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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1901
Page
4
The article discusses diplomatic immunities after a diplomat’s arrest for larceny and discharge as an international courtesy. It notes that outside DC such events spark curiosity, while Washingtonians treat diplomats as above the law. A lawyer states that exemptions are outdated given modern rapid global communication and direct government instructions to ministers.
A Treeless Alaska coast lacks trees yet Behring Sea shores and islands bear vast driftwood. Rivers deposit massive piles that supply Alaska Eskimos with fuel and materials for houses boats and sleds across thousands of miles.
Theta Kelle of the Embarrassment of an Awkward Friend Mrs Mary Parmele, a historian and musician, chats with Professor N during a Manhattan lunch at Holland House. A glass shatters. she riffs on Beethoven and muses that music mirrors the universe's rhythm.
Thomas Wo Lawson owner of the Independence shows busy schedule but claims he earns $20,000 on the New York Stock Exchange while talking with a Times reporter in Boston. He dismisses time loss as negligible.
The piece notes a rising trend in Milwaukee mothers having babies photographed as a specialty. It highlights the high demand for infant portraits, with duplicates common and three dozen copies often ordered, reflecting the era’s growing interest in baby imagery and the business potential for photographers.
The new issue of Who's Who in America lists 11 561 subjects. Born in New York number 2 066, Massachusetts 1 130, Pennsylvania 1 020, Ohio 806. These four states account for 5 022 individuals in the edition.
Mrs Feltus visits Iowa friends while Dr Nywall and Mrs Lee recover from typhoid. Streets improve with new curbing and grading. Knights of Pythias faction attends Springfield convention. Iron track work on Take street advances for express service. Association to study delays in confirming street improvement assessments west of 48th avenue.
A small blaze on the levee at the foot of Fourth Avenue near the Louisville and Tivaneville Mail line wharf sparked alarm. Spontaneous combustion lit straw and hay, risking boat and freight exposure. A goat from a nearby boat caused a stir as water streamed to douse flames, injuring bystanders amid the commotion.
Count Carl Schonborn, secretary of the Austrian Automobile era, becomes the first to reach Vesuvius summit by motor car. He and his wife, on their honeymoon, climbed the 3,700 foot cone in one and a half hours despite lava streams and stones.
Local ad lists bicycle bargains including a combine tandem for eight dollars a second hand triplet for fifteen dollars and tires and casings priced from fifty cents to one dollar.
O R Larson of Bay Villa Sundays River Cape Colony runs a store serving farmers within thirty miles. He notes fourteen of sixty residents near the store were cured by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in the last year, with local doctors often unavailable. Available at Avenue Pharmacy Oak Park Schnitzus' Austin Schnitzus' Pharmacy.
A new remedy for biliousness is on sale at The Avenue Pharmacy Oak Irk. G H Harris No 75 North 48th avenue Schnitzus Pharmacy Austin. It is Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. It offers quick relief and may prevent an attack if used at first signs. Price 25 cents per box Samples free.
Henderson Grimett of this place was stricken with partial paralysis losing use of an arm and side. After two bottles of Chamberlain's Pain Balm he is nearly cured. The liniment is praised for rheumatism sprains and bruises with other cures noted. Sold by Avenue Pharmacy Oak Park G H Harris Schnitzus' Pharmacy Austin.
The Philadelphia Times argues that many senators rely on salaries and patronage to live, while a few use wealth to influence legislation through speculation and favors. It notes the danger of money defining power, yet praises the Senate for not standardizing on wealth and hopes sordid influence never overtakes the chamber.
Paris physician Professor Gautier, cited by a London Express correspondent, claims fatigue bacteria are a ptomaine like poison that disinfectants can remove. He argues fatigue could be avoided and age not weaken. critics doubt the report and warn of fallibility.
An anecdote from the imperial tour recounts England's heir apparent riding a London bus incognito. He asks why the driver calls the horse royal highness and learns the reply that the horse is "so orty and lazy, and good for nothing." The duke laughed and shared the tale with friends.
The Daily Mail reports that London slum children prefer city life and summer country outings for the food and excitement. Father Stanton of St. Alban’s discusses their reasons and the joy of returning, while a hotel keeper notes a wife’s changed appearance after a visit from an elderly guest.
The old gentleman revisits his boyhood residence after ten years or more away, seeking memories and reconnection with a past life.
The Ble Fib Club hosted a railroad manager as guest and heard a tale of a Westbound train outrunning a telegraph pole line. The group elected the guest as a full member before adjourning.
A brief marketplace quip recalls a dream where rags imply money, as a self described “For tune Teller” asks one dollar from a customer in a sharply observed gag about fortunes and charges.
Private advices say divers recovered 7 000 of the Duke of Cornwall’s high grade cigars from the Lusitania hull off Newfoundland, packed in sealed cases near the stern. A patrol on shore followed the boxes as islanders hoped for royal smoke.
A Mobile citizen who formerly chewed tobacco and later used a pine stick as a substitute shows the method's promise. He stopped chewing tobacco and kept pine wood between his teeth, even during waking hours, and has not tasted tobacco in many years.
Reports from the board of medical examiners show that a medical diet improved health in applicants for admission to the normal school. Of 635 examined, 599 passed but about one third initially failed due to poor health. After switching from coffee and light meals to plain wholesome fare and regular meals, plus more exercise and earlier nights, the women showed strong health and high test results in early September.
German experts report rails deteriorate faster in tunnels due to injurious gases.
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