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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1897
Page
6
Eben Rexford recounts a picaresque comic episode as a visiting minister with one eye attempts to ride a bicycle eight miles to a country sermon. He resists defeat, endures a series of falls and mishaps, finally conquering the wheel before a brutal crash ends the trial.
Frau Hansson argues in Das Buch der Frauen that social restraints have loosened yet couples understand each other poorly. She contends maternal influence and a partner shape the man, and asks whether men or women are to blame for changing dynamics.
A Manchester lithographing firm received a London customer circular announcing the death of the head of the firm. The reply letter expresses sympathy and notes disappointment that the London firm did the circular and offers to quote for future lithographed circulars at lower cost.
A colorful roundup cites tornado ferocity from Wellington Kansas to Grinnell Indiana noting trains overturned and houses destroyed. It recalls a Chandler Oklahoma storm with a lone intact trio of buildings and a carpet lifted to a tree. The piece adds a Rye village rescue of an alligator and three babies found in Blind Brook by Solomon Ireland, suggesting escape from local holdings.
Riverside County Sheriff Johnson and his bloodhound vanished for a mountain hike in the San Jacinto range. The dog returned limping with a man seeking medical aid after claiming the hound bayed him into a frightening encounter with a large beast during a tense chase.
In Norman Oklahoma a tornado left a shovel blade embedded halfway in a tree. Exhibits show bark with a cleft where the blade remains fixed. Photographs depict flying splinters and straws driven into wood by air blasts at 135 to 160 miles per hour, penetrating one tenth of an inch.
A large female alligator and three young ones were found at Rye New York after a French poodle named Pet detected danger during a drive to the railroad station. A sharp cry was heard as the dog alerted its owner, signaling a serious incident near Blind Brook.
A man chased by a dog after rebuffs managed to grab a gun and strike the animal a few times. The dog retreated and the man, torn and bleeding, limped into town for treatment.
Brookline, with about 17 000 residents and 60 million in valuation, is the United States’ richest town while preserving a New England town meeting. It hosts 45 000 volumes in its library, a 300 000 high school, a 40 000 free bathing establishment, and spends 100 000 yearly on parks and shaded streets. Boston would annex it, but Brookline prefers to remain independent with city life and country pleasures.
The renowned collection of birds by Alfred Brehm and his father was purchased by Baron Rothschild for a London museum. It contains over 10 000 European specimens, with each variety shown by multiple individuals of both sexes and varying ages.
A dog named Chocolat in Paris works without a master to earn his living by visiting fashionable restaurants near the Madeleine and Champs Elysees. He snacks only at elite cafes and establishments in the Bois de Boulogne while killing rats.
A two year mystery ends as trapper Joe Lacoot locates Rosie Pelletier and the abducted Peter Bubeer near a pond and a shack in the North Washington wilderness. Pelletier describes Bubeer driven by jealousy and rendered an idiot after blows, walking on all fours in the forest with hogs.
J. H. Morris wanted on forgery kidnapping and jail breaking charges was arrested in Shelbyville Missouri after months of pursuit. He with Miss Fanny Rutherford of Minneapolis faced capture rumor traced from Chicago to Memphis and San Francisco before Shelbyville police detentions. Rutherford, heiress of Captain George Rutherford, stayed detained awaiting Minneapolis officers. Morris to be sent to Memphis to face multiple forgery counts.
Thieves broke into Francis H. Scott's residence in Orange New Jersey taking clothing and household goods valued at $10000. Police arrested three suspects including Mary Rogers alias Chicago May who hid two revolvers on her bed trying to pass them to the men. Also named are Cyrus Hyland and George Bennett alias the New York Kid connected to other prisoned criminals.
An S P CGA officer found Mrs Mollie Newberg and her two children aged 4 and 9 living in a damp New York cellar. Their bed was a large dry goods box and old paper with rags served as bedding. Her husband eloped four years ago and now lives with another woman in Hoboken.
A trolley on the City Suburban Traction line in Baltimore struck a wagon on Mount Carmel road two miles from the city. Mrs Frederick Heim Jr was cut in two and killed. Her husband and two sons on the wagon were thrown clear with severe bruises. The conductor and motorman were arrested.
A wine bottle recovered on Lake Michigan beach by E. G. Miller contains a note dated Chicora January 1895 signed Howard Mason. The letter claims the ship foundered off Michigan and asks Robert Mason of Chicago to deliver the message to his brother.
Ole Oleson a $20 000 miser living near Williamsburg Illinois was murdered last week. He dwelt in a squalid field-side hovel on a farm his two sons also farm nearby. Three years prior he was bound and tortured for money and later deposited over $12,000 in banks. Post mortem shows death from a blow behind the ear with no clues found.
A Chicago Tribune quip notes a physician warning that the patient’s major issue is slow bill collection. The exchange underscores financial friction in medical care and the humor of overdue payments.
A quoted remark recalls the bicycle’s first Indian arrival when people fell and worshipped it. The piece adds that occasional modern falls still occur but no longer inspire worship.
An art show in Dresden sold over 60000 dollars in pictures. West African demand exists for stove polish used as a cosmetic. Eating wax candles harmed a Worcester girl’s health for complexion. Dulwich tollgate still collects tolls. Ceylon tea thrives while coffee suffers from plant disease. Sir Henry Lushington dies at 95. his son is 71. A Clinton couple’s wedding trip rides under Just Married. An absconding bank cashier’s assets are 75 empty whisky bottles. Skimmed milk via electric process becomes non alcoholic champagne. Berlin city takes 8 percent of gross tram receipts. last year 336000 dollars. Bishop Heber memorial tablet planned in Farnham. North Philadelphia Baptist churches split on tobacco condemnation.
An assortment of short items notes varied trivia from cities like Milwaukee and Macon. It mentions shortened school hours, a white ambulance in Macon, a police wagon for the injured, a snake hunter from West Virginia, a Coventry man’s drowning over wedding costs, Ellen Terry’s youth recipe, global tunnel counts, and Governor Pingree on dining customs in Venezuela.
The piece traces late 18th to early 19th century British war finance under George III highlighting nominal versus real sums raised, discounts, and the heavy annual interest costs. It notes Waterloo’s 1815 debt peak, and ends with a provocative remark on knowledge and a claim that only one subject matters: woman.
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