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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1899
Page
8
In LaSalle a local exchange jokes about a woman rumored to have married three times in the past year. The remark frames the topic as a rapid sequence of marriages and reflects community chatter.
Dialogue shows a couple debating women’s suffrage with a secret ballot remark. It reflects attitudes from the era and hints at political strategies surrounding voter inclusion.
The piece playfully reflects on changing weather and growth from childhood mischief to adult habits. It notes how external conditions shift and how early acts, like stealing watermelons or returning pencils, shape character. A lighthearted tone comments on colors in clothing and the joy of discovering a coin in old clothing.
Receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad award 51 bridges to three firms to upgrade lines west of the Ohio River. Youngstown Bridge Co. will build 31 bridges on the Central Ohio division, Pencoyd Bridge Works 11 on Lake Erie division, and Edge Moor Bridge Co. 9 on the Chicago division. Cost near 300000 dollars, with completion expected by September, using about six thousand tons of steel.
In 1860 during the Pekin campaign after the Taku forts fall a swollen river halted British troops. An officer devised a coffin pontoon by gathering village coffins and using empty casks to build a bridge for artillery to cross safely.
The Stuart line shows child kings rising to the throne and dying young. James I began at 12 and was murdered. James II was 7. James III 9. James IV 15. James V ascended at 16 months. Mary Queen of Scots became heiress at 8 days, widow at 18, married Darnley at 23 and Bothwell before 25, abdicated after the third marriage. James VI became king at 13 months.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. internal remedies target blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure, a medicine prescribed by physicians, combines tonics and blood purifiers. Senior testimonials, free. Cheney & Co., Toledo, sells by druggists for 15 cents.
The Chicago News comments on Wer Folly noting the coquette’s fate as unsettled in love whether pursued or rejected. The piece observes anxiety in romance and hints at a restless heart tied to affection and doubt.
A lighthearted wedding scene ends with the bride receiving many presents as guests note her skillful card play and clever handling of the reception. The exchange highlights the couple’s good fortune and social merriment.
A reflective line suggests that absence from home makes it more precious to certain men, underscoring the value of domestic ties and longing. The piece comments on the emotional cost of being away and the solace found in returning home.
The article argues Empress Victoria wields growing power at the German court, shaping her husband’s policies and aligning with German leadership. It contrasts her restrained, practical demeanor with Empress Augusta’s earlier, overt French diplomacy, noting Victoria’s steadier influence and lack of sentimental excess.
Ethan A. Hitchcock of Missouri is the new secretary of the interior and a former St. Louis lawyer who was U S minister to Russia and reappointed when the post became an embassy. A great grandson of Ethan Allen, his family moved from Vermont to the South and he was born in Mobile Alabama. He is a warm friend of the president and Senator Proctor and is popular in diplomatic circles.
The Great Northern Railroad began a speedy Chicago to Seattle mail and passenger service on January 8. The route runs via St Paul with four days from New York to Seattle and seamless transfer in Chicago and St Paul. Seattle gains as a major Oriental trade hub with increasing freight and passenger traffic to Asia.
Two citizens joke that a local figure aspires to a road agent role and is worse as a railroad agent, reflecting humorous chatter in the public sphere. The exchange showcases period tone and social commentary on jobs.
A humorous exchange unfolds with a waiter claiming a Philadelphia chicken and a narrator grumbling about slow service. The Count jokes about losing a daughtaire from their first meeting while her father questions wealth.
A brief exchange questions a woman’s refusal to marry a photographer. The dialogue suggests social pressures and personal pride, with comments on flattery and the role of quiet judgment in relationships.
A fragment praising Germany as the embodiment of honor power and glory in modern civilization, reflecting wartime rhetoric and national pride without context or attribution.
In Golden Kansas Miss Lucy Withers who admired Jerry Simpson paid the stake of 1000 kisses to 1000 dollars worth of steers after losing the election bet. She pays weekly installments as the ranchman winner collects kisses. The schoolteacher is identified as the bet’s loser.
An Irish cobbler Denny praises Sir Walter Scott as a true historian in a joke tied to Dr. Stokes biography of William Stokes. The doctor asks what makes him true, and Denny replies that Scott makes you love your kind, blurring history with affection.
The best line between Chicago and Washington is the Monon Route via C H D Ry B & O S W and B & O. Through sleepers depart Chicago daily at 2 45 a m ready in Dearborn station at 9 30 p m arriving Cincinnati 11 20 a m Washington 6 47 a m and Baltimore 7 50 a m.
A landlord questions how the resident slept and the Chicago drummer replies with sleeping like a log. The banter ends with the drummer noting bumps all over him.
A collage of medicine advertisements touts health cures for colds headaches and digestion with brand names like Cascarets Piso s Cure and Winslow s Syrup. Also notes a poet authoring The Rent In the Clouds and a quip about the upper ten comprising baseball’s winning nine and the umpire.
A promotional piece extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for “the blues” and female disorders. It includes a testimonial from Mrs F. B. Benne rt of Westphalia Kansas describing cessation of prolonged flow and improved health after using the treatment.
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