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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1901
Page
4
A collection of aphorisms and maxims on virtue, envy, youth, and conduct. Notable lines come from Emerson Rochefoucauld Fenelon and others. The piece blends reflections on character, truth, and social behavior with light humor about daily life.
The passage advises how to handle etiquette at table using a napkin or cloth to cover the mouth when coughing or yawning. It warns against laughing at the table and explains subtle motions like using a salt spoon or fan knife, and to avoid the person or gesture that prompts a laugh.
The excerpt offers etiquette guidance on eating, laughter, deportment, and waistcoat stance for a young gentleman. It details posture with feet positioned modestly apart, one hand in the waistcoat pocket, the other under the waistcoat, and limiting buttoning to the three lowest buttons. It notes a copper cut illustration praising the poised look.
A collection of quick facts notes cheating at cards is a larceny in Washington. Seth Low earned doctor of laws degrees seven times. One third of Washington DC’s population is black. Suez transit lasts eighteen and a half hours. In 1858 Britain had about 3850 engineers. now 22,500. Cotton growers gain 400 million dollars in five seasons. Hong Kong TB often accompanies malaria. Prussia tests alcohol lamps for railways but odor hurts use. Paris ladies favor foxes and fox cubs as pets, now sold in streets.
The article notes fashionable furs like Black fox with silver hairs used in boas and pelerines. It describes walking skirts that reveal the instep and are evenly cut, and cloth skirts with silk drop skirts. It also mentions a sock social at the Congregational church and various humorous notes from editors and local papers.
In Norway eight employment offices are governed by a law safeguarding both employers and workers. The act enforces fair wages and firm conduct, aiming to shield livelihoods while ensuring lawful work conditions amid evolving labor policies.
In Bergen and Christiania a municipal run employment bureau coordinates six month servant engagements. Employers post requirements and wages. servants apply via a daily card system. If unsatisfied, applicants are replaced. bonuses offered and responsibilities defined. The magistrate settles disputes, protection extends to both sides. Runaways can be arrested and fined.
A Pennsylvania Grit editorial discusses the unsettled concept of a just wage. It notes economists struggle to define a fair price for labor amid diverse market conditions. It cites Fall River capitalists offering higher wages versus others denying them, and mentions the iron law of wages as a debated baseline.
The completed census tables reverse the idea of faster growth among the colored population. The figures indicate the negro share is 11.58 percent of the total, down from 11.93 percent ten years ago.
The article notes that in Arkansas Alabama Mississippi and Florida the colored population’s share is largest, while northern states show relative gains. It cites Peaults on the Negro losing hold in border areas and moving to Gulf cotton fields or northern cities. It tracks a drop from 19.17 percent in 1790 and 15.69 percent in 1850 to a continued decline through 1890 and beyond.
The mining sector in Spain accounted for about one third of all exports. In 1899 minerals produced reached 33.43 million dollars, up over two million from the prior year, with mining areas covering about 630 thousand acres. Concessions granted neared 1.6 million acres, and 169,441 acres were newly marked. By year end 7,385 petitions for mining rights awaited action amid reports of higher 1900 activity.
The Illinois State Board of Arbitration will hold monthly Chicago meetings to monitor the labor scene statewide and act promptly on disputes. It aims to avert strikes whenever possible and will invite labor leaders to discuss issues at each session.
T L Barnes head of eating houses says pretty girls will be employed as waiters on Rio Grande dining cars and soon take charge on the Denver and Rio Grande. He expects to test in Colorado before expanding to Missouri Pacific, citing cleanliness and speed advantages.
Industrial activity in Germany shows a deepening downturn with widespread job losses. Employment offices report heavy applicant surges as mining regions report many dismissals and reduced hours, while iron and steel sectors also suffer.
The article notes 63 steamfitters charters since 1901 and the United Brotherhoods of Carpenters expanding from 2,042 in 1881 to 68,901 in 1901. It estimates 360,000 pairs of shoes produced daily in New England and details unions voting for delegates in the Cigar Makers' International Union, plus a Salt Lake City figure resigning. It also reports wage gaps in Yukon mines, a temporary injunction against Adam Schaaf Piano Company strikers, and arsenic rules in Massachusetts dress goods.
The Navajo hunt prairie dogs with mirror entrances to burrows to trap them and with a rain hunt that floods burrows. They hollow trenches to direct floodwaters into villages, forcing animals to surface and drown, followed by days of feasting with the catch.
Berlin street railways now use underground lines near the Reichsanstalt to avoid magnetic interference with experiments. Officials ordered trolley wires kept beyond a kilometer from the imperial institute and nearby monuments. Cars run on storage batteries while asphalt replaces cobblestones to reduce jar on delicate instruments.
A Chambers Journal quips about printer errors in recent sermons and public remarks. Misprints swap letters producing jokes about princes expanse and masher days. The bit cites ministers parsons Methodism and a bishop, ending with Mac Neill’s line about dying daily.
A provincial printing firm visits a London distributor removing its name from circulars. An estimate, based on small turnover and a rural forty mile works location, proves cheaper than London costs. US printing with low freight minimizes charges, yet the quoted price remains higher than British estimates already received.
A major coal field is found in Limburg Belgium with seven seams in Asch and Opglabbeek. Cockerills iron works and Westphalian colliery owners move in as workers build plants. Daily train arrivals forge a new coal center with housing and four major properties bought for shaft work.
A Chicago Journal description of Japanese smoking habits notes very small pipes with bamboo stems and metal mouthpieces, using finely cut tobacco. It claims the tobacco is of high quality and that smokers take a single light inhale, exhaling through the nostrils, rarely consuming more than one pipeful at a time.
A conscientious minister faced a career choice as he considers another pastorate with an ideal golf course. His daughter notes that the father prays for guidance in the library while the mother packs upstairs, revealing the family’s mixed feelings about the offer.
Paria epicures express concern over a serious drop in high quality snail supply. Yet this anxiety will not spread globally as the delicacy remains popular mainly among Latin eaters and within France. outside these borders few gourmets have praised snails as a prime table fare.
A band of wasps invaded a local beehive in Semperingham England to seize honey. The bees defended the hive but were badly beaten and the wasps gained possession. The beekeeper later found nearly all his bees dead while wasps feasted on the honey.
Capt. W. C. Cottle sails the sloop Yankee Nation visiting communities to mend old shoes and boots, keeping residents prepared for his coming. He now travels with a new dog as companion to Jip who accompanied him for years.
The future Archbishop of Canterbury, decades ago as a government training college principal, personally led students into gardening. He demonstrated hands on teaching, bearing spade and rake while guiding aspiring teachers.
One of the era's most novel weddings occurred in Dayton Ohio as Sherman Potter of Dayton and Nora Brinkley of West Alexandria, both of small stature, wed. Potter stands 38 inches tall and Nora is one inch taller. The ceremony was notable and impressive.
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