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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1899
Page
3
The Vindicator lists pricing and mailing details for subscriptions, stating year and period rates and offering multiple delivery options. It provides office addresses in Aurelia Oak Park Chicago and requests prompt notification if delivery is missed.
Fragments report a January 17 election for Oak Park Berwyn and Grant officers and discuss legality of recent elections. Cited petitions seek annexation of Cicero territory. Cicero itself will not contest but seeks timely decision before voting. Readers urged to pay subscriptions only to W C Cline Austin Edl and avoid others.
A gang works on the Lake street elevated extension near Fifty second street this week. Mr Yerkes says all Lake street trains will run to Austin avenue by April 10. The elevator at Fifty second street station will be discontinued after that date.
A farmer lost a brindle cow and printed a notice in the local paper. The cow was found and returned, inspiring a merchant to advertise his cargo ship Mary Anne with spices teas and rum. He offered a dialling apiece for notices, and the editor agreed, creating the first newspaper advertiser.
The article discusses the near approach of a newly named planet DQ, observed in 1894 and forecast to be favorably positioned again in 1924. It notes distances during December 1900 and 1917, mentions a suggested name Pinto by an American astronomer, and questions the discoverer’s right to rename it.
Salt hay provides a long staple covering for low growing plants in winter. Straw with long staple bundles plants and shrubs with stalks. In cemeteries salt hay protects ivy clad graves from cold, laid lengthwise with uniform thickness and secured by bent hoop rods.
The Liverpool workhouse is the largest in the world with capacity for 5 000 inmates though it is not often filled.
A farmer near Meridian witnessed a morning bout between a large tomcat and a coyote. The cat, Tom, with swift lefts and uppercuts, dominated the three rounds, finally knocking out the coyote who limped away to the sage brush.
Diphtheria case at the Snow residence recovering. Oaks hosts cinch party with dancing. S. S. Vastine buys a Humphrey avenue home from Fred Hill. Beethoven Club to present a notable chamber concert February 20. Euchre club guests at Helen Dolan’s. prizes won by Mrs Johnson Mrs 77777 and Mrs Regan. Thomas M Hunter elected Chicago Board of Trade director with top vote. Ellen Fitzgerald to deliver six Niebelungenlied talks starting at J. E. Thorndyke residence. Rebekah Lodge to install officers with state assembly president assisting. Burglary at 220 South Austin avenue yields $10 cash and $50 silverware. Morton Park Council to host annual banquet January 14 at Hawthorne Auditorium. St Catherine’s Boys Club to stage minstrel show January 14 at church hall. Admission 25 cents. proceeds to Boy's Club fund.
A long dead Massachusetts clergyman reproved a young man who mocked a cripple in a crowd. The youth whispered a Bible verse about the lame, but the clergyman pointed to the verse's final clause warning that a parable in a fool's mouth misleads.
Mrs Hayricks justifies feeding an apparently rough stranger by calling him honest while noting he did not claim hero status of Santiago. Mr Hayricks doubts the stranger’s honesty as he confronts the man leaving the gate with a week’s worth of supplies.
In Germany divisions severe illness notably typhoid fever were reported as腐 spoiled rations blamed. The minister of war ordered a strict inspection of all army supplies in warehouses and will dispatch an inspector with a physician to each camp canteen at odd times to examine food and drink.
A jumble of joke lines and quips lampoon public life and politics. The items mock authors, beggars, heirs, and election fraud while noting public figures and newspapers. The tone skewers hypocrisy and social pretensions with brisk one liners.
A novelty cluster of silk rhododendrons in crimson pink and ruby hides the bulb and is fireproofed by a lining. The idea also uses roses hydrangeas and hawthorn in similar covers. Ornamental bronze figures hold branches and reeds for each light with a floral shade.
Nan sen's observations indicate the north polar region is a vast ocean cavity near two miles deep while the south polar region appears as a large solid landmass with a surrounding two mile deep water belt. The south polar continent covers about 4,000,000 square miles, about 1,000,000 more than the United States including Alaska.
A Buffalo planer operates with a shaving twelve inches wide from solid cast iron. The knife measures between twelve and thirteen inches, removing wide narrow chips from the work as it cuts.
FRANK PAGE resident agent at 111 S. Central Ave solicits patronage for the Aetna and Phoenix Insurance Companies. He guarantees prompt attention to customer needs and notes the long established reputations and reliable loss payments of both companies.
Ford W. Schulz, maker of The Tremont cigar, asserts the product uses genuine wrap leaf and denies using imitation or adulterated fillings. He claims some firms use chemical solutions to create spotted appearances, including on Sumatra, but says he would not smoke nor sell such adulterated cigars.
The Chalmer bound from Baltimore to Savannah disappeared ten tons of phosphate cargo two years ago. An inspection in Philadelphia during repairs located the missing merchandise between the inner ceiling and outer planking. Removal required cutting planking on both sides and over a week of work. the ship had lost its insurable interest when the disappearance was investigated.
A plant operating three 200 HP boilers tested a 54 inch fan that pushes draft from below, replacing tall chimneys. The improved draft cut coal costs and saved nearly 1000 dollars yearly, illustrating a shift in industrial efficiency.
Hetty Green lends New York City one million dollars at two percent for three months, with the loan arranged quickly through Mrs. Green’s representatives. The funds were credited at Chemical National Bank where Mrs. Green is a major stockholder, and the city pays twenty thousand dollars for the use of the money.
The article discusses red tracts likely from animals linked to Clio borealis and Limacine arctica feeding whales, found in the Southern Atlantic under cold Cape Horn currents. It notes a lack of logs confirming red tracts near Cape Horn and attributes yellow tracts to pollen or flowering plants watered by ships.
Russia with a population of 129 900 000 has 743 newspapers, about half the 1 480 published in Pennsylvania. Of the 743, 589 are in Russian, 69 in Polish, 44 in German, 9 in French, 5 in Armenian and 2 in Hebrew. no English newspaper appears in the list.
The Austin Building and Loan Association announces cash to lend under conservative management. It accepts deposits on two or more shares at fifty cents per share and pays six percent interest on withdrawals. Membership encouraged for all Austin residents. George H. Park, president. John D. Maclean, secretary. City office room 921 184 La Salle street.
A terse maxim quotes Beneca on repetition and learning, noting that lessons repeat until fully absorbed. The line emphasizes persistent practice and memory.
An interesting calculation shows that a pound of good coal equals one man’s work for one day. One square mile of a four foot deep coal seam would exceed the work of 1,000,000 men for twenty years.
Government commissioned official historian Murat Hal sted writes a varied account of the Philippines. The work spans assignments from San Francisco to Manila trenches and dock decks, with travel through Honolulu and Hong Kong and encounters with Dewey Aguinaldo.
Dr Barton faces a move from Boston to Oak Park after accepting a call from the First Congregational Church. Boston church leaders urged him to delay resignation, prompting a second telegram that arrived too late. Meanwhile Judge Chytraus discharged sureties in the Nye case, freeing two attorneys and ending charges.
The Cicero Lodge in Oak Park dedicated its new hall with an initiation and circuit feast on Thursday night December 29. Delegations from La Grange Grassdale Clyde Crawford Moreland Austin and Maywood attended.
Plainfield resident Mrs. Michael Curtain recounts a month of treatment for a lung illness deemed consumption by her doctor. After using Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption she improved after six bottles and regained full health. Free trial bottles offered at Traill and Cooling and Charles P Miller drug stores. Bottles priced 60 cents and 1 dollar with guarantee.
The signers promise to refund money on a 60 cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure cough or cold. They also guarantee a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfactory or money back.
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