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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1901
Page
3
Poem by Mary A Townsend in the Argonaut laments exhausting duties and longing for freedom and simple joys. The speaker yearns for rest from rigid propriety, imagining a quiet field, free breathing, and unbound happiness beyond daily obligations.
A Colorado prospector recounts riding a freight engine to Las Vegas New Mexico after being left behind on a long grade. He survives a perilous ten mile descent, gains access to the cab, stops the train with the brakes, and earns a brakeman position with the Santa Fe railroad. The conductor praises his nerve and helps him secure work.
A London Daily Graphic essay argues Balzac's insight that a woman of thirty or forty may outshine a girl of twenty. It notes deferring marriage, the appeal of the forty, and warns bachelors to consider that aging may erode charm, urging cautious choice by would be husbands.
John Hause of Jeffersonville Indiana long involved in marrying couples from Kentucky and Illinois. once a runner and later a justice of the peace he has performed over eight thousand marriages and earned more than three thousand dollars yearly. now Attorney General Taylor says state marriage laws were violated threatening the industry.
The Pan American conference in Mexico City will begin with the first session on October 22. Chile has waived objections and sent delegates, removing the final obstacle. The piece argues such gatherings foster cooperation, may lead to a federation of the Western Hemisphere, and resemble an early congress of independent states shaping a common government.
The article notes the Pan American conference as a step toward federation among American republics with advisory powers and growing cooperation. It cites the first 1889 Washington meeting led by Blaine, aims for arbitration of disputes, and the push for practical actions like a common international coin. Delegation includes Davis, Buchanan, Pepper, Barrett, Foster, Rodriguez.
The obituary notes Jon G. Nicolay historian and biographer of Abraham Lincoln died in Washington aged 69. He helped author the ten volume Life of Abraham Lincoln with John Hay and served as Lincoln's private secretary in 1861. The piece reflects on his role in shaping national history and the enduring value of their work.
Prof G W Cunningham in the Chicago Tribune argues the assassination reveals a national crisis requiring radical and wise treatment to guard against repetition. He asserts public officials are generally regarded as not lacking in effort, but stronger measures are needed to prevent further crimes.
The London Spectator and the London Saturday Review issue leading editorials on McKinley’s assassination. They argue anarchist numbers grow but harsher laws on anarchists and literature are not productive and may unite desperadoes. They doubt banning literature would protect rulers and note denunciations can fuel homicidal urges while little more could have been done.
Brooklyn readers hear that Garfield Headache Powders by Garfield Tea Co. are harmless as well as effective, boosting consumer confidence. A new stone chapel in Ticonderoga serves all evangelical denominations. Mrs. Austin's pancake flour praised, urging sample sharing. A market laugh from Lamb ends the column.
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