11 Jun 1897
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1897
Page
1
The sporting fraternity plans more fun at Carson in September and Carson agrees. Fireworks will occur on the third of July, not the fifth. Toronto will gain Sunday streetcar service after a narrow vote. A Washington resident dies of grief over his mother-in-law, prompting calls to acknowledge her kindness.
The piece highlights Lord Leicester as a link to monarchs and the longest reign in British history. It notes Commander Booth Tucker faced a New York nuisance charge for an all night prayer meeting. It explains the presidents pocket veto as the strongest power with no appeal.
A campaign seeks to shift Delaware governor elections to align with national contests, arguing for economy and scheduling consistency. Proponents claim the change could invite corruption by signaling political winds, and maintaining unified election timing is favored.
A Yale University flag was sent with a letter to a professional thug about to fight in a prize match. The letter asked the fighter to display the Yale flag if he won, claiming it would please Yale men. Junior Class members signed, but the act was repudiated by nearly all students as improper and unworthy.
A five acre German orchard run by Fred Schaeffer in St Louis county Missouri begins to slide down hill exposing a twenty foot thick fire clay layer beneath thirteen feet of upper crust. Two colored boys show interest in Annapolis naval cadet training prompting officials to wonder what the navy is coming to.
In Detroit a church near De troit formed a fund to buy a bell. Grocer Smith urgedDeacon Brierly to contribute, pressing him to honor a promise he made. The deacon, though cautious, agreed to give as much as anyone and the bell was purchased months later for $109 from the grocer's capital.
An excerpt from American Kitchen Magazine traces wedding cake origins to ancient Rome with conparrenatio and salt bread rituals. It describes rural English customs for predicting future husbands using broken cake, eggs, and rings, performed in silence by unmarried women on special days.
Jerry Brown, colored, has been sentenced to death for the criminal assault of Mrs. Isaac Radford, a widow, at Deepwater, West Virginia.
The excerpt notes that Vermont gained 17 000 people since 1850, New Hampshire added 56 000 in forty years, and New England factory output nearly quintupled since 1850. It highlights bootmaking dominance, 76 percent of American silk worn as domestically produced, and a Paris police bicycle distribution. The Duchess of York births are listed with multiple dates, and a Boston musician earns a Royal College of Music associate degree at 16. It also discusses Western Railway of France free passes for the press and related foregone revenue.
A jumble of comic exchanges from Aunt Sarah to Teddy and Georgy blends with readers’ quips about Uncle Cyrus and late night bass horn practice. The snippets echo domestic banter and humorous retorts in brief newspaper-style diversions.
John Wahrman a farmer's boy from near Kansas City pursued a rabbit into a ground hog hole and died when he could not escape. Local authorities report the incident as a fatal accident during a rural hunt.
The article recounts Frances Blackman, a Crystal Palace stall girl turned wife of Abdullah Hussein Khan, cousin of the Shah. He wooed her with gifts, married her in early 1890 in a Roman Catholic church, and kept her in a Hyde Park Mansion flat as they lived in luxury and happiness.
Nasrit, a devout Muslim boy from Persia, is described as a strict child with a sense of authority learned at home. In England two weeks, he struggles with piano organ street musicians and longs to command Europeans, but his view softens as he befriends an English bulldog on the lawn.
An incident in New York details a wagon colliding with a pedestrian near City Hall Park. The driver stopped, the man escaped injury, and the driver challenged the man’s restraint as the pedestrian said he could not interfere with the US mails.
A Detroit Free Press interview recalls a surveying party stint that included laying out a railroad and a mock duel gone absurd. A Philadelphia companion, a New Yorker MC, and a sting of red and black inked caps created a humorous fiasco that lightened tension after a rivalry dispute.
A French scientific writer argues that weight gain alone fails to show better health. He says density of tissue matters more than its quantity, and health improves when increased density accompanies weight gain. The piece discusses how bone and tissue density reflect true bodily condition.
The Shah orders Abdullah to return to Teheran where his English bride Beebe Khanong becomes Beebee Khanong the favored wife. She gains popularity at court but faces danger as Abdullah’s son seizes property and attempts to poison her. British intervention secures her rights and she sails to London with her son Allah Nasrit, a poised four year old in sailor attire. The boy, already autocratic, rebukes a horse cart in the park with boyish bravado.
John Stow, famed English antiquary born about 1525, rose from tailoring to collect legends and chronicles. He spent forty years gathering torn papers from colleges and monasteries, compiling and annotating them with care. At eighty he sought alms after James II granted him a beggar’s robe, and he died two years later.
A humorous Chips panel describes two cyclists reacting to a woman crossing the street. The first cyclist voices nerves, while the second jokes about pins in the woman’s clothes potentially puncturing tires if struck.
The author suggests a practical application using baths filled with a known water quantity and measurement devices to calculate an immersed body's density. This parallels Archimedes method used to test Hiero II's adulterated gold crown.
A Leicester mailer dated June 1881 traveled ninety nine miles to London in fifteen years setting a record for slow postal delivery. The plainly addressed card finally reached New York World in London after a long, puzzled journey.
The Boston Globe notes the coldest hour of each day occurs at a fixed morning time, highlighting the routine of dawn air turning bitter as a standard measure of daily climate.
Mrs. McKinley distributed fans and lace handkerchiefs at an inaugural ball. The 78 year old queen wore a poke bonnet in 1837 as a hallmark of women’s attire. References to Queen Anne riding sidesaddle and Fran cisca Siegmund’s Vienna stage debut are noted.
The London Standard notes Brussels scoffs at a sarcophagus found near Attila’s tomb site while cautious historians doubt a real discovery. It recalls Phocion’s warning on rumor and argues Attila’s grave likely lies beyond plow depth near the Danube, with Albania? no, unknown.
A customer who bought kid gloves notes they are large for her small hands and adds a grocery list. She asks to have the items sent since she is not going home yet, including molasses nails and a hindquarter of lamb.
An observant editor asks if weather affects crime. The wise man answers that on balmy days spring poets resume activity, as cited by the Pittsburg Chronicle in a brief exchange.
Brooklyn Life asks readers to send wedding plans for a dearest friend, inviting details on date location and arrangement. The note seeks public tips or confirmations about upcoming nuptials from Society.
A collection of brief moral maxims from Sidney Smith Carlyle Helps McKenzie and others. The passages discuss virtue, perseverance, self improvement, indulgence, and humane conduct, urging upright living and forgiveness. The tone resembles a mid century inspirational compilation.
The article describes new skirts in deep green maire velours with sheer bodices. Spring looks include Russian green cloth walking costumes with black taffeta silk capes lined in green and holly berry wreaths for hats. Velvet ribbon broadens its use, blouse sleeves shape waists, and pale yellow organdie with purple flower accents appears. Louis XV bows, paste buckles, red trims remain popular in millinery. A coquettish red toque with poppies, and a black satin straw hat with spangled tulle crown are noted.
A Mill ecker spectacle at the Schiller delivers brisk choruses and fine solo duets and trios. Miro Delemotta asserts the title role with a rich tenor, while Syl van Langlois attracts as Jan Janitsky. Robert Lett plays Gen. Ollendorf and George Herbert provides comic Enterich, with a handsome Schiller company, as the season moves to The Chimes of Normandy.
The roof garden at the Masonic Temple offers theater service with weatherproof comfort. Acts include Laura Bigger and Burt Haverly in songs and jokes, Smith and Fuller, Ola Hayden, the Three Rubes, Dixon, Bowers and Dixon, De Bissel, The Clay, and new pictures come with the bill this coming week.
Papinta the Queen of the Myriad dance reappears at Hopkins Theatre with new novelties including a dance called the E Capitan. Will F. Fox the entertaining comedy pianist appears next week alongside the stock company presenting Lost Paradise among other revivals and features for a thoroughly enjoyable program.
The show enters its third week with Barney Fagan’s new stage effects. Vocalists coached by Banks Winter and others delight burlesque fans. A bargain matinee is scheduled for Wednesday.
The Ferris Wheel Park notes steady attendance despite cool weather. A strong vaudeville program headlines the week with Fields & Salina, Melville and Conway, Swan and Bambard, and other acts. Free wheel rides and a miniature world’s fair attract outdoor guests.
The Whale back Christopher Columbus steamship launches the Milwaukee season on June 27. The palatial liner, largest and fastest on the Great Lakes, seats 1,000 with hotellike amenities and free bicycle check. Round trip $1, 85 mile Lake Michigan ride with daytime concert and evening dancing. Docks Rush Street Bridge north end. Leaves 9 a.m. weekdays and 9:30 Sundays. returns to Chicago about 9:30 p.m. G S Whitstar, General Passenger Agent.
Sunnyside Park opening, postponed from last Saturday, will feature a varied program by Manager Prior. The new improvements enhance the already premier outdoor Chicago park with acts from Melville and Conway Oscar Hall Swan and Bam bard Beeson Miles and Lulu the Le Moynes and others. Clark Street streetcars stop at Sunnyside and North Side bicycle roads converge on the venue.
A survey notes 17 646 people in Galway spoke Irish alone and 107 620 spoke both Irish and English from a 1891 population of 214 712. It also mentions Wyoming cattle prospects for 1897, Brooklyn’s growth since 1834, and a salt works run by two young women in Oklahoma. Additional snippets cover Sweden Norway and Lapland rats and white foxes, plus a New York Weekly pun about salt in artists paint.
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