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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1900
Page
8
Poetic meditation on twilight memories, spiritual bonds, and a cherished past with Emma Eggleston. The speaker recalls a time of closeness, dreams of reunion, and a tablet in the heart as a lasting symbol of their connection.
In a dim library Miss Ethel Baines hides in a cupboard to avoid a marriage proposal from Mr. Colmorand. A rat startles her, and Captain Baines returns to find her revealed as an angelic beauty. Colmorand declares love and asks for her hand, while she laments secrecy and fate.
In a tense scene Miss Baines dictates timing for a drawing room entrance. Mr. Colmorand, overwhelmed by doubt, waits while she reveals herself and comments on hair tidiness. He reflects that the moment felt like entertaining an angel, though she insists angels dislike surprises.
Consul Smith reports a potential gold rush at Cape Nome with 65,000 seeking passage from Victoria. Gold yields include $50 to $300 daily with some claims of $190,000 or more. Costs of living are exorbitant. beef at 75 cents to $1, flour at $10 per hundredweight, lodging $200 monthly, and services priced high as port facilities develop.
In Washington a strange man, claiming no country, tells a doorkeeper to send in his card to any senator. He asserts he was born in No Man's Land, a region now a Oklahoma county, and says he will meet any senator who takes his card.
Peter Donaldson left a two carat diamond on a dresser and found it damaged after his pug chewed it. The dog crushed the setting, bit the stone, and required recutting and resetting, costing a substantial sum according to the Pittsburgh Press.
An explanation from Cassier's Magazine compares a pound of coal containing 10 000 heat units to 236 horsepower. It asks readers to imagine ancient Pharaohs guiding slaves with ropes while a small coal lump would match their combined effort and even outlast a full company by two minutes.
A mistress scolds her new cook Keturah for wasting soap in a wash basin. The cook protests she has not used the wash-pan, prompting a humorous exchange. The anecdote ends with Keturah hunting for a new job, illustrating household misadventures.
Instructions on the wrapper counsel using Maple City Soap to keep clothes clean and white. The note asserts that all grocers sell the product.
A new method lets shades be attached to rollers without damaging cloth. The shade length can be adjusted by a metallic strip inserted in the side and held by clamps to grip the shade.
Advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes for swollen smarting burning sweating feet bunions and coins. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with samples available by sending name and address to Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy New York.
The death of Bellacoscia stirs memories of Corsican banditti. He was by far the greatest Corsican outlaw and shared with Napoleon the affections of many Corsicans.
Our readers are urged to write T. M. Roberts' Supply House in Minneapolis Minnesota before buying. The firm is described as thoroughly reliable and the offer appears in another part of this paper.
Siberia at the Fair highlights regional representation and a new railway's impact. The Sea Farers by Mary Gray Morrison portrays a New England seashore town before and after the Civil War with pirates in a Mediterranean plot. Bird Homes by A Radclyffe Dugmore offers an intimate guide to Eastern U S birds, with notes on photography and rearing for naturalists.
Seattle based company guarantees 6 percent interest on all investments and equal profit participation in mining in Alaska and beyond. Promises high advantages for small investors and invites requests for circulars.
A concise reflection proclaims that life is a ladder for those who perform their duties. The line emphasizes duty as the path to reach higher purpose and personal growth.
R Be Werkman offers information on government lands in Washington and Oregon priced from five dollars per acre. He notes prairie and timber lands near railways and water routes with a favorable climate and reliable crop prospects. Inquiries are welcome in St. Paul Minnesota at corner Third and Rosabel streets or by mail.
A housekeeper and a tramp dispute a lunch offer based on spoken words. The maid insists the promise was to saw wood by the gate, while the tramp confirms he complied by seeing the wood as he entered. The exchange centers on misheard or clarified exact wording.
U S Senator W V Sullivan of Mississippi writes from Oxford praising Peruna for curing catarrh and as a tonic advising others to use The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio for a free book on catarrh. He states the remedy relieved his incipient catarrh and health concerns. The letter urges insistence on Peruna with no substitutes or rivals.
A collage of medicinal ads and product pitches from 1900 highlights cough remedies, tonics, soaps, hair care, and denture products. Items include Kemp's Balsam, Piso's Cure, White's Yucatan soap, Hall's Catarrh Cure, Mrs Winslow's Syrup, and Coe's Cough Balsam, with testimonials and prices noted.
An old advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound aimed at relief for women. The copy emphasizes health restoration and renewed vitality for the weary, modern reader seeking hormonal balance and comfort.
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