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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1897
Page
2
A scattered snippet, mixing local notices in Oni, LA and Cicero town thoughts near Chicago, along with social anecdotes about German counts, Japanese drinks, and a Kentucky Sayings misadventure. It references Senator Gorman, American agricultural exports, a Detroit whiskey heiress, and a gasoline error story from Harrodsburg.
In Vienna an experiment tested the relative resistance of corundum and the finest steel. Small cubes were subjected to pressure. corundum broke under six tons while steel withstood forty two tons. The steel fractured with a gun like report, shredding to powder and sending sparks that bored into the machine.
County Clerk Ayer issued a license in Hinton Pennsylvania to James W Fortune age 76 and Adelaide McCormick age 56. The couple once lovers in 1860 quarrelled and Fortune joined the Confederate army disappearing for years. They rekindled their affection upon his return and renewed their acquaintance.
Turbulent scenes in the Austrian Reichsrath erupted over race tensions between Germans and Czechs. A decree making Czech the official language of Bohemia sparked decorum violations, blows, and missiles, leading the emperor to close the session. Meanwhile Monongahela coal operators prepare for a strike with orders for 50 new coal boats and large stockpiles to cover a potential halt. New York plans parks spending of one million dollars annually as cities prepare for future developments.
The largest cotton mill in the South is planned thirty miles west of Birmingham Alabama, a development seen as significant for both the region and the nation due to its industrial impact.
Kansas City dealer Frank Pomeroy recalls a Mississippi county sale where so called gentle horses proved dangerous when tested. He learns country traders used a chemical irritant to make animals rear and fail, then claim he bought faulty stock. He says the ruse aimed to beat him out of purchases.
A Baltimore Sun reader recalls an elderly man who treated his dogs to prevent rabies by removing a worm from the tongue, as a German blacksmith once claimed. One dog bitten by a mad animal died after the mouth locked, seemingly confirming the danger of the method. The tester proposes controlled experiments to compare treated and untreated dogs with rabies exposure.
Larmer Furrow asks Deacon Dewgood where to buy barbed wire and learns of a Russia tale. The Deacon explains peasants repurpose telegraph wires for fences after language signs distort them, leaving Furrow puzzled as he ponders the source.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quotation notes a household debate about using woolen slippers on a baby, explaining the idea is to keep the infant warm while avoiding risks, with playful dialect on the prompt to shuffle feet and "draw a spark on th' cog's nose."
DWIN L. GODKIN, editor of the Evening Post, has earned honors including a D. C. L. from Oxford. He is known for vigorous, influential editorials and fierce battles with Charles A. Dana of the Sun, exposing past crimes and political issues.
The article describes a five hour pilgrimage where dancers move through streets to a church, dance up and down aisles and around the altar, and hand rosaries to priests. By noon about 22 dancers had passed the official counter as bands play loudly and worshippers pray.
The Evening Post, described as the oldest daily in America, is portrayed as ultra conservative and pro British. Godkin, an Irishman educated at Oxford, edited the paper after coming from England, with a history of shifting political alignments and relatively small circulation, rumored to circulate among millionaires.
In St. Lucia an astonishing plant group grows in a brackish basin. Each pebble carries from one to five animal flowers that resemble flowers but retreat when touched. Their four filament pincers trap fish spawn and marine insects, closing instantly to imprison prey.
George Ebers the novelist and Egyptologist was honored with a specially printed volume titled Egyptica on his sixtieth birthday. The volume contains seventeen essays by former pupils, including six professors of Egyptology at German universities. Rafael Guerra tops bullfighters in earnings, yet opera singers in America can make even more.
About 240 musicians and 000 dancers gathered for a large public event as the pilgrimage neared its end, with the crowd still growing more than an hour before the closure of the pilgrimage.
In Tonga, a sea surrounded rock rises sixty feet high and hides a cave opening six feet below low water. A boy dives through the six foot entry to the hollow interior filled with stalactites. Locals use the secret as a retreat from enemies leaving canoes to vanish unseen.
Henry Meilhac, renowned French dramatist, suffers congestion of the brain in Paris. A prolific writer for nearly fifty years, his notable works include Decore of 1888 Margot of 1890 and Brevet Superieur of 1892. He won the Legion of Honor in 1869 and became an academician in 1883.
A Great Sportsman Count Nicholas Esterhazy died recently at his Totis estate in Hungary. Born in London, he spent long residence in England where he was a leading figure on every race-course and popular with many social strata for his fervent attachment to sport.
Scientific pointers describe Maybach style pans marketed as non burning and non scorching for cakes and other baking tasks. The article highlights that these pans resist warping and handle even heat without buckling.
A non flammable wood treatment was shown to the Prince of Wales and distinguished guests in London. Two cottages were built, one untreated burned quickly while the treated structure withstood flames. the interior ignited later but the treated box survived. The process removes air and juices and infuses fire resisting salts under pressure. usable on boards to large timbers. already adopted by the US Navy and used in public buildings.
The Royal Geographical Society will organize a private Antarctic expedition and soon appeal for funds to equip a large scale voyage. The British Admiralty will loan instruments and provide advice, and the government may contribute a grant toward the national effort.
A boat designed by Mr. Rasmus Ander son can move on land water ice and snow. Invented for Arctic exploration it serves as life boat yacht and ocean steamer. It cannot sink or capsize under any condition and can be propelled by hands or feet. It launches from dry land and runs up beaches without injury.
A historical look at blotting methods from sand blotting with perforated boxes to modern blotting paper. It notes sand usage, its disposal, and the rise of cotton rag blotting paper as superior, with white blotting paper commanding major trade share.
The article notes blotting paper serves advertising purposes by displaying names to the public. It describes making large rolls for calendering cloth, where paper is rolled pressed and heated via pipes to firm it.
The Nautilus birth and rearing have been studied by Prof. Wiley with Royal Society backing. After trials in deep water, he housed mature nautili in a three fathom cage where eggs, each as large as a grape, were laid singly by the mother. Tracking shell growth and daily habits, researchers monitor their development.
A new pressed tin double bottom pan features a removable lower disk that creates a vacuum to keep cake sides clean without grease or paper. An upright wire handle centers the top disk enables lifting the cake out intact and slicing on the disk. The design is claimed to prevent burning and leaks common with older tube pans and removable bottoms.
The article explains the drive to convert waste materials into usable fuel. It notes advances in washing and concentrating combustible material and cites 1893 national production totals across France Belgium England Austria Germany Italy Spain Russia Sweden United States China India Canada and other regions.
A narrator describes a man who wins a huge pot by playing poker with a dazzling hand of diamonds. He masks his excitement with a bored pose, then declares he will join in to keep things going as he reveals the collection that makes the moment memorable.
Two women wait impatiently for admission at Mrs Darley’s house and argue over who rang first. They suspect no one is home but insist there are people inside. After a brief exchange both ring again and the door opens.
Hopkins' Theater announces next week’s bill with a revival of The Mysterious Mr. Jones by the stock company. The program features the Angela Sisters, a renowned quartet known for refined vocal performances and whistling, along with high class specialties.
Following a week of success the Great Northern Roof Garden presents a high class bill including Jesse DeWitt retained after a strong reception. Marie Stuart sings in English German and French while John DB Gilbert performs monologues. Admission for matinees is 25 cents and all shows proceed rain or shine.
Burke Brothers headline the bill with the farce Two Irish Cowboys. Also showcased are Lizzie and Vinle Daly, Eclair Brothers acrobatics, Dolan and Lenhart comedy, Foy and Vedder sketches, Songrant Brothers trick bicyclists, and Frank Hall the musical clown.
Ezra Kendall, famed entertainer, leads a lineup at the Masonic Temple Roof Theater next week. Aimee the premier dancer, Rachel Walker the nightingale, Irene Franklin, Romalo Brothers, Barton and Ashley bring acrobatic acts. New pictures to be shown on the Cinematographe as Ladies enjoy summer matinees.
The Schiller stage offered the season’s most pretentious and successful bill, Cavalleria Rusticana and Trial by Jury. Signor and Signora De Pasquali, William Riley Hatch, Fannie Meyers, and Isabelle Underwood excelled in Cavalleria Rusticana as an excellent orchestra, though smaller than a full grand opera ensemble. Bargain matinee Wednesday and regular matinee Saturday.
Edmund Hayes and Emily Lytton, who gained fame with travesties on Camille and The Crust of Society at the Olympic, will lead the Haymarket bill next week. Frencelli and Lewis, operatic stars, Annie St Tell, Mr and Mrs Silver with pop songs, Gigure and Boyer in a sketch, Frank Apple the tight rope artist, Burgess and Burgess, black face comedians, and others will also appear.
The Ferris Wheel park remains at capacity after a hot two week term and a strong vaudeville bill for next week. The lineup includes Lillie Western, Brown and Harrison, Dixon, Bowers and Dixon, the three rubes, Whyte and Becked, W. A. Schaar, Medway, Carrie Scott and others. Wheel rides stay free on weekday afternoons.
Graham and Morton Transport Company operates the City of Chicago City of Milwaukee and City of Louisville steamers between Chicago and St Joseph and Benton Harbor. $1 daily excursions leave the dock foot of Wabash Avenue each morning at 9 30.
The daily trips to Milwaukee and back on the famous whaleback attract more riders as the round trip fare remains one dollar, drawing weekend and commuter crowds to the popular service.
Tortoises lack teeth and champagne corks run about six cents each. Borneo locals brew beer from pepper plants while Egyptians credit Osiris with beer. In 5th century BCE refined copper rivaled gold in value. Bank of England held silver ingots since 1696. Roses exceed 1,800 varieties this century. Africa hosts about 100,000,000 people across 11,520,000 square miles with a mix of Muslims and pagans.
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