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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1900
Page
6
A reflective poem on a clan marked by failed ambitions and shared misfortune. The speaker laments sins and sufferings of ten talents and hard luck folk who tried but failed, contrasting their dull lives with others' success, and noting a collective downfall that shakes graves.
Rosilla Williams boldly hauls the new parsonage five miles to Marston after a letter from Jackson Williams sends them off from Link's Mills. Loggers’ team effort undercuts snow and ice, delivering a surprise windfall to Marston and shock to Link's Mills locals.
A church parsonage disappears overnight causing shock at Link's Mills and Marston. Members debate legal action and the Rev Jackson Williams learns of the move after his farewell sermon. Mrs Williams claims ownership, offsetting the unpaid salary against the house and planning future moves.
A Pearson's Magazine writer argues nature did not keep pace with urban life. A third hand would free the carrier from holding hat bag umbrella and fish, letting one hand hold plate and cutlery while the other handles rail or counter contact. The piece claims crowded city dining makes the third hand a necessity.
A prisoner appears before the magistrate for vagrancy and claims to work more than half the time. When pressed about real employment, he brazenly answers that he works in prison, and the judge follows through on the line.
In Anthropologie M M Delaposse details the Vai language of Sierra Leone Liberia region as Africa s only indigenous written system The syllabic Vai alphabet has 225 characters with 25 resembling Berber consonants and 20 like European letters but sounds differ He notes the script is two centuries old or older and may predate Vai invention
Katherine J. Dugan, a blind musician and Perkins Institution alumna, conducts the St. Aloysius church choir in St. Johnsbury Vermont. She reads music by touch using raised characters and says her work mirrors the choir’s music, though it is harder for younger singers to learn.
A brief scene depicts a character crowing at the water trough while a Cochin-like figure peers through a fence as a naval demonstration unfolds. The dialogue conveys light satire and curious observation within a rural setting.
Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee leads the woman army nurses and serves as an assistant to Surgeon General Sternberg. She holds the rank of first lieutenant and is the army service’s sole woman officer, with ties to the Daughters of the American Revolution and notable ancestry and education.
A feature on fashion and identity notes how British society embraces Irish symbols and goods. It highlights emeralds shamrocks lace and green fabrics as must have items for the fashionable woman of the moment, blending loyalty symbols with luxury linens and jewels.
A humorous reminiscence recalls Grover Cleveland, famed as a top fisherman, visiting local grounds for small-mouth bass. His preferred bait was a frog, which allegedly once sunned on a rock with the hook in its mouth, prompting the president to pause and inspect the scene.
A deaf woman plaintiff in a Durham Assizes case failed to grasp proceedings. The judge urged a compromise. The lawyer asked her what she would take to settle. She replied with a smile that she would take a little warm ale if it was no trouble to the judge.
Sturdy Gom Paul notes that President Kruger had one child from his first marriage who died young and sixteen children with his second wife. His grandchildren total 104 across generations.
The article describes April eighth as On ehan the universal Buddhist festival marking the birthday and enlightenment of Prince Guatama. It notes Japan as a land of many festivals with temple shrines and a decorated four-post edifice near each temple. A water basin with bamboo dipper handles and a lotus-topped pedestal holds the infant Buddha image.
Long Island Atlantic coast life-saving stations shelter numerous cats to combat rats among seaweed beds. Capt. John Edwards at Short Beach station near Freeport houses about fifty felines, whom the crew treats as a tight-knit family and respond to in unison when meals approach.
James B Dill, famed for mediating the Carnegie Frick settlement and drafting articles for a new corporation controlling nearly 200 million, reportedly earns a million dollar fee. Yale graduate, former newspaper reporter, Dill is a noted corporate adviser with Huntington estate and Adirondack camp, sloop The Pollia, and Huntington Yacht Club vice commodore status.
Comic exchange quips that Stimson is a mean man and explains his stinginess with his wife by saying he recalls all his money before he gets home, highlighting a sharp, humorous jab about frugality.
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