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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1901
Page
4
The Chicago Tribune presents itself as a bold independent paper with strong opinions, claiming comprehensive local and foreign coverage, fair reporting, and a daily one column summary of the news. It highlights a superior financial column and a leading Sunday sporting section.
A collection of wry maxims and quips on wealth, gender roles, politics, and fame. The snippets lampoon ignorance, advice givers, and public image with playful, dated tone. One line notes a Kentucky obituary writer and a morning departure into night.
The patent office granted 26 418 patents in the past year. Chattanooga celebrates a steamboat arrival from Pittsburgh carrying 210 tons of freight. Mississippi's population exceeds 1 500 000 though last November's vote total stayed under 60 000. The Moro is described as skilled in land and sea combat and proficient in swimming and diving.
March activities fill Moreland with gatherings. Mrs. Sam Haigh hosts the Ladies Euchre Club, young people attend a Young Men's Social Club dance at Central Park Hall, and Arthur Proelss opens an optical office. A surprise party for Mr. and Mrs. Larson at Rehberg's Hall delights about one hundred guests. A snowball cotillion at Rehberg and Catlin Academy draws a large crowd. Damages case: Mr. Hecker sues the city for 30000, awarded 2100 by Judge Willis in 1901. Edith Rehberg’s party at Rehberg's Hall ends with a rousing surprise.
Thomas W. Lawson of Boston, builder of a yacht for the defense of the America's Cup, is a self made man like Sir Thomas Lipton. He earned his fortune in speculation and owns a fine art collection. He is best known for the Lawson pink which bloom cost him thirty thousand dollars to produce.
The Romans built roads with a heavy stone substratum common to the local area, covered by smaller stones or gravel. The roads were crowned in the center with a trench on each side to drain water. No trees or shrubs were allowed within about 100 paces of either side.
Professional story-tellers roam Japan visiting houses to spin their yarns. In Tokio about 600 of these ro mancers work, earning an average of 20 cents per hour. If tales grow dull from repetition, the storyteller relocates to a new district.
A man calling himself Ed Edgar visited a Terre Haute saloon and stole a box of cigars while the bartender was away. He then sold the cigars to the bartender and left. About thirty minutes later he tried the same ruse again but was arrested.
More than one eighth of annual pension outlays go to the south. Of about 1,000,000 Civil War pensioners, 179,553 were residents last year in the southern states including Maryland and Missouri.
William Burke of Binghamton New York is jailed for thirty days for using profane language in a public street. Since imprisonment he swears more, though his oaths are muttered under his breath.
Brock in Holland is described as the nearest town in the world with a population around 2700. Its residents are noted for tidiness and a ban on horses in the streets, while Edam cheese production stands as the chief industry.
A dated critique labels Russia Spain Turkey and other unprogressive nations of the Orient and South America as illiterate. The remark highlights a dismissive view of non western regions in a period voice.
The article notes color differences in French gold coins from different eras, tied to silver content in the alloy. Early coins with Napoleon I and Louis XVIII show paler gold due to silver. later coins are warmer as silver was reduced. Modern coins are redder but more wear resistant due to production changes. The piece ends with a literary verse excerpt from the Boston Globe.
In On the Frontier Mr Cam pion recalls crossing the Isthmus of Panama and gathering crimson flowers only to find the plants nearby reacting as if alive. He mistook green growth for a threat, believing Panama fever had struck him, until he touched a fresh branch and saw the leaves wilt and color change.
KE. N. Wheelwright, a district teacher near Roanoke, installs an electric clock-driven system that rings the school bell at 9, 10:45, 1, 2:30, and 4 o’clock each day. The device ensures punctuality and relieves the teacher from manually ringing the bell or hiring helpers.
A historical note discusses infant feeding, arguing milk can flood a baby’s stomach with rapid flow from bottles. It warns that excess prepared formulas and even fresh milk can cause illness, recommending a sponge in the nipple to slow milk flow and require the baby to work to feed.
A sudden brightening reveals a star unseen before, an event among the rarest in astronomy. Only fourteen such discoveries have been recorded since early skywatchers noted the heavens, with Anderson’s recent Per sus sighting marking a second exceptional temporary star.
Old John Tabor of Bowle Creek battles coercive marriage plans for Mollie with Tom Bradley and Ed Bronson. Richard Hardin arranges a license while the barroom chaos escalates. Mollie weds Bronson, leading to Tabor discovery and comic regret.
Chief Justice Lore of Delaware with forty years of experience asserts that the whip poet drives criminals out of the state, framing a stern stance on crime and punishment expressed through a controversial justified reform view.
A digest of varied items mentions 30 million acres of public land in Montana remain unoccupied, McKinley promising May 20 Buffalo expo, West Virginia funding a Pierpont statue, repeated leg injuries of a Pittsburgh gatekeeper, a lethal weapon combo found in New Orleans, 1827 first fire bricks in Baltimore, whisky import rules, Frank Rockefeller's Texas cattle ranch, pension funding tilted to the south, and a Cabeza de Vaca expedition skeleton discovery in Texas with the fate of the expedition.
George Johnston known as the Laird of the Fife Isle Estate near Dundee kept a vow never to show his face. He died leaving an estate valued at £5,000,000. A bachelor with a nephew as heir, his life of secrecy intrigued locals.
An Ohio man hustled Senator Hanna in a committee room to introduce his friend and asked to be made acquainted with the man who introduced Hanna. Hanna shook hands, expressed formal pleasure, then asked to meet the Mati who introduced him.
Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin reports Peter Sorenson was hurt in the Empire Building basement when a boiler catch basin, left uncovered, released steam into the sewer. He was found walking nearby and rushed to Emergency hospital with a badly cooked foot.
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