Oak Bark Vindicator Advertising and Address Notes
The Oak Bark Vindicator prints weekly Fridays from 207 W Madison St Chicazo with a 62.00 annual subscription in advance. Advertising rates are at City Office. Local officers include C. P. Millers Drug Store 206 Lake Street and John D. Suydam's Drug Store Avenue Oak Park. William Halley is publisher and proprietor.
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Oak Bark Vindicator
Madison St
Chicazo
C. P. Miller
Lake Street
John D. Suydam
Avenue, Oak Park
William Halley
Anil Proprieto
Cholera fears and urban filth as a warning to readers
An 19th century column blends medical speculation on cholera endemism with social critique urging cleanliness. It cites ports like Hamburg and New York outbreaks, discusses disinfectants such as soap and lime, and warns that crowded cities suffer first. The piece also surveys famed men’s ancestry, noting many rose from humble, working-class fathers.
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Europe
Travre
Hamburg
Antwerp
Stettin
Grant
New York
Ilayre
Brooklyn
Wativuts
Globe-Democrat
Helf
Werthe
Pope Adrian
Charles “Lamb
Socrates
Thiers
Swell
France
Martin Luther
Thomas Paine
Marshal Sould
Virgil
Ife
Goethe
Schiller
Gainsborough
Ben
Franklin
Suppress Mars Kept Rising As World Spreads News
A long fragment discusses Mars causing global upheaval with fires floods storms and accidents worldwide. References to Russia Persia Europe and America hint at epidemics heat and war weariness. Includes mentions of suffrage history in New Jersey and Emperor William’s stance toward the World's Fair and a moral about avoiding gossip.
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Mars
Pfanine
Russia
Tadia
Anarchista
Paris
Europe
Ameren
Persia
Laan
New
Aginia
Matrimonial swindles and global notes in brief
A ragged mix of social commentary, fraud reports, and tech notes spans tales of marriage advertising scams in Philadelphia, a suicide linked to disparaging ideologies, Asia colonization remarks, U S naval armor tests, and a Congress recap with money figures. Notable items include lurid matrimony schemes, a New York case, a remark about Japanese visitors, progress on armor plate testing, and a treasury total around 2.2 billion.
Fashion Tyranny and Simple Living Critics in 19th Century
A editorial critique argues fashion enslaves society and harms health, urging simpler dress and outdoor wear for women. It cites gymnasium attire, comfortable outfits, and lighter meals as ideals. The piece also contemplates urban shore erosion experiments at Coney Island and mentions new Wheat-Rye hybrid grain called Cryewheat. It concludes with anecdotes on social manners and a tale of two women inflating a man's luncheon bill.
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Solomon
Coney Island
New York
Ngo Coast Line
Els. Carman
New Yorker
Irrigation Promises and Desert to Garden Transformation
The article surveys irrigation potential across the western plains west of the 100th meridian, noting vast land under irrigation in California and Colorado, methods including artesian wells and ditch systems, and praising subsurface irrigation for efficiency. It credits Mormon pioneers with early reclamation in Utah and predicts widespread adoption by eastern farmers to avert drought losses while touching on contemporary topics from labor strikes to notable figures and yacht racing.
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California
I‘g
Colorado
Utah
Salt Lake City
United States
Spitting Nuisance Highlighted by Press Opinion
The Philadelphia Press laments widespread street and transit spitting, praising Pittsburgh’s Notlip Spitters group for awareness and urging social action. It notes horse cars fail to enforce cleanliness when windows are closed and urges women to influence change.
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Notlspitters Organization
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Ingra
Horee Cara
Co operative farming societies show practical success
The article outlines successful farmer co operatives from Johnson County Kansas to Texas and California. It notes the rise from 60 members and $800 capital in 1876 to 700 members and $100000 paid capital, six stores, and a cooperative newspaper. Profits funded dividends while avoiding credit purchases.
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Grange
Philadelphia Milk Producers’ Supply Company
Johnson County
Kan
Péods
Johnson County Society
Texas Co-operative Association
Riverside Fruit Growers’ Association
California
Fruit Growers’ Union
New Jersey
Two Women Novelists Compared For Style And Taste
The piece contrasts Marie Wilkins of America and Marie Corelli of England as distinct yet powerful writers. Wilkins writes natural New England idylls praised for realism and wholesomeness, while Corelli courts mystery and occult themes, stirring debate with vivid melodrama and sharp social attitudes. Corelli’s influence grows with hypnotism and psychology trends, though she spares no targets.
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Marie Wilkins
America
Marié Corelli
England
New England
Jane Field
Randolph
Mass
Marie Corelli
Migs Mackay
Charles Mackay
London Ilustrated News
Lilith
Victoria
Corelli
Marie
Wisconsin hills and winter greens guide a city wanderer
A narrator drifts from State Street to Beloit and Janesville then up the Wisconsin river, guided by winter greens and moonlit meadows. He recalls Beloit windmills, Janesville beauty, and Fort Atkinson with ex governor Hoard, pausing at pink lady slippers and a haunted meadow house, before returning to the city renew’d.
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Witter-gregna
Marni
State Street
Michelet
Madison
Washington, Randolph
Lake Streets
Hozel
Agein
Wisconsin
Wabash Avenue
Ain Country
Beloit
Wheeler
Longfellow
Avency
Washington
Wodel
Villey
Rock River
Supser
Big Picuire
Bey Ed Kemble
Janesville
Lotus
Dtock
Fairy Land
Lake Kashkonong
Kashkonong
Manu
Koshkonvnn
Tme
Phut
Holstein
Picatonica
Tommy
Real Estate and Building Notes in Local Journal
Volney W. Foxter of Western Paving and Soap Ply urges a wide tire rule and asphalt roads to protect pavements. A new manufacturing town may arise at Lyons near Des Plaines river with strong land value gaps and planned industrial growth. William A. Metigold Co reports recent property sales on West Forty-first Street and in a subdivision near Utineford Avenue and Forty-second Street.
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Volney W. Foxter
Western Paving and Soapply Company
K. 8
B. Journal
Calumet Terminal
Sin Fe
Alten
Lyons
Les
Tivermole
Des Piniveés
Suckney
Forty-first
Utineford Avenue
Fine Driveway for West Side on Washington Boulevard
Washington Boulevard from Garfield Park to Portieth Street will gain a grand asphalt roadway thirty eight feet wide, connecting West Park to Austin Oak Park and Ravine Forest. Project start Thursday with funds extending to the fifty seventh street center line, work progressing with a cost under Blauford estimates and targeted completion by October.
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Washington Boulevard
Wort
Wert
Garfield Park
Francis A. Riddle
West Park Board
Fifty-Secon Treat
Portieth Streat
Warhinglod
Lake Spore
Austin
Oak Park
Raver Forest
United States
Lake
Ceel
Blauford
Piteh Lake
Juicent
Deserving Praise and Questionable Remedies
A fragment touts various patent medicines including Dr King’s on Discovery for Consumption Dr King New Life Pills Bucklen’s Arnica Bitters Electria Bitters claiming universal satisfaction. It promises refunds if results fail and boasts universal popularity despite dubious merits.
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Dr. King
Hays
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