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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1900
Page
6
A reflection on a solitary traveler who seeks wealth and status yet finds spiritual bankruptcy, arguing life’s value lies in companionship. The piece cites Wheeler Wilcox in the New York Journal and ponders delays, toil, and the waste of pursuing empty victories.
Peter Graves, a Chicago structural iron worker, recalls a near tragedy while installing a lightning rod on a tall Riverdale chimney. Amid a thunderstorm his wife Mary saved him by untangling a rope and paying it out, letting him descend safely to the ground. He returned next day to finish the job.
Cassier's Magazine notes lead pipes were common in ancient nations including Asia Egypt Syria and Greece for water systems when pressure was high. Most pipes were sheet lead soldered at seams with edges joined. Pompeii excavations reveal large quantities of lead pipe, implying vast Roman use of lead in conduits.
An observing dentist explains dental traits as indicators of character. Long narrow teeth signify vanity or grasping disposition, small white separated teeth suggest treachery, and overlapping teeth reveal other traits.
The article describes Chiromys madagascarensis, the nocturnal half monkey lemur of Madagascar. It notes its rarity, first specimens, and the animal’s strange behaviors, feeding, and climbing habits, with an emphasis on its mysterious nature and unique regional wildlife.
The Review of Reviews notes Andrew Carnegie made his first investment choosing ten shares in the Adams Express company worth 500 dollars. He acted with trepidation after saving and working hard for the money.
The text notes urban back yards are often neglected, used for drying clothes, with few flowers beyond a border. It observes families with children may attempt a flower bed, and suggests homeowners seldom travel far, returning by mid September, shaping how they treat their outdoor spaces.
The Abyssinian Easter, eight days after the civilized world, follows prolonged fasting and two days of abstinence. Abyssinian clergy declare Christ's resurrection to the emperor, who sits in a cushioned, red and gold tented platform watching the assembled crowd.
A telegrapher reflects on how rail travel improvements attracted promoters to the sleeping car, how he engaged others in the Woodruff invention, and how, after a Washington trip, transportation problems guided him toward wealth. Carnegie and partners profited from Pennsylvania oil fields with land bought for 40 000 growing to a 1 000 000 dividend.
A local man recounts a bizarre failed milking episode in Deadwood South Dakota. He describes anger and mishaps with the cow including a tail around his neck, a hind hoof in the pail, and a haymow chase. He vows to restrain and finish milking the cow with force.
A New Yorker in China estimated eleven million men in the Chinese Society of Boxers. Once a law and order league formed to defend against Shan-Tung bandits, it now stands for lawlessness, robbery and murder, prompting possible armed action by Uncle Sam and European powers.
Honolulu authorities adopt harsh epidemic control by condemning and burning any frame building with a case, a rule that makes thorough disinfection impossible. The policy causes fires to occur two or three times weekly as a consequence.
A Camden story shows Walt Whitman hiddenly employed by a benefactor to ride streetcars and report on coat needs for charity. David Christie Murray recalls London hardship ending when a newspaper editor buys his Columbus article, sparking later success. Almsgiving and advice gain value by how they are given.
A collection of maxims from authors like Kendall Roche Shakespeare Emerson Brooks Bryant and Carnegie on honesty restraint wealth ambition and duty. The piece echoes 19th century moral attitudes praising self reliance thrift and individual virtue. It contrasts hereditary wealth with personal effort and warns against idleness and overreaching.
The City of Mexico hosts a new American cemetery to replace the old United States Government Cemetery. It replaces the burial ground used for American soldiers and disease victims from the invasion era, now filled and unable to accept more interments. The site will be carefully laid out and aimed to become the valley’s most beautiful burial place.
A Simian at the Central Park menagerie in New York City is named Aguinaldo by Park Commissioners clerks. The nickname references the Philippine rebel chief’s likeness seen in newspaper photos, noting the monkey’s black hair, pompadour style and studious gaze as it clutches bars.
The plan, led by the Earl of Meath with significant support, would enroll all board school pupils aged 11 to 15 into a government supervised military training program. Cadet corps would form from ages 12 to 19, with weekly drills and summer camps, creating a reserve akin to the army reserve and militia. Paul Kruger is credited with aiding public readiness, and Parliament may vote on the proposal soon.
University of Edinburgh chemists analyzed cantheria from asocanthera shimperi used on African arrows. The substance, extracted from roots and stems, paralyzes the heart and then the lungs, acting on muscles rather than nerves. The plant belongs to the apocynum family related to oleander and strophantes.
A gentleman in his library hears cries from the drawing room and asks Marie the maid. She alternately attributes the sounds to madame singing or to a fight between the cat and dog, leaving the mystery unresolved.
A Cumberland Presbyterian editor replies to a subscriber asking about next month’s weather. The editor cryptically notes the forecast will resemble the subscriber’s own subscription, prompting the puzzled reader to recall the punny phrase “wnses led.”
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