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Oak Park Vindicator

Location

Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1899

Page

8

A Few Timely Folaters Promote Deering Binder Choice

The article urges farmers to evaluate binder quality beyond talk and sales pitches, stressing a machine’s main frame durability and safe weight. It touts the Deering Ideal Binder with a high carbon frame, hot riveted joints, two cutting apparatuses, adjustable reel, Deering Knotter and Binder, brindle carrier, and roller ball bearings for light draft efficiency.

Deering Deering Rolier America I . Deering Earth

A Delicate Compliment From Pearl’s Mother

Mrs Matchmaker compliments Mr Wise on his interest in Pearl and he replies that his admiration for Pearl’s mother explains his conduct. The exchange reads as a genteel witticism from The Jewelers' Weekly reflecting social matchmaking standards.

Travel offer for round trip to Richmond July 13 16

Travel notice from Richmond Virginia July 13 16 via Big Four and Chesapeake and Ohio railways. One round trip ticket on sale July 11 12 13 with return valid to July 31 and extendable to August 18. For full details contact J er G N A 334 Clark St Chicago.

Richmond Big Four Chesapeake & Ohio Ry’s Clark St Chicago

General Work Attraction Prompts Light Banter

A Chicago News quip jokes about an ad seeking a man for general work. The cartoonish banter suggests the job may be easy while playing on the vagueness of the term general work. It highlights humorous stereotypes of labor and gender roles from the era.

Beau Chicago News

Allen's Foot Ease Promises Quick Comfort for Feet

Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy Cures corns bunions swollen hot and sweating feet At all druggists and shoe stores 25c Sample sent free Address Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy N Y

Allen Olmsted LeRoy, N

Ella Fantine Known as Smallest Girl in Class

A Cleveland Plain Dealer note recalls a girl named Ella Fantine, born to a mother who preferred Fantine and a father who insisted on Ella. The child is described as the smallest girl in her class.

Fantine Ella Ella Fantine Cleveland Plain Dealer

The Summer Bath for Health

An 19th century health column extols summer bathing as essential for health and beauty. It prescribes lukewarm water with soap, firm skin rubbing, a cool rinse, and drying, claiming a daily bath keeps the system well in warm weather. ELIZA R. PARKER. The piece ends with a brief, unrelated dialogue about a threshing machine trust and grain.

Eliza R. Parker

Lane's Family Medicine and Rail Pass Endorsements

Lane's Family Medicine promises daily bowel movement relief and liver kidney support. A Baltimore and Ohio Railroad order allows trip pass holders to stop at any station with conductor endorsement on the pass for onward passage.

Lane Underwood Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Oldest Inn in England Claim Backed by Records

The Seven Stars in Manchester, claimed as Britain’s oldest licensed house, rests on documentary evidence. County records show a license dating to Edward III in 1356, with monasteries once hosting travelers and inns expanding in the fifteenth century as towns grew.

Manchester Great Britain Lancaster Castle London Edward III

Misery It Entails Upon a Horse and Its Evil Effects

An excerpt discusses the cruelty and vanity of the check rein, noting Manchester's permission to demolish relics, and the Denver Post argues against overchecking. It calls for comfortable harness use and humane treatment of draft and driving horses, asserting moral and practical reasons.

Saya Denver Post

Manchester Seven Stars Inn and its Historic Echoes

The old Seven Stars inn in Manchester carried stories from 1564 Flemish weavers to 1642 siege and 1745 Prince Charles Edward. Legends speak of Ye Guy Faux Chamber, hidden passages, and a secret link to the Collegiate church. The piece laments its doom amid industrial growth and cites veterinary views on check reins as cruelty.

Guy Fawkes Guy Alva Manchester Seven Stars Prince Charles Edward Manchester Regiment Townley France

Musical Wonder: Eight-Year-Old Bra Beau Plays Sousa

Lawrence Bra beau, eight, attends Russell School at 358 Brady Street and plays piano with left hand bass and right hand melody. Self-taught child, he learns new marches quickly and often entertains classmates during recess, with a quiet, sweet disposition and French heritage.

Lawrence Brabeau Russell School Brady Street Lawrence

Tragic decapitation at Rhea Springs shocks locals

In Rhea Springs Tennessee Mrs Sarah Clark age 60 killed herself with a razor after months of dementia and a prior family tragedy. Witnesses recall three lunges ending with the head severed from the body as blood streamed from the blade. Physicians call the case remarkable.

Rhea Springs Tenn Sarah Clark Clark Dee Medical Science

Atlantic Steamer's Larder on a Ship Market

The market under the sea stores two and a half tons of butter in a six by twelve foot refrigerator, plus 5,000 pounds of butter, 20,000 eggs, 2,500 quarts of milk and cream, 4,000 pounds of salt meats, 16,000 oysters, 1,500 clams, and limited lobsters. It houses fruits, vegetables, and a large grocery stock with tea and coffee. Perishables are loaded per passenger count and leftovers are eaten by the crew.

Ladies’ Home Journal

Sardinian Women in Gala Dress and Heirloom Costumes

Sardinian women display elegant figures and graceful carriage with large black eyes and brunette hair. They wear uniform regional styles, rich gala outfits at religious fetes, and treasure costumes as family heirlooms passed mother to daughter, avoiding frequent fashion changes.

Sardinia Europe

Hailstones Linked to Bacteria Findings by Dr Harrison

Canadian bacteriologist Dr Harrison reports hailstone organisms contain bacteria and moulds including a new bacillus and coccus. His work supports Burwick's theory that surface water is carried aloft by storms and frozen to form hail.

C. Harrison Hall

Tombstones Unearthed During City Excavation Mystery Solved

Workmen digging for houses at Ridge avenue and Dauphin streets unearthed tombstones urns and statues ten feet deep. A local elder recalled a 1715 Swede settler and a marble cutter who hid goods to appease a sheriff and died before the case was resolved.

Charles Land Ridge Avenue Dauphin Shuster Whale Parka Dauphin Streets

Balzac's Room of Imagination and Literature

The New York World recounts Balzac in 1840 described by M Cormon as a room stacked with books proofs and papers. Balzac works rapidly with shirt unbuttoned braces at his hips and chalk inscriptions on the walls imagining the room finished.

Balzac M. Cormon Raphael New York World

Typhoid Cases Prompt Attention in Philadelphia

Fragmented notices report Philadelphia recording 4000 typhoid cases in three months. The item lists various patent medicines and promotional claims, including Piso’s Cure for Consumption and Doan’s Cough Balsam. Names and locations appear in scattered fashion, with references to advertising copy and unrelated quotes.

Philadelphia

Gunter to Pinkham Letter Highlights Vegetable Compound Cure

A letter recalls doctors giving up a patient last June due to womb ulceration. After using Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and other products, the patient gained weight to 155 pounds from 138 and reports full recovery. Additional testimonials from Mrs. Eva Guyver and Mrs. Barnhart claim relief from miscarriage, dyspepsia, nervous symptoms, and overall improved health.

Finemann HO Lydia Pinkham Mas Anha Eva Guyver Hieainsville, Mo

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