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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1901
Page
4
Galveston after the September flood shows rapid recovery with rebuilt railway links, warehouses, and thousands of dwellings. Plans for future safety include a possible sea-wall or land filling to raise the city five to six feet, aiming to prevent gulf floods.
The Parla exposition reports 6 694 808 people paid to ride the moving sidewalk, while 2 635 867 used the opposing railway.
Mrs. Harry Smith recovers from pneumonia at 3448 Austin. C B E Millspaugh and family arrive safely in Los Angeles. Edward Williams Jr regains mobility after a month ill. A F Rehberg prepares for family at New Richmond Michigan. their dance academy held a May 1 prize waltz won by Miss Bell Arternot and Mr. D Larson.
A Milwaukee report outlines a milk and meat diet where one and a half pints of milk form breakfast and lunch with fruit, followed by dinner of lean roast meat and greens. Cream, butter, and controlled vegetables are advised, with bread praised mainly as a butter vehicle.
Rev Charles A Eaton aged 32 accepted the pastorate of Euclid Avenue Baptist Church in Cleveland where John D Rockefeller is a member He formerly led Bloor Street Baptist Church in Toronto Canada and comes from a Massachusetts and Nova Scotia linked family dating back to 1640 and 1756 respectively.
Boston witnesses a windy corner after two adjacent skyscrapers on Pemberton Square are completed. Hats sail through the air up to four stories as policemen clear wrecked umbrellas and manage debris.
Northern Pacific Railroad announces three-quarters of the globe trips for new steamships. The ships will sail from Tacoma to Liverpool via the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean.
Rev 8 M Johnson argues in favor of Christ’s principles in the Gospel of Matthew about giving to each according to ability. He contrasts this with union wage ideas, warning against leveling all workers and praising efficiency, employers’ duties, and philanthropy by Carnegie and Pearson to address urban social ills.
Chicago reports equal suffragists rejoicing after Pennsylvania lawmakers failed to amend the constitution to bar women from practicing law. Judge Bradwell is quoted on progress, while the piece notes broader historical cases of women’s access to education and literature, and cites military statistics on male fitness for duty.
A dramatic example shows a moth or insect igniting a building fire after crawling through oil-soaked cotton waste. The hot oily fibers stuck to its body, carried to a gas jet, and set the room alight. The incident underscores how seemingly minor waste materials can trigger disasters.
A Youth's Companion piece argues American literature remains clean in thought and word, especially in humor, and that literature as record of thought offers personal value alongside history. It urges future writers to keep the stream of national life clear of foulness and preserve purity for coming generations.
The Journal of German Engineers ranks trains by scheduled time. The Paris to Amiens 82 mile trip covers one hour and fifteen minutes at about 65 mph. Britain’s fastest regular train runs 88 miles at 60 mph. Germany bans speeds above 66 mph, with the top regular run at 53 mph between Wittenberg and Hamburg.
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