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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1897
Page
8
An Irishman applies for total disability from an accident insurance companyafter presenting a crumpled policy claim. He explains he came to be a butler but claims injury arose after slipping on broken dishes, asserting he cannot work since being discharged. The clerk questions the basis of total disability while the man insists the situation proves it.
A witness testified that Mr. Timson was very unbalanced shortly before death and believed he had made an unbreakable will. The witness saw him daily for a week prior and described a fixed warlike delusion ruling his mind until death.
A colonel frets over a confrontation with Marah Bloodgood about a prior exchanged remark. He recalls their dispute and notes receiving aHvah colored pup that turned out white, fearing implied racial insult. The scene unfolds in a saloon as the barkeeper probes the colonel's thoughts.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers very cheap special date fares for June 20 and 30 July 1 2 3 to San Francisco Salt Lake City Denver Pueblo Sioux City Omaha Council Bluffs Kansas City and other points. Return tickets at similar rates will be sold on various dates in July and August. For details contact Geo H Heafford general agent at Chicago.
A Washington Star brief notes a man with a melancholy mien reconsidering mockery of messenger boys after observing one practicing for Fours daily for a month to learn to stand still on a bicycle. The item folds into a quiet, humorous reflection on diligence.
An advertisement highlights farming lands in South Dakota one day from Chicago with wheat corn barley and flax crops. Prices range from 10 to 16 dollars per acre and up, with sales emphasizing investment potential due to stock and dairy wealth and nearby markets.
Fare from Chicago to San Francisco set at 25 dollars on the North-Western Line for the E. Convention travel June 29 to July 3. Similar rates apply eastbound. Inquiries and tickets available through C. & N. W. Ry. agents.
A Cincinnati Tribune excerpt recalls a dynamite gun in action with a dramatic report as its engine proclaims its power. Latrielle, who once cut antennae from an ant, is described alongside ants tending wounded companions with fluid drops.
A floorwalker or usher earns $15 to 40 a week and acts as the store’s inner manager. He guides customers, oversees salespeople, enforces rules, and mediates grievances. His role blends buyer instincts with polite, firm aisle management to ensure department profitability.
A dated advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for painful swollen feet bunions and sweating it claims to make tight shoes feel easy and offers a 25 cent mail option with a free trial package sourced from Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Dickerson asks why Dr Silkyhat has many patients. Jimsby replies that his sister in law is devoted to his soft voice good clothes and persuasive manner preferring to be ill under him than be cured by others.
The article extols the Krw ENGiaxp Conservatory of Music in Boston as a premier institution with vast facilities and a heavy investment. It highlights courses in music elocution piano tuning and organ tuning as part of its offerings and asserts unmatched advantages for students choosing this school over others.
The article notes iron has long been a favorite medicine and that nearly a hundred different preparations are known to medical chemists. It emphasizes iron’s prominence in medical practice and the wide variety of formulations available to physicians.
The article notes that national revenue, largely from taxes, has tripled since 1850, risen more than fivefold since 1810, and soared forty fivefold since 1680, reflecting long term fiscal expansion.
A collage of notices and product pitches. treatments and cures for health complaints from Piso’s Cure for Consumption to Wall’s Catarrh Cure. ads for No-To-Bac and Cascarets. advice on charity hats at church and a dream about being shaved. Iowa farms for sale and Millet seeds promotions. Electricity used by dentists to bleach teeth.
Albany letters recount the New York capitol's soaring price tag, begun in 1867, with total costs surpassing 622 million to date and annual maintenance over 100 thousand. Nine governors failed to finish it. fraud scandals, corrupt contracts, and repeated renovations wasted public funds as the famed golden corridor decayed into memory.
A drummer recalls Sandy McNeil a Jersey City restaurant keeper who spent five years in Dodge City Kansas where his establishment hosted cowboys and frontier figures and allegedly witnessed numerous murders under its roof.
The Indianapolis Journal excerpt cites C. W. Bartlett praising the peccary or wild hog of Mexico as supremely fearless and intelligent in fighting humans. It travels in large droves, detects people from afar, and resists gunfire, with running speeds rivaling horses and endurance matching its viciousness. A hunter’s tale shows how peccaries outlasted him in a tree.
The unfinished capitol remains the norm with a 1.25 million dollar appropriation, 800 thousand this year. History cites repeated political patronage, inflated costs, and faulty design, including a cracking eastern staircase and a high arch ceiling replaced by an oak roof.
The Mexican legislature authorizes the American Museum of Natural History to conduct archaeological work in Mexico and Yucatan. Planned start next September at Xochicalco in Morelos, focusing on the eastern wall mould and tomb explorations to portray Nahuatl sculpture and mythology.
A Mount Vernon man sues a Bowdoinham man in Kennebec County Court for $50 claiming payment for services in seeking a wife for the defendant. The calendar of the current term lists the suit among civil actions.
A humorous reminiscence from Grim describes preparing a bicycle for summer, with a hidden money pocket and chamois lining for emergencies. He recalls a past ride where a policeman fined him for riding without a lamp, forcing him to stash cash and a watch for travel. He also notes cash is needed for rail travel and shares a wry observation about fence building for cows.
A brief Brooklyn Life note quotes a young playwright asking a critic about the climax. The critic replies it was very welcome, signaling a sharp, social town review tone.
Kipling’s sister writes A Pinchback Goddess about Indian life. The Duchess of Wife-named Wet Royal Shyness avoids court, and Princess Louise of Lorne shuns functions. Louise Sheffield Grownell named Sage College warden and lecturer. Sage is Cornell’s women’s annex. New volumes from Mrs. Margaret Leland, Lathrop memoirs, and works by Blanche Willis Howard and Mrs. Catherwood.
The Amsterdam landscape is described as intersected by canals dividing the city into about ninety islands. About 300 bridges connect the island network enabling communication across the city. The passage also notes a confrontation where Miss Shelf objects to an end of century fad and fears a census taker asking her age.
A physician unable to diagnose female diseases prompts Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts to offer expert advice. Her Vegetable Compound is presented as a superior treatment based on years of experience and the testimony of grateful women.
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