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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1899
Page
3
The article surveys summer bathing attire with serge and mohair suits in forest green and new reds, warn against clinging India silk, and praises stiffened skirts of buckram. It notes corset designs named Zaza, ribbon lattice suits, wash ribbons, and the fashion of tiny bath houses for Parisian millionaires.
In Philadelphia Record style dialogue, Cindhly helps a struck man from a trolley and asks how he feels. The man responds he feels a trifle run down before walking away, noting the narrow escape and casual recovery.
Col Theodore Roosevelt notes in Scribner's that our artillery struggled against Spanish smokeless guns while our black powder weapons failed to engage effectively. The two volunteer regiments, Second Massachusetts and Seventy First New York, used antiquated Springfield muskets limiting their fire. The Hotchkiss one pounders under Lieut Hughes displayed gallantry amid the failing support.
A London Daily News report recalls a widow and daughter's near loss when a Major perished with the Stella. A nameless man stepped back to give Miss Baker his seat, saving her life at the cost of his own. His anonymity intensifies the act's quiet grandeur and sea burial.
Emilio Castelar, renowned Spanish Republican orator and statesman, died in Murcia from albuminuria. A former history professor and pivotal leader of the 1868 revolution, he twice led the Cortes and briefly held executive power during the republic era. Castelar authored works on Italy and the Republican Movement and was famed for his extraordinary oratory from a young age. The nation mourned as officials pledged condolences and arranged a public funeral.
A Pall Mall Gazette Paris letter outlines Paris moving sewage from the Seine to two central drains and new sewage farms at Mery and Trial. Gennevilliers already proves the system, boosting land values and prompting a Durand-Claye statue. One landowner sought 10 million francs in damages, later cut to 100 francs on appeal.
Gossips in Europe discuss the matrimonial prospects of Queen Wilhelmina. Either Prince Alexander of Teck or Prince William of Wied could become her husband but not king or prince consort, instead bearing the title queen's husband and subject to the laws.
In the first empire Paris students mocked playwright Lemercier. Napoleon ordered a second performance, hissed again, then finally announced play it again and I will go. He laughed at the sight of hats covering heads in the box as the audience nodded. The piece was not staged again.
A terse old saying notes that men may endure great privations while women insist on voicing their sufferings and urging endurance. The remark reflects gendered perspectives on hardship and resilience.
William Allen of Union in Broome County owned a barn three horses and a tame bear. A lightning strike started the fire while Allen was away. The bear named Jocko repeatedly entered the burning barn to save the horses, each time returning with a horse before the roof collapsed.
Justice Langhin of Buffalo orders permanent injunction with costs and full accounting of sales against Paul B Hudson and a Brooklyn dealer for selling Dr Clark s Foot Powder. Court finds it imitates Foot Ease and infringes on Foot Ease advertising. Allen B Olmsted of Le Roy owns Foot Rage, first to widely advertise foot powder. He will mail samples to seekers and warns further suits against infringers.
The London Daily News reports the Russian man of war Gerzog Edin burkskij secretly conducted soundings under cover of darkness after Swedish courtesy at Karlskrona. The fortress city, Sweden’s chief naval station, features fortified approaches and a difficult ship channel.
Readers are invited to receive a 30 day free sample box of 5 DROPS Salve claimed to cure Piles eczema and skin diseases. The offer promises instant relief and quick cures for burns sores and scalp issues. Prepaid mail options priced at 25 and 50 cents per box via Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co Chicago Illinois.
Try Grain-o. Ask your grocer to show you a package of GRAIN-O the new food drink that replaces coffee. Children may drink it without injury as well as adults. It has a rich seal brown color like Mocha or Java but is made from pure grains and is easy on the stomach. One-fourth the price of coffee five and twenty five cents per package. Sold by all grocers.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer remark a woman jokes about stuffing a shopping bag with waste paper to get even with a highway robber should he try his snatching trick again, turning a street crime into a wry, domestic counterattack.
A half rate excursion is offered for the B Y P U convention in Richmond Virginia on July 11 12 and 13 with cheap side trips to Washington New York and seashore resorts. Address J C Tucker G N A Big Four Route Chicago.
A humorous exchange describes a baby nicknamed "Contribution Box" by Dan who jokes the child swallows many buttons and is full of them. The line reveals playful regional speech and a nickname origin in a domestic vignette.
An old advertising notice urges immediate action for coughing, promoting Kemp's Balsam as a cough stopper. It offers a free sample and specifies bottles sold at 25 and 50 cents, warning that delays are dangerous.
A landlady notes coffee can keep up at breakfast while a guest quips that the brew is so weak it should go to bed. The light exchange captures a casual, humorous domestic moment.
An ad style notice promotes Cascareta Candy Cathartte as quick relief for a sick headache and heat aches when taken in time. Sold by druggists at 10c 2c and 50c. It also includes a line about a girl’s word regarding singing, suggesting she tells the truth.
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