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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1899
Page
2
Watered as Second class matter and subscription details for the Vindicator printed in Austin and Oak Park with addresses. A kissing bug incident near Austin is reported with a woman’s quick reaction. A Chicago Driving Club paint sign committee failed to state day or month. Harlem is noted for many saloons and strict prohibition.
Austin hosted the Chicago Driving Club opening and a court session at Justice La Mena's court on Saturday. The events marked a busy day with a ceremonial start and a legal proceeding unfolding in the city.
A year after Oak Park mass meetings denounced President Emerson over racing, the Austin Church Federation targets President Lewis to defend a man accused of running a blind pig.
A special town board meeting is set for Monday night July 17 to address liquor licenses. All town licenses expired June 30 except Hawthorne race track under a special permit, and no renewals have been issued though applications exist. saloons operate without licenses.
A reflective passage extols contentment as highest happiness and condemns overstatement of fortune. It urges tact, quiet actions, and daily virtuous acts, noting the impact of small choices on future life and contrasting rare noble figures with common motives.
A collection of brief items covers naval vessels in British service, Iceland church membership, Swedish hotel building for tourism, Hall Caine routines, Pennsylvania library holdings, India beer imports and brewery output, Roosevelt press times, and a pope who pursued photography as a hobby.
John T. Bramhall argues Spain’s downfall was neglect of modern machinery and trained manpower. He urges American firms to send machinery and technical missionaries, transforming Spain into a prosperous European power with rich resources and potential.
A new French law allows prisoners access to counsel within 24 hours of arrest, potentially ending morgue confrontations where murderers face the victim's corpse to spur confessions. Magistrates faced questions over legal force to compel such scenes and lawyers plan to advise clients to refuse morgue visits.
The article argues there are four basic tastes sweet bitter sour and salt with many perceived flavors arising from smell and other senses. It notes that aroma largely explains coffee tea and wine tastes and suggests blindness to smell or sight removes these distinctions.
A humorous digression in dialect recalls a horse shoe flying through the air and striking a person on the head. The exchange mentions Nolagra in a playful regional vignette.
The article notes Melbourne as the seventh city in the British Empire at the time of Queen Victoria's accession and mentions it consisted of thirteen huts.
A study comparing life length and maturity shows horses age faster than humans. At five years a horse is roughly as old as a twenty year old man and behaves like the average college student. A ten year old horse resembles a forty year old man, while a thirty five year old horse equates to a ninety year old man.
An elderly woman who acts as pew opener at a North London church closely resembles the Queen. The uncanny likeness astonishes new congregants as she shares the Queen's age and became a widow the same year the Prince Consort died.
Sealed bids invited by School District No. 2 Cicero for fuel to serve all buildings. Specifications include 350 tons coal 50 tons small coal 35 cords pine slabs two feet long and 128 cubic feet per cord. Coal weighed on district scales and delivered as directed with trimming. Bids open July 27 1899. district may reject all bids. F W Meadows secretary Austin July 10 1899.
Round trip fare is 19 dollars with dates of sale August 11 and 12. Return by August 31 by depositing ticket with Agent Fitchburg R R in Boston. Two through trains daily with vestibuled sleeping cars to Boston from Chicago Depot Van Buren and Punelle avenues on the Loop No 26.
Round trip from Chicago to Lynn Massachusetts with through service to Fort Wayne Buffalo New York Boston and other New England points. Tickets on sale July 10 and 11 with return limit July 20. For details contact General Agent 111 Adams Street Chicago.
Chicago Jockey Club invites spectators to Hawthorne in Chicago for the 1899 season running daily from July 10 to July 22. Five or more races each day with music by the Cicero military band and electric cars direct to the grounds. Admission set at 75 cents.
Real estate wanted to lease or buy on reasonable terms a corner lot in Austin suitable for church property. Address Austin Christian Church Trustees.
Nickel Plate Road announces a round trip excursion to Chautauqua Lake on July 28 with a single fare. For details write to General Agent at 111 Adams Street, Chicago.
The Nickel Plate road offers an excursion to Chautauqua Lake with a July 28 departure and a round trip fare. Return by August 29, 1899, with ticket deposit by July 31 at Chautauqua. Tickets valid on any of three daily trains from Van Buren street Loop. For details contact General Agent at 111 Adams Street, Chicago.
An advice note explains butter stays fresh when packed tightly in stone jars of any size to fit the amount. Blair's butter market offers stone jars in requested sizes and claims fair pricing.
The Vindicator states subscription expiration and remittance receipt via the address label. Payment is in advance. For address changes, provide current post office and the destination post office to receive the paper.
Charles Holzhauer of Newark New Jersey hails Chamberlains cough remedy as safe and effective for coughs colds and hoarseness sold by Tralll and Colling druggists.
Promoter offers two 60 cent songs from the International Music Company Fisher Building Chicago with 26 cents required for both. The items appear as a patriotic Lincoln themed march and a love song composition.
Mails arrival and closing times for the east and west routes are listed. Local residents in Austin share travels to St Joseph and Bass Lake, with social events, letters, and visits noted. A large Sunday school picnic drew about 1500 attendees from Methodist schools.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a cure for nervousness skin eruptions and constipation claiming it cleanses the blood and regulates stomach liver and kidneys. It promises stronger nerves brighter eyes smoother skin and a richer complexion available for 60 cents at local drug stores Traill Cooling and Chas Miller.
The Austin Building and Loan Association advertises funds available for loans. It emphasizes careful conservative management and monthly deposits of two or more shares at fifty cents per share. Six percent interest is paid on withdrawals, with membership encouraged for Austin residents. George H. Park is president and John D. Maclean secretary, located at city office room 921 184 La Salle street.
The Harlem Jockey Club says racing will occur every alternate two weeks with the Chicago Jockey Club. The next meet starts July 24 featuring five or more races rain or shine. Admission 75 cents. Lake Street special train runs direct to the grounds.
A 19th century refund card from TRAIN & COOLING Austin by BL J. P. GARNER & CO. promises to return money for a 50 cent bottle if it fails to cure a cough or cold and to refund 25 cents for a satisfactory proof.
The New York Star announces a daily prize bicycle for the largest word list formed from letters in THE NEW YORK STAR. Second and third prizes are watches. many rewards follow. Contest runs June 26 to August 21, 1899 with twelve 2 cent stamps required for a thirteen week trial subscription.
Capt. William Astor Chanler among New York Star president and board as the paper runs a daily forty dollar bicycle giveaway. Notables Amos J. Cummings Asa Bird Gardner Hogg and Fred Feigl named among directors. July 14 1921.
Mr A Sanders from Cocoa nut Grove Florida reports an epidemic of diarrhoea. He suffered a severe attack and was cured after four doses of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He recommends it to others who also praise its effectiveness. For sale by Traill Cooling Druggists.
Nickel Plate Road sells Chicago to Boston round trip excursion tickets for August 11 and 12 at 19 dollars. Tickets returnable to initial points by August 31 if deposited with Fitchburg R R in Boston. Sleeping car accommodations should be secured early. Address General Agent, 111 Adams St., Chicago.
Promoted as energizing health and willpower, the ad attributes BISMARCK'S iron nerve to strong digestion and organs. It claims the pills awaken brain and body power, urging readers to buy from Traili & Cooling and Charles P Mil lissett drug stores.
Announce a Battle of Manila event at the corner of Wabash avenue and Hubbard court inviting attendance and participation.
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