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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1899
Page
8
Swiss made timepieces from a Geneva based French watchmaker use vulcanized rubber slabs etched with hour phrases. Press a button and the clock pronounces the time clearly, offering customizable warnings to rise or stay in bed.
An ad asserts deafness from inflamed Eustachian tube can be cured by constitutional remedies. It claims nine of ten cases stem from catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for any deafness cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Includes circulars and druggist contact in Toledo Ohio.
Historical note reports chemists extracting sixteen blue shades sixteen yellow sixteen orange and nine violet from coal along with other colors. Included are testimonials and brief local remarks from Battle Creek Michigan dated September 7 08 and an ad for Coat's Headache Capsules with customer Mrs Guy Crane praising relief. A stray line notes a poor girl described as pretty though called handsome.
A historical account notes Nikola Tesla's claim of transmitting large amounts of power through earth and air without wires. It situates his rotating magnetic field as the foundation for practical long distance power transmission and envisions universal, low cost electricity from sources like Niagara if tested industrially.
A small Aberdeen sale features Jacobite items from the late Don Carlos Pedro Gordon of Ward House. The collection includes three waistcoats, two yellow silk and one crimson, made by Gordon’s great grandmother, plus two gold rings with miniatures of Charles I and II, a letter by Prince Charlie, and artifacts tied to Mrs Gordon and Alexander Gordon. The items, once sent to the queen, are presented as genuine Jacobite mementoes.
Ralph Disraeli, recently named as Lord Beaconsfield's brother, was not his only sibling. James Disraeli led a reclusive life in Cromwell Place, South Kensington, and died two days before Christmas in 1868. He left £14,000, with £4,000 to Mary Bassett his housekeeper, £400 to her sister, and £9,000 to Benjamin Disraeli as executor.
The article praises the North Western Line to California with favorable season rates for single and round trip tickets. It notes daily first class and tourist sleeping car accommodations, weekly personally conducted tourist car parties to California and Oregon, and many route options with no extra charge. Details available via Chicago & North Western Ry agents or connecting lines.
The Cornfed Philosopher declares a successful statesman must endure much while running and even be able to lie. He adds a hopeful exhortation to stop mourning the past and boldly greet the shadowy future with a manly heart.
In Monkey River British Honduras on November 12 1898 a Chronicle article shares Andrew Meyer’s memories from San Francisco to Central America. He recalls parents, siblings, Mrs Busley who carried him to Mexico and Panama, and a life as a circus trainee before settling to repair boats. He notes mixed populations and mysteries of Central America as a background to his tale.
An essay argues letters outlive their owner as intimate records of family history. It contrasts burning and hoarding habits, notes letters’ emotional power, and highlights women’s love letters as treasured mementos that recall youth, romance, and enduring memory.
A lady professor confronts her husband over a hair found on his coat. He admits it is hers, claiming a lab led to the truth. After a quiet exchange the lab door opens to reveal a bleaching revelation and the missing husband.
A pedestrian asks Me andering Mike about his favorite work, noting he vainly wishes for labor. He replies tasks vary by location, from picking bananas in Oregon to shoveling snow in Florida, highlighting a restless search for steady employment across regions.
A Pittsburg Press quote lampoons deception by men and women alike, noting how both genders can be taken in by others. The exchange mocks perceptions of gullibility and cunning in everyday interactions.
A playful exchange questions a woman in the moon and a joke about a honeymoon prompts a judge to respond with a light remark. The fragment hints at whimsical dialogue and a courtroom or formal setting referenced by the word judge.
The article discusses the periodic arrangement of elements, the gap after helium, and the discovery of neon krypton and xenon. It notes their place in the spectrum, with neon fitting the vacant slot and argon producing brilliant spectra.
A dialogue quotes a Palmistry expert stating a friend would gain money after a glance at his hand. The friend receives $50 or $60 from others, and the teller notes the hand showed four aces. The exchange is relayed via the New York Herald.
Town Topics notes a local figure praised for poetry and filled with poetical conceits, highlighting personal pride in literary craft.
A Langholm cat owned by Arthur Ras Carter has become a skilled night angler, bringing home trout in the evenings. Records show eight trout one night, five another, and four on another, plus an eel, challenging the belief that fish must jump to be caught. The cat delivers its catch to the house.
D B Martin manager passenger traffic of the B and O says relations between the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio passenger departments are not strained and no rate war is in progress. He cites dislike of a new feature by the Pennsylvania railroad but sees no fault in current circumstances.
The 17th century St Michael Bassishaw on Bassinghall Street in London faces destruction. Its original church dates to 1676 79, only the tower survived the Great Fire and was patched up to reduce rebuild costs, recorded at 2823 pounds. The church has stood closed as the parish merged with St Lawrence Jewry.
A collage of 19th century patent medicine claims and inspirational quotes. Mentions Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with free trial bottle offers. Includes testimonials, moral slogans, and various remedies for coughs, teething, wind colic, and headaches.
Birmingham England awaits the retirement of a renowned public official known as the sewer explorer Grubb who spent almost fifty years venturing into the city drains. He braved dangers and rats while confronting foul air akin to a desert combat zone. The tale also notes Varola of Bologna claimed to discover the optic nerve in 1538.
Letters from Lizzie Bevery of Lowell Massachusetts and Amos Trombleay of Ellenburgh Center New York recount dramatic recoveries from womb ulcers milk leg and other ailments after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Both express gratitude and urge others to try the remedies.
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