This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 27 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1898
Page
3
Shell and companions weigh staying on the moor while the Champley brothers depart for Switzerland. Ruby fears being left with the children, while Mrs. Wilden argues the cottage rental ties them to the site. Tension rises as plans shift and loyalties test the group.
Shell assists at Meadowcroft as Bob and Meg fall ill with a suspected smallpox case. Piper shirks nursing duties, a doctor is called, and Mrs Pomfret balks at nursing while a London nurse is sought.
Dialogue unfolds over a smallpox scare as Shell and Ruby debate caretaking. Piper abandons her post and a nurse is expected, leaving children to strangers until a nurse arrives. Shell volunteers to stay, while Ruby sighs at the grim arrangement.
The Washington Times reports on cannibalistic Cascibo tribes near the Peru Brazil Bolivia frontier. Cannibal men revere women as impure while cannibal women allegedly eat male flesh. both sides hold savage codes and fear of blood toxins pervades their practices.
Mrs. Alec Tweedie records a Finnish peasant wedding from a cottage visit. Aged yet sprightly villagers recount finnish traditions, from the kihlarat to a two year engagement and prand wedding. The feast spans days with gifts of stockings shirts belts and handkerchiefs, ending in a simple cottage life for the newlyweds.
A Cornell University professor Dr. C. P. Verganven wed Nada Reyval a Parisian dancer after a publicized courtship. Her new life in Ithaca exposed mortgaged furniture gambling debts and creditor pressures. She later returned to New York theater life after the marriage ended.
George Taylor died at the county house in Harrison Michigan aged about sixty after living as a hermit for years on Muskegon river land. He kept Dickens Thackeray and Scott books and claimed a friend named Charles Beauchamp. He wore a G A R uniform and left all his belongings to the county before his death. A muster roll and pension papers failed to identify him.
A celebrated linguist and his dancer wife lead a reclusive life amid social elite. They spoke only French for four years, moved to New York in 1897, and faced worsening finances despite earnings from teaching and her stage wealth. He fell ill and died in hospital, leaving a grieving French girl and an unresolved tale.
Brief wartime note indicates a member of the Second Illinois Cavalry named Charles Beauchamp is mentioned in casualty or service context, while no mention appears of a George Taylor.
Police hunt Meade Brown a one legged man charged with killing the mayor of London Ontario. His alleged double James Lewis was arrested in Kansas City for the eleventh time as the murderer.
Reverend Slimpay pleads for congregation generosity as eight months of salary arrears strain his finances. He says he serves for love, but money remains the only form creditors will accept, highlighting hardship within the church community.
A campaign orator proclaims the grand old party will stand by its candidate and sink or swim. An audience member cheers for Stone, while an unintended humorist in the crowd adds a quip during the Philadelphia Record event.
A Chicago News quip contrasts dialect fiction with public schooling. It notes magazines publish fewer dialect stories as a result and jokes that schools have advanced to where nearly everyone can write English.
A Cavite survivors reunion at Madison Square Garden drew over 7 000 members, with banquet talks by notable figures and a late dance. The Sons of Cuban Liberty staged an event on Bowery to fund a Cuban war monument, featuring civic speakers and a notable recitation. A Kentucky dispatch notes gunner's mate John K. Littlejohn died in Simp son after claiming to fire the first hostile shot of the Spanish American War. In New York, Schley O Brien was picked up in an intoxicated state and released by Judge Cooley. Augustus Cuba Libre Lightfoot was arrested on Broadway amid suspicions he is Hot Shot Smith, a thief, claiming to be the first child born on Cuban soil after Havana’s capitulation.
Two Chicago women learn of inheritances in unrelated turns of fate. Hattie Koletschke, a tobacco stripper, learns an aunt in New Orleans wills her $25,000 and plans marriage to start a business venture. Florence Frost, once separated from her husband, discovers a $200,000 inheritance through a New York cousin, prompting a sudden celebration amid her hotel work.
The National Magazine recounts Queen Wilhelmina imprisoning two court children for disobedience after they were last seen playing with her. Fear of kidnapping led to a broad search before attendants were detained as suspects.
A Washington Star quip contrasts practical wisdom with ambition as a young man from the commissary dept muses about entering the hotel business. The exchange frames a cautionary view on choosing a productive path versus risky ventures.
Germany has the most electric street railways in Europe, followed by France, England, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and Belgium.
A cartoonish scene depicts an American soldier who charged two Spanish batteries at Santiago, took bullets, captured flags and prisoners, and raised the Stars and Stripes on Morro Castle. Mrs. Farmer offers crackers and milk in exchange for chores like hauling wood and drawing water.
Harvest excursions on the first and third Tuesday of each month to western and southwestern points at one fare plus two dollars. Through Pullman tourist sleepers to California and Portland, with a palatial new Pacific Coast Limited vestibuled train and summer route for winter travel. Write for full information and land books. address Bissell Wilson in Chicago.
The November Ladies' Home Journal notes whipcord serge and granite-like weaves suit most black gowns while coolness is limited to semi-transparent fabrics. It advises black as the versatile choice and highlights a silk warp fabric with a white yoke and cream gul to achieve a dressier look.
Attention is called to excellent service and favorable rates for single and round trip tickets this season. Best accommodations in first class or tourist sleeping cars that run daily. Personally conducted tourist car parties weekly to California and Oregon. Many routes with no extra charge. Details from Chicago & North-Western Ry Bay and connecting lines agents.
The exchange notes Jones plans an original take on the prodigal son parable with a possible sympathetic focus on the fatted calf. The remark appears in a New York World quote.
Advertisement offering one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin druggists in Toledo Ohio. Claims cure by internal action on mucous surfaces with testimonials and ten cent per bottle price.
In a witty courtroom quip, the judge notes that in Chicago, one can become divorced quickly at low cost. The exchange centers on marriage status and rapid dissolution incentives amid social pressures.
A vintage medical ad cautions coughing as a sign of consumption and promotes Kemp's Balsam as a quick cough remedy. The offer includes free sample bottles and 25 and 50 cent sizes, urging immediate purchase to avoid dangerous delays.
Oculists claim eye strain comes from faulty refraction caused by poor window glass.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.