The Girl Who Smiles
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1900
Page
3
Indian Cousin of Yellowstone Bravery Earns Doctor a Fee
In 1879 Doctor Felix Ux and two Chicago friends Arthur and Ward trek Yellowstone Park for a month. They reconnoiter camps, neutralize danger with caution, and aid a feverish Indian warrior left by his own fire. The man recovers after a so called heroic treatment and flees, leaving behind his rifle deemed payment. The trio later deflects talk of their thorough reconnaissance and praise woodcraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fe Ux
Chicago
Hlurd
McArthur
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone
Taey
Big Horn
McArthurs
Felix
Oly
U Ward
Dong
Tadian
Yellowstone Regiow
Thois
Ifurd
Desperate Indian Raid Catches Expedition Unawares
In a Yellowstone era ambush, seven warriors seized guns, ammunition, and horses from three white men while sparing their lives. After wandering apart in despair, two Indians later returned their mounts and gear, including a favorable note on the physician’s earlier care.
Nine Cent Prices Draw Crowd In Street Fakir Act
In a bustling street scene Gabrielle and Claude notice a fakir selling a large assortment of household items for nine cents each. Women gather around as the vendor hypes a price cut from ten cents while the pair debates the mystery of the goods and their affordability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabrielle
Claude
Indianapolis
Monkeys Aid London School Officers in Attendance Count
London school officers used two dressed monkeys to entice children to enroll in school. The procession toured a district, attracting crowds and recording names and addresses. They found about two hundred previously unregistered children and noted thirty sixty cents kept some away from school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ap Park
Dewar Records Lowest Temperature For Hydrogen Liquefaction
Professor Dewar described at a Royal Institution lecture in London how he liquefied hydrogen. The temperature achieved is about 258 degrees Celsius, near the absolute zero around 273 degrees. Hydrogen boiled and volatilized at 250 degrees under 995 pounds pressure. Its liquid properties have not yet been studied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seamus
Dewar
Royal Institution
London
Engineering and Mining Journal
Sir William M Conway Visited for Arctic Andean Climb
Sir William Martin Conway, famed explorer, tours the United States to share his Himalayan, Alpine, and Arctic experiences. He plans a Bolivia Andes survey, recounting Illimani ascents and Inca traces as his party braves crevasses and 21 760 feet high passes to reach the final peak around noon at 22 500 to 23 200 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir William Martin Conway
United States
Sir William
Himalayas
Egypt
Far East
Alps
Andes
Spitzbergen
Discovery
Arctic
Bolivia
Illimani
Pizarro
Spain
la Paz
Henry George
William
Sumit
Cordillera Real
Youngas
Show Plateau
Pico del Indio
Mlimani
Monsieur
Japanese Migration in Hawaii and Pacific Coast Forecast
The article notes that in the past year about 25 000 Japanese arrived in the Hawaiian Islands and projects 50 000 more will reach the Pacific coast this year if not halted. It frames the movement as potentially significant pending any interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaiiian Islands
Pacific Coast
American cavalry Study Contrasts with European Style
The San Francisco Chronicle notes American cavalry flourishes in practical warfare over European models. It praises lean equipment, bare-backed Indian ponies, and Mexican riding schools emphasizing light tack and one-handed rein control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Presidio
San Francisco Chronicle
Chaffee Honored for Military Mastery and Key Commands
Brig. Gen Adna R Chaffee born 1842 Ohio enlisted age 18 in Sixth Cavalry rose from private to captain and earned brevets after Gettysburg Chickamauga and Santiago He led El Caney assault and reconnoitered to learn enemy disposition Lawton praises him as a top practical soldier in the army and supports special distinction for the fort charge in the battle’s closing stages
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adna R. Chaffee
China
United States
Ohio
Gallifer
France
Baden-Powell
Chaffee
Sixth Cavalry Regiment
Regular Army
Gettysburg
Dinwiddle Court House
Chickamauga
Santiago
Congress
el Caney
Lawton
Chaffes
A Royal Road to Wealth From a Bala Boy’s Penny Bets
A Bala boy earns spending money by correcting his grandfather the aged clergyman’s malaprops. He is paid two cents for mispronounced cant, five for ether, ten for ain't, with a small book in the waistcoat pocket tallying sums. Saturdays settle the accounts, sometimes reaching twelve dollars a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bala
Philadelphia Record
Tenant refuses census info despite landlordly kicker
Mr Higgins, St Louis census superintendent, recalls a north side resident who vowed jail rather than reveal private matters to the enumerator. The kicker was the landlord, whom Higgins had sued for overdue rent. the man finally complied, but offered another defiant kick, preserved as a specimen of pigheadedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higgins
St. Louis
North Side
Ife
Chicago Chronicle
Crocodiles and Hippos Among Congo Dangers
Stanley warns the Congo’s dangers with crocodiles and hippopotami as the most lethal foes. He recalls three of his men killed by crocodiles, and describes hippos along the river and the swift unseen strike of a crocodile grabbing a bather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congo
Stanley
Salary Gap Between English and American Naval Chiefs
The retirement of Sir William White highlights a $20,000 annual pay in the British navy versus $6,000 for Rear Admiral Hichborn in the American navy. The piece notes higher pay for English officers in top ranks but greater pay for American captains, lower ranks, and seamen, with a similar pattern in civil service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir William White
Hichborn
England
America
The
Chicago Tribune
Treasury Department
Pure Food Law Enacted by General Assembly
The Pure Food Law, enacted last year, is now in full force. It bans sale of foods with harmful ingredients and requires labeling of adulterated or harmlessly branded products so consumers can make informed choices. The Chicago Tribune says the law is excellent and should be copied in every state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
The
Chicago Tribune
Woman loses lace handkerchief among women
A woman misplaces a lace handkerchief in a setting with other women making recovery difficult. The item appears elusive, likened to locating a box of combings in a self-taken photograph of a girl’s room.
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Gillette
MAB
Geoffrey Randolp
Mc.Arthur
Turd
Deter Melix
Fakira
Sir William M. Conway
William M. Conway
Hawaiian Islands
Gen. Chaffee
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