20 Jan 1899
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1899
Page
1
A collection of aphorisms on money luck and wisdom contrasts everyday folly with moral insight. Berlin dispatches report Minister Koeller ordering Schleswig Holstein authorities to expel parents who send children to Danish schools, amid education reforms and language restrictions.
The piece notes nine months of 1870s era cattle shipments from Alabama Louisiana and Mississippi totaling 1200 cars to St Louis plus other routes. It contrasts this growth with earlier smaller runs and cites a Philadelphia bank failure where its president paid 400000 to depositors, taking responsibility and risking stock holdings to shield creditors.
Foreign correspondents report industrial associations and syn dicates in Berlin will meet to draft a petition to the Prussian government. The document seeks an immediate end to the expulsion of Danes Swedes and Norwegians from northern Schleswig due to German export losses. German firms face ruin and job cuts as Danish retaliation shifts trade to Austrian and Italian exporters in Berlin Nuremberg and Frankfurt.
A local newspaper praised young Julia Ward Howe for writing an article printed in the paper. A favored uncle praised her literacy but wished she learned housekeeping. The passage reflects later echoes by Mrs Howe on the value of domestic training for women.
In New Haven a photo dispute pits Miss Gertrude Mills against her aunt. Mills claims she never gave the picture and seeks replevin and $5 damages though the image is valued at about 60 cents. Both families have fought in court before with slander suits, trials set to begin this week.
Mrs. G Q P Greenfield will drive an old fashioned six in hand stage coach at the 1900 Paris exposition. Her skill behind the reins has earned a contract worth around five thousand dollars for the season. American visitors, especially from east of the Mississippi, are expected to flock to witness this historic Western pioneer experience recreated at the grounds.
An English officer on coast duty in Ceylon swam at a riverside pool shown by a native attendant. After bathing he asked why no alligators lurked there. The guide replied that there are many alligators but they fear sharks, a warning in a brief coastal tale.
Czar Alexander sent to Stuttgart for a gift for the empress on her birthday. He chose an ornate upright piano for her boudoir in Louis XVI style with jeweled front, ebony keys, and pearl-covered whites. German experts deem it the costliest exquisite instrument of its kind ever made.
In a long scene of sorrow, Paul Dennys confronts clues about his missing wife Helen. A hat, a chain, and a chatelaine are linked to a river by a mill, prompting a grim tale from Sister Clothilde and Sister Agatha at Colworth.
The scene shifts to Helen Dannys who, believed drowned seven years ago, sinks into her seat in despair while recalling the vow to kill her husband. The flood of emotion mirrors the passion from the morning she attempted to take his life.
In a crowded station a missing bonnet-box from Elsie’s triggers Mrs. Dennys to insist on finding it. Helen battles temptation as Edith’s husband reappears, revealing a face both familiar and changed since long-ago summers. The scene ends with a cliffhanger as the narrative continues.
A humorous portrait of Count Tolstoi as he drafts a novel. He sketches plots on large quarto sheets then has his wife or daughters rewrite neatly. He revises up to eight nine times, uses Patience to think through hard scenes, and relies on family critique before final proofs. Champagne’s origin note follows.
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