12 May 1899
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1899
Page
1
A collection of pithy witticisms and social observations on folly, crime, and daily life. The piece cites a Taylorville court case of embezzlement with a light touch and praises fearless workers like policemen and mail carriers who guard cities and homes regardless of weather.
Experiments in France tested Lebel rifle bullets against snow. At 160 feet the bullet penetrated five feet into snow, a surprising result. Reports say a Lebel bullet can traverse a tree three and a half feet thick, while snow resistance seems to cause balled or blocked projectiles.
The war department appointed board of examiners ruled the government must cover 300000 pounds of spoiled beef sent to Porto Rico on the transport Manitoba from Swift & Co last summer. The board rejected claims it favored the packing firm and signaled the fault lay with the government rather than the packers.
An Independent writer notes eight ten languages spoken by Philippine inhabitants. Dr Daniel Brinton cites thirty five official languages in the area. The piece discusses governance challenges and the United States commission proclamations. The London Spectator criticizes American fatalism as a cause of tragedies like the Windsor hotel fire.
A New York World critique notes a shift from poems of bloodshed to storytelling in women’s education. At fashionable resorts, courses cost 50 dollars for twenty lessons with group critique, teaching varied tales and seasonal stories to entertain and impress peers.
The article discusses makeup habits of fashionable Parisienne women as standard for American society women. It outlines daily and night routines, including washing, selecting proper rouge by time of day, careful powdering, brow and eyelash tools, and advice to consult a chemist for materials.
A contract awards 100000 for a 1000 horsepower wave driven plant to generate electricity at Sea Gate near Coney Island. The system uses vertical cylinders with rising and falling pistons driven by waves to compress air and drive a generator. Officials claim one station could supply global power needs, with electricity used for lighting heating and transport including carriages and steamboats.
A witty exchange argues that marriage protects against social ills while divorce is blamed on the married. The dialogue playfully mocks bachelors and defends lifelong wedlock as a natural state. The line of satire targets the supposed evils of divorce and the bachelor’s counterpoint.
In a Cape Bay harbor chapter, Captain Barentz, Philip, Krantz and thirty six sailors endure a brutal voyage after a Titan wreck. Women and children perish amid raft spars, boats struggle to rescue. The crew finds fresh water, then lands near the factory as settlers provide aid and a brig arrives to carry them home.
Philip and Krantz lead a desperate voyage toward land with sixty women and children on a sinking raft. The sea swells, the gale returns, and land appears within five miles as the crew struggles with a heavy raft and limited sail.
Amid heavy swell and a fierce breeze the raft that carried the group breaks apart. Cries and screams fill the sea as husbands and wives, mothers and children cling to drifting spars, while boats nearby fail to reach the scattered survivors.
In a perilous voyage from the Zuyder Zee a brig Wilhelmina sails to St Helena and meets a battered Dutch squadron of five ships under an admiral. Colds, fatigue and scurvy cripple the crews, forcing desperate crew changes as Philip Krantz and others join the admiral. The commodore awards command to Philip aboard the admiral’s ship while Krantz remains second captain.
Prof Joan Lansing of New Brunswick plans to move to Colorado for health reasons after a long winter stay in the city. A scholar and minister of the Dutch Reformed church born in Damascus, he speaks nine languages and owns Egyptian relics including a ring once said to be the jewel given to Joseph by Kh Nub. He also possesses monuments such as a walking stone sacred beetles and a mummy cap among other ancient treasures.
The Philadelphia Record recalls Milton’s staircase brought from London by Richard Rush to his Sydenham country home now at Columbia avenue and Sixteenth street. Rush, U S minister to England, housed the staircase with a silver dated plate and later his estate dispersed, leaving the relic’s final shrine unknown. Sydenham stood opposite Judge Stroud’s country seat known for quaint rooms and antique furnishings.
In Savannah News reporting, A Proctor of Summerfield is raising a curious scene as a dog has adopted a motherless pig. The mother pig will even fight her own offspring to nurse the pig, creating an unusual domestic tableau.
The line presents a view that every man acts as a hero and oracle to someone, highlighting a perspective on individual influence and guidance attributed to Emerson.
A humor feature compiling witty sayings gibes and ironies. Original and selected snippets showcase a playful variety of light verse and quips. The piece surveys jokes and flotsam from a tide of humor with clever lines and social jabs.
Jim Wardner arrives in Montreal seeking transport after a misdelivered telegram. The operator’s confusion over Dont Let Jim Walk versus Dont Let Jim Walk leads to him getting a ride, then a quip about telegrams and misread messages. The tale ends with amusement at clever miscommunication.
In a quoted exchange, a nurse urges Miss Effie to show affection to her sister’s infant. Effie resists, feeling slighted that the father treats the baby as a blessing while she is called only “little Effie,” asserting she is larger than the child and unfairly treated.
German emperor quotes a naval officer as overbearing and suggests sending him to Manila while discussing how to curb his pride. Washington Evening Star reports the exchange.
In a playful exchange, Fweddy and Miss Gwacie discuss the cat Misa Gwacie known as Boomerang. The humorous moment features their banter and a lighthearted nickname, captured in a Chicago Tribune fragment.
A dialogue from the Chicago Tribune features a man with shoulder straps declaring the army beef issue dead while a stockyard man argues it remains unresolved, highlighting a clash over the matter.
A Chicago Record fragment recalls a note left for the new girl about the narrator's shaky use of shall and will. The line hints at humor and a workplace dynamic in a bygone era.
In a Life quote a couple quips about marriage values as one remarks that money and beauty depreciate, underscoring the enduring pull of vanity and fortune in relationships. The other responds that both assets have declined, sparking a sly meditation on material worth.
A humorous Tit Bits fragment features Sylvia debating the career path of a son with Mamma and Silvia. The exchange weighs soldier or sailor versus artist, ending with a quip about one family artist being enough.
Keyes, a mining engineer and son of the late Gen Keyes, was bitten sixteen times on his right leg while in Mexico. En route to San Francisco the bites swelled, turning into large red and yellow balls with intense pain. Doctors warned a day longer could have been fatal, but he recovered after treatment in this city.
In the Boston Transcript a light exchange notes Bickers accusing his wife of threatening to sue a young widow to claim his affections. Morgan grants permission but asks what trouble arises this time as the quarreling pair debate affection and loyalty.
An 19th century style advertisement touts Lane's Family Sedicine as daily bowel movement aid and health essential. It claims gentle action on the liver and kidneys and cures sick headaches, pricing at 25 and 60 cents.
A brief proverb-like note warns that when no one finds fault with you, it often means the poker itself hides dirt. The saying emphasizes unobserved flaws and the invisibility of hidden issues in easy success.
An OCR fragment promotes various patent medicines and tonics with dubious claims. It touts laxatives and candies like Cax careta Candy Cathartic and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children, then shifts to a quip about girls in spinster class and ends with Coe's Cough Balsam claiming quick relief for colds.
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