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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1899
Page
8
In a small city storefront Uncle Jonathan Peabody posts a notice seeking a reliable boy to assist with his long serving papers and periodicals shop. A cold night brings a girl with a baby boy begging for work, stirring the kindly shopkeeper to reconsider his criteria.
Uncle Jonathan welcomes Mary MacDonald and her baby Roddy to supper after learning their plight. Mary reveals her mother died and her father left, and she wishes for Roddy to become his helper. The two siblings settle into a warm life at the store, charming customers and lifting spirits.
The Portland Transcript advises sowing pansy seed in February in shallow boxes with rich soil. Keep moist but not soggy, keep plants cool with good air, transplant gradually, and water with liquid manure if available. Transplant to open ground early, avoid overwatering, and pinch back after flowering to extend bloom.
Julia Truitt Bishop notes in the Ladies' Home Journal that grocers and market men in New Orleans distribute lagnappe with every purchase. She explains it fosters customer loyalty, with ginger nuts and candy quickly vanishing from barrels and buckets, a costly but firmly established custom that few merchants dare oppose.
In 1857 a ninety three grain pearl was found near Paterson New Jersey triggering interest in North American freshwater pearls. Kunz notes ancient pearl hunting from mound-builders to explorers and warns that careless modern gathering and button factories threaten extinction of US pearl mussels.
Quotations from the Indianapolis Journal reflect on hunger and rising grocery prices due to bargain sales advertising. The dialogue notes husbands feeling the strain as stores promote low price offers while food insecurity grows.
The Princess of Wales is described as Danish in title yet spent much of her early life near Frankfurt in Germany where German was her mother tongue.
A man who pretended to be insane to dodge trial for burglary maintained the ruse for six months and has now become truly insane.
First M EB church of Austin with Rev. A M White lists Sunday events including 9 30 class meeting 10 30 morning sermon 12 00 Sunday school class meeting Sunday afternoon 3 30 Junior League 6 15 Dp worth League 7 80 evening sermon Wednesday 7 45 midweek prayer service
Morning service at 10:30. Sunday school 12:15. Junior Co E at 3:30. Intermediate at 4:15. Vesper 5 to 6. Communion and reception of members in evening. Evening subject What is the Matter with the Christian Church. Special music. Pastor W L Demoregt, residence 6469 Iowa Street at corner Waller and Midway Park.
Early communion at 7 30 a m. Morning service at 10 30 a m. Sunday school at 12 m. Evening service at 7 30 p m. Rector Rev. H L Mitchell at 5731 Ohio Street.
Preaching at 11 a m by Pastor George A Campbell. Sunday school at 9 45 conducted by M K Mizenheiner of Oak Park.
Rev. W. H. Burns leads services Sunday morning at 10 30 with Sunday school at noon Junior League at 3 30 Senior League at 6 30 and evening service at 7 30 The evening topic is The Wise Fool ish and Brutal Money Makers.
J Clayton Yonker pastor schedules Sunday school at 9:30 morning service at 11 o clock and class meeting at 12. Epworth League meets at 7 45 p m with Rev Chas M Morton preaching Sunday morning June 4 at Euclid Avenue M E Church.
Rev W C Seidel of Sterling NL visited Austin and Oak Park this week to establish an English Lutheran church. Also promotional note advertising "The Life and Achievements of Admiral Dewey" by Murat Halstead with big commissions and outfit offered by The Dominion Company Chicago.
An old ad claims a charming appearance comes from health, noting weak digestion and kidney trouble cause pimples and poor complexion. It touts Electric Bittery as a cure to regulate stomach liver and kidneys and purify blood, promising strong nerves bright eyes and velvety skin. Available at Traill & Cooling and Chas. P. Miller drug stores.
A collection of pithy remarks on human nature, duty, luck, and hunger. It reflects on modesty, conscience, hope, tears, repartee, ignorance, and the futility of waiting for work. The piece contrasts foregone certainty with desire and notes sweeping street cleaning appropriations.
A compiled page of local ads promotes wood and coat services by C. B. Patrick and O. F. Werner at 203 No. Park. Elite Hand Laundry at 208 N. Park Ave. dairy from Peter C. Jorgensen at 222 N. Park Ave. Kellogg Sweeps selling vegetables fruits canned goods meats and fish at Corner Park Ave and Ontario Street with phone 1181.
Miller's Drug Store at 206 Lake Street in Oak Park markets Miller's Columbian Cough Syrup and Miller's Cold Capsules as remedies for coughs and colds with a broad appeal to local readers.
A witty column reflects on fashion morals and social expectations for women. It lampoons parasols, curtains, and self image while noting the peculiarities of female behavior and priorities, from vanity to caregiving duties and dog obsession.
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