13 Mar 1896
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1896
Page
1
A scattered edition item notes teachers in Boston refusing to give lessons in vulgar fractions. The column mocks various topics from about town life including a New York building, a treason trial in Hawaii, and odd remarks about poetry and politics with a string of quips on current events and public figures.
Former Kentucky governor John Young Brown arrived in the city via the Mexican Central in a special officers' car. He told a Herald reporter he had not read President Cleveland's message yet and favored the Monroe Doctrine. He praised the journey south through historic Mexico and planned a week in the city, meeting officials and enjoying courtesy from local officers.
Miss Martha Irmler, famed American premier danseuse, is praised for her classic ballet style in London at the Empire. Reports from London praise her poise and technique, noting her status as premier danseuse and comparing her to Paglioni and Taglioni.
Angela McCaull, daughter of late Col John A McCaull, born Richmond 1877, debuts with Manola Mason Co in Lexington 1844. She later joined Richard Mansfield Co and trained as maid. David Belasco cast her as Nannie in The Heart of Maryland at Herald Square Theater, now in eighteenth week. She is to play the role again on tour next season.
The article describes a new bicycle lamp burning naphtha with outside filling, wind shields, and left or right hand mounting. It cites experiments, a twenty-five cent wheel with adjustable saddle and sprockets, plus notes on pest control, disinfection, and tea leaf funerary practices in China.
The article notes a twenty five cent bicycle as part of a larger catalogue of bicycles the dealer has represented. It emphasizes affordability and variety in their offerings within a historical catalog display.
A collage of humorous snippets and odd lines appears, touching on sunlight versus artificial light, laughs linked to vowels, phosphorescent diamonds, and a whimsical tale about a stubborn village dignitary. Includes a joke exchange between Mr. and Mrs. Ferry and a closing note on sport betting as a mental diversion.
A terse fragment mentions a night journey from a club and an idea that struck the speaker. It also notes a remark about potential injuries and a possible sandbagging suggestion. The text references Wilston and Good heavens as expressive interjections.
A praise filled notice for The Jacklins a wholesome southern life novel. It lauds true manliness and womanliness amid rough exteriors and emphasizes southern pride hospitality and loyalty. Cloth edition priced at 1 publisher Chicago Laird Lee.
Holger Drachmann’s Danish tale translated for American readers by Francis E. Browne. The volume features a romantic yet realistic story of simple northern life, a sea storm and wreck, and youthful love, presented in a charming poetic style. Published by Wey & Williams priced $1.25 in Chicago.
The London Saturday Review devotes extensive critique to Jude the Obscure, praising Hardy as a master of English fiction. It argues the work marks a historic milestone and elevates Hardy above contemporaries, contrasting him with Meredith and other writers.
Captain Charles King introduces Bugler Fred a frontier military tale in Neely's Prismatic Library priced 75 cents. The short story follows circumstantial evidence mounting against a bugler boy accused of murder, with vivid illustrations.
A jumble of quips and anecdotes from Texas Siftings style humor. The notes joke about doubles of Napoleon and Wellington, a boy as a green apple, drinkers holding breath, crookedness, and hangmen. It mentions James James, a 135 year old, and rustic banter between a farmer and a tramp.
A Dutch penny in the slot doctor machine emulates human anatomy with labeled organs and a captive prescriber. It is described as a medical device built with cadaverous-like components and a hidden heart ache, offering prescriptions via a central apothecary.
Catcin notes that a cutboat earns its ominous name from risk and nine lives, suggesting only a bold man would sail such a vessel.
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