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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1898
Page
6
The Outdoors Man says learning from trees leaves and the wind offers more wisdom than books. He notes educated folk and religion, arguing nature provides sermons and lessons from raindrops to crow calls, urging readers to seek guidance in the outdoors.
Mrs Brown and Mrs Crumpet, longtime friends, visit Baltimore and New York. A maid reports the conspicuous absence of curtains from a guest room and the two wives suspect theft. Mrs Crumpet, puzzled by the loss, recalls past closeness and surprising tensions arise as the summer ends.
A fragment from a letter to Mrs Crumpet appears tangled with affection for an old friend and jumbled references to Anne. The postscript urges Jane to remember the adage to believe nothing heard and only half seen, leaving Mrs Brown puzzled by the meaning.
A contemporary assessment lists Spain's remaining sea power as three battleships, four cruisers, and a few torpedo destroyers. The Pelayo stands as the sole modern warship with heavy armor and heavy guns. Numancia and Vitoria are antiquated or converted vessels. Cruisers Emperador Carlos V and Cisneros are noted, while Alfonso XIII lacks formidable armament. None of the ships can be ready within six months due to funds and stalled yard work.
A Staff member recalls an evening at the Tampa Bay Hotel before Santiago. General Miles, in a plain suit, gave a private a light with a silver case. The hotel porter revealed the officer’s identity, prompting the private to apologize for addressing him as a stranger. Miles replied he had once been a private.
The article notes sailors care deeply about their appearance and follow a strict naval style. It emphasizes that issued clothing lacks pride and only new recruits may appear lacking. proper cuts, trims, fit, and insignia define the naval look.
Edward Ryan of Mill Town New Brunswick unveils a merry go round ferry design featuring a hollow central pier with a circular steel track, large rollers, a horseshoe platform car, a tall ornamental tower, steel arms and a cable drive, claiming reduced material and space needs and direct waterway passage for vessels.
A Washington Star interview cites a shoe dealer on price cuts. He says rubber shoes have no markdowns due to a trust among 14 rubber-boot producers controlling stock and prices, unlike leather shoes with scattered competition. He recalls past more open competition before consolidation.
The document details an ambitious river crossing concept with a circular trolley wire around a moving pier platform. A submerged cylindrical motor, ball bearings, and rovers keep hanging cabins level as electric cars receive power from a circular ceiling wire. It argues friction reduction and lower power use, plus a track system to maintain level docking. It also cites rubber shoe industry price fixing harming consumers.
The article discusses severe locust swarms across the west and northwest and advocates inoculating locusts with a fungal disease to spread among colonies. It notes past pest control by imported sparrows and warns of the uneasy implications of introducing a fungus as a method to clear the locusts.
The Cynic asserts ancient Biblical figures lived two to three centuries. The Coryphee questions the claim. The exchange suggests a humorous debate about lifespan in Old Testament days.
The dialogue contrasts a wary Young Partridge with an Elder Partridge in a mocked hunting showdown. The Elder sports a fancy hunting suit while the Young fears the man behind the gun.
A Chinese student proposes a nerve cure based on wearing soft soled pliable shoes to reduce tension and nervousness. Chicago physicians note plausibility, recommending pliable thick soles and comfortable indoor footwear like moccasins to ease nerves.
The wandering clock repairer Benjamin Berdell from New York becomes an “electric man” after a lightning shock in Rahway New Jersey. A storm charges him and touching him causes a severe shock while sparks flash from his flesh and his eyes glow. He avoids moving locomotives for fear of being pulled in and killed.
A recent Algeria census shows remarkably young marriages with boys wed at twelve to fourteen and girls often married by eleven or twelve. The report notes fifteen year olds include widowers and divorced men, and highlights 189 widows and 1,170 divorcees at age fifteen.
The Kansas City Star notes Sam Jones claims the devil appears before him in every city he visits. The piece highlights the rising craze for sensational advance agents among public entertainers.
Justice Rufus W. Peckham reads the Supreme Court decision declaring the Joint Traffic Association illegal. He notes the ruling will dissolve rate stabilizing associations and pressure railroads to seek congressional pooling acts. Railroads may stay out, while ships and shippers face changes as the decision spreads.
An Irishman drops a nickel by a sidewalk crack and swears after losing it. Early next day a friend sees him deliberately dropping a dollar into the same crack explaining he now has a plan to make it worth the effort.
The War Department lists casualties from May to September with 280 officers and men killed in battle 65 died of wounds and 2560 died of disease. Martiality stands at 2910 of 274,717 about 1 percent. Navy losses show 17 sailors killed and 7 wounded.
Mrs Ipsley praises her husband as one of the town’s best golf players. Mrs Wanston agrees, saying he is a thorough master who can “talk the language in his steps” on the course. Chicago News reports the playful exchange reflecting local sports chatter.
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