Oak Park Portal Delivery District Population and Location
The Oak Park portal delivery district sits two miles from Chicago's west city limits and includes 12,000 inhabitants in its finest residence section adjoining Chicago. It is published every Friday at 194 198 South Court Street, Chicago, with a branch office at 203 Marion Street in Oak Park Cicero Illinois.
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Cin Street
Chicago
Branch Ofice
Marion Street
Oak Park
Cicero
Illinois
Oak Park Portal
Scattered Global Musings and Social Flaps in Caicago
A reflective column notes Caicago's vast arable lands and British landholdings while mocking clerical perks and the Oneida ecology. It cites Uruguay peace talks ending after a fraud charge and the Boston anti marriage society, finishing with a cold take on bachelor taxation and civil war fears.
An Vinglish journal and wheat export notes
A satirical An Vinglish journal critique mocks ignorance while a Wheat Bureau report projects that wheat prices stay high until a new crop. US exports average 166 million bushels annually over six years, Europe’s crop shortfalls boost US shipments, and India Argentina Australasia offer little help.
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Department of Agriculture
Steat
United States
India
Argentina
Australasia
Europe
California harvester machine eyed as equality talks unfold
The report notes a giant California harvester that cuts, threshes, and sacks wheat on 100 acres daily, producing 1 800 sacks per day with a 5 1 2 foot swath. It cites Cook County’s 1896 audit showing about 15 000 dollars in gold and silver plate and plated ware, and comments on county tax practices.
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Bellamy
Bnt
Seyue
California
Cook County
Yukon gold boom optimism drives Ladue stock push
The feature foresees a worldwide revival of interest in Yukon mining as investors flock to the Joseph Ladue Gold Mining and Development Company. It touts placer and quartz assets near Dawson City, a 10 to 20 percent exemption charter, and plans for Dawson operations with Ladue in Chicago and Dawson City.
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Klondike
Yukon
Joseph Ladue
C. H. MacIntosh
Canadian Northwest Territories
Smith M. Weed
Ir. Walter Webb
Dnhis Company
Dawson
Chicago
Joaquin Miller
Dawson City
Ladue Company
Chamber of Commerce
Calling for Disciples to Build God’s Kingdom on Earth
B Way Mills argues that Christ called disciples to labor as saviors, not to seek personal salvation. He says the aim of Jesus is to establish God’s kingdom on earth and that a person’s salvation depends on what they invest in building that eternal realm.
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Brown Magazine
Uf Bont Farmer
Ling Gong
Christ
Earth
B. Way Mills
Deafness Cure Claim Promoted by Catarrh Remedy
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from catarrh and the mucus tube in the ear. It offers one hundred dollars for any case cured by Halls Catarrh Cure and urges readers to send for free literature from L J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Local pills are recommended.
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Efreulira
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo O
Drupgytets
Had Cows Don't Pay Experimental Dairy Results
In a Pennsylvania experimental station nine cows were fed identically for 150 days. The best cow produced $64.32 in value and $37.65 profit, while the poorest cow yielded $28.00 and $4.55 profit.
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Pennsylvania
Try Grain O A coffee substitute for all ages
A grain based drink marketed as Grain-O replaces coffee for adults and children. It mimics coffee in taste and appearance and is offered in 15 and 25 cent packages at grocers.
Light-minded Bathing Spectacle Sparks Aunt Margaret Mock
A humorous exchange from the New York Tribune features Aunt Margaret insisting she will wear spectacles while swimming, declaring nothing will induce her to remove another item as a light minded young thing laughs.
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Aunt Margaret
New York Tribune
Free Farms of 160 Acres Pleasant Homes in the West
Promoters tout Manitoba Hard wheat suitable for Alberta and Manitoba districts. High grade berry quality and yields near sixty bushels per acre claimed. For transportation details and dairying and wheat raising pamphlet, write C. J. Buncantos at Clark Street Chicago.
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Manitoba
Alberta
C. J. Buncantos
Clark Street
Chicago
Sticks Theme Ties Willie Wax to Miss Jennie Gunn
In Monroe County Willie Wax and Miss Jennie Gunn were wed lately and described as mutually devoted. The lighthearted notice notes their marriage and affectionate bond.
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Willie Wax
Jennie Gunn
Monroe County
Klondyke Horses Starve and Die on Skaguay Trail
An account of the Klondyke horse rush to Skaguay where thousands of animals perish or are abandoned. Horses prove unfit for rough Alaska work, are shot or drown, and many others die from starvation as miners push toward the lakes before winter.
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Skaguay Bay
Skaguay
Klondyke
Skeguay
White Pass
White River Valley
Seattle
Klondykers
Alaska
St .Avits
Trick of the Camera in Chicago Studio Illusion
A Chicago letter describes a Pittsburg photographer’s trick with a single plate showing Adolph Neilson twice. Wheelock, manager of a west side studio, praises Neilson as a master of camera tricks. An observer notes the illusion may rely on careful plate manipulation or clever editing rather than mirrors or a doubled sitter.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
W. Wheelock
Wheelock
Adolph Neilson
Neilson
Suggested Woon for Bathers Lifesaving Line
The life line and life saver are not always able to prevent the drowning of bathers. The article discusses limitations and potential improvements to water safety measures at the bathers area.
Perilous Gold Rush Trail Claims and Fiery Telegraphic Notes
The report describes deadly conditions on a remote trail where horses stumble on rocks and crevices, many killed and left along the route from Skagway to the summit. It notes horses mired in mud, stuck limbs, and riders forced to shoot animals to end suffering. Also mentioned are safety proposals with stakes and nets for rescues and a physics aside on solar radiation and a New York theater worker wiring a switchboard.
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Canon
Skagway
Lieutenant-Colonel Posey and Indiana's Early Rule
Hanover Indiana letter recounts Thomas Posey a Revolutionary lieutenant colonel who became Indiana territory governor in 1813 1816. It traces his Virginian birth 1750 rise through military campaigns Point Pleasant Dunmore and Lewis joining Washington Morgan and later his 1813 governorship subduing hostile tribes and helping settle Corydon as capital with the era’s political tensions and immigrant expansion.
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Hanover
Ind
Indiana
Ohio River
Thomas Posey
Kentucky
Territory
Union
Gov
Posey
Broad Potomac
Washington
Virginia
Kenawha River
Dunmore
Pittsburg
Ohio
Kenawha
Gen. Lewis
Alleghanies
Great River
Lewis
Point Pleasant
Seventh
Virginia Regiment
Lord Dunmore
Gwyn's Island
Middlebrook
N. J
Daniel Morgan
Madison
Indiana Territory
Senate
Gov. Posey
Vincennes
United States
England
Joseph Bartholomew
William Russell
Z. Taylor
Corydon
General Assembly
New England
Canadas
Darien
Harrison
Greenville
Cass
Hungarian Peasant Embroidery Shines At Budapest Exhibit
The piece highlights intricate Hungarian peasant needlework done by summer laboring women. Archduchess Isabella promotes the craft while Archduke Ferdinand d Este’s chair showcases the art. Exhibits reveal silk and cotton patterns, including altar cloths and curtains, stunning critics who misjudge the makers.
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Hungary
Ferdinand d’Este
Isabella
Archduke Frederick
Austria
Budapest
Sacred Threads and Garments Across Cultures
A Chambers journal note outlines Brahman sacred thread rules including three differently colored strands forty eight yards long worn under the skin from left shoulder to thigh. Par see and Parsees girdles described with multiple wool threads and unique knots. North American Indians use medicine cords with shells feathers and stones in symbolic wear.
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Chambers
Monier Williams
Mr. Bourke
Painter Gilbert A Leading London Illustrator Passes Away
Sir John Gilbert R A president of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colors died in London aged 80. He exhibited from 1836 at the Royal Academy and British Institution and his work spanned historical subjects and illustrations for books and periodicals. A knight, a Royal Academician, and chevalier of the Legion of Honor, he donated his paintings to the nation and was granted the freedom of the City of London.
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John Gilbert
R. A
Royal Society of Palntera
London
Gilbert
Lord Hastings
Richard Duke of Gloucester
Royal Academy
A. Er
Royal Society of
Legion of Honor
John
Manchester
Birmingham
Liverpool
City of
Graves of Great Horses and a Treasury Envelope Sealer
The article notes graves of famed racehorses like Lexington and Ten Broeck with marble monuments, and praises owners for honoring their legends. It then describes a Treasury Department trial of a new envelope sealing machine, capable of sealing about 250 envelopes per minute, run by dynamo or pedal.
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Domino
Messrs
Keene
Lexington
Henry Overton
A. J. Alexander
Frank” Harper
Alexander
Ten Broeck
Longfellow
Nantura
Midway
Treasury Department
Washington Correspondence
Philadelphia Ledger
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Miilliam Halley
Caicago
Ireland
Aoman
Paul
Hammond
Wort Sheridan
Germany
Turkey
Uruguay
Senor Borda
Borda
Boston
Niskayuna
Minneapolis Times
Jiapaan
Spain
Pat Hale
Skaguay Trail
MR. Wheelock
North Pole
New York State
Smitily
Sacred Threads
Ten Broeck and Longfellow
Matthew Arnold
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