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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1896
Page
8
A husband mocks a batch of breach of promise love letters while the wife defends them as relics of courtship. The exchanges highlight foolish phrases like my dear ducky and million kisses, ending with the husband suggesting burning the letters.
A Madison county Kentucky farmer has devised a covered passageway for cattle through which animals walk to receive relief from flies. A glass dome trap above the entrance gathers the flies as brushes sweep them off, then the steer exits free of pests. The device is patented and reportedly learned by cattle to use when bites begin.
French medical students in Paris circulate a petition demanding that foreign students meet the same degree qualifications as native students before earning degrees. They argue that those lacking the required standards should receive only honorary diplomas if not meeting the criteria.
A report notes transport costs for ton of woolen goods: London to New York $4, to Chicago 1,000 miles inland $7, to Japan $10. From Derry to London $14 and from Gweedore 70 miles inland $24, showing higher inland rates from Ireland than to Asia.
The Penelope Lilhaven of Glen Cottage, long labeled an old maid, returns from a lonely life when Roydon Grey returns from Venezuela with a fortune. He plans to refurbish the house and marry her, revealing Edith Lonsdale as the true beloved of Roy’s heart. Pen’s marriage to Roy follows, then another wedding for Edith with Harry Burnham, leaving Pen finally content in a life she once doubted she’d ever have.
Investigators in Madison Lake County South Dakota spend over three months testing reports of a haunted farmhouse. They describe strange music a spirit lamp a pale woman and repeated noises and insist the events were real though no human pranks were found. The Olson family vacates the property on March 10 after enduring nightly disturbances.
A grand white metal angel on the San Francisco city hall dome was trimmed after tests showed the wings would not brace in high winds. The mayor and the commission had clashed over the sculpture, but the figure now stands wingless atop the dome.
A patron accuses a physician of causing his son’s death after a year on the medicine. The doctor contends the instructions were not followed, insisting the regimen should have lasted two years.
Lural Bacon a noted businessman and political figure killed himself in Kings ton Tennessee in a shocking act. While testifying in the Himes murder trial his perjury indictment weighed on him and drove him to the dynamite explosion that blew his body apart. Neighbors found him with no explanation for the deed.
The Phi Kappa Psi society in Cleveland bans jewelers from making badges and pins bearing its letters for ornamenting young women’s garters. The move comes after a rapid rise of fraternity garters in the Forest City, prompting a protest.
A patchwork of 19th century ads and quips including patent medicine pitches for Wall's Catarrh Cure and Piso’s Cure, testimonials from I. C. Albright and others, claims of cure for fits and frostbitten skin, and a proverb about a man living up to a bad name. The text reads like eclectic consumer notices and moral maxims from periodicals.
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