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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1900
Page
2
A hodgepodge of notes from Chicago area events and issues. Subscriptions and mail practices, weather, finances, a stray purse loss on the elevated, political ticket decisions, a large public safety and crowd scene, a suspended conductor over fare dispute, and a disputed city utility bill payment involving Cicero Light Heat and Power Co. The report surveys local happenings and municipal concerns in a single day’s digest.
A spring pledge from Norton H M N Haffner B B Dutton and Watters pledges to stop illegal liquor sales and gambling at Hawthorne Race Track. Signed in Oak Park Illinois on March 27 1900.
A scattered roundup notes various topics from law and chemistry to a Chinese secret society overview. It mentions tax ideas, egg exports, dikes costs, cancer study, a steel mill, deep sea life, and religious groups. It then recounts the Triad and Wei Kenou Hui with origins, leaders, obedience codes, and brutal penalties.
The article surveys Chinese secret societies across the empire and abroad, detailing aims such as expelling the Tartar dynasty and placing a Han ruler. It notes groups like Kolao Hui and Hul Hul Jin, their origins, methods, and notable figures, with comparisons to Masonry and commentary on oppression driving clandestine organization.
A fragment notes patrons leaning against a glass and enjoying cocktails. The line suggests a casual, appreciative mood toward mixed drinks and bar ambience. No clear entities or events beyond a social drinking scene.
The Mexican Herald praises Texas minor judiciary decisions as rude yet fair. Justice I P Franklin delays a ruling on two women claiming a 25 cent hen, then arrives with a soap box custody scene as the hen is paraded to the rivals' homes for final judgment.
A boy named Willie was bitten on the leg by a large dog about a hundred feet from the barn. The wound is described as dangerous, prompting concern from observers who heard his distressed cry.
A Norwegian iron ship Superb with ore cargo worth about 200000 dollars was found abandoned in the Atlantic. Capt. Jones of the British steamer Chiversstone reported the wreck as he reached Carthagena, noting six crew aboard the full rigged vessel and no distress signals. The Superb appeared to be making for Gibraltar at about four knots.
Cape Nome lies on the Behring Sea shore at the south of Snake River in Seward peninsula central western Alaska USA at 65°N 166°W. It is about 2 700 miles by sea from Seattle with a route west 1 900 miles to Dutch Harbor and 800 miles north to the gold land passing the Pribilof seal rookeries.
A religious exhortation linking faith to deeds and daily living. It argues real religion shows in action not theory, urges Bible conscience over commentary, and emphasizes love, service, and practical righteousness as core to the Christian life.
EXECUTRIX NOTICE. Estate of Donald Moodie deceased. All persons having claims against the estate are notified to attend and present claims to the Probate Court of Cook County Illinois for adjustment at a term to be held in the Probate Court room Chicago on the third Monday of September 1900 the 17th of that month. Anna B Migliara Executrix Chicago July 20 1900.
Austin Storage Co announces public sale of the goods and chattels of Mrs. A. G. Bond stored at No. 334 and 436 North Park Avenue Austin Chicago Illinois. Auction to be held August 6 1900 for storage and charges. Harry H. Decker signs for the company.
In households the top medicine chest item is a fast acting liniment for pains and colds. Dr Bruess Powerful Liniment is promoted as safe simple and effective with no harmful drugs. Traffil Cooling Drugists announce a large consignment and Bruess & Co offer many sample treatments free for testing before purchase.
A lunatic confined in a Scottish asylum insists each day is Christmas and that he eats turkey and roast beef, though his actual meals are plain oatmeal porridge. He tells attendants of feasts but notes everything tastes of porridge.
A South American consultant states nearly all dams imported into Brazil originate in America, then go to England packed by English dealers to meet Brazilian rules and are reshipped to Brazil. Brazil's direct imports from this country show only 38 packages of hama in 1897.
A Berlin bookseller’s catalogue lists letters by Emperor Frederick in his brief ninety nine day reign. One letter expresses his dislike of courtly ceremonies and explains why he should not be at ambassadorial receptions.
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