29 Jan 1897
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1897
Page
1
A fragment from Oak Park Cicero paper outlines town size, location near Chicago, and a string of maxims and humorous observations. It also mentions a Kansas City poultry show, a St. Louis lawyer equipped with a gold watch, and questions about wealth distribution and public interest in a public figure's attire and background.
A gasoline powered gospel wagon will roam all city areas under two Baptist ministers and their wives. The vehicle includes a pulpit organ and choir. In cold weather a large coffee tank will be carried and coffee and tracts will be handed out when preaching is paused.
In Dorchester County Maryland a shift in law diverts one third of local oyster license revenue to the state oyster fund reducing the county school fund by about $4 000 annually. Teacher salaries now range from 180 to 270 dollars yearly with top pay for the best qualified staff. The revenue change may influence Maryland politics next year.
Lazarus Morgenthau of New York forms a charity to supply dowries to German orphan girls who wed worthy men. Current funds cover sixteen dowries yearly at $100 each, with plans to grow to $1,000,000 and provide $100 in gold to four hundred girls annually. No creed restrictions. ceremonies by public civil marriage. Directors to include equal numbers of Jews and Christians. Six orphan societies invited to nominate applicants.
Washington colored hay brought two old shoes to the station and reported a sun shining substance in a heel. The shoes were sent to a shoemaker who found a suspicious material and began an investigation.
The piece cites Harvard and Yale medical schools in 1734 and explains how apprenticeships were the norm. Doctors rode long distances in all weather, brewed tinctures, and kept a lone saddle bag as the village pharmacy. Mercury, rhubarb, and calomel were common treatments with risky side effects.
A month after an Osage City Kansas school board ordered teachers not to dance the measure drew ire of residents. Young people, upset over the rule during the holiday week, threaten political retaliation by supporting larger school houses at tax time unless the order is rescinded before Lent.
The passage recalls Don Quixote’s windmill encounter. The Campo de Cristiano windmills loom on a hill, seen as giants by the Knight of the Rueful Feature. They rise as odd, aged silhouettes, prompting the famed misperception of giants.
Two Irishmen argue over political creeds in heated terms. One accuses the other of being a renegade to party and tradition, which the second denies, saying his views come from personal conviction rather than birth. The exchange ends with a taunt about Daly’s origin.
The British South Africa Company has secured 750000 square miles for the British Empire, a region that would have been held by Boers Germans and Portuguese. It has founded seven towns and completed 1400 miles of telegraph line, about 1000 miles of road and 6000 miles of railway.
In the northwestern Indian Empire near the Afghan frontier a sect called Ghazis, part of the Warri tribe, murders seven men as a supposed sacred duty to gain entry to heaven. Canning is killed after a pursuit. a station master and a Hindu grocer are also slain or wounded as the mob burns the grocery. Lieutenant Colonel Gaisford evacuates and dispatches troops amid fears of a wider uprising.
Charles Phillips, a workman at the American Wire Nail works in Anderson Indiana, stepped into red-hot sand while cleaning a furnace. The sand pulled him in to his knees, filling his shoes and injuring his legs. Doctors treated him and he remained bedridden for weeks with serious concern for his condition.
The article notes Victor Hugo’s admitted interest in spiritualism as shown in passages from his Journal of My Exile and letters. It highlights stories from Mile Adele Hugo about White Lady apparitions, table talking, and nocturnal disturbances, with Hugo reflecting on fate and the afterlife and commenting on the power of belief.
Girardess's Nisenra and A C Spencer of Buffalo propose a rotary screw device fed by Niagara current. With a $250 outlay, they claim 2000 horsepower can be generated and up to 500000 horsepower between Bird Island pier and the International bridge, without hindering navigation. Spencer's test saw the motor carried downstream by the strong current, but he plans a repeat attempt.
Edward W. Bok argues in the Ladies' Home Journal that a man's popularity with women and men hinges on how he carries himself and his underlying character. He cites a New York example of a 35-year-old man who avoids theater and cards yet remains beloved for amiability, restraint, and principled conduct.
The Atlantic favorably argues for a bronze statue of John Greenleaf Whittier in an active pose, not a seated or contemplative figure. It praises his striking appearance at age 35 and the anti slavery era of 1832, asserting his ethical influence through his verse and public life.
Amusement column notes The Old Homestead plays at McVicker's Theater each evening this and next week with Archie Boyd W M Cressy and Marie Kimball in key roles. New electrical lighting adds a summer storm effect. Matinees Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Ex president Harrison writes in the Ladies' Home Journal praising United States judges for high legal ability and character. He cautions judges to be deferential and patient and notes the bar’s complaints about arrogance and rough treatment. He urges the bar to support the courts to uphold government foundations.
The transfer of Pasteur’s body from Notre Dame to the tomb at the Pasteur Institute in Rue Dutot Paris occurred recently. Few invitations were sent as friends wished privacy and space in the chamber leading to the crypt where the scientist will rest.
The article notes 258 stone and iron monuments span the boundary from the terrace to the Pacific. Cast iron predominates with major stones interspersed, each about two and a half miles apart and never more than five miles in between. Stone is favored where available.
Daniel Moriarty builds a mobile monument to his wife. A 70 foot tall tombstone weighing 675 tons, costing 75000 dollars, will travel by train from Warre Wisconsin to New Orleans. The Vermont base stone is the largest quarried in the state.
The great pyramid of Cheops stands as the largest man made structure. Its base measured 704 feet square and its apex reached 448 feet. It spans four acres plus road and twenty two rods of ground and is estimated to have cost at least $165,000,000 by an eminent English architect.
Edwin F. Leopold & Co advertises miniature photo buttons for ladies breeches cuffs and other items. Offers hand painted photos as a specialty with affordable prices and complete line details available by sending cutouts.
eminent English cellist Leo Stern chosen by Antonin Dvorak for renewed concerts in America will debut with the Chicago Orchestra at the Auditorium on January 29 and 30. Program opens with Schubert themed pieces, includes Dvorak cello concerto op.14, and Berlioz Damnation of Faust with selections from other works.
After an eight year absence virtuoso Feresa Carrens appears at Central Music Hall on February 5 and 6 with a program featuring Bach Balow edition, Chopin nocturnes, Liszt Rhapsodie Hongroise and Liszt La Campanella among others. She has built a major career in New York with major orchestras and recitals. Prices range from 50 cents to 1.90 with general admission at 1.00.
Papinta the Queen of the Myraid Dance returns as principal feature next week at Hopkins south side theater. The bill also showcases nat Goodwin’s revival of Confusion with the Macarte Sisters making their first western appearance. Also featured are Hadren and Hart, the Putnam Sisters, Wilbur Mack, Bainks Winters, May Estelle and Br others in songs and monts.
Next Monday February 7 the Rus sell bratieses present a popular vaudeville bill at the Haymarket theater. Noted performers Lizzie B. Raymond Johnny Carroll Suiley and Birbeck entertain with songs sketches and novelty acts including new jokes. The lively program promises bright humor and musical numbers for patrons.
The Olympic theater announces a simple secret to fill seats and satisfy patrons. Next week Hope Booth, acclaimed beauty, will pose in living pictures of masterworks, ancient and modern, with the rest of the program up to its high standard.
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