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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1900
Page
3
A fragmented poem by Frank L. Stanton speaks of a latchstring on the outside and a winter scene. The speaker contrasts past and present joy and laments lost happiness with vivid rural imagery and idealized love.
In a mountain valley a drought wary farmer John Lane and his family face a cloudburst and rising flood. Sanny Lane races to warn campers and bring help as the river swells and a caravan fights for escape.
Mrs. Lane and Campers battle time to revive Lanny Lane after a flood tears the canyon. Sanny Sanford saves ten lives, including his mother’s son, with costly effort and warmth. Seventeen perish. Prince the horse is buried as a hero.
A Chicago artist driven by absent-mindedness and self talk mutters curses about Bobby Faxter in a streetcar. She swears vengeance as she heads to her studio, and a passerby mishears the remark as Bobby Foxter’s mother overhears the hostile phrase.
A pair of young newsboys, both white, fought on a Washington street corner. One boy, taller and stronger, knocked the other down then retrieved his papers. A bystander commented on the show of force as the smaller boy, after grabbing his papers, remarked he would be “all one in a hundred years” and moved on.
A Virginia traveler recounts staying in an Alabama tavern where about one hundred rats flooded the room after a midnight disturbance. The landlord, awakened from a drunken sleep, released ferrets to slaughter the pests, deeming the events a common remedy for unruly guests. The guest fled in slippers but calls it one of his happiest incidents. Washington Post reported.
An eyewitness reports finding a hand mirror at Audubon Park after a suicide. The observer notes most suicides occur while looking into a mirror and recalls past “death by own action” waves with varied victims from an educated man to a sailor. A New Orleans doctor once kept death mirrors as curiosities before discarding them.
Tea is a pleasant stimulant that boosts alertness and mood but excess can harm digestion and nervous systems. Overuse can cause dyspepsia sleeplessness heart palpitations and irritability. Tea is not a food and should not substitute dietary items.
Treasury officials discount handwriting expert testimony after a clerk forged money orders by indorsements reading Pay to the order of John Brown Then four experts labeled one of four writers as the forger each reaching a different conclusion The suspected clerk remains at his desk with no resolution.
The John M. Smyth Company of Chicago marks 30 years in business and now sells merchandise directly to consumers at wholesale prices nationwide. Their 1000 plus page illustrated catalogue uses color photography to show curtains, carpets, draperies and wall coverings, enabling distance buyers to select goods from home. The firm emphasizes savings by cutting middlemen and travel costs, delivering a wholesale store to the home with low freight from East mills via lake steamers and rail. References are banks, express companies, or any Chicago resident.
A dialogue exchange shows a teacher praising Johnny's recitation and natural gestures. Johnny counters that he has no gestures and says the gestures are from hives, indicating a humorous miscommunication about a speech exercise.
Brush and Pencil announces free Burbank Indian Portraits with new subscriptions. A $2.50 yearly subscription includes six portraits, Series B, while a $3.00 yearly subscription includes all twelve pictures, Series B. Published by Brush & Pencil Pub. Co. 215 Wabash Ave Chicago.
The March Critte frontispiece features a full length color double page portrait of Mark Twain. It reproduces a pastel drawing by Everett Shinn that appeared in Harper's Weekly. The issue also includes illustrated articles on Ruskin and Blaskmode and begins a new monthly London literary notes by Clement K. Shorter.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat excerpt describes hotel room chairs revealing human actions. Observers note chairs set straight or twisted indicate a bore and victim, and a poker room scene may show windup emotions. The tale recalls a Texas & Pacific town shooting where chair positions narrated the tragedy.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt tells of a southern woman who paid a fare with a $20 bill, changing it into pennies after two banks refused change. The conductor, frustrated, tallied 1602 to 1606 pennies and then ejected her, while she calmly insisted she was verifying the change before leaving.
Mrs. McKinley is described as fond of children by the National Magazine for February. She greets guests standing at receptions or calls, calms visitors with a warm smile, and often gives a flower to children, earning praise as the first lady of the land who cherishes youngsters.
A Chicago Record excerpt shows a circus clown entering the ring with a painted smile amid a large cheering audience. He quips that the night will bring money, reflecting the event’s bustling atmosphere and profit-minded showmanship.
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