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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1896
Page
8
Flow Schoonmaker Armstrong warns children in a Pittsburg Press item about a dangerous foe named I dont care. The poem urges breaking the habit of saying I dont care to protect time honesty and friendships. It cautions that casual neglect leads to reckless life choices and warns readers to guard words thoughts and actions.
In a western town editorial office Hetherly and Sherwin clash over a delayed hanging story. Ten years of deceit unravel as Sherwin faces his past with Elsie Marvin and Mrs Hetherly vanishes with another man, leaving Hetherly seeking a divorce.
Benjamin Westby was hit by a Detroit electric car on April 18 and awoke as a raving maniac with only a scalp cut. Physicians discovered a inward skull indentation over the brain. A prior head injury from a railroad fall ten years earlier was recalled. Surgeons trephined about two and a half inches of the skull and Westby recovered his reason.
Four year old Helen Breiter of Saginaw Michigan has been asleep since Thursday night and has not opened her eyes yet. She answers yes or no to nourishment questions and has been ill for five weeks with brain affection, yet shows no signs of emaciation.
A New Hampshire pastor Hezekiah Wawkins planned farewell sermon when taken ill. He rose from a coffin to preach but collapsed and died as the congregation looked on. The scene drew farmers and families in mournful attendance, clothed in rusty black with solemn faces and veiled eyes. The visiting minister attempted to comfort the crowd as the aged pastor died.
A San Francisco Bulletin report alleges Little Pete, a Chinese ex convict, bribed jockeys at the Bay District track to fix races and win about $100,000 for bookmakers. Federal action and Geary act loopholes are discussed as Pete evades deportation despite past jury bribery convictions.
A country church gathers for a farewell sermon as Rev Hezekiah Hawkins arrives in pale, dignified form with a manuscript roll. The old minister speaks with a haunting cadence, recalling faith and immortality while the congregation battles fear and awe.
A Windsor Magazine anecdote recalls a South African Khoikhoi observer mistaking golf for a white man’s game. He watches players struggle in bunkers and later bangs a rock with a pole shouting a profanity, declaring golf a white man’s game as a humorous cross cultural remark.
A Mrs. Wickwire recalls a boast about laying the world at her feet. Mr. Wickwire responds with a playful question as she teases him about laying a carpet after three days of nagging, in a light home note from the Indianapolis Journal.
The New York World reports that Philadelphia scientists claim to have found a cerulean blood corpuscle in the circulation of old Pennsylvania families and other aristocrats. London sources note consternation in the house of lords as English peers worry about the alleged blue corpuscles in their veins.
A collection of practical home pointers covers silver cleaning with ammoniac salt, grassy alternatives to tea for sweeping dust, a hot hands recipe with alum, moth control by oven heat, carpet cleaning with hot soapy water, and a trivia note about words containing all vowels.
Offer of three color posters by W. W. Denslow Ethel Reed and Ray Brown sent free of postage to any address on receipt of one dollar. Limited numbers available as demand for rare prints grows. Address Geo H Heafford Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Old Colony Building Chicago UI.
A Boston Transcript joke sketches a customer complaining of a tough steak and teeth, while the butcher blames poor cutting tools and jokes about exercise for teeth. The repartee highlights dental irony and market tools as punchline.
A summer resort book about the lake region served by the Wabash Railroad invites readers to write C. S. Crane in St. Louis Missouri for details about travel and destinations on the line.
A colloquial jumble cites Uncle Eben on waste and idle time while rail managers discard third class dining cars. An old remedy for teething is promoted, and a note on newsboys cycling through London hints at changing newspaper enterprise.
The Chicago & Master Ilinois R. A. announces first class round trip tickets to Florida and the South for one fare plus $2, valid 31 days from sale. Dates include June 15 16 July 6 7 20 21 and select August September October days. Inquire W Wumphrey N P A St Paul or Chicago offices C L Stone G P T A.
An average of 1,000 pies are eaten daily in London. A testimonial from John A. Miller of Au Sable Michigan dated April 21 1895 credits Piso's Cure for Consumption with saving his life. Germany maintains a war footing of 2 700 600 men.
The Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain route will sell round trip tickets on June 23 July 7 and 21 at one fare plus $2 to points in Kansas Nebraska Wyoming Colorado Utah Missouri Arkansas Texas and Louisiana. Tickets valid 21 days from sale date with overnight stopovers. For details write Bissell Wilson D P A 111 Adams Street Chicago.
A tense exchange unfolds as a man asks for all, and a resolute woman lists six spools of silk thread four yards of toweling a can of concentrated lye and two yards of trimming to match a dress before the man staggers away from the house in Detroit.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad offers about half price round trips to southern points on the first and third Tuesday of each month through October. Inquire at the ticket office. if tickets cannot be sold, contact C. P. Atmore, General Passenger Agent, Louisville KY, or J. K. Ridgely, N. W. BP. A., Chicago IL.
The Glorious Fourth plans elaborate preparations for a grand celebration on July 4 at Island Park picnic grounds. A round trip rate from Chicago will be offered with boating and fishing facilities, drawing crowds to this popular near Chicago resort.
Inquiry asks if the material is the latest fashion and the host claims it is the very latest. The sun exposure test is cited with the material having spent two years in a window and still standing well, contrasting fashion trends.
A brief dialogue from the Cincinnati Enquirer with Willie explaining he tried tobacco and got sick. Nellie questions wickedness while Willie asserts tobacco isn’t wicked.
A Parisian society leader buys a toy poodle from a street peddler in Paris only to discover the dog is a common house rat sewn into a poodle skin. The note mocks dog sharpers and clever deception in urban life.
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