24 Jul 1896
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1896
Page
1
German reporters note Li Hung Chang receives hospitality but withholds Chinese orders. Prince Ludwig of Bavaria travels to explain his Moscow speech and reportedly makes peace with the emperor after asserting he is an ally, not a vassal, in a tense exchange.
The article notes a rise in self-inflicted deaths in June and discusses a alleged new condition called memory blindness from overwork. It highlights Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison claims about advanced lighting tubes, mentions Mrs. Henry Ingram fasting for 145 days, and comments on Illinois prison dress reform for convicts.
A late Sunday outage on the 2d Avenue trolley near Ulmer Park stalls cars as a middle aged woman in white essays transfers between lines and frets about rain. Conductors reply with patience as a storm unleashes and the crowd absorbs the scene in a tense, humorous moment.
The article contrasts Native American and American mothers, noting that Indian mothers emphasize nasal breathing for infants and train papooses to keep lips closed to force nasal airflow. It argues nasal breathing protects lungs by filtering inhaled air and cites practices of forcing mouth closure for five minutes to promote this habit.
A pupil complains that the new music teacher is no good. The child says yesterday T played a common tune and the teacher did not warn that a week of practice would offset the harm.
A Bath amateur answered a heckler with wit when a cabbage landed on stage. The party lamenting the loss of his head could reclaim it by stepping forward, per the Lewiston Journal report.
A collection of brief items notes Europe’s largest lime tree in Nuestadt age over a thousand years. An Eastbourne newspaper offers bicycle lessons at five shillings per lesson. Albany Missouri night watchman rings bell for predicted storm. Leeuwenhoek cites animalculae unseen by naked eye. Paris reports 23186 horses killed for consumption last year plus 43 mules and 3888 donkeys. England’s leap year reckoning suggests December January February will be summer months about 720000 years hence. Wyoming to get a new national park. A treaty with Shoshone and Arapahoe for land cession of ten miles by ten. Siberia’s size dwarfs Europe and US. all could fit within its area with little overlap. Largest gray wolf killed by dogs, a Wyoming specimen, measures 4 feet 8 inches nose to tail and 34 inches high with a 20 pound hide.
The article surveys near-misses for U S presidential hopes, naming Clay Blaine Webster Calhoun and others. It recounts Burr Adams Clinton Madison and Henry Clay amid 19th century campaigns, noting how luck, strategy, and scandal shaped outcomes. It also notes Webster's refusal of a vice presidency and the Texas annexation issue influencing Clay in 1844.
Forties prima donnas vied for singing roles at Moscow coronation fetes. Intendant picked Mme Sigrid Arnoldson, the Swedish star, who appeared in ten performances for 1600 dollars per night, the highest pay for a European diva aside from Mme Patti.
The article argues against the prejudice about red hair tracing to Judas and credits notable women with red hair, citing Helen of Troy, Cleopatra, Mary Stuart, Queen Elizabeth, and Anne of Austria as examples.
The Mega Spileon Monastery in the Peloponnesus sits 1200 to 1500 feet above sea level. Once 300 monks strong, it now houses 120 and remains Greece’s wealthiest monastic complex owning property in Asia Minor. Peasant women may attend services. an overnight rest area exists for them. Views from the cave church overlook mountain and forest with snow patches.
A historical note arguing that cloth filters and common household filters fail to remove disease germs from water. The piece warns that filters can harbor microbes and mislead the public about protection, while noting organic matter and green scum are not the sole health indicators. It also suggests clean but unsafe water near old dwellings may be riskier than murky but uncontaminated sources.
A hand ice making device uses a vacuum pump and absorber filled with sulphuric acid to rapidly freeze water. The setup aims for a practical vacuum at a gentle stroke and low running cost since only acid is regularly needed.
The article explains proper tempering of steel for tools like mill-picks and rock-drills. It warns against overheating, describes heating the body while keeping ends cool, and advises hammering edgeways first, then flatways, to avoid spoiling the steel.
The author details tempering knife ends by drawing out the points and firing them to a dull red, then cooling in rain water to blue for toughness. Repeat on the other end, grind blunt edges, and strike lightly at first. The method stresses low heat, repeated light blows, and minimizing edgewise hits.
The article describes a folding gospel car among various folding inventions. It compares the concept to a freight car that assembles on train cars and expands as it is used, highlighting novelty in portable church spaces and mission work.
An itinerant evangelist sets up a wheeled chapel on a siding. Cars join to form a solid floor and a roof that extends to cover two tracks. Walls with windows enclose the structure as sections swing and clamp into place.
The article describes tested formulas to kill elm beetles using Paris green or London purple with water lime and glue or molasses as adhesives, and a lead acetate sodium arsenite mix with adhesives. It notes the mixtures spray four elm trees per 100 gallons and gives approximate costs: about fifteen cents for the first formula, eight cents per pound for arsenite of soda, and fourteen cents per pound for acetate of lead.
A scientist notes that butterwort leaves in a strainer cause fresh cow milk to thicken with a delicious flavor, and that yellow bed straw and garden artichoke flower heads also coagulate milk. They offer a safer, hygienic alternative to traditional animal rennet.
A Chicago Tribune exchange shows the literary editor noting writing likeness to Joachim Miller. The young woman expresses pleasure and mentions hiring an expert to decipher the style.
Dialogue from Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly shows a confession of poverty and a sharp rebuke as a character claims to possess a five dollar bill tucked in a vest pocket. The exchange reveals discomfort over money and the sting of pride.
A Chicago Despatch note contrasts the nickname Maximo Gomez for Havana cigars with a biting remark on the Cuban cause, critiquing public sentiment and scarcity of the figure referenced.
Yonkers Gazette reports a playful exchange as Johnnie-Ma and Ma-No discuss their father who boasted about throwing the aldermen for drinks, hinting at a strong, humorous family dynamic in Yonkers.
A rustic poem narrates a lone wild rose growing in a distant corner. A poet imprints love on its petals, turning crimson with life and beauty. A plow-boy wanders by, plucks the rose, and casts it aside to fade, lamenting lost embrace and farewell.
A fashion trend emerges using preserved pet hair to craft garments and accessories. A woman spins her late terrier’s hair into a Tam O Shanter while others consider pomeranian fur. Princess Beatrice reportedly uses rabbit fur for cuffs and bought mittens from a sale.
The piece explains color bands in flames from wood fire. It notes light blue from hydrogen, white from carbon, violet from manganese, red from magnesia, and yellow from soda as the colors produced by burning different wood elements.
Col J W Brower Minnesota State geographer reports a volcanic hole at the summit of the Rocky mountains west of Herleys lake Idaho near the Idaho Montana border as the true source of the Missouri river, redefining earlier claims that Red Rock lake Montana was the source.
Nature recounts two young rooks failing to build a nest as wind destroyed bases and distant rocks were used. Desperate, they raided another pair’s empty nest, tore it up, and laid a foundation resilient to the wind, then raised a clumsy first structure.
The text notes South American ants as the finest engineers for their two mile tunnels some under a stream of fifty yards, and South African ants with subterranean bridges spanning eight to ten inch gaps between galleries.
Antiquarians anticipate a new edition in England printing the missal brought by Saint Augustine to England annotated by Pope Gregory the Great. Martin Rule located the volume in Corpus Christi College Cambridge and will publish the reprint with notes.
The article notes Tennessee's population rose from about 40,000 at statehood to 1,767,518 in 1890, with density increasing from less than one person per 42,050 square miles to nearly forty per square mile. It attributes most growth to native stock, with 20,029 foreign born residents and 33,257 native born with foreign born parents.
The estate of Mr. George Vanderbilt, called A Monster Estate, spans 95,000 acres. Its road network is so perfect that Vanderbilt, a wheelman, can travel about a hundred miles on anacadamized roads without leaving the grounds.
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