Oddities and quarrels spark chatter in Chicago weekly
The Oak Park Vindicator column items include jokes about John Barleycorn and Eddy of Minnesota, a Chicago woman’s rash marriage tale, and Ruskin tea shop experiments. The piece notes a Tribune and Associated Press dispute over news rights and sourcing, with AP denying Tribune accusations of copyright infringement.
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Chicago Tribune Company
Associated Press
London Times
Tribune
London
Electrical progress and Italian filbert notes
The article extols U S leadership in electricity and invention, cites Italy's filbert crop as highly important, and describes filbert cultivation practices. It details bush spacing, fruiting in year three, long-standing plantations, soil preference, November December plantings, disease resistance, and hail or cold wind risks.
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Italy
Boers In Pretoria Exile Workouts Praised as Civilized
An officer in Plum er's force held as a prisoner at Pretoria writes of the camp life. He notes well equipped dungeons and daily programs including Sandow exercises and rounders. The letter contrasts Boers with savage depictions and praises orderly conditions. Major Anderson tours the Colville Indian reservation with chiefs Lot Barnaby and Orp anghan to seek justice for land ceded in 1891.
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Plumer
Pretoria
Cape Town
Sandow
Major Anderson
Colville
Washington
National Capital
Lot
Barnaby
Orpan Ghan
Coeur d’Alenes
Russian peasants employ yearly hibernation to survive famine
A Bureau of Statistics report describes a Russian practice called lejka in famine districts. Families wallow in four to five months of dormancy, sleeping on stoves to reduce activity and intake, barely eating black bread and water, and awaiting the next harvest. The habit is presented as a generations old adaptation rather than a temporary hardship.
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Department of
Pskov
Russia
Words of Wisdom on Faith Conscience and Morality
A collection of aphorisms on faith obedience conscience and morality noting that belief without action is immoral and that truth requires the moral instinct. It contrasts religious aims with personal conscience urging purification of both faith and conduct. It cites views on marriage and female perception with pointed social humor.
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Church
First Jewish Peer Lord Rothschild Celebrates Birthday
The First Jewish Peer Lord Rothschild marks his fifty ninth birthday. He is heir to Meyer Amschel Rothschild, founder of the family wealth. He served twenty years as MP for Aylesbury and became a peer in 1885, the first Jew to be so honored. He now aligns with Lord Salisbury.
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Lord Rothschild
Meyer Amschel Rothschild
All Meyer
House of Commons
Aylesbury
Mr. Gladstone
Lord Salisbury
Robs perilous escape aboard the Black Cat in Brazil
Rob is rescued from a grim jail by Captain Torrero who reveals Elvin and Starne as plotting adversaries. Rob joins the Black Cat as crew tally clerk during a three week voyage toward Rio de Janeiro. Torrero plans to keep Rob close while Elvin and Starne hunt him, and Rob weighs his uncertain fate.
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Torrero
Torreyo
Black Cat
Elvin
Starne
Bii
Buenos Ayres
Senor
Richard Elvin
Bis
Independents
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Horton
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Lemuel Elvin
Torrevo
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
New York
Bea
Argentina
la Plata
Little Bay
Journey to Brasil Passes Quietly with Few Incidents
The voyage to Brasil took about two weeks and went smoothly with no notable events. Rob felt sorrow about his prospects but concealed his feelings, while Sabtath the Torrey remained enigmatic.
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Brasil
Rob
The Spectacle Habit An Eye Doctor Warns Of Unneeded Glasses
An eye specialist in New Orleans warns that many uneducated people adopt spectacles without need. He cites sun irritation misread as need for lenses and reports cheap peddlers selling dozens of frames. Improperly fitted glasses often worsen vision until proper lenses are provided.
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New Orleans
Times-Democrat
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