03 Sep 1897
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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1897
Page
1
The entry notes a weekly Friday publication schedule at 1910 and lists offices in Clintos a, Chicago, and branches at 203 Marion Street AK Park Cicero Illinois. It states postal processing as second class matter under the Chicago Post Office.
A collage of items notes a Topeka man dying from drinking ice water, a divorce suit proceeding, gold hunter Marcus Aurelius Hanna prospecting in Ohio, a Chicago policeman courting a married woman, and President McKinley reviewing troops in Plattsburg. Virginia aldermen resignations prompt jokes about local happiness. Dr. Reynolds plans to search Chicago laundries for microbes while steam mongers loom. A Klondike traveler with a wooden leg is better off than most due to limited transport and risk of freezing. Swimming season warnings urge caution and a rule to know the water before diving or leaping.
Following Brown University precedent Kansas state school book commission tightens finance corrections in textbooks and replaces errors with Democratic viewpoints. It states each state should revise its texts after fall elections.
Reports from Alaska describe a vast discovery near the ocean fed by countless springs with coal bearing mountains and high grade oil and coal samples. A local company formed, experts traveled aboard the steamer Topeka and preliminary findings bolster the initial claim of world supply potential. Standard Oil reportedly showing interest as 8,000 acres are filed. American steel and pig iron trade notes also touch on US exports to Britain and Europe amid rising prices and cheap US iron.
After the Yukon Klondike freeze up Dawson in Northwest Territory Canada is seen as the largest city in the world without a mayor or police force. Citizens face living conditions and hope for order if food supplies hold.
The excerpt cites Dean Swift urging scholars to repair public life much like mending old shoes. It questions whether any commencement address has better expressed the duty of the scholar in politics, reflecting on historical calls to civic responsibility.
The tale of ex Senator James G Fair and his son Young Jimmy who vowed a year of sobriety for a million dollar cattle ranch. Despite relentless temptations and a final ambush with whisky, the son endured twelve months, earning his ranch and the elder Fair’s cautious pride as the tale ends with the vulnerable, hopeful image of restoration.
A tobacco merchant debates health risks with a worried mother. He answers that injury depends on whether one smokes or sells cigarettes, framing the risk by role. The exchange illustrates differing perspectives on tobacco’s health impact.
The piece calls Washington a bicyclists paradise with 300 miles of concrete streets and suburbs roads noted as excellent. It states wheelmen make daily trips to Baltimore and back and about 13 000 persons employed in Washington use the bicycle to commute.
A New York woman visits the Onondaga reservation and attempts to convert them from Christianity back to their ancient faith. The article notes Christianity does not appear to take among the Onondaga and the conversion is not lasting.
A Detroit Free Press line quips about quitting cycling with Miss Smoothly and being driven to an ice cream parlor in the quietest residence district, highlighting playful local humor and a vivid town portrait.
The piece surveys Jupiter’s flattened poles, ants as bedbug foes, and Pleaides star counts. It cites Dr. Lintner on red ants, compares European pines and oaks lifespans, and notes steel ships’ efficiency. It also covers arctic bird abundance, cranberry crops, and European house crickets spreading to North America with historical sightings.
Clarence Berry and Ethel Bush Berry journeyed from Fresno to Juneau Forty Mile Camp to stake a claim on Bonanza Creek. Their overland trek through ice and snow, aided by four dogs, yielded a fortune of gold with Mrs Berry credited for guiding and securing much of the nuggets. The couple's climb from poverty to one of the richest finds in the Klondike is told with valiant resolve.
The wife of Clarence Berry remained at the Yukon camp while he and his party moved toward Klondyke. She packed stores, crossed a river with floating ice, sailed on the Arctic, and mined daily. She earned about 10000 dollars in gold and found a $241 nugget the season. The couple planned another trip, but Berry’s fortune had made a return voyage unlikely.
Bridget tells Mrs Howse that the butcher sent lobsters that were not ripe. The exchange appears in Brooklyn Life as a humorous dialogue snippet.
Thomas W. Keene, America's leading tragic actor, begins a two week engagement at McVicker's Theater on Sunday in Richard III. Keene, with a broad repertoire including Richard III Hamlet Othello and Julius Caesar, follows the deaths of Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett leaving the field to this eminent performer. Charles B. Hanford co stars as leading man with a labor day matinee featuring Keene as Shylock in the Merchant of Venice.
The new Schiller stock company opened last Monday with Fort Frayne receiving warm praise. The premiere was unusually well rendered and praised as likely to join popular favorites like Held by the Enemy and The Heart of Maryland. The cast met the occasion, signaling a successful, ongoing run.
The Masonic Temple Roof Garden again hosts full houses with daily matinees. Next week's acts include the Goldsmith Sisters The Althous keys John and Nellie McCarthy John Stell Eva Wainwright and sister Bell and Collins The Aldusoes the wonderful Burdell and the American Biograph. Admission is 25 cents for popular matinees.
Next week's attraction at the Great Northern Theater is a revival of Von Suppe's sparkling opera The Mikado with new elaborate scenery painted especially for the engagement. A few changes will be made to the cast and some old favorites will be retained.
Olga Regina Countess von Hotzfeldt prepares to appear on the Hopkins stock bill with a revived Charles Dickson farce Incog. The lineup also features Macart's dog and monkey carnival, Medway the trick jumper, Nellie and John McCarthy, and other specialties in what promoters call a jolly comedy filled program.
Tony Pastor brings a strong vaudeville lineup to the Olympic Monday led by Pastor who will sing comic numbers. Maggie Cline the Irish Queen headlines with Watson and Hutchings Maud Raymond Ed Latelle Elenore Sisters Barnes and Sisson and a full troupe including the World's trio Mons and Mlle Fillippi the Baby Lewis Connell and O Day and Edward Gifford the trick bicycle rider.
Buffalo Bill's Wild Wear show comes to Chicago for a two week run. The exhibition is billed as larger and better than before with Major John M. Burke heading the publication department and delivering strong business.
The Alhambra Theater announces a weeklong engagement of Ole Oleson beginning Sunday matinee September 5. The comedy is described as clean and refined with a largely original cast. A Labor Day matinee is added for September 6 beyond the regular Sunday Wednesday and Saturday matinees.
Milton and Dolly Nobles lead a one act comedy A Half Hour at Bilgeville Junction after a strong run at the Olympic. Mary Norman returns with noted character delineations. Poy and Clark, Kherns and Cole, Sharp and Wilat, Carrie Scott, Artinee Rumsey, and Akimoto Japs with Dan Randall and Grierson sisters round out a diverse program of acts and stars for next week.
Clifford's Gaiety Theatre resumes Sunday matinee with a burlesque titled The 20th Century Sports led by Yvette Guilbert Mile Troja. The capper for the season promises only top class burlesque and farce comedy, while Gay Paris and Little Miss Chicago tour under Barney Fagan. The New Savoy Theatre plans an opening around Sept 15.
The Ferris Wheel marks its fifteenth week with a new vaudeville slate at Wheel Park. The program includes the Morellos, Hemming trio, Maude Beall Price, Post and Clinton and others, while ten cent schoolchildren’s matinees return for fall season.
Sunnyside Park ends a three week run by the American Cadet Band with a grand programme last Wednesday. Olga Schmoll's Ladies Orchestra has been engaged since Thursday with changes in programme at every concert. Concerts every evening and Saturday and Sunday matinees. Refreshments praised. Business Manager Louis W. H. Neebe at the ticket office. City Limits cable car connects with electric cars to the Park.
Nance O Neill will perform Magda in Suderman’s Hel math next season. Kate Claxton joins Hark from the Tomb. Tobin’s Honeymoon inspires a new libretto by Con Murphy for the Bostonians. A 426 pound woman appears in The Whirl of the Town dubbed A Lady of Quantity. McVicker adapts Tolstoi’s Anna Karenina with Corona Riccardo set to star. Golden and Gill write Down Home as a companion to Old Jed Prouty. Fox debuts vaudeville in On Timepieces. Warner considers a US tour. Barrett produces a Charles I English scene play in London. Morrison brings The Privateer to New York August 23 with Bagge and Goldthwaite. Palmer oversees Madame Sans Gene properties. White secures Two Little Vagrants rights. Mack’s Andrew presents a large company. Fletcher promotes Mme Sans Gene with famed stars. Drew plays Sir Jasper Thorndyke in Rosemary. Isabel Irving praised as Dorothy. Anglomania grips Boston. Davenport may not weigh three stone for Brunhilde.
A British journalist visiting Washington lingered a night as Karl Decker of the Press club presented a ring in a playful speech. The guest later revealed the "ring" was actually a bell, noting Decker’s nervous charm and the club's warm farewell.
A little girl in Grafton received an invitation to a party written by the hostess. The recipient asked if it was a birthday party and the father checked the note noting the line Your presents is desired. The father confirms it appears to be a birthday party.
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