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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1897
Page
8
A collection of sketches begins with Birds Pazzied by Hites John Sherman meeting with President Lincoln and traces a wind’s playful mischief across town fields forests and harbor. The wind mocks signs bonnets cloaks and a doctor’s wig, roams cottages fields and ships, then settles at sea as night falls with a playful tone.
Scientists conducting kite experiments report the presence of a large eagle and a stork reacting curiously to the airborne contraption. Flocks of geese paused and reformed after passing the kite train, while the observing eagle and stork showed puzzled, comical, nonaggressive behavior during the tests.
A wartime incident describes a U S soldier shooting a tame crow and forcing the owner to eat part of the bird after a reload. The owner complains, the post commander asks if they know each other, and the soldier quips we dined together yesterday. This illustrates the phrase meaning a public admission of being proven wrong.
The article recalls playful bonbon and confetti games in Paris with blow-guns and serpentine throws, then shifts to a riverbank accident where a young colored boy drowns. A grieving colored woman seeks her son as bystanders react with urgency and concern.
A Scottish clergyman officiating a marriage is drawn into the bridegroom's quip about obeying his wife. The groom later recalls the exchange and asserts he has obeyed his wife, boasting of owning a two story house. The tale is shared in a humorous exchange cited by the Exchange. The rest presents brief notes on Africa's nyasaland antelope and a medicine anecdote.
The report recounts a girl’s plea for modest goodness to avoid punishment and describes a method to brighten lamps using a double carbon film inside a globe with wire routed through the base.
A Florida coast tale recounts Captain Floyd of the Minnie G from Punta Gorda who near the Thousand Islands found a remote island ruled by an aged white chief and islanders living by their own laws. The captain survived a sun god disguise, witnessed a hermit life and vowed not to reveal the island’s location.
A Chicago Times-Herald report outlines a new traffic alliance between the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railways going into effect September 12. The Denver sleeper will depart Chicago attached to the night train for Omaha and delivered to Rock Island at Omaha. On October 2 tourist cars will commence weekly service between Chicago and San Francisco via Colorado Midland and Southern Pacific.
Scotty of Oil Well Supply on a farm near the fair grounds owns a novel apple tree. Once wild, it was grafted years ago and now yields seven distinct varieties with large fruits and fine flavor despite Oil City blizzard conditions.
An advertisement promotes GRAIN-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains with a mocha like color. It claims to be gentler on delicate stomachs and cheaper than coffee. sizes 15 and 25 cents per package are offered by grocers.
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