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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1898
Page
8
In a Victorian penal department incident a burglar’s lock picking came to the rescue after officials failed to open the main safe. A sent message to Pentridge prison secured a top pick lock that was used to access the safe’s contents. The event underscores unconventional problem solving within a harsh bureaucratic setting.
A Georgia politician quips about war measures and moonshine as a joking standard for starting a small war, cited in the Indianapolis Journal. The line reflects a humorous, regional take on military readiness and drink culture.
A wry adage notes the druggist would choose a pound of cure over an ounce of prevention reflecting skepticism toward preventive care. The line frames a broader critique of medical practice and public health emphasis.
In a Washington Star excerpt, Henrietta faces Mr Meekton who grants her control over family affairs. She retorts that men always seek someone to blame when things go wrong, revealing friction beneath the promise of autonomy.
Dr Samuel Pitcher of Hyannis Massachusetts asserts exclusive rights to the word Castoria and the Pitcher's Castoria trade mark. He notes the wrapper bears the facsimile signature of Chas H Fletcher and warns no one may use his name except The Centaur Company. March 5 1897.
In 1894 Paris planned a new main sewer from Place de la Trinite to the Seine siphon at Clichy. It used tunneling with a Brunel style shield and movable centering to underpass busy streets, keeping surface traffic undisturbed while building a 20 by 16 foot conduit two miles long at about $200 per yard.
Glasgow Kentucky reports recall of Judge Wilson Hammock of Lebanon and Hartsville district famed for a fierce temper yet noted for restraint. He once adjourned court to smash a chair over a rival attorney’s insult, then returned to the bench and warned against affronts to the court.
A Baltimore correspondent notes Howard Sill head draughtsman owns a 2,500 specimen book plate collection. It spans American English French and Spanish pieces from Jacobean to Wreath and Ribbon styles. It includes works by Dorkins Johnson the Mavericks Nathaniel Hurd and a Paul Revere plate. It features signatures of Byrd Washington Randolph and Chase among colonial engravings.
John B. Cook of Lyon Iowa recounts severe health decline from drink and illness. After four boxes of Dr Williams Pink Pills he reports no pain better digestion and a 48 pound weight gain. He credits relief from headaches dyspepsia and fatigue and notes reduced craving for tea and alcohol. The sworn 1897 statement tests medicine claims and notes Scranton Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
Bishop Whipple recounts a tale of a devout colored preacher who urged generous offerings for missions. A wealthy skeptic warned the church would collapse if gifts continued, but the minister retorts that churches do not die from giving and dares the critic to name any that did.
The article argues gold is found in Manitoba as well as the Yukon, noting wheat yields of 21 million bushels and a value of 15.96 million dollars at 76 cents a bushel. It explains Manitoba farmers earn about 1,000 dollars each from wheat and other products, totaling around 20 million dollars among 20,000 producers. It contrasts mining with farming, praising Western Canada, inviting settlers with free 160 acre homesteads, and citing liberal government policies and pamphlets from Ottawa.
Lead stair treads are explained as cast on an eight wire wave core to resemble eight pound sheet thickness. The new manufacture promises secure footing and prevents flow under wear. Applications include roofing, cold storage floors, magazines, and ship decks with improved strength and elasticity.
A box of powdered borax is advised for every home with numerous uses in laundry kitchen dining room and toilet. It is praised for softening water in laundry and its medicinal qualities are noted. Also mentions Queen Victoria as the most heavily insured person with subjects able to insure her life.
A Journal for Advertisers notes Printers Ink at 10 Spruce Street New York offers a free sample. It highlights a Department of Criticism by Charles Austin Bates Store Management by Chas F Jones Ready Made Advertisements by Wolstan Dixey and gives city correspondence on local trade methods.
A tramp accosted a woman who was shoveling snow and asked for food. She offered dinner if he cleared the sidewalk, but he declined, saying he would not compete with a woman and that it would dishonor his gentlemanly instincts.
Salter's great catalogue touts a Fig a Peach and a Strawberry Tomato plus an Orange Wine as novelties and features the Golden Rind Watermelon that won 1 000 prizes in 1897. It claims Lightning Cabbage and Early Peas Radishes Tomatoes Melons Beets mature ahead of rivals and offers a free gardening catalogue for 35 cents to La Crosse Wisconsin.
A Chillicothe restaurant owner proclaims in the local press that residents paid 385 cents for oyster stews for years. He admits the overcharge and pledges to serve the same stews for 15 cents henceforth. The detail appears in the Kansas City Journal.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Coupon Calendar for 1803 features a gold framed child portrait and blue titled pages. It touts coupons for Hood's Practical Cook's Book, an 850 page volume, and invites readers to obtain the calendar by sending 6 cents to C. J. Hood & Co. in Lowell Massachusetts.
Sexton of St James cemetery Bristol discovers a large hop toad in a sealed vault closed since 1793. The toad appears lively and may be over 100 years old, having lived alone with the dead inside the airtight tomb.
An assortment of vintage health and beauty ads tout Cascarets as a blood purifier, promising clear skin by cleansing the liver and removing impurities. Also features a divorce notice poem by E. P. B and a shoe powder ad for Allen’s Foot Ease, with price points and sample offer, plus a light exchange about mutual shopping habits.
A playful exchange on fashion norms as Miss De Fashion questions sleeve styles and the correct season’s fit. The modiste guides the debate between too tight and too loose, reflecting trends of the period.
An OCR fragment mimics old ads and slogans selling remedies. It includes Cascarets candy and a drugstore money back promise, plus a cigarette pitch and a remark on family heads. The text ends with a moral line about modesty.
Portable prewar advertisement roundup features Kemp’s Balsam promising instant cough relief with free sample bottles in 25 and 50 cent sizes. Piso’s Cure for Consumption touted by a Princeton, Indiana customer. Cascarets candy cathartic marketed for constipation. Star Tobacco claim and quips about marriage and work.
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