Te Oak Bark Vindicator Published Friday Chicago
The Te Oak Bark Vindicator appears as a weekly publication printed at 207 West Madison Street Chicago with advertising and subscription details. Office and editor information lists O. P. Miller's Drug Store on Lake Street and John D. Suydam's Drawer in Oak Park, with Pieter He Becar as proprietor.
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Oak Bark
West Maaigon Street
Chicago
Advanen
Weat
Madison Street
Pieter
O. P. Miller
Lake Street
John D. Suydam
Avene
Oak Park
Warmax Hausex
Weekly Review Defends Women’s Clubs and Notes Jumping Records
The column argues against dismissive cues about women’s clubs, contrasts with male clubs’ fights, and surveys broad jumping records. It discusses anarchist bomb threats in Europe and the United States, then notes a U S agricultural bureau studying soil moisture and crop distribution. It ends with a remark on a London Truth editor and new rapid news printing machines.
American President Power and British Parliament Contrast
The piece contrasts presidential initiative with parliamentary amendment rights and notes royal perfunctory reactions. It recalls the 1782 navigation law allowing American flag over chips, unchanged since then, and ends with a quizzical note on St. Louis men and celluloid collars and cuffs.
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United States
The
New York Sun
St. Louis
New Electric Era Predictions for 1900 Power Fun
Experts forecast a future where electric propulsion powers street cars and railway shuttles within 100 miles of cities. Electrical canal boats glide fast, electric brooms sweep streets, fans cool homes, heaters warm them, and cookers light homes. The Tesla illuminator replaces arc lights and incandescent lamps, enabling oceanic telephony and wide transmission from water powers and coalfields.
Population shifts and city life in London and beyond
The article discusses urban rural migration in Great Britain with 35 percent London inhabitants born in the country and rural-born families dominating affluent districts. It notes slum districts like Bethnal Green are mostly city-born scavenging for opportunity, while reformers urge a counter movement to colonize farms. It also mentions changes in work hours, hopes for future recreation time, and plans for Nordenskjold led expeditions from Gothenburg to Greenland and the Arctic coast with Robert Stein.
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London
Great Britain
Bethnal Green
Baron Nordenskjold
Bjorling
Gothenburg
Nordenskjold
America
Greenland
Robert Stein
Curious Polish Greek church custom observed
In Poland a Greek church custom has the highest church functionary traveling from neighborhood to neighborhood to bless horses for a year. The practice seems foolish yet it does as much good as blessing people who are too mean to deserve it.
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Poland
Gladstone’s Parting Shot on Lords Authority
Gladstone’s final public remark as premier condemned the house of lords. He framed it as a clash between a deliberative body elected by seven million voters and an assembly of an entirely different kind. He urged invoking national authority to settle the issue.
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London
Truth
House of Lords
Gabriel
Wads
House of Connons
Lirbouchere
Commons
Labby
Lord Salisbury
Gladstone
Power and policy across nations and states
The piece surveys figures on military conscription ratio in the United States, Utah polygamy dynamics, and liquor licensing effects. It comments on power distribution, suggests Utah’s polygamy concessions, and notes potential rises in American wheat and flour demand abroad with an American licensing note. It reflects varying political opinions and international considerations.
Transforming Government Through Moral Reform
The piece rails at public spending on wine and cigars and private luxuries, imagining a wholesale conversion of Washington officials. It notes John T. Ford's Baltimore death as a link to Lincoln era theater figures and reflects on the 1865 assassination shock, fearing such violence could recur while expressing national concern and fragile hope.
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Uncle Sam
John T. Ford
Baltimore
I*ord
Washington
Lincoln
Europe
United States
Readable Gossip on British Novelists of Today
Anna Leach profiles young British novelists in Munsey's Magazine noting their looks and talents. Jerome K Jerome Conan Doyle Barrie Kipling Zangwill and Haggard are highlighted with anecdotes from Natal to London. A curiously misfired temperance digression about New York potato habits follows as a final quip.
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Anna Leach
Munsey’s
Jerome K. Jerome
A. Conan Doyle
James NM. Barrie
Barrie
Rider Haggard
Thomas Hardy
Miss Leach
London
Rudyard Kipling
America
Zangwill
Conan Doyle
Sir Henry Butler
Natal
Transvaal
Sarah Grand
Dickens
Thackeray
Charles Reade
Name Change Rights Reflections On Law And Liberty
A discussion on whether one may change a name without legal permission, recounting two brothers who won a judge’s approval after an initial denial. The piece argues personal identity and social prejudice depend on law, noting state differences and questioning the restraint on choosing a name free of ancestral stigma.
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Smith
Mosquito Net Trade Slumps Despite Scarce Mosquitoes
The trade in mosquito net making is duller than ever, a sign of hard luck for weavers. If slow sales keep mosquitoes scarce this year, twenty million people may rejoice at the slow trade.
Life without work ends in trouble for many, says editor
The piece argues that those who avoid labor face consequences, whether via theft, blackmail, or speculation, warning readers about the perils of an unearned livelihood.
Brazil Civil War unfolds with desertions and pardons debated
Dispatches describe Mello and Da Gama fleeing as revolt collapsed in Rio de Janeiro, with two rebel ships disabled. Da Gama seeks safety on a French cruiser while Mello is sighted in Montevideo. The note urges lenient treatment for sailors and calls for restrained action against officers, hoping Prudente de Moraes will temper the new government.
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Mello
da Gama
Brazil
Montevideo
Uruguay
Rio Janeiro
Aquadaban
Republica
Rio
Magon
Liliuokalani
Hawaii
Prudente de Moraes
Dom Pedro
Jefferson
Davis
United States
Awakening Faith Reaches Congress in Capital City
News from the Capital City reports Brother Moody's awakening among sinners with Senator Joseph Blackburn of Kentucky already converted. The piece imagines national reform should two thirds of senators and representatives turn from error, ending filibusters, temper on the floor, and corrupt or unnecessary rewards.
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Brother Moody
Joseph Blackburn
Kentucky
Poor Louis Kossuth Fretful Life Ends in Ill Health
The text laments Louis Kossuth for fretting over failures and disappointments, claiming constant brooding ruined his later years. It notes he lived about 90 years and is dying slowly from dyspepsia bronchitis artemia and fever, portraying a weary end to a once prominent figure.
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Louis Kossuth
Hungary
Republic
Policeman Saves Two Women From Cable Car In New York
A New York policeman rescued two women from being struck by a cable car and, despite the quick relief, one woman did not thank him. He later learned she was a multimillionaire, prompting commentary on ingratitude and stinginess.
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New York
Stillwagen Clan Drives Politics and Postmaster Hope
The Stilwagens are praised for clannish influence in Broadford Pennsylvania politics as Walter Stillwagen seeks postmaster, backed by 58 relatives. The piece contrasts family power with other dynasties and laments entrenchment. It then critiques a Senate report on Hawaiian affairs, noting factions favor annexation, and comments on Ohio biennial sessions. It ends with U S policy shift moving Indian supplies from New York to Chicago.
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Cuttings
van Rensselaers
Walter Stillwagen
Broadford
Stillwagen
Walter
Senate
Morgan
Alabama
Honolulu
Stevens
United States
Blount
Indecadt Hewitt on American statesmen and modern South
The piece argues that current southern leaders are not inferior, but that a broader base of intellect exists today. It notes rising education and economic science, quiet problem solving, and potential future great figures who will surpass past giants like Lincoln in lasting fame.
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Great Britain
America
John Wilson
Christopher North
Edinburgh University
Fry
Rebel
Scoville
Usford University
Darby
Sweeny
Holts
Schwaner
Abram
Hewitt
Agewuld
Mr. Hewitt
Lincoln
Ads of Money In This Country In Round Figures
A circulating row notes that all money in this country appears as round numbers totaling 1.7 billion dollars in circulation. The item emphasizes the large scale of currency units and round figures used in financial reporting.
Plain Gold Engagement Rings Trend Spices City News
A determined society editor arrives at the room to confirm rumors about engagement rings. A woman, engaged to Jim Reynolds, suspects he influenced a newspaper item declaring plain gold rings fashionable. She weighs diamonds against plain gold and laments missing the season for an engagement.
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Society
Sam
Tam
Jim
Jim Reynolds
Chicago Post
The Warn That Faded
A young American in an English country house flaunts self glorification, earns dislike, and seeks a gentle nudge to curb his bluffing. During dinner an Englishwoman mentions conservatories, prompting the American to boast of a Virginia greenhouse, prompting the host to sigh at its grand yet overgrown dimensions.
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Virginia
Fragments on Silk Care and Grim Remarks in Print
Instruction hints for silk cleaning mix brack tow and vinegar as a sponge then iron when nearly dry. A garbled line contemplates gray as a cheerless color and ends with a grim flourish about death and facial rash, hinting at a morbid aside.
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