13 Oct 1899
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1899
Page
1
A page of eclectic items from the Oak Park Vindicator includes satirical quips on love and money, notes on Delagoa Bay negotiations, taxes on bachelors, salmon harvest forecasts across the Pacific Northwest, employment bureau statistics in Chicago, and Adelina Patti canceling an American visit.
A Saturday Review overview praises Arab horses for endurance and low feeding needs. It cites examples from Soudan campaigns and Lord Roberts, noting Arabs thrive on hay or grass with minimal corn and perform well under strenuous travel and military use.
An experienced trainer claims animals show strong interest in tobacco. He describes the brown bear pushing against bars to sniff fumes, and a sleeping lion waking briefly after a snuff needle, then returning to sleep. Goats deer llamas monkeys and baboons are said to chew or inhale tobacco with eagerness.
Mary Boardman Page argues in the Ladies' Home Journal that suppressing worry is futile. She advises replacing worry with a new attitude by letting positive influences enter the mind, using the analogy of opening windows to let in sunlight.
An ocean captain famed for foul language loses self control during a squall. After sailors aloft perform duties poorly, he hurls his cap, stomps the deck, and, in a fit of anger, mutters a terse euphemistic blessing to the crew.
The note states that artificial light is injurious and advocates going to bed early and waking early, urging prudent daily routines for health. It emphasizes rising with the sun and retiring before late hours.
A disclosure of a servant Woodward leaving abruptly unsettles Nona and Miss Elmsie as I plan a summer wedding. Detective Widdrington furthers a Forest Lea case while Mr Branscombe eludes authorities, with a determined search looming over a quiet village.
In the narrative Nona and I piece together a complex scheme involving a stolen will and suspected detective Tillet. Woodward’s departure links to Tillet’s, while Charlie, the uncle’s darling, faces looming danger as Widdrington shadows events from Morton to Kent while the Weald house waits for a solution.
In a cottage garden a young maid gathers peas while a police officer, hot and frustrated, questions her about a missing young man. She answers with rural innocence as the officer's curiosity sharpens, delaying his search for the suspect.
The Cleveland Leader reports Martin McHugh a hack driver at 216 Hamilton Street suddenly swelled from a thin man to twice his size within a day. Doctors Dr D D Steur and Dr N Stone Scott punctured and repaired a damaged lung believed to be injured by a wagon splinter, with the patient recovering.
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