14 Jan 1898
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1898
Page
1
Published every Friday at 194 198 So Clinton St Chicago Illinois Branch office at 147 North Park Avenue Austin Illinois Entered at the Chicago Post Office as second class matter.
The piece notes Rev Dr A J Palmer and Gen John B Gordon drawing crowded rooms as they lecture on federal and confederate themes in opposite regions. It comments on cross-Union goodwill, social dancing preferences, and outlines jury and taxpayer attitudes toward authority and restraint. It then reports livestock statistics showing cattle and pig numbers shifting from prior years with increases in one-year cattle and calves despite declines in pigs.
The dialogue reflects affection for aging relatives and mentors. Marhatin laments old age yet Rubin counters with enduring usefulness of the elderly. Candlish notes the value of prolonged life over continued work, praising the gracious influence of older people as guiding spirits in life.
Major Handy reports to Congress urging a 919000 appropriation to finance a creditable United States exhibit at the Paris International Exposition. The president notes securing ample space and equal footing with first rank nations, urging liberal funding and drawing a contrast with the French 1893 Chicago exhibit. Acting Postmaster General Heath also calls for roadside mail boxes to speed rural delivery and cut costs.
A locomotive engineer recalls a fireman who slept at the throttle on a long shift. The fireman stayed at his post ringing the bell for miles then dozed in the roundhouse. Waking, he was irate and stiff with fatigue after hours of continuous duty.
A New York Post critique notes that richly furnished parlors with pearl gray carpets and white gold decor feel empty without a focal point like a fireplace or reading table. Some homes replace the parlor with a library area, shelves of books, a long table, and fresh magazines to suggest use and warmth.
The editor seeks a quiet young woman able to set type without distracting the editor. The note emphasizes practicality over appearances and dismisses unwanted attention from any person, inviting candidates not afraid of homespun socks.
A terse exchange notes Dr Smarte's large practice and questions his medical skill. Duddy says many patients are men and recalls his habit of keeping boys home from school, a habit they never forget.
In a shift away from superstition, makers now produce mirrors that resist shattering by applying a quicksilver coating to the reverse side of thin copper sheets. This advancement aims to reduce bad luck fears associated with broken glass.
Secretary of State Sherman and Mrs Sherman near their golden anniversary next year. Sir Arthur Sullivan’s The Lost Chord dedicated to a dying friend. The song has sold 250000 copies. While Siam’s king tours Europe thieves loot the palace and murders rise. Tennyson born 1809, sharing a birth year with Lincoln and Darwin. England seeks a Life of the Prince of Wales. H D Traill plans a new work. Empress Queen Frederick completes 57th year and Calamities in public life noted. Mark Twain’s daughter Miss Clemens in Vienna studied piano and rumored to sing later on stage.
Dr John W Griggs of New Jersey accepted the post of attorney general after McKenna nominated to the Supreme Court The New York Chamber of Commerce dinner speech boosted his national reputation as a leading legal mind He is nearing age 50 and rose from a farm background through Lafayette College and law study to top legal ranks
The journey stretched over three years and seven months, concluding with notable success and achievement.
In a Maine feature a Wa-ba-na-ki club member notes Sven Hedin, famed Swedish explorer, and his Central Asia journey. The article contrasts Hedin with explorers like Nansen and Andree, outlines his early travels, and details Swedish king and Persian court support that funded his expedition.
A St. Louis Post Dispatch note portrays Prince Edward of York at an early age with a staged wicker carriage photo. The piece comments on royal succession hopes, family seniority, and the long heir apparent line as bets and expectations swirl around the young prince and his royal relatives.
The U S Bureau of Engraving and Printing outlines nine new currency designs to replace the current twenty seven. New notes will resemble Bank of England notes with blue red or other colors distinguishing denominations. The plan aims to curb counterfeiting and simplify recognition by banks and officials. The one dollar bill will feature the American eagle capitol dome and stars and stripes. The two dollar bill will center a Washington portrait with reclining figures. Back designs will be green with a large white space to reveal silk thread absence aiding anti counterfeiting. Circulation will start after six to eight months of engraving and printing.
Within the last year chipping from the Stonewall Jackson monument at the Chancellorsville site has disfigured the statue. Authorities pledge severe action against relic hunters or vandals. The monument to Union General Sedgwick remains largely intact.
A London Tit-Bits explainer traces England's growth from 500000 at the Norman conquest to 30000000 today, arguing ancient populations were smaller than modern estimates. It notes Rome and Jerusalem sizes, westward civilizational shifts, and sheer space that would hold all historic and future world inhabitants in English lands.
Excavations reveal ancient Carthage burial methods with a rock side tomb formed like a tent. A paper by J Firman Coar in the Atlantic surveys Three Contemporary German Dramatists Wildenbruch Sudermann and Hauptmann, linking modern movement to Storm and Stress and praising Hauptmann's The Submerged Bell.
A tramp visits three Winterport houses and finds copious courting activity in each parlor. He interrupts a couple’s proposal at the third home and flees the town, leaving residents amid romantic scenes.
STILL THERE 18 MONEY IN IT. Carl Volien sold $350 of Salzer's Cabbage. Labor, seed, rent and all did not cost him $50, profit $300. Potatoes only $1.50 per barrel. Millions of raspberries, cherries, apples and small fruits. Catalogue tells all about them. Send this notice with stamps to John A. Salter Seed Co La Crosse Wis and get free their big Plant and Seed Catalogue and 10 packages vegetable and flower seeds novelties worth $1.00. W.a.
Miss Autumn plans to attend a State Street auction sale to satisfy curiosity. Miss Young asks what she will buy. Autumn says she may not purchase anything, but hopes to hear a man on the platform say, Won’t some one make me an offer.
Public health notice warns against catarrh salves containing mercury as harmful. Recommends Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo for internal use. Claims the cure has no mercury and is made in Toledo with testimonials available. Sold by druggists. Hall's Family Pills endorsed.
Miss Clara Barton, president of the Red Cross Society, lives at Glen Echo ten miles from Washington where the society headquarters are. She attends daily to Red Cross work and says her health is as good as could be wished.
Middle South touts Golden Rind watermelons as a world wonder and offers six months of subscription for 25 cents plus a free seed packet. In the Chicago office at 1310 Masonic Temple, readers are invited to subscribe. The text includes a playful vignette about a gardener and a hen.
An old advertisement links beauty to clean blood and clean skin. It promotes Cascarets Cathartic as a ten cent remedy to banish pimples boils blotches and a bilious complexion with druggists offering 10 25 and 50 cent sizes. Also notes Austria has thirty two cities over 20 000 population.
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