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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1900
Page
3
The speaker notes a load of hay in the street and a meadow fragrance drifting into a dusty room. Nostalgia sweeps over a city landscape as images of sunlit fields, green clover, lilies, and mowers evoke simpler rural life. Florence M. Hough.
The Jones Brothers firm faces a rival venture by Oscar Hampton in New York as Hampton plans a large cold storage building. A gas cylinder scare emerges when defective cylinders from the Joneses spark hidden sabotage and a late night elevator stakeout reveals Jake Wright tampering with gas valves.
An elderly operator recalls a youthful attempt to court a girl at another office, disguising himself and delivering candy. He discovers the intended sweethearts had moved, leaving him charmed by a red-headed cub instead. The tale shifts to a French hotel dining scene where English excursionists clash with locals, prompting a foreigners vs natives moment before a note on Germany’s forested landscape.
In a daring scheme, Jack sought to siphon gas from cylinders via a tunnel between cellars. Hampton, Tampton, and an officer trapped him, who confessed and agreed to testify. The Jones Brothers' Company faced all customer claims plus $1000 in damages, avoided court.
The article extols salmon as the ultimate game fish in fresh water praising its beauty size strength and flavor. It notes that most anglers chase a truly big fish and contrasts salmon with oversized pike and other denizens while mentioning a two year course in scientific farming.
A Canary Islands laurel tree reportedly drips tears forming a drinkable pond at its base. Queen Marguerite spared a blunderer who failed to recognize her. she gifted a gold coin and advised study of her image. Also notes Oceanic cargo of seven hundred thousand shad eggs bound for Moreton Frewen in Innishannon.
Real anglers seek tackle as light as possible to lure a wary salmon. The fish rewards quiet craft and athletic readiness, making Ireland and Scotland the ideal angling hearts of the world. Salmon poaching’s stigma looms in British culture, while Canada offers strong practice and long tradition. Nearby, plant leaves shed water like tears, with Logan county noting three “weeping” trees and sudden rainfall from branches.
A practical farming school planned by notable New York figures will open on a farm near Sing Sing. The curriculum includes gardening orchard care stock and poultry raising beekeeping and home crafts for both men and women students.
Harper's Bazaar reports Queen Marguerite of Italy secretly enjoys mountain climbing and bicycle rides. She travels as a commoner in the Alps, stays in chalets, and even when riding in a royal park she is briefly arrested by a guard who doubts her identity.
The United States fish commission considered an idea proposed to stock Irish waters with American shad. The plan received approval and shad eggs will be shipped for use in stocking the Shannon River.
Heinrich Schmidt of Jena converts millions of years into a day’s segments. Archaic age equals twelve hours twenty eight minutes forty eight seconds, Paleozoic eight hours nine minutes thirty seconds, Mesozoic two hours thirty eight minutes thirty six seconds, Quaternary two to three minutes, and six thousand years of history about five seconds.
The Royal Society showcased a clock controlled remotely by wireless telegraphy using a Hertzian wave system. Inventor Richard Kerregs proposes coordinating all London clocks from a single master clock via a coherer receiver. The setup could extend from public to private timepieces with a suitable transmitter and receiving instrument.
Mrs. Kate Wright, forewoman in a book bindery, returned a found wallet containing large cash and papers identifying its owner. She later obtained a divorce and learned Joseph Pionier, heir to a multi million rope, plans to marry her after the settlement.
A Frankfurter Zeitung report quoting Krupp rivals claims the German gunmaker profits from government deals. It cites field gun pricing from 1145 to 452.38 and shrapnel pricing disparities, while noting testing grounds and government conditions limit competition and raise costs.
A Virginian recalls Stonewall Jackson’s fondness for buckwheat cakes and a soldier who cooked them during the war. The man, now in retirement, still grinds his flour and keeps a dining room stove ready for hot cakes, paired with Virginia sausage. If buckwheat crops fail, he fears leaving Jackson’s breakfast tradition unfinished.
An Easy Company member comments on Madame Tussaud’s figures during a London visit saying they resemble an ordinary English party but with more stiffness. The remark is noted as a candid diplomatists’ aside from Youth's Companion.
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