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13 Jul 1894
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Oak Park Vindicator in Oak Park, Illinois
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1894
Page
1
Maryland Delaware Ship Canal Could Cut 8 Hours to Baltimore
A Maryland Delaware peninsula canal proposal would shorten Atlantic voyage to Baltimore by about eight hours. Engineering Journal notes seven survey routes with Choptank or Sassafras rivers as promising. Project cost ranges from 8.5 to 40.8 million dollars, length 106 to 119 miles, with city officials seeking congressional cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Denware Ship Canal
Maryland-Delaware Peninsula
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
East Shore
Chesapeake
Capes Charles and
Trenty
Europe
Peninsula
Choptank
Sassafras River
Manchester Ship Canal
England
Manchester
Foreign education and its effects on American youth abroad
The piece critiques American students studying in Europe, especially Germany, for adopting aristocratic attitudes and anti democratic morals. It argues a return to U S schools is best and warns against foreign influence while touching on prejudice and social issues of the era. It also mentions lottery frauds and Mexican land sales as contemporaneous concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Germany
Orient
Republic
United States
German City Reforms Shield Hamburg From Cholera
Dr Albert Shaw praises German municipal control highlighting Hamburg’s 1890s water filtration plant and sanitation. Clean Elbe water and advanced sewerage kept cholera and typhoid at bay while Berlin’s city system funded by public works supports farms and gardens on former waste lands. Two thirds of German cities run gasworks, benefiting both town and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Albert Shaw
Elbe
Hamburg
Hambure
Berlin
Adaptability the Key in Hard Times
A short essay urges workers to accept any available job during shortages. An out of work man discovers window washing and cleaning as new trades, proving adaptability creates resilience. Emphasizes not wasting talent and notes fortunes built from nearest available work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exer
Tle
Southland land and resources touted at New York meeting
Secretary Hoke Smith argues the South holds 550 million acres, mostly tillable, with one fifth cultivated supplying cotton and sugar. He claims yield per acre is higher in the North though, and cites rich mineral resources. A committee will seek northern capital and immigration for Southern agriculture and mines. The note adds a reminder that high earners may face a 2 percent income tax under a new law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hoke Smith
Farm College Courses Drive New Progress at State Universities
An old view of farm education has shifted as state universities expand farm study. Cornell offers two three month short courses in agriculture and dairying, focusing on soil chemistry, crop yields, live stock, fruit and vegetables. Demand in dairy studies is high, with graduates scarce, prompting ideas for a longer program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fim
Cornell University
Cornell
Journal of Chemistry
Woman's Intuition Questioned and Tehuantepec Railway Noted
The Phrenological Journal attacks feminine intuition as unreliable and urges women to rely on reasoning. A Pennsylvania journalism professorship under Joseph F. Johnston is discussed. The U S Bureau details the Tehuantepec railway across Vera Cruz and Oaxaca, a 170 mile isthmus line seen as a rival to the Panama route with termini at Coatzacoalcos river and Salina Cruz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aoman
Bureau of the American Republics
Tehuantepec Railway
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Oaxaca
Republic
Panama
Coatzacoalcos River
Gulf of Campeche
Minatitlin
Salina Cruz
Pacific Ocean
Last Slave Sold On New Haven Green Recalls Auction History
Lois Tritton, born a slave aged five, was said to be the last enslaved person sold on the New Haven green. Her death recalls a century of slave markets in the region and the old grave market where blacks were auctioned in southern cities north and south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Tritton
New Haven
New England
Boston Globe describes blizzard weather and plowing feats
The article paints a boiling hot Sunday with northwestern snowplows pushing through feet high drifts while a blizzard sends ice needles into faces. It suggests staying indoors in hot Weather, bathing, and sipping iced lemonade through a straw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Globe
Railways In 1803 Report Shows Growth Despite Hard Times
The Interstate Commerce Commission year ending June 30 1893 notes nearly 5000 miles of new railway built, aided by the World's Fair. Cars rose by 58854 and locomotives by 1602. Washington state led mileage gains while several western states declined. Total US mileage neared 200000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington State
West Virginia
Kansas
Oregon
New Mexico
District of Columbia
United States
Too Much Roughing It And The Myth Of Hard Times
The piece argues that the belief hardship crafts success is false and cruel. It cites Garfield and Lincoln as examples but says poverty and torture do not guarantee achievement. It maintains that struggle helps only when balanced with favorable circumstances, and excessive hardship harms potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Lincoln
Millonaires
Alabama Supreme Court Rejects Masses Bequest on Soul’s Nonexistence
The Alabama Supreme Court voided a bequest intended to fund masses for the testator’s soul after death, ruling there is no living beneficiary since a soul is not a legal entity. The opinion criticizes law’s stance on immortality and urges legal minds to address the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Alabama
Veneering of civilization exposes raw human nature on trains
The piece argues that polite society peels away to reveal primal instincts, using rail travel as a vivid example where dining car behavior devolves into rivalry and rudeness. It cites a Milan cabinet makers cooperative as a model of disciplined, profit-sharing industry.
Miss Painter Fights Off Attack With Revolver in West Chester
A West Chester schoolteacher Miss Painter, walking home alone, faced two attacking tramps. She drew a pistol and fired, one man wounded, the other fled. The tale ends with a jab at anarchists and a note on horse jockey Fred Taral earning at least 20,000 dollars annually in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Painter
West Chester
Tramp
Fred Taral
Ramapo
United States
New York City
Bread reform proposal blamed on white bread
An Englishman, Herbert William Slart, argues that white bread causes hardship and poor health. He urges a return to whole wheat bread, citing ancient diets and citing deteriorating brains and bodies in Americans, including children and adults, as proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert William Slart
Mr. Uart
Mr. Hart
Hart
America
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Universal history of the great industries
The piece traces how monopoly gives way to competition, then fierce competition and rate cutting, followed by consolidation and rising rates. It notes Standard Oil, Whisky, Sugar trusts and others consolidating, with many more to follow, and links these trends to calls for public control of major industries. It also observes a similar European tendency toward public control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Trust
Whisky Trust
Sugar Trust
Europe
Fires at White City spark questions on motives and change
A Chicago fire at the White City destroys remaining structures of the world fair, prompting reflections on vandalism, possible lunacy, and the impact of strikes on US politics. The piece notes potential government intervention in industry and parodies Ward McAllister’s fashion columns amid anarchist fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Railroad connects Cartagena to Calamar in Colombia
News from the bureau of American republics reports a railroad completed in Colombia linking the port of Cartagena on the Caribbean with Calamar on the Magdalena river. This opens a fertile region to international commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of American Republics
Republic of Colombia
Cartagena
Caribbean Sea
Calamar
Magdalena River
Debs warns of civil war over strikes but editor counters
The piece argues Debs overstates danger of civil war while noting ongoing unrest from years of labor strife. It cites the New York Sun on labor organization stages and questions whether unions control U S rails amid the Pullman strike and a growing horse show and race track craze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Debs
Regular Army
The
New York Sun
Debs
Treasury
Governors Question Its Size Compared to United Sovereignty
The remark asks if Missouri and Texas governors view themselves as larger than the United Government. The note hints at broader issues of pride and moral rank, referencing caution in a clergyman’s role and the temptations of favoring a horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Thiiuis
Woman Emancipation and Health Standards in Victorian Debate
Geoffrey Mortimer argues in a Womanitarian piece that women can reach the same health and strength as men through proper diet and outdoor exercise. He denounces corsets waist training and the winter confinement of women, urging daily outdoor activity and balanced meals to improve circulation and resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Geoffrey Mortimer
System the Warery of the Housekeeper
The piece argues that domestic order comes from systematic planning in families and households. It contrasts well kept homes with disorderly ones, urges strict routines for servants and family members, and claims a disciplined approach leads to calm, efficient living. It also cites hygienic tenets and a home remedy for roaches using alum in hot water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bature
Ami
Philadelphia Times
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West
Madison
Chicaaca
Orprens
C. Po Millers
John Dougdum
Avenue
Oak Mark
Weeleky Review
Clem
Pall Mall
West End
Fara
University of Pennsylvania
Joseph F. Johnston
Eugene V. Debs
American Railway Union
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Gail Hamilton
Chevalier Bayard
Milan
Matthew Marshall
Matthew
Congress
Ward McAllister
MacAllister
Wardie
Coownes
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