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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1901
Page
3
The speaker rejects wealth fame and knightly titles preferring a peaceful life with Mamie as his beloved. He celebrates common folk happiness and health while praising Mamie’s blue eyes and their kiss filled world. He declares contentment in being Mamie’s beau and lord of love’s domain.
A busy newspaper editor forgives a hopeful boy after promising eight dollars a week for a publishable item. Ray Farrel proves his nose for news by securing a marble trickster Miggles a hospital stint but keeps his job, as Miggles had already earned his pay through a heroic marble tale.
A Washington Star excerpt recalls early naval hostility to iron ships with Adm. David Farragut and many officers arguing iron hulls would fail. They warned cold winters and rheumatic sailors, citing physicians against elevated railways as a parallel, but history shows iron ships endured without the predicted ills.
An exploration of the legendary Stone of Destiny or Lia Fáil, its journey from Tara to Scone and finally Westminster Abbey, and the crown chair’s coronation history. The piece traces ancient roots, connecting Jacob’s Stone lore with royal succession and why the stone’s safety is deemed crucial.
The Paris Messenger reports Baron Pierre de Coubertin completed six hours of vigorous activity in eight, mixing cycling, car handling, horseback riding, tennis, motorcycle riding, and a final quarter hour of fencing and boxing. He showed no fatigue and appeared in excellent condition.
A tale explains how wild oats move when moist. The head of oats swells and the spikes shift, making the grain tumble sidewise and crawl toward exits. It notes coarse varieties show stronger locomotion and urges comparing tame oats left to grow wild.
The Morgantown Pa funeral of John M Mast showcased Amish burial customs in a plain walnut coffin without trim. Relatives sat on opposite sides, distant guests were invited to a rear kitchen for a long meal, and two addresses were delivered in Pennsylvania German with no music.
The article notes Lord Salisbury has held the United Kingdom’s top post longer than any statesman since the Liverpool era, surpassing Gladstone’s twelve years and 141 days. It recalls other premiers including Walpole, Pitt, North, Canning, and a group who served brief terms between 1827 and 1836.
The article notes pigeons reaching ninety miles per hour and Audubon’s estimate of a mile per minute. Migrating birds travel vast distances, bobolinks breed by northern shores and winter in Cuba and Porto Rico, and hummers cover about 2000 miles yearly. Salmon and swordfish are water racers, with salmon covering a mile in under two minutes and leaping waterfalls up to 12 feet high.
In Switzerland the canton of Glarus holds an outdoor annual assembly called the Landsgemeinde. Burghers gather in a public square to vote on matters with the president on a central platform. Boys are present around the platform to learn governance, making it a quaint, ideal parliament.
A letter campaign from members of the House and various states promotes Peruna as a reliable catarrh remedy and tonic. Testimonials from Dr. Hartman and users praise its quick relief and urge readers to seek gratis medical advice if results are unsatisfactory. The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, is cited for guidance.
A freak explosion hit a Lisbon grist mill in St. Lawrence county when a steam boiler blew as a Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain freight train passed. The boiler was catapulted through the roof and across a freight car, but no injuries occurred and the train continued to the next station.
The remark contrasts monuments honoring the dead and deities with the builders' aim to win attention and elevate their own status. It suggests pride and self-promotion drive grand commemorations.
Advertisement offers Home and Garden illustrated monthly free for one year if 10c is sent with mention of the paper. Regular price 50c. Address Home and Garden Newspaper Row St Paul Minnesota.
The Dominion Lands Department accepts a magnificently mounted bull moose from D. O Connor of Sudbury Ontario for exhibition with the Dominion government display at the Pan American exposition in Buffalo next summer.
Advertisements praise Allen's Foot-Ease powder for swollen burning feet with 25 cent price and free samples. Also promoted Hamlin's Blood and Liver Pills for constipation, Piso's Cure for Consumption, and generic quotes on character and opportunity from the era.
The Douglas factory plans to raise daily shoe output to 6 000 pairs by adding 16 000 square feet of manufacturing space. A 40 horsepower engine and a 150 horsepower boiler will be installed to support this growth. Start up is set for July 1 with 500 dozen or 6 000 pairs per day and a weekly payroll of 22 000 dollars excluding office staff. Salesmen report 25 percent higher sales due to better shoemaking and advertising. Advertising will increase, including half page notices in major city papers and Youth's Companion in Brockton Mass.
An oculist in Ontario believes that prompt infancy precautions could have saved one fourth of his blind patients. The article notes Dr Crane's tablets, priced at 600 per box, and mentions inoculation lowering cholera fatalities from ten to two percent.
William Archer, the Scottish critic, builds a reputation as a fair urbane dramatic critic. He formerly shaped English drama journalism in London and earned fame for thoughtful reviews and scholarly insights.
Garfield Tea is described as the most used and preferred herb tea for curing constipation and sick headache. It is said to strengthen digestive organs.
The article notes the national park at Vicksburg will be completed in land acquisition, totaling 1,231 acres. It also includes unrelated ad-like phrases and quotes, reflecting a mishmash of content from the page.
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