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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1901
Page
6
EB. Kiser of the Chicago Times Herald recalls a poet who built a charming song with skill and pride, only to have a critic shred it as shameful and leave the author wounded by scorn. The tale contrasts youthful effort with harsh judgment and unintended hurt.
Ernest Waters’s marriage to Debby Lawson faces strain as his roaming interests and a close friendship with Bert Maddox threaten fidelity. At the opera, misread signals and gossip reveal Debby’s charm and Ernest’s neglect, prompting a pivotal moment as he confronts the consequences of temptation and trust.
Burt proposes a swap of seats and inadvertently overhears a perilous moment involving Ernest and his wife. A prejudiced onlooker vents wrath at the wife, while Burt believes fate prevented disaster. The scene ends with renewed friendship and a wary foreboding Ernest still senses Burt nearly fell in love with his wife.
A man on a cable car extols a young reader as a future multimillionaire, recounting how the youth rented a typewriter for $40 monthly, subletting it for 50 cents weekly, and ultimately paying off its cost at $2 monthly while profiting from the scheme for a year. The tale, sourced from the New York Times, highlights clever yet risky ingenuity.
Boston inventor Arthur J. Mundy unveils a waterborne acoustic signaling method claiming long range, alerting ships up to 12 miles in calm or storm. Naval figures and Harvard physicist Wallace Sabine endorse. potential military use includes locating ships, warning of submarines, and enabling ship to shore messages. Some sections oddly veer into unrelated royal betrothal notes.
The piece notes freight rates from Pittsburg to New York drop from 18 to 13 cents and to Chicago from 18 to 15 cents, driven by Carnegie’s pressure. It discusses Carnegie's Conneaut operations, ore shipments via rail, and plans to build works, plus implications for waterborne export and lower rates for Carnegie products versus rivals.
A Washington Star summary notes that most turquoise sold in the U S and abroad comes from New Mexico mines. It claims American turquoise rivals Oriental stones in color and permanence, cites ancient NM workings, and mentions mines near Los Cerrillos and in the Burro Mountains near Silver City.
Collier's Weekly notes that Spanish courtesy is strong but impractical elsewhere. It recalls Minister of the Interior Dato being hooted in Barcelona, forced to leave his carriage, while local papers described the reception as respectful though frosty.
Labouchere notes a new departure that neither Prince Henry to marry Queen Wilhelmina nor the Duke of Calabria to marry the Princess of Asturias will require a civil list allowance. Royal brides can fund their husbands from inheritance and Crown resources, securing generous spending power.
The Irish episcopate has named writers making a mark in letters. Arch bishop Alexander has issued a new volume of verse and Herbert Trench, a near relative of the late Archbishop Trench of Dublin, plans to publish a first poetry collection titled Deirdre Wed to favorable early notices.
A reporter teased Senator Chandler about a closed executive session in the Capitol. When he asked what happened the journalist quipped that he could not reveal details because senators are too leaky to trust.
A New York Press passage recalls Africa’s transformation from a land of legends to a mapped continent. It notes slave stations along the coast, barbaric reputations fading as railroads and steamboats extend civilization. Europeans now claim vast territory formerly unknown to outsiders.
The 1901 almanac from the Royal Baking Powder Company offers daily weather predictions by Prof. DeVoe and is touted as artistic and useful for housekeepers. Women readers may obtain a free copy by sending a request to 100 William St, New York.
The word bedlam derives from Bethlehem and became a synonym for chaos as London's Bethlehem Hospital housed a sisterhood and then an asylum. Early sixteenth century practices used shocking methods to treat insanity including surprise floors baths and flogging.
Cork trees, evergreen oaks grown mainly in Spain, yield cork bark by peeling every eight years. The process promotes regrowth, with each layer improving quality. Trees live up to 200 years, bark is dried and flattened, then packed and shipped worldwide.
Grace Howard daughter of New York correspondent Joe Howard and cattle ranch manager Joseph Manore wed in South Dakota. Howard earlier founded Grace mission Indian school near Chamberlain, later turning to cattle ranching on White River. her Grace Ranch earned her the nickname cattle queen of South Dakota.
Senator Wagner introduces a proposal to regulate pawnshops and loan associations. Current rates allow 3 percent monthly for six months then 2 percent thereafter on loans up to 100 dollars, with higher sums subject to 2 and 1 percent. The bill also permits a 3 dollar first examination fee and filing costs.
A stone junk rising from a surrounding lake at Pekin, once sacred to Chinese priests, becomes a favored luncheon spot for foreign officers after the city’s occupation by allied forces. The structure, a remarkable feature of the capital’s ancient mystery, drew awe and reverence.
Euphrata Monument Association of Euphrata Pennsylvania petitions the state legislature for an appropriation to complete the unfinished shaft memorial in Mount Zion cemetery. Formed July 4 1843 the group aims to honor nearly 200 Revolutionary War soldiers buried at Mount Zion who died of wounds after Brandywine on September 11 1777. Cornerstone laid September 11 1846 with Governor Shunk present. Jeremiah Mohler the last surviving member from 1845 era remains active at age about eighty.
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