26 May 1899
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1899
Page
1
Column of garbled lines from a Chicago publication with stray phrases on addresses and locals. It includes odd quips about clerks, a Kentuckian winning money for lost fingers, and various nonsensical snippets reflecting OCR errors.
The Kansas City Journal reports Missouri lawmakers back the National Guard with both feet as part of a broader state crisis. The question asks which powerful leader heads the Missouri legislature. however, the article does not name a specific person with this description.
Three major projects draw engineering attention. The trans Siberian line would cut travel time around the world. Cecil Rhodes plans a Cairo to Cape railway in Africa. The Intercontinental Railway Commission completes a seven volume report on a through line from the United States to Buenos Aires.
The piece notes municipal ownership trends in Chicago and Toledo re elected mayors, pals to a Manchester shift where police headquarters arrange domestic chores for residents. It contrasts eighteenth century paternalism with potential twentieth century public service, citing House speakers from the South and Midwest regions and highlighting Muhlenberg and Polk in the U.S. Capitol context.
The National Museum began a May 1 ethnological expedition with Dr. J. N. Rose and Dr. Walter Hough. Rose will study economic botany of Mexico focusing on desert regions to locate new plants with commercial or medical value while Hough investigates primitive arts of Yaqui and other Indian tribes. The trip includes Casas Grandes ruins south of Oaxaca, a major prehistoric site, but no archaeological specimens will be collected due to Mexican export restrictions.
The Bluefields dispute mirrors a farce as American merchants protest duties paid to a de facto rebel government. President Zelaya failed to remove the customs collector who switched allegiance, keeping duties with the enemy. The piece adds humor to ritualism debates in the Church of England with a journalist’s vivid, witty note.
The Davenport Alumni Association donated a rare Mosasaurs skeleton to the University of Iowa Museum, revealing a large extinct sea reptile. The nearly complete specimen measures about twenty five feet and shows limbs adapted as paddles for marine propulsion.
William Paine Lord of Oregon who declined to represent the United States at the Persian court for four years was born in Dover New Hampshire in 1839. He graduated from Fairfield College in 1860 and joined the war effort rising from captain to major and judge advocate under Gen Lew Wallace before resuming law studies. He practiced law after 1866, served in Alaska, moved to Salem in 1868, became state senator in 1878, justice of the Oregon Supreme Court in 1880, and governor by 1894, then served as foreign minister to Persia.
A scientist notes a spider's 24 hour feeding rate and estimates proportional human equivalents over the day. He suggests at day break the creature would eat a small alligator, by 7 a m a lamb, by 9 a m a young camelopard, by 1 p m a sheep, and end with a lark pile of 120 birds, yet spiders can endure long fasts. A beetle is cited as surviving three years without refreshment.
A report notes that in Japan a person can secure a house, food, and two servants for an annual cost of $300. The figure highlights affordability and social conditions related to living standards in the country.
The crew endures harsh voyage after leaving the Falklands as a Dutch admiral proposes punishing a captain by desertion. Philip argues against cruelty, while the commodore Avnhorn faces removal to shore. Muskets and supplies are secretly ferried to the prisoner, setting up a tense pursuit as the fleet splits and nears the Indies.
Philip and the admiral's ship run aground near barren rocks as a phantom Dutchman appears on the dawn sea. Vander Hagen is hanged by the admiral, provoking the crew to defend Philip while he contemplates fate, duty, and Amine.
Experiments reported by Pall Mall Magazine show a Lebel rifle at 509 feet penetrated balloon fabric only below the equator with little gas loss. multiple shots caused modest leakage but not rapid descent. A shrapnel shell at 1500 feet would have little effect if it penetrated below the equator. A gore near the upper valve caused initial rapid fall, then wind restored lift and the craft drifted down.
The late Professor Drummond demonstrated hypnosis on children at a party and in another instance. He commanded a girl to play the piano triggering a self propelled performance. In a separate scene he used a poker as a gun and staged a mock shooting. The boy acted to strike the “bird” while Drummond halted the illusion to prevent harm.
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