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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
10
The piece discusses Jacob Boehme and his belief that human souls belong to elemental structures, with souls of Fire Water and Earth reflecting different temperaments. It praises Boehme as a mystic with insights, noting the author’s reconsideration of his ideas after reading his old writings in the New York Independent.
Jim Grigsby, a rugged young inventor, meets Miss Merriam a cautious, businesslike woman. In a city elevator crash they face danger together as a boy is injured and rescue efforts begin with calm leadership from Grigsby and quiet resolve from Merriam.
A dramatic elevator entrapment ends with Jim guiding rescue workers to free a trapped pair. Amid the suspense the man shares life stories and hopes, while the woman speaks of a budding romance and a planned western move. Nearby in a separate note, Miss Merriam’s engagement rumors surface as Joe hints at a misread romance. Jewel anecdotes from Bombay and a barrister illustrate strange body adornments with precious stones.
A plains tribe story says an old fair chief pursued thieves, seeking justice, but reached the culprits and took eighty ponies in addition to the twenty stolen from his own group. The Atchison Globe notes white people mirror this excess when pursuing justice.
The article notes that eighty thousand elephants are needed each year to supply global ivory. It highlights South Africa as a major source for these elephants, underscoring the scale of the trade and its international implications.
A young woman in a spring suit persuades a New York–bound gatekeeper at Pennsylvania Station to admit her so she can greet her husband aboard the arriving train. She exits with a pug as the gateman grumbles about his imprudent mercy and the charms of the traveler.
In Hepbottom Susquehanna County Penn a farmer named Nye trapped a marauder and killed a fox, then found a dying cub. He raised the fox on a ewe’s milk and the animal, now tame, sleeps beside the ewe and tolerates humans except Nye. The tale comes from the Springfield Republican.
Harper's Weekly notes quick construction of great American buildings is helped by rental costs and loan taxes but unions drive costs up. Contractors ruined by wage demands push capitalists away from projects, reducing labor demand and turning economic tables.
In a recent paper French anthropologist Dr A Bloch rejects the idea that thick lips signal sensuality or that lip form indicates character. He argues lip traits are race characteristics and hybrid children may inherit lip forms not matching their true nature. Providence Journal reports his claim.
The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, the principal light at Sandy Hook, was built by the British before the War of Independence. It has undergone multiple alterations and reconstructions yet preserves its original form with circular smooth walls that taper from base to top.
In the broader push to improve the Trans Siberian Railway the government will build an electric line ending at Vladivostock. The project includes an electric railway of about twelve miles and an electric light plant.
Cheap excursions to Golorwad East Lake City and Ogden Utah depart Chicago on June 20 July 17 and August 1 via Great Rock Island Route. Round trip fare is $2 with return by October 31 1900. Special trains to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo leave Chicago at 445 p m. Tickets valid on regular trains. Free booklet Colorado the Magnificent available from John Sebastian G P A Chicago.
Sans Souci park in Chicago launches its second summer season with enhanced beauty and grandeur. The amusement site promises one of the most varied and extensive bills of attractions in the West, featuring innovations and superior attractions that have earned strong approval from visitors last year and new crowds this season.
A stout recommendation for summer travelers to Paris to read Paris as It Is by Katherine De Forest Doubeday Page Co New York. The book extends guide books by detailing people home life places of interest museums galleries shops fashions political life and other information essential for full enjoyment and understanding of the French capital.
Charles K Field and W H Irwin publish an attractive volume of pictures of college life at Stanford University. The stories burst with fresh energy and buoyant terseness and fill a gap in the popular college fiction series. Field is Eugene Field’s nephew. The average man would rather fix teeth than accompany a woman buying an Oriental rug.
A short promo notes Maple City Self Washing Soap as gentle on clothes and urges buyers to ask their dealer and follow directions. It claims all good grocers sell it and ends with a moral about beginnings and endings. It adds a quip on table etiquette about preventing overindulgence.
Promotes a 25 cent prize treatise titled Gold Medal Prize Treatise for life making, vigor and happiness with engravings. Claims a million copies sold and offers overview and prospectus from The Peabody Medical Institute at 4 Bulfinch Street Boston. Postage paid.
Senator Beveridge remarks that he has studied Malay languages but mastered only one and there are fifty eight others to master. The quote reflects his interest in linguistic studies and his ambitious language goal.
Ad promotes Allen's Footbase powder to ease tight new shoes and relieve swollen hot sweating aching feet ingrowing nails corns and bunions. Available at druggists and shoe stores 25 cents Trial package free by mail Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A lighthearted domestic exchange describes a wife as a ray of sunshine and a husband noting her trust in his words. The playful dialogue highlights the couple’s affectionate dynamic and mutual humor.
An old advertisement promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement aid gentle action on the liver and kidneys and relief for sick headache. It lists prices as 25 and 500.
A faded note chronicles persistent kissing amid germ theory debates and promotes Maple City Self Waking Soap from grocers. It remarks on constant movement with trees seemingly leaving for the summer.
Readers are invited to view the Northwestern Line route for travel to Paris while those unable to go are urged to enjoy American regattas. The note highlights Black Hills as a teachable locale and calls for broad participation.
Letters from women in Rockport Indiana dated Sept 27, 1898 and Apr 13, 1899 praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They describe long illness, back and stomach pains, irregular menstruation, and nervous symptoms, and credit the remedy with restoring health.
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