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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1900
Page
8
Farmers across the northwest are planting nut trees along with peaches and pears on hillside plots unsuitable for other crops. The passage mentions expanding orchards and diverse crop adaption amid challenging terrain.
Dr. Cunningham explains that strong electric shocks disrupt heart rhythm, suppress respiration, and cause fibrillation, with possible revival using defibrinated blood and electrical stimulation. Ross reports in India that only spotted winged mosquitoes carry malaria, breeding in shallow rain puddles, while Brindled and gray mosquitoes breed in containers and drains. Eliminating these few breeding pools could curb malaria transmission.
In Germany researchers note that low candle-power illuminating gas used with incandescent mantles yields strong light, sometimes surpassing richer gas. Cities like Magdeburg consider lowering candle-power from 14 to 10 and then 8. Poor gas rich in hydrogen plus new water gas methods could cut gas costs substantially.
A new French motor carriage uses a fixed oil engine for main propulsion with an electric motor on hills. The oil engine runs at constant speed and surplus power drives a dynamotor that charges accumulators. Accumulators stay charged and assist only when needed. The engine connects directly to the dynamotor, which starts the engine via a shunt-wound setup, and speed changes are mechanical.
A Connelsville Pennsylvania inventor proposes a novel pie cutter using a flat triangular blade slid under the crust and a vertical knife blade moved by a scissor mechanism. Both blades feature cutting edges on bottom and end to ease slicing hard cake or delicate crusts.
An invention shown in a newspaper illustration improves hotel fire escapes by enabling a seated descent from a window ledge. A bench hooks to the sill, with side handles acting as brakes and a foot-operated brake strap, allowing controlled, uniform rope release from concealed reels for instant use without setup.
A Siberian traveler recounts explosive ice events on frozen rivers in intensely cold nights. Water trapped beneath six to nine inch ice forms rising circular mounds six to eight feet high before a final blast release and rapid re-freezing.
Patent notes describe an automatic closet disinfector with a liquid reservoir and valve linked to water supply. An Australian crafts a perpetual calendar attachable to pencils via rotating metal tubes with movable date faces. A heat resistant porous tooth comb dries hair by evaporation. A street sweeper replaces a rear wheel with a drum that traps and lifts dirt into a top receptacle.
A report notes the discovery that mosquitoes spread malaria and raises hopes for eradicating the deadly tropical scourge. Maj. Ronald underscores the potential breakthrough and its global health impact.
A sharp exchange reveals a legal check on a father’s status as a lawyer confirms the standing. The dialogue frames a settlement moment amid personal investigation and resolve.
A Cape Town issued appeal dated Oct 10 1899 urges Americans to support the Boer cause wounded and orphans via subscriptions to C. C. de Villiers in Cape Town. Signed by N F DeWaal J N Hoffman J H Hofmeyr T P Theron and D J A Van Zyl on behalf of Africander bond. George W Van Siclen American Treasurer notes a $2,000 prior donation. No Boer wounded to be sent to British American hospital ship. Feb 24 1900.
An assortment of short items: demand for American boots in Japan with wide toes for children, railways promoting California travel via Chicago, a note praising The Great Round World publication, a quip about wealth and theft, an ad promising cold cure in one day, a nerve restorer offer, a testimonial for Piso's Cure, and a thought by Owen Meredith.
A health article compares the body to a machine and warns a loose screw can clog the whole system. It promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the natural, agreeable laxative that cleanses the liver and intestines, kills germs, and prevents illness. Available in 10c, 25c, and 50c sizes from Sterling Remedy Co.
March 6 1900 through April 3 1900 special excursions on the BCR&N route sell round trips at a single fare plus 2.00 to Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota points north of Shel Rock Abbott Crossing and Waverly. Contact John Dows Armstrong Ta for Maple Hill Luzon Iowa or Thomas H Brown Sioux Falls Dak for Reading and Wilmont Minn details. Special inducements for business and professional men.
March and April bring pleasant signs of spring in the South as trees bloom and produce ripen. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad advertises round trip tickets at about half rates to major points in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and West Florida on the first and third Tuesdays of March and April. For details contact P Sid Jones in Birmingham or J K Ridgely in Chicago.
A theatrical manager asks what the actress desires. She wants Hamlet now that Bernhardt and others are playing it. He counters with a pragmatic suggestion to instead play Hamlet's father.
Readers are invited to request a free trial package of Zaegel's Swedish Essence of Life from M. R. Zaegel & Co. The advertisement claims wide health benefits from digestive to circulatory systems and invites letters with a 1 cent stamp to receive a sample by mail. Also mentions a brief anecdote about church laughter and a humorous remark.
Warns against using Oontments for catarrh containing mercury due to loss of smell and systemic damage. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by I J Cheney Co Toledo as mercury free and effective when taken internally. Mentions Toledo Ohio address and Druggists price per bottle. Hall's Family Pills also recommended.
An inspector of schools quotes a leading of his acquaintances selecting humorous misstatements. The sharpest answer comes from a young boy who, asked to name the text prohibiting a man from marrying two wives, says solemnly No man can serve two masters.
Special bargains on improved and unimproved land in tracts from 10 to 250 acres in the foothills of the Newcastle Fruit District California. Quick sales offered. Address Geo D Kellogg Newcastle Cal.
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