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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1901
Page
3
Poem from The Queen praises nature over urban life and human vanity. It contrasts field and forest with city confinement, urging study of living wonders from bees and flowers to oceans. The piece exalts natural perfection and critiques proud human arts.
A group of neighborhood girls form a reading club at Mabel's, visit Mrs. Hunter in a wheelchair, and bring flowers, books, and support. Hazel Kirkland's reluctant acts inspire the others to visit, culminating in a birthday surprise wheelchair gift and a new sense of community.
The piece traces hammock progress from old swing setups to modern, comfortable designs. It notes widespread reach from Idaho to Porto Rico and Nantucket, where sailors fashion sailcloth hammocks for land use, reflecting regional adoption and craft heritage.
Congress ordered two medals to honor the West Indian campaign in the Spanish American War. Secretary Long approves the battle and meritorious service medals with Sampson’s portrait on the former. Bars on the ribbon denote battles like Santiago and Cienfuegos, honoring sailors from single engagements to multiple actions.
Joseph Ladue founder of Dawson City in the Klondike died at his Schuyler Falls home after a long illness. He was 46, left a widow Anna Mason Ladue and one son. Ladue built a Yukon trading post that became Dawson, and his estates were valued in the millions. He returned to Plattsburgh in 1897 after narrating tales of the gold rush.
The article argues Russia refunds export taxes as certificates rather than cash, a claim labeled a bounty. It contrasts export tax remission with true bounties and discusses war onset in Manchuria, noting Chinese workers and guards, and the abrupt telegraphic halt to a survey voyage as revolution erupts.
Professor G Frederick Wright of Oberlin College argues in the Review of Reviews that three false impressions about Russia in Manchuria are corrected. He recounts being in Peking during the May outbreak and explains how a Russian official's escape via the Chinese eastern railroad was sent from Admiral Alexieff. He notes assurances by the Chinese government that no uprisings would occur and describes Wright’s travel beyond Mukden along an unfinished railroad line in Chinese carts.
The German army has adopted new lance boats that pack into light bundles. Two boats weigh about sixty pounds and a single horse can carry them. A waterproof cover, twelve to sixteen lances, and a few saucks are enough to launch, with five minutes to tie the frame and two more to cover. Oars are canvas blades on stout sticks, sometimes bound across two boats for stability. Under the old system transport needed 2,000 men and 3,500 horses. the new system requires only 500 horses.
W. Hervey notes the Elkhorn valley's rich mixed farming and grazing lands spanning northern Nebraska. He highlights rapid farmland value growth, opportunities for non-residents to invest, strong hay and pasture conditions from spring rains, and an expected early, steady fat cattle market.
The Paris Meteorologist Society measures rain drops and finds diameters from one five hundredth to one sixth of an inch. Drops are larger in summer and in hot climates. Condensation forms many tiny drops, which coalesce as they fall to become raindrops.
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