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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1898
Page
8
The advertisement touts a comprehensive Standard Dictionary with uniform pronunciation and etymological syllabication. It promises practical use for craftsmen, scientists, and editors and offers the volume for one dollar down and one dollar per month.
Book reviewers are all accomplished linguists and their criticisms of translated English editions reveal their skill. They commend translators for preserving the original charm and freshness or fault them for losing delicacy and atmosphere.
Allen's Foot-Ease powder cures painful swollen feet and stings from new shoes. It relieves sweating and callouses for tired nervous feet. Try a day. Sold by druggists and shoe stores or by mail for 2K in stamps. Trial package free. Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy NY.
An exchange from the Washington Star features an unscientific man and an intrepid traveler discussing the aims of polar exploration. The traveler replies that the most important problem is simply getting back, underscoring the peril of polar ventures.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets candy as a tonic to cleanse blood and liver, claimed to banish pimples boils blotches blackheads and bilious complexion. The pitch notes druggists carry it and guarantees satisfaction with 10 cent to 25 cent and You supply a line about saloon quips as filler.
A Detroit woman narrates a prolonged struggle with ovarian trouble and related nerve pain. After doctors failed, Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People restored her health, energy, weight, and happiness, claiming renewed vitality through improved blood and nerves.
A Russian savant in Verchoyansk, Oriental Siberia, kept a yearlong daily temperature log. The record shows an average daily temperature 2.74 degrees below zero for the year and January 1896 averaged 63 degrees below zero, highlighting extreme cold.
An open letter asserts the exclusive use of the words Castoroea and Pitchers Castoria as a trade mark. Dr Samuel Pitcher of Hyannis Massachusetts is named as the original author of Pitcher’s Castoria with CHAS H. Fletcher’s signature on wrappers. The Centaur Company is cited with Chas H. Pletcher as president. The note ends with unrelated lines about grapes and a silver coin.
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral is promoted as a radical asthma remedy with multiple testimonial cures. The ad lists cases where patients were relieved or fully cured after taking the medicine, promoting its effectiveness for coughs colds croup whooping cough asthma and lung ailments. It claims worldwide recognition and offers half size bottles at half price with a free Curebook upon request.
A historical sketch traces baseball back to rounders and town ball in colonial America. It recalls crude equipment, improvised fields, and the evolution from yard games to a structured sport with bases, catching, and new rules that boosted play and safety.
In Tit-Bits a note on Sweden describes it as the most Protestant country with a population of 6,060,000 and only 2000 to 300 Roman Catholics, the rest largely Lutheran. A dialogue mocks infant teething and early hair growth.
A pastor from Golden Illinois reports relief from temple and eye pain after using Dr Kay's Renovator. He claims it cures spring stomach trouble and supports liver and kidney health while offering a mail order option from Dr B I Kay Medical Co Omaha Nebraska.
The Hungarian celebration marks fifty years since independence from Austria with a planned April 11 parade in Budapest featuring a multiethnic procession to the Petofi monument. A separate anecdote notes a young woman praising Keith's Enamel Starch for easy ironing and a glossy finish, highlighting a household receipt book.
The traveling man boasts that letters from across Kansas attest to the samples, prompting the firm’s head to praise the effort and wonder how it was achieved. The exchange highlights a promotional push labeled Cyclone as the source of widespread recognition.
A period piece touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a health safeguard for women. It claims the remedy restores strength and happiness, citing a Jersey City Heights woman who credits it with curing severe illness and nerve distress after doctors could not help.
An old advertisement touts No-To-Bac as a "wonder-worker" to quit tobacco and gain vigor, urging readers to write Sterling Remedy Co. for a booklet and samples, with mentions of Chicago and New York offices. It also notes Miss Mary Scruges becoming a bank teller in Wayscross, Georgia. The claim ends with a price of fifty cents and a guarantee of habit care.
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