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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1900
Page
3
An old verse excerpt depicts a child at hills of hope with roses and snow and a vision of joy. The speaker consoles the child promising daylight paths and a shared bond as the dream fades. The text reflects romantic imagery and contrasts between a bright inner joy and a dull external world.
In an asylum for the blind, Anna and Paul, lovers since childhood, plan to see each other after an eye operation. On the day of the reveal they rush to remove the bandages, fearfully awaiting their faces to meet, only to face an uncertain, unsettling result.
In fevered suspense Paul waits as a mirror reveals a ruined face and fear he is doomed to remain ugly and blind. Anna removes a bandage and both discover they are still sightless setting a grim future as pity and resilience mingle.
A traveling salesman recounts a Gotham tale of a landlady who insured a dying boarder for $500 and collected after his death. The landlady used the payout to fund a fortune and ascent to high society, with her husband profiting from the windfall.
A social scene recounts a conversation with the Prince of Wales. A young woman, unsure how long to talk, asks when to leave. The prince replies she must tell him when she is bored. He asks where she was born and she answers with a garbled reply, revealing the comic confusion.
The tale traces Miss Mabel Wright, later Bela Richy, who rose from a New York boardinghouse to society prominence after a New York marriage to Fernando Yanaga. A fragile romance with Count Ziehy drew her across oceans, where she became known as a celebrated beauty in European circles and later pursued a gesture for Empress Dowager Austria.
A man previously convicted and sentenced to six years at hard labor was later found innocent and will be released. He had pleaded not guilty and did not implicate his brother as the guilty party during the trial.
A new steel fire escape is mounted on the west side of the Telephone D building. It runs from the upper floor level to eight to ten feet above the sidewalk with connected balconies and staircases at each floor. The design keeps users from falling and provides a safe, gradual descent to ground level.
The article recalls Mrs. Yznaga winning a society favored man, her elopement with a count, followed by a divorce in North Dakota. She remarried Count Zichy and settled on his Hungarian estates. Recently she drew public notice for posing for a white statue of an angel for the Dowager Empress of Russia.
In Spartanburg County two years ago Charley Mills was convicted of highway robbery and sent to prison for six years while his twin, Eugene Mills, acted as the real culprit. Governor McSweeney granted a full pardon to Charley after evidence showed he wore convict stripes for a crime his brother committed. The incident arose from a highway robbery on A. J. Phillips witnessed by Magistrate Gunter, with Phillips later seeking to prosecute Charley.
Reading from a Chicago News report describes a balcony run eight to ten feet from the sidewalk with a manhole at the northern end for a woman to lower herself and drop safely. Cold water pipes could be forced to cool the escape, preventing overheating during use.
A congressman recalls stopping at a Cuban sugar plantation where a 15 year old wagon boy, cool and puzzled, asks whether the wheel came off or the wagon did. The boy admits delay in reporting the incident, delaying action at the mill.
A North Omaha Sunday school superintendent finishes a lesson with a standard prompt for questions. A junior class member asks if there will be a picnic this summer, ending the exchange with a light note.
A survey of Tacoma businesses outlines Griffin Transfer, Wm. T. Coffee Plumbing, Wheeler Osgood & Co doors and moldings, and Dickson Brothers in apparel. It notes 200 workers at Puget Sound Iron and Steel, Lloyds of real estate, Cape York gold extractor, and Pacific Cold Storage with Nome and Dawson branches.
A major concern on Puget Sound reports heavy sugar and syrup use with many workers employed. The goods are sold widely across Western Washington as the industry expands its reach.
Advertises thousands of acres of government land in Washington and Oregon for five dollars per acre and up. Claims ideal climate and no crop failure, ideal for grain or top stock. Seller offers information on best locations and invites contact in St Paul or by mail at corner Third and Rosabel streets, St Paul.
A Colorado special departs Chicago daily at 10 a m reaching Denver by 1 20 p m the next day with no car changes. It stops at Colorado Springs and Manitou the same evening. Dining cars serve meals. Another fast train runs at 10 30 p m daily. A book titled Colorado includes illustrations and can be mailed for four cents. Tickets available at Chicago Northwestern offices on Clark Street and Wells Street Station.
A witty exchange from the Indianapolis Press sketches the idea of a universal brotherhood. The Sweet Young Thing questions the coming union, while the Savage Bachelor quips that women may force change in self defense.
Do Your Feet Ache and Horn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot- Ease a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c. Sample sent FRE Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y. The undersigned have formed a limited co-partnership McBurney-Rockenfeller Company to control purchase and sale of farm lands in West Northwest Southwest Good agents wanted for sales in Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa North and South Dakota Arkansas Southwest Louisiana Liberal commissions. Correspondence to McBurney-Rockenfeller Company 703 Fisher Building Chicago. BRF McBurney Theo Rockenfeller B H Boyer
After May Harper's Bazar will appear in a new dress as a magazine for women. The form will resemble Harper's Monthly Magazine with ornamented covers and high quality printing. Noted contributors include Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Dr. Van Dyke, Stephen Crane, Mme. Marchesi, W. D. Howells and Mary E. Wilkins.
A new preparation named Grain-O, made from pure grains, replaces coffee in groceries. It suits delicate stomachs and costs only a fraction of coffee, about 15 to 26 cents per package. Children may drink it with benefit.
An estimate projects that at the start of the new century England will have about 2,000,000,000 tons of coal still unused and accessible.
McClure's Magazine for May will include short stories by Conan Doyle Robert Barr and Clinton Ross an article on the solar eclipse by Prof Simon Newcomb a Worchester paper on General Lawtons last campaigns and Ray Stannard Baker’s piece The New Prosperity. The Tartarian alphabet is 202 letters long.
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