13 Jul 1900
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1900
Page
1
The article notes a statue of Gladstone will be set up in the gardens of Zappelon in Athens to honor his services to Greek Independence. It mentions local offices and various unrelated quips about rifles and oranges.
Recent explorations indicate Brazilian resources could furnish 50 percent more raw rubber if required. Investigations in Africa reveal a supply that appears practically limitless.
General Andre, newly appointed French war minister, cancels his initial measures upon taking office. He also rescinds General Galliffet’s ban on officers wearing civil dress when off duty, easing officers’ attire restrictions.
A Havana horse saved about 1800 lives by supplying 74000 cubic centimeters of anti diphtheria serum through the Pasteur Institute of Baltimore founded by a newspaper. The 1895 donation marked a long record of medical aid with no attendant fees for medical care on trains.
The Trans Missouri Freight decision is said to put railroads back into competition while a passenger association orders New York to Chicago trains under twenty eight hours to charge 34 above regular fares. The piece questions the association's power and influence.
A visitor at an astronomical observatory sees a remarkable sight through a telescope. The professor notes the cobweb across the glass explains the illusion, suggesting many extraordinary views in business politics and religion may be mere cobwebs over the mind.
The 1899 patent report notes a drop of about 1000 in complete specifications. War spurred shields and cuirasses, summer heat boosted horse headgear patents, and the Shop Assistants Seats Act spurred over fifty new seat patents. Women filed 674 specs, 149 on dress and 42 on cycling. Telegraph line to Victoria Nyanza could warn Lower Egypt of Nile water for irrigation. a parallel railway from the coast to Kill is nearly 270 miles inland with 400 miles remaining needing three years.
A naval officer recently back from the Astalte station detailed travel to Pekin via Tien-Tsin and the railroad. He noted tedious rail travel, dangerous landings, and a long bar at the Peiho that forces ships far offshore. He described Pekin as a crowded, unsanitary city with walled limits and a sparse foreign presence living in compounds.
Baltimore American reports Continaetor Guild of Baltimore claims a tidal chart under Hampton Roads shows the Virginia peninsula end as a large hollow that could detach from the mainland. He cites sewer work in Stampton and Hampton Creek tides rising and falling, with a man able to dig four feet during low tide and two feet during high tide before water flowed in.
Uncle Allen Sparks proclaims in a Chicago Tribune feature that it is true one is never too late to mend yet sometimes too late to do a good job. The quote reflects his temperate view on timing and reform.
Special bells are being produced for cars to attach to the footboard. They are designed to be reached by the operator's foot, offering a hands free alerting device and potential safety benefit.
Bluebell suspects danger as Boers advance toward New Kelso while her father Adam Leslie wrestles with guilt over reselling crucial intelligence. Gerald Moore flirts with revenge and Bluebell battles for escape and safety amid looming invasion and a stormy night.
A reminiscence from Youth's Companion recounts Bishop Walsham How sharing a New Year photograph of two elderly parish workers The deaf man Richard Jones glimpses the scene and exclaims Beautiful The rector asks for identities The reply I sees em before me by faith captures an early church view of perception and belief through photography
Dialogue pieces show Mrs Bingo and Mrs Kingley discussing Mickle man the palmist. He allegedly predicts a month without a cook while a character eyeing an old painting muses on period costumes and London fashion contrasts.
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