17 Jul 1896
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1896
Page
1
A collection of brief notes covers fashion shifts from bloomers to skirts, a dip in men’s drinking, and Weyler’s praise for Campos amid another claimed victory. It jokes about women candidates, doubts on reporters, and a Youngstown man whose painted horse triggered further mischief as four youths whitewash a county jail walls in reaction to the incident.
The New York case described as a cause celebre captivates the metropolis with morbid fascination. It is noted that the public, including varied social classes, takes particular interest when the criminal is a woman.
The passage estimates about 7,000,000 Jews worldwide with about half in Russia and questions growth since Christ era. It notes no clear increase in England Ireland Germany or Spain since past persecutions and cites 1890 US Jewry at 130,000. It warns against public credulity predicting dominance over Christians.
Mrs Drayton is blamed for selling Astor family relics now in progress in New York. The uproar highlights alleged bad manners of New York aristocracy in private affairs. Inventory includes toys once used by Astor grandchildren, and items from the Astor, Drayton, and Livingston families.
The Siberian Railway extends from Pschelyabinsk to Tomsk about 1280 miles, improving traffic and commerce. Towns along the line grow, imports diversify, and electric light is introduced in Tomsk streets as Moscow to Tomsk travel now takes eight days.
German capital widens its reach beyond Europe, attracting British investor annoyance. German interests secure a 75 year concession to build a Teheran to Bagdad railway and a 90 year right to run electric or steam railways from Teheran to northern villages. A Bremen to Bushire steamboat service and a Bushire bank signal rapid Persian expansion.
Pierre Richelieu of Boston recounts a frightful atrocity in Cuba claiming Spaniards fed him beans boiled rather than baked for sixty two days. He seeks $20000 in damages and asserts that sum is insufficient.
An unusually large summer crop of affinities among eligible old bachelors suggests the typewriter girl did not fritter away winter time.
A historical overview notes the Straits settlement of Singapore and Penang, plus Malay mainland tracts, covering about 1,500 square miles with a 600,000 population. It highlights British impact since 1876, ending with Perak revenue surpassing 4 million dollars and railways contributing 600,000.
The New York Journal notes Kailronda’s bathing car patent as a new luxury feature for rail travel. The design places a double row of private bath rooms along the car with sliding doors, windows for light, and hotel style amenities. Hot water and shower apparatus would be supplied from the locomotive, with a roof tank holding bath water and attendants offering massage and medicated bath options. A barber shop end is also mentioned.
Mrs Krink questions the value of civil-service rules to the government after a quarrel with a post office clerk over delayed samples from a dressmaker. Mr Krink questions the rules as well, in a Philadelphia North American item.
A reader asks if the author belongs to a genuine indie or commercial romantic literature tradition. The note, labeled as a young author inquiry, appears in the Somerville Journal and signals a budding writer seeking guidance on literary alignment and audience.
A collage of light jokes and quips from old papers. The snippets feature a teacher’s classroom moment, a wheel race tease, a kiss line, a witness banter about stealing chickens, and humorous banter about lectures, dreams, travel, and married life__.
A Philadelphia Letter recalls Swedesford and De Kalb Street bridges near Norristown, noting toll rights, rail viaducts, and the decline of covered wooden bridges. It describes old crossings at Swedesford Ford, Flat Rock and Phoenixville, their histories, construction dates, and rising replacement by iron and steel bridges while highlighting local landmarks and battles along the Schuylkill.
The railroad at Black Rock unseen from the car window and the Lebanon Valley road bridge west of Reading stand out as exceptions to the dull stretch of useful yet ugly structures spanning the Schuylkill north of Phoenixville.
In the San Francisco Call a pale thin veteran hungrily eats a bread crust at a hotel curb. A well dressed man offers money, but the beggar reveals gold and mocks the gesture with a taunt. The scene ends with the narrator noting such deceitful character appears real and regrettable.
The death of Sir Augustus Harris shocks London theater, tracing his career from Macbeth to pantomimes and Drury Lane. It notes his knighthood in 1891 and outlines collaborations with Pettit Hamilton, plus potential matinee plans with Daly and Frohman, amid theater closings.
A photograph shows the laager built in Bulawayo’s market square to defend the town from a feared Matabele attack. The note recalls that, early in April, reports said a nighttime build was underway as tensions rose.
In Matabeleland 2000 rebels loom twelve miles from Bulawayo as a fortified laager shelters residents. Sandbags bar wagons, barbed wire fences, and Maxim guns guard three camp corners while native forces press near. Reinforcements crawl up from Mafeking to drive rebels from the Matopo hills and surrounding country.
A compact montage lists famous last words attributed to leaders and writers. Napoleon, Raleigh, Goethe, Tasso, Alfieri, Elizabeth I, Charles II, Anne Boleyn, Julius Caesar, Addison, Nero, Mme de Stael, Lord Chesterfield, Byron, and Washington are quoted in varied tones. The fragment hints at public fascination with final utterances across eras.
A New York World cartoon caption jokes about actor Billings changing boarding houses after a landlady’s pointed breakfast critique. The gag rests on the landlady’s pride in her eggs and the awkward breakfast moment.
A New York dentist employs a woman assistant at 50 dollars weekly plus commission who visits homes to clean teeth. The service charges 50 cents a month and the operation is described as doing a large business.
The critic savages Nethersole for a melodramatic Cleopatra portrayal while praising Bernhardt as the era’s greatest actress. The piece argues American audiences misjudge dramatic form and urges lifting the gaze from life’s muck to pure theater.
At the London Lyceum Mrs. Patrick Campbell fails in Magda while preparations rise for a revival of School for Scandal with Mrs Pat as Lady Teazle The public tires of plays built on erratic female purity acts Daly season not strong and his Leicesters Square tenancy ends with George Edwardes taking over Critics say Daly erred by not hiring younger actresses and by relying on Miss Rehan over Miss Nethersole
Felix Morris, allied with Daniel Frohman for next season at the Lyceum company, has signed with Charles Hawtry of the Comedy Theatre, London, for a special instance of Behind the Scenes. Hawtry’s brother George adapted the play for England, but Morris abandoned the project after Frohman’s tempting offer. The overture was extended to him by the theater interests.
Theatergoers in England enjoy a remarkable Romeo and Juliet with Miss Esme Beringer as Romeo and Miss Vera Beringer as Juliet. The sisters, teens, draw praise for Miss Esme's contralto voice and polished acting while Vera handles Juliet with dainty, acceptable charm.
London critics decry Miss Nethersole for a performance in Hamilton’s Carmen citing a low, vulgar play and a loss of artistry. They praise her talent but say the piece and direction spoil her beauty, while noting sensational realism rejects romance for sordidness. American comparisons to Bernhardt are dismissed as a humorous rumor.
Madam Materna will sing at Bayreuth this summer and Miss M I Youmans is hailed among New York sopranos. Jerome Sykes is named as Lillian Russell's principal comedian next season, while Madame Nordica is billed for Worcester festival. Marguerite Reid and Miss Mary Forest surface in London and Covent Garden respectively, with Bach appearing in Hamburg as pianist. Florence Blauvelt joins Wells College as vocal instructor. Sousa's El Captain hits souvenir status. Francis Wilson to premiere a new opera next season with Engleberger and Smith. A revival of Pinafore thrives in New York as Dorothy Morton plays Josephine, and Queen Victoria’s influence is noted for Albini at Covent Garden. Also many grand bicycle rides around Los Angeles.
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