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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1899
Page
8
An elderly couple in a former two story grocery building in Philadelphia run a parrot school. Lower floor cages hold many speaking birds trained to recite phrases for customers. A notable parrot, taught for a wealthy client’s daughter Nellie, can greet and bid good night, and the keeper calls the place the school.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad extended runs of passenger locomotives on through trains. Engines are now double crewing and covering 7 000 to 8 000 miles a month versus 3 500 to 4 000 previously. The change cut locomotive needs by twenty four and increased power for other service.
John Erhard of Philadelphia reports a coin dated 91 with a hen on both sides reflecting minting errors. Many experts inspect every finished piece, making imperfect coins unlikely to escape scrutiny. Despite errors, only rarity as a curiosity drives their value.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burnt Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures corns bunions swollen hot and sweating feet. At all druggists and shoe stores 25c. Sample sent free. Address Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy New York.
A Philadelphia Times blurb recalls a woman who married a highwayman and sought a chance to rebuke him by exposing his misdeeds, hinting at a vindictive motive and a plan to confront him about his robberies.
The Frisco Line Passenger Department issues an illustrated pamphlet extolling Oklahoma's homeseekers advantages with free mailing upon request to Bryan Snyder in St. Louis. The Bank of England destroys about 350000 notes weekly to replace them with new issues in a weekly bonfire ritual. Chicago issues 33000 dog licenses this year with 7000 to 8000 more expected.
A gallery of patent medicine pitches includes Cascarets Candy Cathartic 10c 25c 50c, Hall’s Cough Balsam, Calcutta pigeon data and other cures. Advertisements tout testimonials, cures for colds and bunions, and claims of reliability from sellers like Piso Co Warren Pa Crawfordsville Ind, with a Transvaal note on gold mining firms.
A Special Letter profiles Desert teamsters once numbering 1200 across Arizona and southern California. It notes railroads shrink their ranks to under fifty, with white drivers replaced by Mexicans or mixed-bloods. Rough Riders like John F. Hodgson describe isolating, grueling 17 to 21 day hauls across Mojave and Death Valley, revealing the bleak monotony, heat, and solitude of freight work.
Benjamin D Maxham a noted philanthropist died recently in Vineland New Jersey. The Western figure rose during the Montana gold boom era and at times held fortunes up to several million dollars. He once owned all bonded debt in Montana and later claimed a wealth near five million as per his estimates and bank officials.
The young Italian inventor Marconi, born in Bologna to English mother, advances wireless telegraphy from four years of experiments at home to a 32 mile record between Dovercliff and Wimereux. Since 1896 he has gained British postal support and extended signals from shoreline to ships, linking South Foreland with Goodwin lightships.
Washington prepares a grand yet simple reception for Admiral Dewey in early October. Officials will join the homecoming as the jeweled congressional sword is presented, marking a national character event likely on October 2, pending New York plans.
Citizens in Washington, with the president and cabinet, plan two main events: a sword presentation by Secretary Long at the east front of the capitol and a night parade with city illumination. A White House reception and dinner for Admiral McKinley will follow.
The article argues worry harms women most, sapping vigor and health, and that the remedy lies in taking control of one’s thoughts. It advises cultivating a hopeful, disciplined mindset, treating worry as internal and conquerable rather than a response to external troubles.
Victor Chevalier, described as a clever Paris criminal, relies on a talkative parrot. Police target a loquacious bird and, after a week, locate the parrot in Montmartre. The suspect is then observed in conversation with his lord, leading to his exposure.
Julius Mattas was taken to a Chicago hospital after an uncontrollable fit of laughter following a drink in a saloon. He awoke the next morning quite recovered and unable to explain the cause of the attack.
The plan by Masters Rankin Good and Harry Price of Cincinnati to build a battleship through nationwide child subscriptions gains momentum. Funds aim to close soon with plans underway for a 13 000 ton ship named the American Boy capable of 18 knots and smokeless powder armament.
Audacious clipping from the New York Press exploring gender, jealousy, and performance. It mocks women as actresses on stage and contrasts male and female responses to taunting, with sharp lines on desire, marriage, and risk.
A German chemist reveals a method to keep the colors of dried flowers fresh, including delicate poppies. Drying in ammonia would fade tints, but pressing specimens between papers saturated with one per cent oxalic acid solution preserves hues.
A compact selection of Blake maxims on nature progress imagination and action. It presents aphoristic lines about poison from wet standing water contraries progression and the burden of unacted desires. The collection highlights poetic paradoxes and moral reflections attributed to Blake.
A compilation lists the world’s largest locomotive works in Philadelphia and other top sites in Pittsburgh St Louis New York Boston and London. It recounts a Prank on De Quincey by Wilson at Elleray with a meat safe trap and a swinging rope gag.
The Copenhagen based Foureau Children’s Exchange links city and rural youths for holidays. City children learn berry picking, horseback riding, milking cows and tree climbing while rural youngsters ride electric cars, view the ocean, attend band concerts and explore city life. The program fosters farmer and city worker interaction.
Virgil E. Trouant of Augusta Maine displays a silver Masonic chain of 1779 design, valued highly and picked up by his grandfather on Oldtown Island over thirty years ago.
A letter from Mars J O Barnard of Milltown Wasitnetom Co expresses gratitude for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. He describes severe bladder trouble heart flutter dizziness and painful menstruation before taking two bottles and feeling like a new person. He claims a full cure and high praise for the remedy.
Miss A P of Asport Iowa writes that after failing with three doctors and an operation, Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills restored her strength and health. She plans to recommend the remedies to others and credits them with saving her life.
An advertisement touts Zaegel’s Swedish Essence of Life as a universal remedy for digestion liver kidneys and nervous disorders promising quick relief from headaches backaches and biliousness. Readers are invited to request a free trial package by writing to M. Br Co Box 831 Shofipygan Wis and including a two cent postage stamp.
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