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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1901
Page
6
A satirical column notes the sultan's threat to buy cannons and the tense mood as correspondents warn of grave danger. It belittles war talk while urging patience, imagining a future when the old flag gives way to progress and the star and crescent fade from the air.
A summary of Kochs findings suggests he failed nineteen times to pass human tuberculosis to cattle and argues bovine tuberculosis from man to man lacks solid proof. The piece notes human tuberculosis is transmissible to humans and many doubt cattle to man transmission, urging balanced evaluation until negatives are proven.
Hotel men in Atlantic City urge Congress to build a presidential summer cottage there to create a summer capital. The plan could boost local real estate and attract cottage builders, but rivalry from other towns and states would arise if Congress shows willingness. The piece argues for allowing the President to choose his own summer residence.
A crossing of four miles between Brooklyn and Staten Island saw two girls, Elaine Golding aged nineteen and May Behr aged eleven, race across the Narrows. Golding beat Behr by nearly a half mile, finishing at the Crescent Athletic Club dock in Bay Ridge despite currents altering the course.
A historical summary notes that the United States bore a large share of war expenses. Civil War disbursements totaled $6.19 billion from 1861 to 1879, with an estimated $3.90 billion more from 1879 to 1900. Confederate spending exceeded $3 billion for field armies.
The writer recalls private inconveniences during the Paris Commune era. Arrests occurred for trivial acts like addressing a guardsman as monsieur, while missteps by officials or guards triggered quick releases. Tales include being detained at Place Vendome, receiving an immotelle badge, and wearing Cambridge colors provoking military curiosity. The narrator also describes time in the Tuileries and reflections on fallen empires.
John Fox of Milltown New Jersey, a mail carrier since losing his arms, demonstrates full mobility by fishing baiting and casting with hook stumps, plowing with a rope guided plow, shooting, cutting firewood, and building a cider press. At 72 he adapts methods, saying anyone can manage if they must.
The quoted extract from Belle Kearney's A Slaveholder's Daughter discusses Negro life in the south with themes of female subjugation and marital abuse. It cites anecdotes about a freed wife seeking help from former masters, the Freedman's Bureau, and a Louisiana plantation wedding provoking scorn from a mother of several children.
A London paper notes a booming United States chicken trade with England. American poultry is in early growth but already one firm ships 160,000 dozen birds yearly to Britain and demand keeps rising.
Report says Col Pilsoudski of the Russian army transmitted a telegram without a wire by using soil conductivity. The claim notes a signal travels fifteen yards and could extend through the earth to about 550 yards, aiding vessels locating sunken rocks.
Henry Bates Stoddard, native of Essex County New York born 1840, becomes grand master of the grand encampment of the United States Knights Templar. A Texas resident since age 21, he served as Confederate Army captain, paroled 1865 in Jackson Mississippi, later cotton broker and cattleman. He led volunteers in 1885 1893 as brigadier general and aided relief efforts in yellow fever outbreaks including Millican and Galveston. He is beloved by knights.
Wealthy American women donate large sums to universities colleges and religious causes across the United States. Notable gifts include $3 million to Tulane and $1.25 million to Armour Institute with many other mid to high six figure contributions to Yale Chicago Watertown religion and various charities. The piece also contrasts American leadership with England noting persistent friction over hemispheric hegemony and praising Mr Moffett for capturing the American stance.
The piece argues that Anglo-American tensions stem from England's refusal to accept America's dominant Western Hemisphere role. It cites Samuel E Moffett in Nineteenth Century who says the United States will remain the paramount power here. England must align with this principle or face continued frictions over Alaska, China, and the American continent.
Mr. J. A. Kingman, writing in the current Review of Reviews, discusses the 500 mile New York to Buffalo run where 100 automobiles began the journey. He compares European and American manufacture and use, noting France’s early lead in adventure and development of the industry.
The Berlin palace of Emperor William I remains as he left it with the iron bedstead in the bedroom where he died, reflecting his simple tastes in all things.
A brief notice reflects on the word imp used for a child in Shakespeare’s tower and Taylor’s sermons. It notes how imps appear in literary and religious contexts, referencing the imps who sang hosannas to the Savior in the temple.
Mr Kingman notes American automobile production exceeds bicycle output. About 150 firms planned with ten likely handling 90 percent of trade. fifty producing market models. Paris tops cities in vehicles. U.S. totals include 1500 cars in New York, 460 in Chicago, 370 in Boston, 340 in Philadelphia, and around 8000 total vehicles nationwide. Debate centers on road quality versus motor vehicle capability. The question remains if roads should be improved to support automobiles or if cars should adapt to rough roads.
The late Empress Frederick left seventeen grandsons and only three granddaughters, highlighting a notably uneven distribution of royal issue among her descendants.
Miss Abbie G Aldrich, long a social favorite since debut, is engaged to John D Rockefellers only son. The Rhode Island Senator and Mrs Aldrich are her parents, with notable relatives including Aldrichs who served as congressman judge and authors across states.
The Louisville Courier Journal recounts the Johnson family of Nelson County Kentucky where one child in each generation is born with teeth. William Johnson born 1806 had two teeth and his sister Laura Hays had four. Ben Johnson banker at Bardstown and former Louisville collector was born with two teeth, and his 14 year old daughter had two at birth. Teeth are all lower front teeth and are removed soon after birth to allow nursing. The last five generations preserved their babies teeth, each labeled and stored, with a family tradition of this trait spanning ten to twelve generations. Except for William Johnson and Mrs Hays, only one baby per generation is born with teeth.
In Sumpter Illinois on September 9, Mrs. J. B. Flanigan suffering fifteen years from dropsy could not wear shoes for three years. After drugstore remedy from Carmi's J. J. Dale and use of five of six Dodd's Kidney Pills she fully recovered. The couple praises the cure and Dale's recommendation as a remarkable remedy in White County.
A Pearson's Magazine excerpt discusses the blue whale as the largest living animal, noting its elusiveness in collections, the impracticality of preserving a 90 foot creature, and its value from $1 250 to $1 500 for full grown specimens hunted chiefly by the Norwegians for oil.
The New York Times argues that non literary books can achieve enormous sales regardless of the author’s literary merit. It notes readers buy for appeal rather than artistry and psychology of taste is often pursued by writers who miss the literary mark.
A facing backache warning claims lumbago grips from a bent posture and rubs away with ten minutes of vigorous rubbing using St. Jacobs Oil. The advertisement touts quick relief and full restoration, noting back trouble is common yet easily cured by the oil.
The article lists eight chief justices Jay Rutledge Ellsworth Marshall Taney Chase Waite and Fuller. It notes that Rutledge Ellsworth and Marshall were all named within a six year span.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease as the sole cure for swollen smarting burning and sweating feet corns and bunions. It advises shaking the powder into tie shoes and notes 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores with a free sample by mail from Olmsted LeRoy New York.
Mrs. Austin has just come to Town. The spider is an expert, fly-fisher.
Brigadier General William Ludlow dies at his New Jersey home. Known for Cuban campaign leadership at El Caney and San Juan, he served as Havana governor guiding sanitation and renewal. An engineer by specialty, he influenced river harbor lighthouse work and reconstruction in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines. His death saddens soldiers and civilians.
In ante caucus chatter Coler is the leading mayoral contender with Mayors Van Wyck and Carroll pressing for his nomination. McLaughlin and Fusionists shrink from him, while Coler’s party shift shifts the field. Admiral Howison, a veteran naval officer, joins the Schley court of inquiry selection process.
Henry L. Howison of the Atlantic coast is described with a wartime commission rise from lieutenant commander to commander in 1876, captain in 1885, commodore four years ago, and rear admiral in his regular turn. He is praised as a clever sailor and a fierce fighter.
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