26 Mar 1897
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1897
Page
1
A collection of sharp, satirical observations on politics, law, and society. The writer mocks bribery in Idaho, foreign marriages in Missouri, and wartime forecasts while critiquing press habits and moral double standards. Notes touch on Dred Scott, Cuba, and censorship efforts.
A British paper notes improving trade with Japan in 1896 with Britain and its dependencies gaining a larger share. The United States accounts for about one seventh of Japan’s foreign trade in the first half of 1896, while Britain and the British Empire together control over 46 percent, led by Britain in steel rails supply.
The piece argues governors' messages show political wisdom varies across states. It highlights South Carolina’s need to shed partisan hate and unite for improved schools, urging a steady shift toward better public instruction. It notes the flag stars arrangement as a metaphor for orderly progress.
The New York Tribune notes a novel electrical system for doors that open when a mat is stepped on and close via another mat. Chicago lunch rooms and Springfield markets reportedly use double doors with a magnet box, rods, a motor, and springs to manage opening and closing automatically.
A New York Times piece by Margherita Arlina Hamm describes Chinese hair soap used for washing hair. It is a dense cake made of hay oats husks grease and borax shaped as a large bar. When applied it softens and cleans the scalp and hair leaving it silky and dark despite its odd appearance.
The Atlantic notes Boston has never held a public Poe memorial meeting and cites his birth and career there as deserving recognition. It recalls Poe's Baltimore grave monument funded by subscription and mentions a Poe Laundry sign homage near his Mordhain cottage as a curb to apathy toward memorials.
Fragmentary report suggests Corbett weighs strategy for a match with Pit and assesses Jay or Rishi as potential challengers. Predictions hint at concern over opponents and timing as plans unfold.
A cryptic note recounts a late disaster near the shore with unspecified figures warning about gaps in future coverage. Authorities and locals are urged to review procedures, aiming to prevent repeats of the troubling scene.
A fisher explains naming his dog kisher fish after returning empty handed from fishing. When asked why the name, he says the dog won’t bite. Tit-Bits notes the humorous exchange with a playful tone.
A historical view traces how women’s skirts evolved from long trains to short hems and hoops. It notes changing methods for crossing streets, debates among fashion voices, and the shift toward practical movement while preserving elegance.
A Washington Star note tells of a baldness anxious senator who tested remedies and then pined for a magic hair restorer. A brother senator brings a promising elixir but delays leaving him growing hopeful and worried as his hair loss continues.
Astronomer Thaddeus S C Lowe, founder of Lowe Observatory in Pasadena, plans a striking new telescope based on designs by inventor Gothmann. Gothmann claims to have discovered a cement key to the construction.
Reflects on how Greek and Roman light fabrics, flowing trains, and undergarments influenced women’s attire from medieval to Elizabethan times. Notes how skirts varied in length and handling, with trains, hoops, and panniers evolving to clear the ground and display ankles, and comments on modern street cleanliness and skirt management.
A natural cold storage system in northern Siberia is described as the world’s largest and most complete plant. Winter arrives abruptly, snow covers vegetation, and ripe fruit is preserved until spring when melting snow exposes berries as fresh. Birds flock each spring to feed on the stored bounty.
The article notes Hippocrates as an early father of anatomy and claims modern science began in Italy in the 13th century. It mentions early anatomical plates by Pithan and cites artists Michael Angelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci as being thorough in anatomical study.
A New York Truth item notes a new family on the street. The speaker recounts early mischief with their boy and the servant girl, reflecting small town humor.
A plan proposes assembling ninety-one small lenses into a central lens with surrounding rings of six, twelve, eighteen, twenty-four, and thirty lenses to yield a seventy eight inch diameter telescope. The design aims to keep all elements in exact alignment despite temperature changes, potentially delivering unprecedentedly clear stellar views.
Prices in Bu lawayo shock with potatoes at 12 cents each eggs at 5 dollars per dozen beer a dollar and champagne at 15 dollars a bottle, recalling earlier days of abundance for the Argonauts.
A compendium of ancient and historical measurements with approximate values for units such as gerah celt shekel of gold farthing talent of gold and silver hin mite cubit firkin and ephah including comparative distances and broad terms like Sabbath day's journey and Anand's breadth with rough mile and inch equivalents.
Cincinnati police investigate the disappearances of Mary McCullom Clara Mullen and Katie Gorman. The teens vanished from Indiana and Kentucky homes with sightings across Cincinnati and other cities. Detectives pursue leads, but no clear motive or foul play has emerged.
Police and relatives of Katie Gormban McClullom and Clara Mullen hold to the belief they are alive and well until new evidence or a discovery dispels it.
In Centerville Indiana a local tale recounts ground hogs exposing bones from the grave of Thomas Watt, a reputed village drunkard. An old diviner allegedly cursed Watt predicting violent death and unrest for his remains, a fate now seen as fulfilled after his drowning in a swollen stream.
An old elephant hunter recounts a regiment tale of a lone swordsman facing a wounded tiger in a village hollow. The tiger mauls the man before comrades arrive and fire, killing the animal with a lucky shot.
Richard Jordan, once thought dead after a quarrel with his father William at Cedar Grove near Camden, New Jersey, returns home a wealthy man at forty‑five. He plans to buy a local farm and support his parents, ending years of search by his family and prompting a family reunion next week. Absalom Jordan, his brother with a store, helped in the past and now the reunion centers on Richard’s fortune and retirement plans.
The article reports that humans have developed horns, with a specimen eleven inches long and two and a half inches in circumference in the British Museum. Dr Jasmus Wilson studied ninety horns, finding growth on nearly all people except three, and notes old age as a predisposing factor. Most horns rise from the scalp, though one case shows a horn near the left eye and another from the side of the head.
A giant meteor burst over the home of David Leisure in New Martinsburg Ghig on Tuesday morning. Leisure was knocked unconscious, later regaining consciousness. He discovered three five inch holes in his barn wall. One horse lay dead with a severed head, another horse was deafened by the concussion.
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