11 Mar 1898
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1898
Page
1
A humorous miscellany from Austin Illinois notes local misstatements and jokes about public figures. It cites Leiter selling wheat contracts with profits and hints at looming price rises. Social anecdotes include Edison on thinking, a temperance society’s early wakefulness, and Booker T. Washington anecdotes about a poor elderly donor.
The Boston Transcript notes strong public temperance sentiment in southern California with strict saloon laws in many towns. A British Temperance league committee studies regional measures while immigration from New England and Iowa reshapes the industry. Pomona and San Gabriel valleys see vineyards decline as orange and lemon groves expand.
A discussion of costly substances used in medicine and poison. Saffron costs 66 shillings per pound for central crocus portions. ox of roses £28 per pound. 10,000 pounds of roses yield one pound of oil. Aconitine from monkshood root fetches £27 per ounce. Ambergris in tropical seas valued at £5 10s per ounce. Rattlesnake venom and powdered cockroach are cited as medical curiosities.
Mrs Keeley, famed English actress, ages gracefully into her 93rd year while maintaining wit and charm. She remains connected with the stage world and supports dramatic events. Alfred Calmour, the dramatist, is pictured with her, illustrating their friendship.
Readers describe Paris Mi Careme as a riotous, joyful festival. Students from the Latin Quarter lead the procession with fantastical floats and confetti battles. The day ends with a bonfire of the Passeboard effigy and a wild dance around the pyre.
The excerpt warns that indulgent parenting on Sabbath and finances corrupts youth. It cautions that letting a son roam freely and avoid work ends in ruin, with many families mourning the consequences and grieving over a debased child.
A large dog upset a lamp in a Topeka Kansas house starting a fire that consumed the residence and its contents, causing an estimated loss of 35 000 dollars.
The Interstate Association schedules the sixth annual Grand American Handicap at Elkwood Park near Long Branch New Jersey from March 22 for three days. Top shooters will contest 25 live birds with a $1,500 purse and $600 first prize plus a Sterling Silver Trophy. events include Elkwood Park Introductory, Nitro Powder Handicap, Branchport Sweepstakes, and additional Miss And Out and related contests. The venue features enhanced spectator viewing and shelter for shooters, asserting it as the nation’s premier live bird event with extensive prizes.
An 19th century advertisement describes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy to affect blood and mucous surfaces not a local treatment. It claims physician backing and urges readers to send for testimonials from W L U Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Also notes cancer links to meat consumption and lists Hall's Family Pills.
An old regional ad promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movements aid health. It says the remedy acts gently on the liver and kidneys and cures a sick headache, priced at 25 and 50 cents. The closing line asserts the man can ask most of God, who has given him most of himself.
An old advertisement touts Casearets Candy Cathartic promising cure for constipation with money back refund if it fails. It notes a man with a trained bear working a growler as part of the promotional scene.
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