03 Jun 1892
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1892
Page
1
The text surveys diverse items from a historic era noting Paris vagrants and horse meat consumption, a Harvard athletics entry count, Japan’s idle men supported by women, and Germany’s rail miles. It mentions Westminster monuments, the Three Kings hotel history, and a Salvation Army funding appeal. It ends with reflections on roads, foundlings, poet Lonelifellow, Bermuda longing, and Columbus anniversary ideas.
Epitome covers May 1 to June 1 with Senate and House actions on railway postal clerks salaries post office and sundry civil bills. Mentions pensions not resident, currency debates, damag e from wind storms and floods, a lethal train crash near East Liverpool, and prohibition ticket nominees in Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota. Includes rail wrecks, a grave reopening, and a $50,000,600 flood damage estimate.
Fragmented report notes the public debt statement for May shows total debt cash in treasury about 120,005,885 unsettled claims and internal revenue details. It mentions mint prices and coin composition including gold pieces and silver with a total of 47,200 in minor coins and unsettled sugar donations исправ.
Reported events recount Memorial Day observances with floral tributes for Grant’s tomb, a soldiers’ monument unveiling in Rochester, and memorial rites at Woodville and Wilmsburg. Also notes political maneuvers by New York Democrats, a Brooklyn woman’s suicide, and local race nominations.
Weekly NL standings show Boston .728 and Cincinnati .659 with several clubs below .500. Western League leaders Columbus .748 and Milwaukee .666. Arkansas flood devastation wipes out hundred villages. Kansas towns suffer tornado and flood damage. Governor Virginia appoints NP Hunton to Senate to fill Barbour’s seat. Missouri cyclone injures eleven. one dies. Chicago records twenty one rainy days in May. Lynching near Little Rock ties to murder of jailer Holmes. Sullivan house near Independence demolished. Lucy Cecil and a child die.
Fhamas at Grinigar India destroyed 2 000 houses leaving 80 000 people homeless. Cholera epidemic in the same pit caused 1 600 deaths in a week. A disaster at the Perkenhead silver mine in Bohemia saw two hundred miners perish.
The Senate passed bills to hold court terms in Montana district and to create two extra Supreme Court justices for Oldinhomear territory and two more districts. A mass meeting marked Kentucky’s 100th statehood anniversary in Louisville. Fires in Scotland damaged Dundee docks and Chicago traders look to aid flood victims in Illinois.
A sweeping flood damage estimate places losses at about 50 million across Missouri Tennessee Kentucky Arkansas and nearby states. The Mississippi flood path devastates farms homes and industry with thousands displaced and key infrastructure ruined or suspended.
A south bound Santa Fe passenger train was halted by masked robbers near Red Rock in the Cherokee strip. The express car safe was cracked and money seized while passengers were unharmed. Deputy Madsen to lead pursuit. gang size unknown. Part of same dispatch notes a deadly cyclone near Agram and Brod, plus other global incidents.
Chicago’s new Masonic Temple opened with a daylong reception for over 500 guests on the twenty-first floor conservatory. The $4.34 million structure stands 21 stories high with 17 elevators, offering city and lake views from the top observatory. Floors 1–16 will be offices, 17–19 Masonic rooms, 20 water systems, and 21 the observatory.
Numerous rural sites near Durango and Troy Texas were leveled by a Tuesday night cyclone. W McPherson and several family members perished or were injured. many others including Philip Stevens John Strawn Mrs Bolin and Lee Farmer sustained injuries or loss. Hard-hit structures and victims spread across multiple farms and households as rescuers sorted the wreckage.
A set of curious notes covers a Chinese emperor’s ten umbrella bearers, Russia’s bald czar, a papal rose sent to the queen of Portugal, a jewel valued at 50000 francs, Lunara’s Uganda expedition leadership, Queen Victoria’s carriage change between state and private rides, Spain’s ban on mentioning ex-king Milan and queen Natalia in public prayers, and British imperial influence efforts in East Africa.
Miss Snnxe G. Woon takes a first vacation after 72 years teaching in Cochesser Massachusetts. JosErd Murry tops actors as the richest, valued at 450000 from savings and income. Rupert C. Winttimer boasts acquaintance with all presidents except Washington and Jefferson. Dr Bancocr of Chicago, blind yet famed throat lung specialist, aided by May French Sheldon. Aunt Brysy McKay of Taylorville Kentucky reaches 106, with 112 descendants and vivid memories of early Kentucky life.
The next Republican party convention will convene in Minneapolis Minnesota on June 7. The North Western Line offers excursion tickets at one fare round trip and provides deluxe trains between Chicago and Minneapolis. Details include Day Express with parlor cars, North-Western Limited with palace sleeping cars, and Night Express with dining cars. Tickets may be routed directly or via Lake Shore Route with city maps available from W A Thrall.
An old Philadelphia Record ad touts Girxnx Sulphur Soap, Hill’s Hair dye, and Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as safe vegetable remedies for skin ailments and female conditions. It pitches the tonic as a sure, guaranteed remedy for irregularities and life-stage changes with money-back assurance.
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