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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1901
Page
7
A lyrical tribute to the violinist who supports the lead, likening him to Cremona’s finest and praising his role in an ensemble that elevates the whole. The piece envisions a Great Moment and credits the unseen musician behind the soloist.
In Melville a plan to aid the impoverished Dilley family grows from a boy named Thomas Jefferson Briggs who proposes a benefit entertainment. The town mobilizes volunteers, with Miss Jane Crane organizing acts while Grandmother Briggs worries about theatrics. All seats sell as the crowd packs the town hall to support the Dilleys.
A dancing, pink and white tarlatan entertainer provokes scandal and laughter as Grandmother Briggs unmasks Thomas Jefferson on stage. The crowd roars while the Dilley family reflections note the prank helped fund a mercy purse and altered perceptions of the youth.
A 10 year old student cites Kruger's blud and a call for units as evidence of Transvaal unrest. He mentions Lord Kitchener and Chamberlain, with blame of violent acts and a savage leader. The piece also notes an 11 year old essay on Mr Gladstone praising his kindness and death. It includes a backward writer’s take on Tennyson and a poem to the Queen.
New York Sun reports upscale bath rooms in uptown banks and in major offices provide shower facilities and daily time for staff to change and refresh. The feature is spreading to downtown brokerage houses, offering a practical luxury during hot summers and eliminating wilted collars.
Viggo Leiche, 23, from Copenhagen now in Alto Paso Illinois, showcases telekinetic abilities by bending and lifting heavy iron and wooden objects. He performs at a drug store and at his uncle C Jessen's home, drawing skepticism then acceptance as the power appears to work only shortly before sleep.
Chinese Minister Wu Ting-fang at a New York dinner compliments American women. He jokes about wishing to be American to view them as his countrymen see them, praising their grace, intelligence, and beauty while expressing sincere admiration.
English society figure Mrs George Keppel arrived on the steamship Etruria to watch yacht races. A close friend of Sir Thomas Lipton and King Edward she aims to see Lipton win the Americas Cup. She showed calm courage during a royal yacht accident and did not faint.
The Chicago Record Herald notes that Chinese customs hold the queue as a sign of manhood and submission. It describes public reactions to abolition attempts and details how families mourn with the queue and how hair practices signify social status and grief.
The London Telegraph notes Vienna’s expansion into a “Greater Vienna” area filled with forests and hills higher than St. Stephen’s spire. It describes plowed fields, abundant corn and vines, rich fish and game, canals and springs, and the Danube rolling past the Wienerwald toward the Marchfeld. The piece marvels at discovering a charming countryside still within a city.
A Toledo judge enjoined a flock of about forty ducks owned by Louis Gould from quacking at night to avoid disturbing neighbor Harry C. Teal.
A garbled collection of product pitches and quotations including Krupp finances a dress a motto and a nerve restorer. It reads like a mixed page of advertisements filler lines and aphorisms with no coherent news event or clear individuals to track.
Miss Bessie Kelley of Valley City North Dakota testifies to Peruna curing her monthly pains and catarrh of female organs after doctors failed. The letter urges other girls to try Peruna as a targeted remedy and cites Dr Hartman offering free advice from The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century page includes an ad for Sozodont Tooth Powder at 25 cents and a series of moral and literary quotes. It features religious exhortations from the Reformed Church Messenger, a Goethe quotation on self governance, a testimonial from Winsley Endsley of Van Buren Indiana, and notes on Germany’s steel pen imports, ending with a saying about wise men and mistakes. The piece blends consumer notice with epigrammatic maxims and public-interest snippets.
The ad urges fall painting for durable, well seasoned results and safety. It promotes Devoe ready paint as lasting longer than lead or oil, costing less, and directs readers to ask dealers and request a free pamphlet about paint and painting from Devoe Chicago.
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