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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1898
Page
8
The Philadelphia Inquirer praises the arrangement of the Standard Dictionary noting immediate definitions and grouped divisions. An advertisement offers the dictionary with a small down payment and installments.
A nonagenarian resident of Belfast Maine finally gains permission to remove a desk he bought for personal use while serving as a customs collector over thirty years ago. The desk had been wrongly listed in the office inventory, and after his term ended he could not take it. He has filed annual applications since 1868.
Shake Into Your Stoem Allen's foot-Ease a powder for the feet. It cures painful swollen smarting feet and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. Sold by druggists and shoe stores. Trial package free. Le Roy New York address.
The report notes Bismarck's neuralgic facial pains severe enough to press his cheek bones for relief. He supposedly commented that his sins were greatest with his mouth in eating, drinking and talking, a remark attributed to London Daily News.
The Michigan Central Niagara Falls Route departs Chicago at 4 p m and arrives at Grand Central Station New York City at 5 o clock the next afternoon, beating all other limited trains. A through sleeper to Boston arrives the next morning. It connects with all through trains from the west.
The Michigan Central promotes a direct summer tourist route from Chicago to Niagara Falls and the Adirondacks via a broad scenic itinerary. Travel posters urge three cents postage for Summer Tours and list the City Ticket Office at 119 Adams Street, with O. W. Ruggles as G. P. & T. Agent in Chicago.
In London one policeman is required for every 312 people. In the boroughs the ratio is one per 697 residents, and in rural districts one for every 1,150 inhabitants.
A Meadford Ontario case reports Mr Petch once paralysed for five years and deemed incurable by doctors. After using Williams Pink Pills for Pale People he recovered fully, with enduring health improvement and renewed vitality. The Monitor asserts the case as a modern medical miracle and endorses the pills.
A Sunday school teacher asks about power greater than kings and queens. A child responds, Aces, revealing a playful contrast between royal power and card game luck. The exchange captures a light moment from a juvenile class.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets beauty aid claiming clean blood improves skin. It promises purges to banish purples boils blotches and bilious complexions and urges purchase from druggists for ten cents with a satisfaction guarantee.
Mr Bloo bumper tells Benny of a day of fighting with Freddy Fangle. Benny answers that it was sad but glorious, indicating a rough but noble clash. The exchange mirrors a boisterous family scene with bravado and humor.
An advertisement urges readers to ask grocers for Keith's Enamel Starch to keep white dresses skirts shirt waists collars and cuffs glossy. It promises the genuine product and offers a recipe book from Keith Enamel Starch Co. Chicago Illinois if the grocer does not stock it.
Demonstrations show a one inch diameter sphere of water releasing explosive power capable of bursting a brass vessel with a resisting strength of 27 000 pounds. The finding highlights the high pressure impact of tiny water charges on metal containers.
The article cites S. H. Short who argues electricity may decide future wars more than ships or guns. It envisions wireless communication via light, magnet nets to immobilize ships, selenium receivers for voice, and remote mine control, combined with high explosives reshaping naval defense.
A small motor attached to a captive balloon would steer it in any direction and allow the observer to detect an approaching enemy squadron from a distance with powerful glasses. The operator could telegraph findings to the commander and watch battles from above the range of machine guns, preserving safety.
Mrs. Wilcox of 825 Golden Avenue Los Angeles faces two Spaniards demanding removal of two American flags displayed on her roof. She stood firm and refused to lower the colors despite the intruders arriving at 2:30 in the afternoon while her husband was away.
A station with a powerful electric plant could fire two copper wired shots to electrocut a ship. A battleship approaching a hidden mine would have its location traced by a moving photograph on a chart, ending with the ship blown up when the mine number is revealed.
In Yukims Washing Republic text, Uncle Caleb protests a prohibition on holding a girl's hand longer than three seconds. The major interrupts proposing one second and a third person present. He warns against misbehavior, urging the group to stop bringing disgrace to their organization. The session ends with Brother Monroe singing the three old maids as members join in.
A fragment suggests that when a street theft occurs in front of a showkeeper, he is held responsible until the culprit is captured. If not found, merchants on the street may be required to cover the loss, with a detective noting that law-breakers are brought to justice.
The text describes Aman as weakest in the morning, with muscular force increasing after breakfast and peaking after the midday meal. It then declines for several hours before rising again in the evening.
The stovenpipe hat intended for the President Paul Kruger statue may become a crown that holds rainwater for birds if Madam Kruger's wishes are followed.
The Chicago Great Western Railway shows an $16,861.36 increase in the second week of May over the previous year. For the first two weeks of May the gain totals $44,377.33, with $11,435.04 from passenger traffic, and the year to date up by $608,401.45. No person enjoys drinking in a conversation of the extra dry brand.
A compact ad column touts Wall's Catarrh Care and No-To-Back for tobacco habits, Piso's Cure for Consumption, Cascarets laxative candy, Dee's Cough Balsam, Athlo-phoros cures for rheumatism and neuralgia, and various fashion and health quips. It cites prices from 1c to 50c and notes drugstores as sellers. The page mocks pride and clouds, hints at gout and digestion, and urges trial with testimonials and refunds.
A set of testimonials from women in Maine Indiana and Tennessee describe relief from uterine and general female health symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs. Surry notes back ache and fatigue clearing after one bottle, Mrs. d Portus reports renewed strength after products, and Mrs. Motu Herrel cites recovery from weakness and bearing down after two bottles.
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