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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1901
Page
9
A Baltimore News poem by F. McK. describes toil and loving patience amid steam and industry. The speaker vows to endure the harsh shifts of work for the wage of love, with imagery of hammers wheels and clanging for a life shared with family.
An immigrant conscripted a London paper to forecast war prices and cornered the Sydney wool market. His ruse led to a dramatic windfall for a Sydney broker, who bought all wool at low rates and sold high, amassing millions. The schemer, aided by the broker, ended up in a public house in Woolloomooloo.
A collection of aphorisms and quotes from Plutarch Martial Channing Beileau Windicote Penn Rochefoucauld Bulwer Hare Emmons and others. The sayings span labor wisdom humility caution against arrogance and the dangers of impulse and divided attention. Each line presents a compact moral or observation on human nature.
In Oldembourg the Inventor Engineer Ziegler oversees peat coke production. Two types arise black coke and brown coke, both usable like coal though black coke leaves no ash. Russian peat fields are vast and suit coal scarce districts. Government trials on Nicholas Railroad engines prove promising leading to planned manufacture to meet road needs.
In lively discussions, locals share addresses of a new doctor or stylish dentist and debate the latest cure. The chatter focuses on practical tips and recommendations rather than gossip, reflecting a keen interest in medical trends among neighbors.
A Cleveland concern has patented a low water alarm for steam automobiles. When boiler water reaches a set point, a whistle signals, helping prevent boiler burnout and ensuring safer operation.
A Chicago deal racks up one of the era’s largest railroad consolidations as the Rockefeller Morgan Hill syndicate gains control of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line and creates a transcontinental link with the Great Northern. Barling and other Chicago investors cash out multi million sums while Hill Morgan Rockefeller direct the move impacting Northern Pacific and Baltimore and Ohio routes. The shift pits Morgan interests against the Vanderbilts with Lord Strathcona selling Canadian Pacific stock to join the syndicate.
Harvard plans a new building for its Semitic museum funded by Jacob H. Schiff. The collection covers Babylonian Assyrian Arabian Phoenician Moabite Ethiopian Syrian and Hebrew Palistine strands, intended as a bibli musem guiding Semitic studies at Harvard and beyond. Schiff endowed the project with 10000 dollars in 1889 for the Semitic department overseen by Toy and Lyon.
The article foresees Hopetoun as the first governor general of the Australian commonwealth and predicts the federation will become a dominant south Pacific power and a major world power. It notes the united Australia attracts little outside attention but may interest the American republic as the century begins.
Judge Deemer has declined to resign from the Iowa Supreme Court to take the chancellorship at the state university, choosing to remain on the high court while speculation continues about the university post.
The Dutch States General faced objections as they granted Henry 80 000 dollars a year for his personal support and denied him the title of Prince Consort. Despite his irritation he is soon to wed Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands, which could deter any lingering temper and set his fortunes on a favorable path.
New York and New Jersey commissions secure an option on the Palisades quarry site opposite upper New York City. They propose establishing an interstate park to include the bluffs and preserve the scenic formation after years of advocacy led by The Society for the Preservation.
The Department of Justice announced a new building project in Washington with seven high standing firms invited to bid. Objections were raised and proposals opened last week. a New Yorker secured the contract.
Partial OCR reads as a note on scenic and historic objects in New York. The fragment hints at a catalog or feature describing landmarks, artifacts, or preservation efforts. Further context is needed to identify specific places or institutions involved.
William Wallace has been elected director of the Lick Observatory to succeed E. He was born in Han county Ohio and studied mathematics in Michigan.
A fragment notes a scholar who studied astronomy at the University of Colorado and later at Ann Arbor, and who authored several textbooks. The terse snippet highlights his teaching career and contributions to astronomy education.
A newly organized group calling itself the School of Prophets begins sessions in Chicago. Its founder, a local man, proclaims the end of the world is near and aims to prepare followers for the coming event.
A San Francisco Examiner summary describes a St Paul school study where 1263 children answered questions on money from gifts earnings found and how they would spend a dollar. Findings show 62 percent earned or received money, 57 percent used it usefully, 28 percent of those who found money used it well, and 64 percent who found money tried to return it.
New York City consumes 2283 eggs per minute, about 100 million dozen annually, dependent on weather governed hen output. Owners earn 20 million dollars yearly from 342 eggs per resident. Manasquan New Jersey prepares 850 acres for a 200000-hen operation forecasting 30000000 eggs in year one with many smaller plants nearby.
A Chicago Record summary notes tortoises and other animals sense approaching rain. Farmers along the African coast observe tortoises retreating to shelter before showers, and propose that atmospheric changes or moisture cues trigger this behavior. A pet tortoise is suggested as a practical gift.
An Egyptian papyrus dating to about 1700 B C reveals early arithmetic knowledge. It shows operations with units and fractions by addition and multiplication, lacks modern subtraction and division forms, yet yields correct results and includes equations. The Newcastle Chronicle notes its significance for home lessons in arithmetic.
Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks wife of Indiana senator is listed among presidential candidates for the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington. She is a prominent Indianapolis clubwoman founder of the Fortnightly Literary club and vice president general of the Indiana D A R and active in the Contemporary club Art association and civic groups.
Bronze cents minted in the United States rose to 66,833,700 last year, a record high. The article notes annual mintages from 1885 to 1897, observes that cents wear rarely, and asks what becomes of the vast supply as most coins remain in circulation rather than hoarded or melted.
The veteran statesman died at 98 years old, survivor of the 1847 1853 Senate and a Bowdoin alumnus with Longfellow Hawthorne Abbott. A colleague of Webster Clay Benton and Calhoun he never used tobacco or liquor.
The late Bishop William X. Ninde, heir to a line of Methodist preachers, served as teacher minister and famed pulpit orator. He was a missionary to India, a Garrett Biblical Institute professor, and for sixteen years a bishop.
Philadelphia explorer Dr. A Donaldson Smith has returned from Africa and receives the Elisha Kent Kane medal from the Geographical Society of Pennsylvania. It marks the society’s first awarding of the prize.
The Canadian premier Sir Wilfrid Laurier is praised for giving private charity. He was known to go out on cabman nights to deliver food to a poor person in whom he took an interest.
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