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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1900
Page
2
Subscription info for The Vindicator appears with old office addresses in Austin and Oak Park. Readers are asked to notify the Austin office if delivery is not timely or regular.
The piece notes Republican support for Judge Carter in the governor race and an independent Cicero ticket possibly forming. It reports on snow disruption, car track sweepers improving transit, a Hicks couple accused of soliciting aid, and the Annexation Club of the Thirty fifth ward planning an independent alderman ticket with a Tuesday meeting to nominate. An alderman hopeful hired a horse and snow plow to clear sidewalks during the storm.
Candidates in the Thirty-fifth ward have chosen to run independently regardless of the ticket decision. Winners will claim the outcome was unaffected by the alternative path.
Supporters in the Thirty-fifth ward and Cicero canvass to send delegates to the convention urging votes for Judge Carter as governor candidate. Judge Haenecky urged the public at the Marquette Club to resist resistance to a machine-backed nomination.
In the Thirty-fifth ward the Democratic party is split with the McCarthy faction holding the club majority while Cook County Clubs align with the opposing group. C. and Crafts and R. R. Jampolis are named central committee members. The McCarthy side aims to nominate two alderman candidates, while the other side expects one, Charles E. Bassett.
The Republican ticket dispute in the Thirty-fifth ward received an election board hearing Monday with lawyers C. S. Cutting for the Regular ticket and Ilos for the Incorporated club ticket. A decision was pending after being postponed from Thursday and has since been referred to Judge Carter with no announced date.
Science notes cite a Cologne motor cab service imminent in Germany, Mexican Southern railways adopting steel ties, Abyssinia linking its capital with a 300 mile Franco-Russian line, and a Behr mono rail plan for Liverpool to Manchester. Large stationary steam turbines, a market for former shell-making tools, Vincent's Hospital New York adds an electric ambulance costing $2000, cruising at ten miles per hour and indistinguishable from horse ambulances.
The piece discusses how theft has evolved with modern technology noting larceny depends on value for lamps and that many new crimes arise from advances such as telegraph tapping and theft of electric power. It argues modern crime uses coded messages and requires updated laws to address cyber era threats.
The article explains sun writing or heliograph signalling used in South Africa. It details a simple mirror device mounted on a tripod with a movable button and unsilvered spot for sighting, enabling Morse code flashes to travel long distances with dash and dot signals. The US Signal Corps once flashed 183 miles between Mount Uncompadre Colorado and Mount Ellen Utah.
The article describes Chinese practices to force pigeons into spirals and circling patterns. Keepers build a wicker house over a covecote and pebbly punish strays, then feed after flight to ensure exertion. Millet and sorghum seed are used to motivate and control the flock.
The fragment notes Ardnamurchan in Scotland as a notable place for long life. It cites residents like Miss Ann MacDonald age 112, Alexander McPherson to 109, Donald Cameron to 100 with many descendants, and Mrs Mary Stewart at 108, all described as hale and active in daily life.
California physicians push to bar eastern tuberculous patients from entering the state arguing the disease is highly contagious. Dr Louis Bazet of the state board warned that 40000 to 60000 consumptives enter California annually and each spreads germs.
An Indian man from a South Dakota reservation entered a Rapid City bank with his wife, daughter, and two attendants. He opened a new account by presenting $2,000 from a grip, becoming the only Indian bank depositor in South Dakota.
The Gibraltar gates are closed each evening in a formal ceremony led by the keeper of the keys. A military band marches, the giant keys are carried aloft, and guards salute as the gates swing shut for the night. The governor keeps the keys, assuring peace for the garrison.
Dr Peters reports a 4000 year old goose egg discovered in a sealed hole behind the Bel temple walls at Nippur Babylonia. The egg, set on a mat of reeds, seems unrelated to any known Babylonian practice and may be a workman’s joke from Akus gal era or earlier.
On and after Friday February 23 the office will handle Real Park Ave Austin cases. Bring legal description of Real Estate. Office opens 7:30 a m. West Town Collector E P Dowse Deputy.
Harlen residents report quiet politics as Mr H A Cotton and sister return from Vineland N J for mother's burial. The Harlen Maennerehor masquerade at Thode's Hall drew a large crowd with varied costumes and a served supper. An ordinance to grant Cicero Gas Co the right to lay mains on Madison Street and nearby Harlem streets passed. Chas Rextout of North Elgin St was kicked by a horse, bruised but not seriously injured.
A violent assault on C. F. Collier of Cherokee Iowa nearly killed him as he suffered kidney and back pain. He found relief through Electric Bitters, reporting a remarkable recovery. The medicine purports to cure backache kidney trouble purify blood and build health. Available only at Traill Cooleys and Charles P. Millers drug stores.
The report states Brazil will burn 50 million dollars of its latest paper money. Other notes compare British business failures in 1899 and 1898, and US savings bank counts and deposits through 1899. A Binghamton test shows electric heating costs double coal, and a Cler mont county teacher died at ninety eight after seventy eight years of teaching.
Owing to factory locations in Maywood Illinois away from crowded and unhealthy Chicago areas many Chicago workers seek jobs at Norton Brothers plant. The shift promises healthier surroundings and improved working conditions drawing large numbers from the city.
Mrs. Middleton a noted district figure who in youth served as a playmate to the queen and later a maid to a royal lady in waiting died in Clapham just after her hundredth birthday. Her memories of the queen's childhood were vivid and she had recently received a substantial birthday gift from the queen.
A collection of brief religious quotes and sermons from Rev. George D. Smith Rev. P. C. Yorke Rev. C. F. Wishart Rev. Dr. Ward Rev. J. R. Henry Rev. J. L. Apolegraph Prof. George D. Herron and Rev. Ira Billman. The items urge faith discipline social thought and virtuous living.
Last year sixty seven officers were placed on the retired list of the United States army. Lychiite cannot be fired from any gun of less caliber than the 4.7 inch forty five pounder. In the United States army there are 800 commissioned officers who have risen from the ranks. A dog with a box tied to his neck has collected twenty guineas at Driffield England for the war fund.
J. R. Garrison, Thornville bank cashier, credits Dr. King's New Discovery with curing his lung trouble and recovering health after a robbery scare. He urges readers to try the remedy for coughs colds throat chest or lung trouble, noting prices 50c and 1.00 with free trials at local drugstores Traill & Cooling and Chas Miller.
Extreme cold enhances the tenacity of pure metals and alloys, with higher melting points indicating greater strength. The claim rests on high melting point metals being coherent and tenacious, since breaking their molecular bonds demands enormous heat to separate molecules.
The Cardinal Points praise the Nickel Plate road for safe roadways, fine trains, luxurious equipment, and fast time. The through sleeping and dining car service links Chicago to Fort Wayne, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, New York, Boston, and points east, with lower southbound and eastbound rates cited as a benefit for travelers.
Fire insurance from Aetna and Phoenix of Hartford and London Lloyds among others. Accident and sickness coverage in the Preferred of New York offers $12.50 per week for 26 weeks if illness lasts that long, at 35 per year. Agent: Bay Page.
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