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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1900
Page
2
A collage of aphorisms and brief items mentions corruption, truth in politics, libraries, bread crusts, and manners. It notes Ma pimi Durango’s 300th anniversary since 1698, a Chicago tragedy tied to sensational novels, and Abyssinia’s 300 mile telephone line built by a Franco-Russian company.
The piece laments a minister's dramatized religious book and praises Herr Krupp as unflinching about the Transvaal war. It lists 1899 world corn production with the United States dominant, Austria Hungary, Argentina, and Italy. Vienna police order gambling halted.
Four hundred British cavalry horses in South Africa have reportedly been shot due to Blanders. The disease is expected to spread faster among British horses than Boer ponies, potentially prolonging the campaign. Horse sickness typically begins in late January and lasts about three months, with this outbreak occurring unusually early.
The New York Commissioner of Agriculture writes that farming is less profitable than 1860 to 1875 but improving, predicting 1899 may be the most profitable year yet for New York farmers. He cites testimony to the United States Industrial Committee on state conditions. Additionally, a report lists 18 years of colonial expansion totaling 8 670 120 square miles added to major powers. Britain leads with 3 907 312 miles, followed by France 2 936 563, Germany 1 020 070, Russia 265 381, United States 160 601, Netherlands 123 677, Portugal 96 605, and Spain 79 911.
The agricultural department shows strong interest in cranberry cultivation and the broad impact of Thanksgiving meals. Officials note farming advances may influence future food supply and seasonal pricing.
A Washington lawyer recalls Aaron Burr challenging a witness he suspects as the assassin by holding lit candles before the man and declaring there is nature's verdict. The tale appears in Clemens's out of print novel The Rivals, where Burr defends a murder suspect and clashes with Hamilton and Washington.
An American reporter describes Peking as a city of dust and stench with ankle deep filth, open drains and tainted water. He contrasts China with Japan and portrays extreme poverty, harsh winters, inadequate clothing, and widespread disease among the lower classes.
In a Millford Journal anecdote a man leaves an electric car as an umbrella slides from a seat toward the floor toward the first woman who catches it. She stops the car and asks the conductor to call the man back. He refuses to take what is not his. The second woman awakens from a trance and asks where her umbrella is, prompting a humorous scene.
Sallora trousers, nicknamed trombone pants, flare at the bottom to ease removal when a wearer falls into water. The design aims to speed escape and reduce drowning risk by making the bottoms easier to kick off.
Rob Cleverdale and his mother receive a bundle of family photographs from Buenos Ayres showing Uncle David, Aunt Anita, and cousin Elsie. A letter reveals Uncle David’s plan to train Rob as a future manager, offering a $2000 yearly remittance and a substantial stake in his business. Rob grapples with leaving his mother to pursue a promising but distant career. The chapter ends with Rob’s portrait sent to Buenos Ayres and a promise to return visits if health permits.
Mrs Cloverdale explains Rob’s future will be shaped by her brother David Horton a wealthy Buenos Aires banker and industrialist with mines cattle ships and international interests. He proposes Rob move to South America to learn his methods under Horton's guidance while the sister supports the plan.
A Philadelphia Record tale recounts a bargain matinee where a stout woman guards a seat for a relative. She calls out to Charlie from the stalls as rival patrons eye the vacant chair, and the crowd joins in a chorus to entice him forward, until she yields the seat to a determined spectator.
A brief gag note from the Kansas City Independent reports a humorous exchange about a sign across the street reading Hair Dyed Here. The office boy remarks the sign implies Mr. Hare is dead, eliciting a grave comedic response.
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