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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1899
Page
8
A mountain tourist guide praises Colorado scenery and urges collecting helpful illustrated pamphlets from the Denver and Rio Grande railroad. Requests may be sent to 8. K. Hooper, general passenger and ticket agent, Denver, Colorado.
A brief courtroom exchange features a jesting witness noting a hat that ‘went off’ with the wind. The dialogue highlights a playful moment as the prisoner’s attorney objects and the witness responds with a punchline.
Train service saves hours by departing St Louis at 9 a m aboard the Missouri Pacific Rock Island sleeping car and arriving in Denver at 11 o clock the following morning.
The Chicago News notes Bertha’s wealth is no longer claimed in count the headlines say Hilda is now married to a count.
In a Washington letter dated April 23 1899 Judson W Lyons Register of the Treasury commends Peruna drug as an excellent remedy for catarrhal afflictions and summer mood. The note highlights Lyons as a prominent financier and Republican committee member based in Augusta Georgia. He is described as a friend of President McKinley.
Health ad proclaims Peruna as the absolute remedy for cholera morbus cholera infantum summer complaint bilious colic diarrhoea and dysentery. Dr Hartman claims a forty year practice with no losses and offers a free copy of Summer Catarrh from Columbus Ohio.
Chicago investors led by Frank Lewis prepare to aid in destroying the Great Wall of China at the government’s direction. He says the project involves multiple international competitors and billions in cost, with support from Chinese officials. The wall, built under Emperor Shi Huang Ti, spans about 1255 miles and remains largely ruinous in parts.
An article in Cassel's Magazine outlines diverse Zulu marriage customs. It notes hair dressing as central for bride and groom, including the cone shaped bridal coiffure and ritual shavings, with rings worn as symbols of manhood and many regional peculiarities.
Professor J H Gore recounts Ludwig II of Bavaria ordering thirty top horses to an open field equipped with trumpets cannons bombs and other noises The King signaled the start and the animals bolted and reared in panic until exhausted and the display ended causing loss of several valuable horses.
Mrs Julia Ward Howe's famed sense of the ridiculous shields her from grand rhetoric. A Newport lady urged a lovely sentiment about her piazza on a vine hung veranda. Howe answered in a refined voice I think it is a bully piaz.
Dr. Frederick W. True of the Smithsonian sails to Newfoundland to secure finback whales for the National Museum. The article details the growing commercial hunt, a Newfoundland station for boiling and oil, and the robust vessels built for the chase. It compares the sport to tiger hunting, notes Japan and Norway involvement, and discusses potential shipments to Washington.
The article describes a specially built residence for the Prince of Wales in Paris to be based on John Moulton's Bradfold-on-Avon design and notes its pedigree. It also includes a physician's remark on voluntary action and the persistence of will under sleep or anesthesia, deeming much about such impulses theoretical.
The article states world population around 1.5 billion with 60 million dying yearly. It estimates about 90 deaths per minute, 137,736 per day and 5,595 per hour, noting life expectancy near 33 years and heavy child mortality. Also claims Baltimore has the largest Black population in Christendom with census expected to show at least 125,000.
The article contrasts Tyndall's claim that Lake Geneva appears blue from dust reflections with M Spring's assertion that pure water's natural color is blue. It notes yellowish water from dust and explains Constance and Neuchatel lakes look green due to a yellow dust tint blending with blue water.
A fragment recalls two men under a friendly awning remarking on an unusually wet season. One laments the rain, while another with a flowing cinnamon beard recalls 1869 before they fled.
Unsurpassed facilities and low travel rates on the Missouri Pacific Railway from St. Louis to Kansas City and to western resorts with two routes. Describes pamphlets available via H. C. Townsend. Also notes Africa Lake Tanganyika town plan by Tanganyika Concession company, displacing natives. Allen's Foot-Kase foot powder ad with 26c sample offer.
A traveler questions the healthfulness of a place dubbed the Invalids Mecca. The native replies with irony, noting only one death in nine years and that death was the doctor, attributed to starvation.
An employment notice offers $15.00 weekly to a man with a rig to introduce Perfection Poultry Mixture and Insect Destroyer nationwide. Alternatively it offers liberal commission for local agents. Apply to Perfection Mfg. Co. Parsons, Kansas with a stamped reply.
It cites a hairdresser claim favoring an old silk handkerchief over brushing. An ad promotes FITS Permanently Cured and Dr. Kitne’s Great Nerve Healer with a free read offer for a 2,00 triet bottle and treatise from Dr. R. H. Kitna at 951 Arch St Philadelphia. Also notes American leather trade with Australia has quadrupled in five years.
Mrs J F Stretcu of CampEN New Jersey details long term menstrual and reproductive ailments including uterine pain and leucorrhea. After months of illness she used Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash from Lynn Massachusetts and reports full recovery and improved health and appearance.
Mary Ulrich of Columbus Kansar writes to thank for Zae gel Swedish Essence of Life claiming it restored her health after she could not eat and felt choked. She reports feeling better after a short time and recommends the remedy to friends, asking for large packages and future orders.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped Mrs Manotre A Brown of Weet Pr Pleasant New Jersey with irregular menstruation. After using two bottles she became regular and recommends the product to others.
A newspaper ad claims Zaegel Swedish Essence of Life cures rheumatism and digestive issues by purging disease germs from blood. It offers 500 dollars for proof of inauthenticity and promises a free sample and a book from M R Zaegel & Co of Sheboygan Wisconsin upon request with a 2 cent postage stamp.
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