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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1901
Page
4
An essay argues sex inferiority is not inherent but tied to living habits. Observations from savages and European workers show women performing heavy tasks, suggesting physical endurance equals men's when life conditions align. The piece questions whether perceived "women's weakness" reflects lifestyle choices rather than biology.
A Chicago Chronicle remark condemns the minor injuries women incur and the medical remedies sought, arguing the fault lies with women who injure themselves and the doctors’ involvement is called to repair the harm.
A summary of European parliamentary costs compares France’s $1.5 million yearly outlay with 300 senators and 684 deputies, the U.S. $2.6 million in salaries for 100 senators and 360 congressmen, Britain’s unpaid MPs, and varied expenses across Germany Russia Italy Austria Holland and other states.
A Paris paper reports a Frenchman persuading bees to produce medicated honey. Bees are kept in glass with only flowers carrying the desired remedy, yielding honey that contains the drug’s principles. The method claims to treat influenza coughs colds indigestion asthma and other ailments. A Washington boy is named Thomas Brackett Reed Mudd.
Residents report illnesses including pneumonia cases at 48th avenue and Lake Street and at 2448 Austin avenue. A petition seeks to open 49th avenue across the Northwestern right of way. Fire crews battled a prairie fire at 49th and Chicago avenues. Community events include a farewell party for Mrs Bendell and a surprise for Miss Gertie Sholey. A sermon by Rev George A Campbell and a rubber social at 49th avenue M E church are noted alongside street improvements by coal dealers Bippus and Sorrenson. Second hand books and catering services advertised at 48th Avenue and Lake Street corner with social supplies provided.
The British House of Commons holds 670 members, followed by France 684, Italy 508, Hungary 452, Spain 431, Austria 425, and Germany 397. The U S House stands 357 now, with the next Congress at 390 including four territorial delegates. State legislatures vary from 110 in Ohio to 250 in Massachusetts, with Canada at 213 and Greece at 207. Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies has 212.
Yale juniors in New Haven showcased chafing dish cookery as a dormitory entertainment fad. Guests and chaperones enjoyed elaborate luncheons and spring dinners with fish, lamb, spaghetti in butter tomato sauce, salads, and desserts. A silk bouquet of courses featured New York bisques, Bermuda potatoes, and a Parisian coffee finale, all paired with a single wine. The event highlighted skilled amateur chefs, rivalrous hosts, and a festive college social scene reported by the New York Sun.
A dramatic escape tale from Chicago Journal recounts English jewel thief Houghton chased from West Bromwich to a traveling menagerie near Birmingham. He locked himself in a wolf cage and dared arrest, but the wolves showed no interest in the fugitive as keepers and a constable struggled to free him.
A compact survey notes European royals and nobles who also write. King Oscar of Sweden defends his acts in Stockholm papers, Duke Charles Theodore of Bavaria's scientific works are cited, Carmen Sylva is Queen of Roumania by pen name, and other royals publish plays, poetry, or translations.
A writer recalls meeting a bright colored girl who answered Virginia Alabama Mississippi Benson when asked for her name. He learns she lives in a small cabin and was christened with a string of states to help her parents remember the places they have lived. A tobacconist notes the waning demand for meerschaum pipes and a general decline in pipe smoking.
A London paper notes the civil contingencies fund 1899 1900 balance of £92 421 18s and key outlays including £1 941 17 8 by the Admiralty for transporting the late Lord Herschell from New York to England. Stamp duties on letters patent for ennoblements show £1 679 12 6, with Baronets costing £200 12 8 and Barony of Sir Julian Pauncefote £150 12s. arms augmentation for Lord Kitchener is £10.
Arizona physicians report apple cider as a preventive and cure for smallpox after tests on patients in Jerome and at the pest house. A pint daily, given hourly, reportedly cleared eruptions in five to fifteen days with several patients discharged within a month. Further trials and orders for fifty barrels of apple juice extend the research toward Mexico.
Chicago philanthropist Dr D K Pearsons who has given over 2 million dollars to educational institutions describes himself as economical and close fisted. He explains his motive is to aid poor students by supporting sixteen colleges rather than founding new ones, applying business principles after seventy years of thrift.
The Hungarian government bans hypnotism except when performed by medical professionals under special permission.
Mrs. Jessie H Higley of Niles California says a dream she had recently proved worth at least five thousand dollars. She was offered that amount for the idea but will refuse as it is worth more to her. She designed a brass clasp to hold drapery to iron bed posts, enabling quick removal for cleaning. She filed a patent after drawing a rough sketch and making a sample.
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