wars. It describes the 1877 Medicine Man campaign as an overture to broader conflict, notes Sitting Bull and Wounded Knee, and laments the fort's demolition as western frontier changes erase its white walls and hundred lights from the traveler’s view.
Hall Caine shaped The Christian after a study trip with bloodhounds Wandle Belle Spark and What’s Wanted. Mr Croxton Smith guided the dogs to Caine in London, gifting a puppy and supplying Derby day details, with the two winners photographed alongside a terrier.
A portrait of an Egyptian mother at work in daily life. She draws water, chops wood, and tends to house and field while carrying her child, displaying a look of pride and protective care. The piece contrasts her role with suffragists while honoring universal motherhood and labor.
In Surrey between Witley and Haslemere the author lived on the Heights with a woodland view. The elder novelist found charm in rural Surrey folk and their dialect, comparing it to Midland rustic speech and recounting a villager’s remark about an unaddicated husband lacking a tailcoat.
A Detroit Journal fragment describes a woman entering a car and exclaiming Diablo as she sits, noting she hardly forgets herself when she throws herself into a seat. The line emphasizes memory slips and gendered behavior in a casual car scene.
An advertisement claims all blood diseases are promptly and permanently cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla and urges sufferers to take Hood's only. The tone promotes a single remedy as a universal cure without medical disclaimer.
The article notes many birds share calls between males and females such as the raven rook New Zealand parson bird and gull. It adds that a trained ear may detect pitch differences, while true songsters show little vocal difference though males often sing longer and more vigorously than females.
Advertises Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains. Claims it tastes and looks like coffee, is safe for children, easier on the stomach, and costs 15 or 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers.
Reports from Soriano after the 1795 Italian earthquakes note two dogs buried in ruins survived forty two days before extraction, though very lean and weak. A third dog buried there for twenty three days also recovered.
Foot powder claims to ease tight new shoes and relieve corns bunions and sweaty feet. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Free sample offers and mail address for Allen S Olmsted LeRoy New York.
A Georgia editor says the governor's message is published as a supple memo. He notes the paper is too patriotic to charge extra but stresses the need for wood and supplies, framing it as a public appeal.
An old advertisement promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement benefits for health, gentle action on the liver and kidneys, and cure for sick headaches with prices of 25 and 50 cents. It also mentions a shift of profits to a "tiger" in Greater New York.
The text advertises buying good homes in a favorable climate and fruit country, urging readers to write J. VY. Carpenter in Bolivar, Missouri. It also promotes Star Tobacco as the leading brand and quips about a long headed clergyman delivering a very short sermon.
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