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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1900
Page
3
A nostalgic poem reflects on a peaceful rural creek scene from the New York Sun. The speaker longs for a simple day by the water with a boat, a fishpole, thrushes, and singing birds, contrasting with a cold hard city life. It evokes a tranquil farm memory and a longing for nature.
In Northwestern Ontario during a sugar mapling season R Jacob Owen sustains a deep leg wound when a tap tool breaks through the snow. His wife Mrs Owen and neighbor Deacon Walt assist as Owen refuses a doctor, plans gathering tank and continued farm labor amid wolves and bobcats concerns. John drives to village to fetch supplies while Deacon works to complete a promised tank.
In a dark night crossing Long Swamp, John Owen defends his team of steers and venison against wolves and bobcats. Myra Pearman aids, steadies, and shares danger as John shoots a deer and fends off predators, earning admiration from peers while Myra doubts his bragging but respects his courage.
The Chicago Chronicle explains a sea level drop would reshape the Great Lakes. Superior would shrink drastically losing two thirds of its size while Michigan and Huron become shallow, Ontario would become the largest yet still shallow, and Erie would be nearly obliterated with currents dropping steeply across the basin.
A child asks which is worse lying or stealing. The mother deems both wrong but the girl concludes lying is worse, arguing theft can be repaid or undone and true eating makes restitution impossible, leaving a look of awe on her face.
Chinese source notes "Punch and Indy" involving Marco Polo and a car labeled a4d. The text mentions transport from China to later access, hinting at a historic or collectible vehicle narrative with unclear specifics.
Obituary notes Gen John M Palmer born September 13 1817 in Scott County Kentucky who rose to governor of Illinois and US senator and was active in 1860s politics. Captain Willard H Brownson naval commander famed for Detroit actions in 1893 and a bold expedition against Brazilian forces at Rio de Janeiro. A plan to honor Jenny Lind with a Fitchburg station tablet in Boston.
Once a brilliant Kingston figure, Frank D. Van Nostrand lived as a recluse for twenty five years after his family fortune and a vanished New York romance. Old residents recall a beautiful summer guest whose forbidden name remained unspoken as his world shrank to a rear outbuilding.
Gen William Ludlow may oversee the creation of a war department board of general managers. His three month overseas inspection focused on continental and insular army methods. Former military attache in London, Ludlow studied canal systems in 1896 and has a record of service in the Union Army era.
Charles A Boutelle of Maine, an inmate of an insane asylum, was re elected to a Bangor district seat in Congress. A veteran House member and naval committee chairman, he had long shaped naval policy but suffered a mental breakdown last spring at an asylum in Waverly Massachusetts. His district still chose him by a large majority last week. James R Reid, who organized the Old Time Telegraphers association, once trained Andrew Carnegie and now runs the steel magnates estates.
Rev Samuel F Pearson of Portland Maine was elected sheriff of Cumberland County by 6440 votes. Nominated by the Prohibition party he faced opposition from Despeaux Republican and Barton Democrat. Voters unite to back enforcement of the prohibitory law with Pearson pledging to enforce it and return balance of fees to the county treasury.
A rockslide destroyed the Grand Arch cave entrance known as the Cave of the Winds on the Lake Superior shore, fifty miles west of Marquette Michigan. The Grand Portal stood 100 feet high and 4170 feet broad on the water. Roger Q Mills, former Texas senator, recalls feeling dread for Galveston during storms and relief upon reaching the mainland.
Two Dowie elders Mark A Loblaw and James Watt arrived in Mansfield and were escorted by police after mobs gathered at the Vonhof hotel. They claimed British protection and were told to stay off the streets as self appointed vigilantes forced their departure. Police posted on the routes to keep them from return.
William F Powell United States minister to Haiti and charge d affaires to Santo Domingo urges American merchants to strengthen Haitian trade relations to capture the market. He notes three years in Haiti have boosted Yankee goods imports by about 33 1 3 percent and stresses broader sensitiveness to local demands. Christine Nilsson's stage triumphs are recalled with mementos from concerts and tours.
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