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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1900
Page
6
Local note highlights a poem titled Silly Peter by John Lea, a frequent Cassell’s Little Folks contributor. The verses describe a boy wandering chidingly through farm scenes and asking where to go, while farm animals respond with a gentle bedtime rebuke as shades lengthen.
Millie watches a young calf feeding and resting beside Old Jersey as her father arrives discouraged. Old Jersey had beckoned the calf to the open space, and Millie joyfully reports that the calfie was not afraid to come. They walk toward the barn with Old Jersey guiding.
Millie and her father search the pasture for a hidden calf as Old Jersey leads them toward a swamp where the calf is found running toward Millie. The scene shifts to Betty Ellis whose auntie plans a birthday surprise with a string of thoughtful gifts and a puppy from Tom.
A reader learns of a curious trick where thread saturated in strong salt water is dried and burned. The salt forms a solid column, supporting a ring suspended from a chandelier while the thread appears burned. Readers are invited to suggest variations for further experiments.
A silver service was presented to the United States ship Kentucky at Hampton Roads Virginia on June 6 by 300 Kentucky citizens. The ceremony aboard the Kentucky featured a speech by Harry Weissing er of the Louisville board of trade, with Captain Chester replying as the Kentucky band played.
A collection of aphorisms on honesty, equality, compassion, and fate. Notable lines from Franklin, Arnold, Beecher, Eliot, Sidney, Epictetus, Kempis, Emerson, Thackeray, and others urging virtue, self-control, and inner destiny.
A Century article by Charles R. Lamb on flag use in parades advises massing Stars and Stripes over doorways or along parade lines from upper story windows to create a continuous red white and blue. It notes upright flag placements and warns tricolor bunting is hard to balance. recommends choosing symbolic colors to form a definite scheme along the route.
A writer notes dwindling Lafayette kin with fifty living descendants and the Marquis de Lasteyrie recalling the ancient house La Grange near Paris. The castle, famed for hospitality to Americans, bears five pointed towers and a cannon-ball scar from Turenne era, while a portion of traditions survives in a modern visit invitation.
A 14 year old Potts Town bride, Mrs Alverdle R Snellenberger, spends her honeymoon at her mother's house while her 22 year old husband Horace Snellenberger readies a home. Neighbors note her doll filled days reflect a surprising new marriage. A stray reference mentions customs and a watch valued at 500 francs, with no claimant.
Riverside correspondence describes the acceptance of Indian girls into family service as domestic workers. The Indian school superintendent Harwood Hall reports successful placement of girls as cooks, housemaids, and nurses, earning from $1 to $10 while training. A priest recalls a donor’s generosity tied to missionary work.
Dr Tatsusaburo Yabe reports in Archives de Medecine Navale that beri-beri nearly vanished in the Japanese navy. Before 1884 summer rates were 25 to 40 percent. after Kanehiro Takaki added pearl barley to rice in meals, deaths fell to only three from 1885 to 1895, all during the war with China when rice supply faltered.
A new consul refused a bribe to understate watch prices. A man offered to ship a large consignment of watches to the United States, naming a price to be invoiced as 15 dollars. The consul kept the watch to forward to Paris for price verification and delay to investigate before permitting shipment.
The article describes Pekin policemen using small drums to announce themselves at night. Pigeons in Pekin wear whistles to create a chorus as they fly. Blind residents use drums to announce presence and avoid guides. Beggars are organized, sometimes threaten merchants to collect money, and can cause officials trouble or blackmail.
The New York Times reports the Duke of Hijar and Count of Ribaldeo hold a spring Epiphany wardrobe gift from Spanish rulers since 1484. A ceremonial procession with cavalry and a silver tray presents garments to the count at Ribaldeo Palace, tied to a 1431 assassination legend and a royal right granted by Juan I.
A Memphis Scimitar item reports a young lawyer in the Equitable Building set a $5 note under a weight to test his new clerk. The note vanished and was replaced by a silver half dollar. The boy claimed a colleague arrived with a $4.50 bill against the lawyer, who paid it. the boss then chased out, leaving the office with the new tester's honesty in doubt.
A young man pleads with Edith as she laments her failed bid for fame through quiet resolve. She explains she aimed to achieve something extraordinary, but he interrupted her moment of potential triumph, leaving her frustrated at the lost opportunity.
The Corby Northamptonshire village observes a biemnial toll event on Whit Monday called Pole Fair. In a historical custom crowds halt travelers and carry them on poles if they refuse to pay toll. The ritual began after Elizabeth I granted a charter freeing locals from juries and militia service, last observed in 1902 and noted in London Chronicle.
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