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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1899
Page
3
Fragmentary lyric notes describe a hopeful future where pain ends and happier times arrive. The text references a brighter side, blooming roses, and rest for weary hearts, though with garbled spellings and uncertain phrases.
Veronica Romney leaves convent life for the great world guided by Sister Chrysostom and guardian Damon Belmade. In New York she grows close to Mr. Castleman while fearing her dead guardian’s hold and facing a forbidden photograph that reveals a troubling likeness to the man she loves.
A New Orleans man recalls a bohemian journalist once in New York who drifts between jobs and earns meager pay by selling stories to various outlets. He notes the writer’s dreamlike finances and a hopeful push with a $75 check, describing life on two dollars a day for a family, in past tense anecdotes.
The near completion of Waverley station in Edinburgh will become the largest railway station in Great Britain covering twenty three acres, surpassing Liverpool Street in London which spans twenty two and a half acres.
Rev. Dr. George L. Cole reports finding a vast cliff dwelling metropolis on a mesa near Espanola with a fortress like communal pueblo 240 by 300 feet and twelve deep rooms in three tiers. Skeletons with unique dental traits suggest a distinct grain eating cliff-dweller race.
Frank Merrill of Company H sent a captured Filipino uniform to Des Moines, showing a Spanish style influence with red and yellow trim. The garment resembles a 12 year old American boy's size, featuring red calico trousers, black velvet stripes, and a striped cotton blouse with a red calico collar.
Dr Cole describes a vast cliff dwelling complex on a Verde River mesa with a watch tower, a great pueblo, and volcanic ash mounds. Water found in a stream bed enabled ascent to a thousand foot cliff, where granite blocks, potterymats, and pictorial rocks preserve a vanished culture awaiting further study by scholars.
A composite note recounts Gen Manson’s anger over a political favor refused by Gov. Williams, the governor’s striking height and blue jean image, and a separate update on Lt. Peary preparing for a Arctic dog sled dash to the pole after a frostbitten setback that cost seven toes.
A Des Moines Capital note describes a colorful outfit with two stripes of yellow calico at the front and red and yellow borders on the cuffs and jacket. The seam work was machine sewn and the blouse fastens with hooks eyes and ordinary buttons, giving a childlike boldness in design.
The article states London currently has 5,657,000 residents and estimates the population will surpass 13,090,000 by 1941 if growth continues at the present rate.
The fragment notes a measurement of consumption per person, estimating about three bush. The text reads as a partial OCR snippet discussing per capita usage of apples and related produce.
A short ad highlights Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best blood medicine, arguing that if wise men never spoke, people would remain unaware of blood circulation. The line compares quiet wisdom to the value of the advertisement in revealing this health claim.
Discussion on maintaining health through regular habits. Nature punishes rushed or dishonest living, warning that overworking, skipping rest, or ignoring limits leads to disaster. The text emphasizes accountability to natural laws and the need to stay at peak condition.
An article touts Cascarets as a healthful laxative that cleanses the blood and boosts vitality. It urges purchases in 10c 25c or 50c sizes, with orders to send for a booklet and free sample from Sterling Remedies in Chicago or Montreal.
Edwin Markham presents a lofty optimistic poem The Muse of Brotherhood contrasting hope with despair in The Man with the Hoe. He extols universal brotherhood beyond heavens and hell and notes the piece will appear in The Saturday Evening Post on October 21.
Mrs Corntossel says Josiar is a very gifted young man and her husband notes much of what he has had in life has been given to him.
All growth, all strength, all uplift ing, all power to rise in the world, and to remain unrisen comes from the hold we have taken upon higher surround ing realities.
Advertisement claims permanent cure for fits and nervousness after one fret day use of Dr Kiine's Great Nerve Restorer. Promises free trial bottle and mail order from H Kum Ltd Philadelphia. Encourages saving time to gain leisure.
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