14 Jun 1895
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1895
Page
1
The Te Oak Park Vindicator appears weekly on Fridays from a Chicago printing office at 207 West Madison Street. Subscription runs $2.00 per year in advance, with advertising rates available on application.
The piece urges nationwide Flag Day celebration on June 14 with schools and communities honoring Old Glory. It highlights singing, toasts, and a push to fund a Francis Scott Key monument via schoolchildren donations, and includes quotes praising the flag and patriotism.
The article reports that unless foreign correspondents distort facts HRH plans a September visit to the United States to attend yacht races hosted by Mr and Mrs Ogden Gooke at their Newport residence. He will reportedly stay about 60 days and seeks no royal fanfare to strengthen Anglo American ties.
An editorial note envisions adding ex President Harrison to the White House portrait gallery. It compares future portraits to the many kings of Scotland and jokes that Boston figures in Harvard Memorial Hall resemble the ugliness of those historic countenances.
The record notes Mr. Olmey as an enthusiastic tennis player and a first class fisherman. It suggests the fishing skill would carry weight with President Cleveland. Meanwhile St Louis takes pride that its namesake ocean liner is very fast.
A harsh implication suggests China could raise 200 million taels owed to Japan by killing subjects. The text mocks West Point graduates as habitual gangers while urging sane athletic and moral culture. It predicts a record year for extreme heat and cold.
A quoted critique notes a professor's article in The Popular Science Monthly that allegedly demeans women by claiming innate inferiority and biological differences. The piece mocks the scholarly stance arguing women are both more conscientious and greater liars, concluding with a view of woman as arrested development while noting alarming current reforms.
The text argues that wartime needs showed the US the importance of nationwide rail access and suggests China could be divided due to its limited rail network. It cites Pickering's warning that imperial powers seek Pacific access and Manchuria, with Russia and Germany pursuing strategic gains, while Britain voices concern.
An article notes working girls from clerks stenographers and schoolmistresses feel flattered when newspapers print pictures of affluent young ladies, suggesting they are as pretty as the millionaire class and deserve recognition.
A historic assertion states the world population is 7.5 billion with whites making up about one third and 630 million Mongolians noted among Asia's 7.5 billion. The tone emphasizes racial generalizations and demographic counting.
The remark suggests people would be as good looking as horses if their ancestry were as scrutinized. It notes Allison's boom as a Republican presidential candidate and claims he resembles General Grant in appearance.
The piece notes Niagara Falls power use is not yet fully proven but shows potential. It mentions attempts in lower Canada to use the Chandicere Falls, 05 feet high with 500,000 horsepower, and suggests shared benefits could push western development and challenge eastern supremacy in manufacturing.
A portrait of John R Walsh of Chicago as a self made financier and journalist. He rose from a newspaper boy at thirteen to president of the Chicago National Bank and a controlling owner of the Chicago Herald. His career is praised as clean, honorable, and a beacon for youth.
The Review of Reviews contends that Cuba’s summer heat and epidemics devastate Spanish soldiers. Between 1868 and 1878 about 140,000 troops were sent, with only a small fraction surviving to return. officials warn insurgents count on yellow fever and other deadly maladies this summer.
A New York Sun report suggests Oscar Wilde is insane and confined, with commentators debating the rationale and impact of his alleged years of madness. The item contrasts Wilde's brilliance, possible dramatic rise, and the social caution about eccentric conduct and deranged behavior.
After King’s funeral the Vigilance Committee under William T. Coleman expanded into a permanent body. The fort became a police court fort, with 33 executives, a police force, and military companies drilling daily. Notable figures like Yankee Sullivan and Edward McGowan faced banishment as the group pursued alleged ballot fraud and law violations.
In Elizabeth New Jersey ten years ago five boys found a stocking bursting with 775 dollars. Now grown men they sit in chancery as Chief of Police Keron holds the money pending claims. Crawford claims the finders keep it while Cashman Vine Foxes dispute the share.
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