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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1900
Page
4
An old ad style note promotes Jell O dessert mixes, describing raspberry and strawberry flavors. It emphasizes delicacy and healthfulness with quick preparation using boiling water and cooling. The message notes selling price at 10 cents.
fragmentary dialogue notes describe a baby resembling his father and other family members with laughter and light humor about behavior and late nights.
The article recounts the destruction of the Muir Glacier, once a spectacular two mile long ice wall with 200 foot vertical cliffs. It traces its discovery by Muir, his explorations from Yosemite to Alaska, and the dramatic sights of calving bergs and thundering impacts along Glacier Bay.
The article describes how the Monitor Merrimac turrets suffered from poor air supply and toxic fumes, spurring early ironclad ventilation. It notes rotary blowers and pipe systems, later designs, and profiles a feared ironclad fever linked to confined crews. It ends with a proverb about gardeners and the rake’s progress.
Assistant Curator B S Riggs of the Field Columbian Museum reports the largest dinosaur yet found in western Colorado. A carload of bones has arrived in Chicago for exhibition with a thigh bone six feet ten inches long weighing 500 pounds. The creature is described as over eighty feet long and twenty five feet tall.
Ex congressman A T Goodwyn from Alabama attests to Peruna for catarrh saying two bottles made him well. The letter promotes Dr Hartman of Columbus Ohio and a free book on catarrh as a national remedy endorsed by public figures.
The essay argues noses are neglected in beauty discourse while eyes lips and hair get attention. It recalls Gaspard de Tavannes threatening Diane de Poitiers’ nose to mock royal favoritism and asserts noses deserve recognition for contributing to beauty and expression.
The advertisement touts Swanson's Rheumatism Drops as a universal cure for rheumatism and related ailments. It claims effectiveness for sciatic and nervous disorders, catarrh, bronchitis, and digestive issues, with sales through agents or direct from Swanson Theumatics Co. in Chicago. A trial bottle costs 25 cents, large bottles 1.00, with 800 doses.
Sophomores at Columbia College publish a set of rules for freshmen including no girls no canes no pipes no golf breeches no hands in pockets no sporty socks no turned up trousers no soft hats and no sitting on benches on campus. Freshmen must show respect to the sophs and loud mouthed freshmen face summary discipline.
Advertisement claims deafness arises from an inflamed mucus lining of the Eustachian Tube and promises a cure by Hallnarh Cure. It offers one hundred dollars for any case of deafness caused by catarrh not cured by the remedy and lists Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as the providers.
A fragmentary notice describes an exclusive trip for married men with names Mrs. Henpeck and Mrs. Wunder appearing in a dispute over identity and leadership in a Timore American context. The readable text hints at a humorous or domestic quarrel framed as a social item.
The Philadelphia Press notes Tesa and Jene making rapid strides in their professional performances with notable stage presence and high kicks.
The Browns asked last week if retaliation is appropriate. Indiansblis Press notes the exchange as a point of civic concern and local sentiment toward action.
On the line of the Chicago Great Western Railway in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri, first class openings in growing towns for all kinds of business and manufacturing. Our note includes locations for blacksmiths doctors dressmakers furniture grain five stock buyers general merchandise hardware harness tailors cold storage creameries and canning factories. Write fully with your requirements to receive intelligent advice from W. J. Reed Industrial Agent G. W. Ry 601 Endicott Building St. Paul Minn.
Headline touts Cascarets as a natural cure for all ailments starting with bowel health. Claims they provide easy movements without gripe or pain and cost 10 cents to begin. Warns against imitations and notes genuine tablets stamped C C C in metal boxes.
Mrs Bloomfield cites Boers as commissioners envoys or delegates while Mr Bloomfield says they are on a delegate mission in America. The exchange hints at diplomatic labels during a visiting party's mission.
Advertisement for The Kiowa Chief offering information on 8,000,000 acres opened to settlement. Subscription options are one year $1.00, single copy 10c. Subscribers receive a free illustrated Oklahoma book. Morgan's Manual 210 pages with map available. Map 25a and combined offer $1.75. Address Dick T. Morgan Perry, O T.
Indianapolis Journal notes Jell-O now comes in Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry flavors. Priced at 10 cents, it pleases the family and invites shoppers to try it today at their grocers. The piece blends light humor with a product pitch.
A vivid scene shows a Chinese soldier on the march carrying a fan and umbrella strapped across his back. The image highlights endurance and practical gear used by soldiers in transit.
A quotation attributed to John Billings emphasizes that true humor requires nurture by wisdom. It argues that without educated upbringing, one cannot be a genuinely healthy jester.
A collage of dubious medical claims and product pitches from a historic page. Advertisements promise cures for nerves and coughs, test products like Panser’s Harr Basa, Mars Winslow’s Syrup, Piso a Cure for Consumption, and Carter’s Ink endorsements. Ends with a quip about cycling and a blind man.
Letters from Monclova Ohio praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from womb ulcers lower back and other change of life symptoms. Testimonials claim long illness reduced and daily flow diminished after using the remedy. The ad asserts many letters on file supporting the cure.
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