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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1898
Page
1
A collage of quips and notices from Austin Illinois to Denver Times and Kokomo. Jokes about insurance, streetcars, and winnings mingle with weathered opinions on temperance and governance. Snippets mention Maine Spain, bank robbery, and a puncher’s cure, all framed as light city miscellany.
The editorial ponders the futility of two drastic responses to infidelity. It questions whether suing for breach of promise or murder would satisfy a hurt heart, arguing there are harms no remedy can fix and urging readers to let the matter lie.
A Methodist bishop contends that resisting gum teaches self sacrifice to the young. He argues gum avoidance leads to abstaining from liquor and other vices, a line of logic the writer calls misguided though sincere.
A queen's counsel defined golf for an English judge as a game played on irregular fields with a small ball hit by a stick. If the ball is struck the player spends the day looking for it, a description that amused the courtroom and contrasted with the sport's seriousness.
Mr Choate defends lawyers who defend criminals as part of a fact driven contest where truth emerges through argument. He questions if truth and morality justify defending guilty criminals. He notes other professions like medicine also have claims to recognition.
A guide stresses the need for adequate food for Alaska and Yukon miners. It urges healthful, durable supplies, notably bread made with baking powder and Royal Baking Powder as reliable in cold climate. It warns against spoiled powders and urges sweet bacon and careful selection. A compact trail cookbook by Royal Baking Powder Co is offered free with a special arrangement.
An Irish traveling minstrel recalls Finn Brennan and Tim, a famed but love‑smitten singer. The tale features a banjo made from a churn head and a quip about never arguing with a lady, preserving a rustic Irish wit and song culture.
N. W. Ayer & Son, the Philadelphia advertising agency, announces Albert G. Bradford and Jarvis A. Wood joined as partners effective January 1. Both have long tenure at the firm and earned top positions through diligent work for clients.
A Tid-Bits caption humorously depicts a mother questioning a count about her daughter's French. The count replies with a mockingly exaggerated praise claiming it is the most astonishing French he has ever heard.
The excerpt notes beauty’s value in social favors with lines about plump girls and tandem rides, and comments on a pawnbroker’s lack of principle despite high interest. It also contrasts lovers who turn the gas low and claims city housing counts: London 600,600. Paris 90,000. New York 115,000 houses.
The article notes rising interest in attractive, affordable furniture using oak and mahogany finishes. It explains veneering on expensive woods, birch stains, and the rise of Grand Rapids as a furniture hub, with oak, birch, and maple favored over cherry and black walnut.
Dr HN Hicks Lugrin of Worcester Massachusetts patents a fog dispeller for ships that creates a cone of clear air at the mouth of a view tube. A blower forces air up the tube dissolving fog so buoys and vessels ahead are visible in slow traffic and foggy conditions.
Judge John C. Miller recalls a boyhood bet with his brother Joseph N. Miller to win the next Annapolis appointment. John’s effort to Corwin led to Joseph’s Navy entry after Gen. Mason’s blessing, with Joseph reporting to Annapolis and succeeding. The tale sits beside reminiscences on Byron and Lord Portsmouth.
A poem fragment depicts a crystal Yaddow Lake in a valley as a child ponders flowers birds and shadows. The verse personifies the lake and its reflections while hinting at a child’s early longing and loss, concluding with the infant’s gentle grave beneath the lake’s mirrored light.
In a rambling dialogue the speaker promotes a young candidate for Congress while others chide and joke about social dinners and past roles, including a mention of a page and a family figure called Aunt Easy-Fer.
A Boston Herald anecdote tells of two men in a wagonette who smoked and ignited straw beneath their seat. As they battled the blaze a countryman on horseback offered help and quipped he assumed they were traveling by steam due to today’s new fangled notions.
A dialogue from a Indianapolis News clipping shows Mrs Faddie and Bridget discussing a grandfather who alternates between claiming rheumatism and now insists he is dead. The exchange notes a burial occurred yesterday and shifts to a grim, faith-curist frame.
Tom Pegasus compliments the binding of his book praising its elegance. The publisher retorts that the purchaser should get value for their money.
A note reports Trick Trigger Sam has settled with his creditors, suggesting a quiet financial accord. Burro Billy may depart, narrowing the issue further. The tersely worded lead hints at internal deals and potential departures from the group.
Herr Krupp of Essen awards a Nachtigal medal named after Gustav Nachtigal. The prize goes to early geographical discovery with preference to African first discoveries or German exploration elsewhere.
Speech notes record a statement about Lord Denveru's debt and capitalization at two million dollars. The exchange confirms a large financial obligation and the need for substantial capital. The dialogue emphasizes the scale of the debt and the required funding.
The Washington Post reports Senator Mason recalling a trip to the northwest amid immigration debate. At a railway depot restaurant a conductor dropped his meal ticket, a Swede in hob-nailed boots stepped on it, and the conductor later found three dollars and forty-six cents punched from the ticket.
Colorado proclaims itself the banner gold producing state with 1897 output over 20 million dollars and expectations to exceed 30 million this year. The piece touts new strikes daily and compares to the era of 1849 while promoting a subscription to Mining World.
A reflective line notes that an actress cannot gauge her own appeal by the flowers she presents to herself, suggesting popularity is measured beyond self-decorated token gestures.
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