Oddities and opinions from a Chicago post office column
A magazine of mixed items notes on postal matters linked to Oak Park Cicero Illinois. It references the phrase A nation of dogs and criticizes Japanese statistics, reviews royal abdication claims about Queen Liliuokalani, and reports a bets tale of a German lover and a prize match. It also covers a public figure’s death and a Kentucky bankers meeting endorsing ladies at banquets and limiting alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky Bankers’ Association
Frankfort
Kentucky Bankers
Law and media clash over lottery ban and a brutal Jubilee show
The article notes English law punishes publishing lottery schemes and cites a printer fined for a medicine ad in missing words. It also critiques a Pennsylvania Jubilee day where a “Wild West” show included a realistic lynching for thirty thousand schoolchildren, urging press restraint in condemning such brutality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pennsylvania
Cuban women call for Spanish boycott to aid patriots
A Havana proclamation from the Revolutionary club of Cuban women circulates island wide urging a boycott of Spanish merchants. The document accuses merchants who supply households of betraying Cubans and declares boycotting Spanish stores as the best aid to the patriots amid rising tensions.
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Cuba
Havana
Revolutionary Club of
Havana City
Indians complain of unequal jail terms for intoxication
Oregon Indians claim a white man guilty of the same offense receives five days while they are sentenced to thirty days. They say the simple remedy is to stop getting drunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Not a SongBird Hat in Stock at Marshal Field’s Store
Bulletin notes from the millinery department in Marshal Field’s Chicago flagship celebrate the Audubon crusade victory with public acknowledgment and a display of stock status across the hat section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Field
Chicago
Spell of the Black Cat Missouri Merchant Believes Cat's Death Affected Fire
Missouri merchant M A Millard of Houston recalls the black cat Tom who thrived in Rolla store, boosted business, and attacked dogs from a counter. After Tom died at thirteen, Millard says there will be a catastrophe, and two days later his Rolla store burned to the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Mr. Millard
Rolla
Tom
Millard
Pom
Meteora Monasteries of Thessaly in Dramatic Cliff Setting
An Irustrated London News account describes Meteora’s aerial monasteries perched on limestone pillars in Thessaly between Khas sin frontier hills and Kalahbata plain. It notes rope and ladder access, the Haglos Barlaam rope length of 840 feet, and the general state of Haglos Nikalaos monastery with St Anthony holes in nearby rocks.
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Khassin
Kalahbata
Thessaly
Meteora
London News
All Saints
Haglos Barlanam
St. Nicholas
Hayles Barlaam
Haglos Nikalaos
Kastraki
St. Anthony
Merchant and war ships differ in weight distribution
The Philadelphia Record explains that merchant ships carry loads low in the hold while warships bear armor and armament high on the sides. This places warships’ centers of gravity higher, affecting initial stability and range of stability.
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Philadelphia
Familiarity Breeds Contempt Flag Display Critique
The Buffalo Express notes that constant flag displays on schools and public buildings may backfire as faded and tattered flags in Buffalo districts appear to erode respect for the national emblem. The piece argues familiarity breeds contempt among children and adults alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hreeda
The
Buffalo Express
Buffalo
Starting a Fad in Red Noses Fashion
Cholly Knickerbocker advises consulting a doctor to remove a red nose, while Mr Upper Crust counters by trying to make red noses fashionable in society in the Tammany Times.
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Cholly Knickerbocker
Mr. Uppercrust
Tammany Times
Carlotta's Sorrow and Maximilian’s Fall in Mexico
The article recalls Empress Carlotta of Mexico and Maximilian’s doomed empire. It covers their Brussels and Miramar origins, their 1864 crown, French intervention, and the subsequent downfall after US pressure. Carlotta’s decline at Laeken and appeals to European powers frame a tragedy of imperial meddling and personal sorrow.
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Laeken
Brussels
Carlotta
Mexico
Louis Napoleon
America
Maximilian
Francis Joseph
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian
Christendom
Louis Philippe
Leopold
Henrietta
Miramar
Adriatic
Trieste
Great Republic
France
New World
Napoleon
United States
Louisiana
Tuilleries
Paradise
England
Spain
Belgium
Paris
Castle
Belrians
Rudolph
Fawn on a battleship in Acapulco crowd
Sailors from the battleship Oregon mingle with locals during a shore leave at Acapulco. The young decor of the crowd reflects naval life aboard the ship in the port visit.
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Young
Crow
Oregon
Acapulco
Strange Journey of a Squaw in Central Asia
A discussion of ancestral origins for Native Americans argues Asians first crossed via Behring Strait. It cites Father Huk's tale of a Chinook woman who wandered into interior Asia in the last century, traveling northward and then across the strait by boat after a storm. Her companions perished and she pressed on exploring lands she reached.
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America
Father Huk
Asia
Behring Strait
Huk
Central Asia
Squire Was Too Fat Tightens Coon Hunt Tale
Col Benham rested at the Musser Hotel in Millheim and led a coon hunt last week. Eleven raccoons were captured on the first night by Benham and accompanying men including Squires Tobias and Musser, ex Sheriff Condo, Walter, Zerbe, and Billy Musser. A climbing contest ended with Musser’s refusal due to his rotundity, leading to a pending lawsuit in Bellefonte.
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Penns Valley
Col. Benham
Musser
Millheim
Squire Tobias
Condo
Walter
Zerbe
Squire Musser
Bay Window Fame
Billy Musser
George Meneth
Swearing by Herring Bone oath once used in Isle of Man courts
An old Manx oath that bound judges to impartial justice was read aloud as a curious ritual. The pledge invoked divine witnesses and compared the judge’s neutrality to a herring bone lying in the fish, emphasizing fairness over affection, friendship, or kinship.
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National House of Representatives
Isle of Man
Cicero Town Board Adopts Road and Utility Measures
The Cicero town board on November 13, 1897 discussed contracts for the Chicago avenue pipe sewer and water service pipes on Harvey avenue with bids from J. D. Corneil and C. W. G. & E. L. Co. The meeting adjourned to December 4 as committees review rock costs, street naming protests, police and fire matters, and street lighting adjustments.
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Chicago Avenue
J. D. Corneil
J. W. Barber
Corneil
la Vergne Avenue
Home Avenue
Woman’s Club of
Austin
Emily Hutchinson
Polk Street
Hyman Avenue
Walnut Street
Frank Hammond
Police Telegraph and Signal Company
Harvey Avenue
James M. Howe
C. L. Mack
Geo. M. Davis
O. W. Herrick
O. L. Beardsley
C. R. McHugh
I. G. Schmidt
Bessie A. Foster
T. J. Mosswick
W. G. Winslow
A. T. Palmer
D. W. Torrs
Thomas Cross
Hawthorne Fire Company
Finance Committee
Special Assessment Committee
Butler
Cheney
Lake
Kinzie
United States Supreme Court
Jackson Street
Wisconsin Avenue
Cicero Light, Heat & Power Company
From Recent Sermons Reflect on Faith and Society
A collection of sermon snippets by Rev. Poucher, Hillis, Berle, Bowers, Polhemus, Myers, Crane, Williams, Simpson, and others. Topics include God’s plan mind and heart love service Sunday rest treason of the king money friendship the millennium harvest impatience and character formation.
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John Poucher
Methodist
Greencastle
Ind
N. D. Hillis
Independent
Chicago
Ill
A. A. Berle
Boston
Mass
C. H. Polhemus
Congregationalist
Denver
Col
Dr. Jackson
Baptist
Cortlandt Myers
Brooklyn
N. Y
Frank Crane
C. W. Williams
A. B. Simpson
Christian
Nyack
Kerr B. Tupper
Philadelphia
Frank L. Phalen
Louisville
Visiting the Sick and the Power of a Kindly Visit
The article stresses that patient recovery hinges on doctor skill and nurse care, but also on visiting quality. It warns that some visitors distract or disturb the patient, and urges neat appearance, quiet behavior, and avoiding whispering or stealthy movements in the sick room.
Single House Township in England and Remote Villages
The piece notes Skiddaw in Cumberland as England’s most extraordinary township with one house and no voter list site or church. It cites Farleycum-Pitton as the farthest village thirty and a half miles from the nearest railway. It contrasts Ystard near Cardiff with two main roads two railways and two large rivers.
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England
Skiddaw
Cumberland
Farleycum-Pitton
Ystard
Cardiff
Fire dog Judge leaps into net from third story window
Pittsburg engine company No 1 owns the prize fire dog Judge famed for tricks including leaping into a fire net from a third story window and landing safely in the net held by firefighters. He is noted for running with the machine and even smoking a pipe occasionally.
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Engine Company No. 1
Pittsburg
Crime in Germany rises in late 19th century data
Between 1882 and 1884 the German empire saw a rise in crime by about 22 percent and a roughly 12 percent increase relative to population growth, reflecting a notable shift in criminal records during this period.
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Germany
German Empire
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Renike
Maximmil
Juarez
Tuileries
National Museum
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Sheridan
Rio Grande
Europe
House of Hapsburg
Leopold II
Rome
Queretaro
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Billy
Port Orchard
Department
Castle OF Laeken
Squire
Cicero Town Board
Mahoney
Peter Thompson
Robinsson Avenue
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Harvard
Fillmore
Ridgeland
Elmwood Avenues
Indiana Street
Garfield Avenue
Butler Adopted. Committee On Fire and Water
Morton Park Fire Company
Rearden
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Prairie Avenue
Madison
Adams
MacDonald
Central Avenue
South Side
Park Avenue
Kenilworth Avenue
Alley
N. M. Freer
Linden Avenue
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