14 Mar 1891
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1891
Page
1
A garbled regional clipping mentions Kamehameha era Hawaiian rulers with long names, a seventy year old inmate in Virginia, a Columbus statue cost, a fictional South American siege, and a note on Knights Templar skin grafting. It blends historical figures with bizarre local curiosities.
An octogenarian named De Lessurs remains energetic and engaged at eighty six despite a ruined plan involving a tuna canal venture that collapsed, leaving notable physical strain yet enduring determination.
Misa Mary Linpexnead of Quaker Town, Pa, has completed a peculiar bed quilt said to contain twenty three thousand and twenty four pieces. It is hoped that upon marriage Miss Lindenberg will not demand her husband count them all at dinner to ensure not too frivolous a luncheon was eaten.
Walltam Walton faced a New York jury verdict after admitting the killing of a woman who had killed his mother. His attorney conceded the law and facts were against him as Walton offered no denial and delivered a brief eloquent appeal to jurors before the verdict was reached in minutes.
A series of brief notes describe future foods from chemicals beyond milk and a proposed artificial waterway between Chicago and Liverpool costing twelve million dollars and reducing transport costs. Also recounted are Civil War era events with Captain Mather, General Sherman, and a tale of buried valuables, plus astronomical notes on Saturn’s rings and a Chinese missionary’s language challenges.
From Washington the action authorizes 2,000 Indiana men for the army. Treasury confirms Kochs lymph dutiable at 25 percent ad valorem. Census notes 62,622,250 population in 1890. Desertion punishment revised to two to three years. Various economic, legal, and local incidents listed.
In Philadelphia Hannah Williams and her son David were found dead in their house, both starving in apparent miserliness. Lena Cunningham in Rochester assaulted her sleeping sister with vitriol, jealousy cited as motive. Saratoga Springs residence of Spencer Trask valued at $100000 destroyed by fire. Amos TF PT twenty three years old died in New York. Three wives mentioned. Davis Searbury and brothers Vanwormer drowned near Albany. Newspapers and mail sacks bound for the West seized on a New York Central baggage car.
The report notes ruined frames at a Bart building in Thuile New York and a $225,000 loss. Prohibitionists nominate Rev Jome Hi in Rhode Island. A state ticket is listed with H W Lair for governor. In Pittsburgh the Weldon building and Germania bank chamber are destroyed causing a $500,000 loss. Bangor Maine endures high tides flooding lower areas. In Altuny New York Peter Hecker, 68, killed his wife with a razor and died by suicide. Charles J Pletehor, a colored man, identified as idea Wood, died by gas suffocation, described as a 48 inch tall 60 year old man.
A string of disasters and crimes spans the nation from Avr Gainesville Mississippi to Solomoville Arizona. Fire claims ten Wellstown businesses while a cyclone near Newport Mississippi razes homes and barns. A steamer explosion fatally scalds several and a man is whipped in South Carolina for assault. Fatal shootings follow a Wheelers Hill feud as an earthquake tremor touches Washington state. Other items note a century birthday in Cleveland, a Tennessee tragedy, and seven more distressing incidents across states.
Chicago area farmers affiliated with the Farmers Mutual Benefit Association announce support for General John M Palmer for the United States Senate. They detail a long debate with Republicans and note Palmer’s stand on free coinage, railroad regulation, tariff reduction, and currency greenbacks. Cockrell Moore and James Cockrell sign the address urging voters to back Palmer.
A fierce snowstorm and gale disrupt rail traffic from Kent to Scotland. Across the Channel, a Norwegian party perished attempting distress signals. 2,200 Rhondda collars idle. Thames flooding worsens. Boats and trains blocked, several drownings reported, including lifeboat crew and fishermen.
News from Tokio reports the death of United States Minister John F. Swift of California. A learned, witty and sociable figure, Swift was a noted storyteller and after-dinner speaker. He helped negotiate the Swift Angell and Trescott treaty and once sought California governorship. Born in Missouri, he moved to California early and was an old friend of the president.
Bishop Paddock of Massachusetts dies after a long life in the church. Born Norwich Connecticut February 1828 he graduated Trinity College Hartford 1848 ordained 1853 and served Christ Church Detroit 1860 Grace Church Brooklyn before his 1878 consecration as Massachusetts bishop. He authored many literary reviews and sermons.
Industrial notes survey sugar output in two Louisiana plantations reaching 4.7 million and 4.468 million pounds. It reports smokeless coal mine prospects in Tonquin with larger deposits than expected and a plan to drill a 10 thousand foot well at Butler Pennsylvania to pipe heat for economic uses. UK shipbuilding declines 29,628 tons while Rebilied yards increase. North Carolina and Tennessee average 2,970,000 bushels of peanuts annually, with crop value around 2.5 million dollars.
A jumble of stray snippets mentions Lynchburg Virginia, Brookfield Oregon, Kearney New Jersey, Deadwood and Newcastle Wyoming as well as a Philadelphia cable car accident. It quotes various ads and medical claims for Carter’s pills Hale’s Horehound remedy and Pierce tonics with generic exhortations to try them.
Rector J C Davis of St James Episcopal Church Eufaula Alabama reports his son cured of a fearful threatening cough after two bottles of Braun German Syrup. He praises the remedy as a perfect restore and urges others with deep seated coughs to note its effectiveness. Local testimonials include J F Arnold Montevideo Minnesota and G G Green Wood as sole agent.
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