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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1901
Page
3
Susan Weathersfield leaves home to seek fortune after a failed engagement with Enoch Chapell. She endures hardship in New York, rises from nurse and clerk to head saleswoman at a Broadway store, and contemplates future marriage to her wealthy employer as she recalls her rural past.
A New York Sun essay quotes a thin young woman arguing against boiling eggs in hot water. An older companion explains proper technique ensure flavor and nutrients by starting in cold water and heating slowly.
A reader urges settlement in Saskatchewan Valley and Assiniboia as the Canadian government plans opening new districts this year. Letters describe rich soil, yields of 40 50 bushels wheat per acre, cattle and hay prospects, and favorable climate with winter snows for sleighing. Old Reader signatures the plea to a Midwest paper.
A proposed plan to create large game preserves in the east involves surrounding reserves with wire fencing and electrifying it. Poachers approaching the boundary would be shocked, serving as a deterrent.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Kase a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures orns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c. Sample sent FREE Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y. William IF Mine's painting The Flight into Egypt awarded Clark Prize will be shown at Pan-American Exhibition.
Coughing Loads to Consumption. Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist today and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 60 cent bottles. Go at once, delays are dangerous. The Ordnance Exhibit at the Pan- American Exposition will surpass any display of the kind ever made at an exposition. In the Spring, take Garfield Tea. This wonderful Herb Medicine purifies the blood and gives new and vigorous life to systems depleted by the trying winter season. Stamp collectors all over the world are adding the new Pan-American series of stamps to their collections. Don't Do Unnecessary Work Use the great labor-saver, Maple City Self Washing Soap. All grocers sell it. Spanish sheep are white, except those of La Mancha, which are black.
Logan Bleckley, 73, chief justice of Georgia's Supreme Court, attends the University of Georgia as a part time student in mathematics and political economy. He has completed three terms in a single day and hopes to finish his senior course and become an alumnus.
A Wyoming Yellowstone ravine named Death Gulch is described as a deadly trap where poisonous carbon dioxide gases rise. Charles B. George and Mr Everett of Boston entered its open end, tested the air with a taper, and confirmed lethal conditions. The ravine bed is littered with bones, including bears, asphyxiating gases drive out any animal entering.
A New York youth preparing for college took a two hour daily waiter's role to cover meals and lodging. He then solicited acquaintances to commission washing for him, acting as middleman to collect and deliver clothing. His efficiency earned praise and client referrals.
The Chicago Tribune notes war famine and pestilence reduced world population in 1900. Major conflicts in the Philippines South Africa and China produced 133,753 deaths from killed and wounded, with plague deaths 20,907 and cholera 60,000. Indian famine victims likely exceed 500,000.
An American professor views monarchy as necessary if monarchs wear all gold lace like Kaiser Wilhelm. The next day the Kaiser agrees, citing Dom Pedro of Brazil as an example of trying to be a republican on a throne.
A historical note records Ireland shipping tens of thousands of tons to England each year, highlighting large outbound trade flows and the scale of cross channel commerce.
A jumble of advertisements and notices cites Dr. Bhoola remedies, Garfield Tean Herb Medicine claims, Franklin Cicero price in Philadelphia 1744, Pan-American Exposition Louisiana exhibits, Monarch Poultry Mixture sales, Putnam dye claim, Wizard Oil rheumatism, Piso Cure endorsement, and the Berlin Women's Club 205 members, all with dated phrasing and unverified promises.
Mrs Hartley of 221 West Congress Street Chicago Illinois suffered indigestion exhaustion womb displacement fainting dizziness headaches and sleepless nights from nervous trouble. She was cured by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, praised as proof of its powerful relief for women with similar suffering.
An early spring warning on hidden spring fever risks as snow melts. It urges fortifying the body with Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, claiming quicker recovery and better sleep. A Hyde Park Vermont sheriff testimonial endorses relief from a severe itchy arm condition after using the remedy. Free advice offered at 35 W 14th St New York City.
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