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Newspaper

Oak Park Vindicator

Location

Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1895

Page

2

The Prophecy of Statistics by Professor Thurston

Weekly review discusses Professor Thurston of Sibley Agricultural College Cornell University publishing in The North American Review. It analyzes mystical diagrams predicting U S growth in wealth letters written per person and education spending versus Europe. It forecasts rising luxuries and comforts for Americans by 1910 with increased leisure for thought and study for the average citizen.

TH. Thurston Sibley Agricultural College Cornell University North American Review Chis Country Thurston United States Great Britain Austria Micho Europe America Auborous

Perpetual Youth and Wasted Gas Discussed in 19th Century Press

The article surveys actresses Patti Millen Terry Mine Bernhardt Modjeska and Ellen Perry, arguing youth stems from willpower and avoidance of worry. It cites Mrs. Eleanor Kirk’s volume Perpetual Youth and notes the idea that mind over body maintains youth. It then shifts to Coke gas waste from coal fires, praising Birmingham Alabama for utilizing coke gas as fuel and illuminating gas, predicting industrial adoption and lower fuel costs as a godsend to soft coal districts.

Patti Millen Terry Mine Bernhardt Modjeska Ellen Perry Mane Jno Eleanor Kirk Birmingham Ala Weisbach

German Negroes Celebrate in Berlin with Cake Walk Attendees

German papers covered a Negerfest in Berlin celebrating the colored community, many Americans among the attendees. The event featured singing, speeches in English, a cake walk, and expressions of shared history between Germans and Black guests, drawing cheers and a patriotic chorus.

Berlin Germany United States America North America

Artemus Ward Remembered In Household Words Tribute

A Tate number in Household Words honors Artemus Ward as not only a jester but a good natured principled humorist whose work won English affection. The piece recalls his Mormon experiences and praise for his humane character. Colorado is noted for fire clay and agricultural bounty including alfalfa while a Grand Junction event reports 16 tons of fruit consumed after W. J. Bryan spoke.

Artemus Ward America Colorado Grand Junction Colo W. J. Bryam

Moreland News Highlights Milestones and Local Happenings

J D Mill spent Thursday in Milwaukee. The milk inspector fines some vendors. A two story building will rise at 48th Ave and the street. James Tegardine returns from Arkansas displeased at market. Rehbeck moves a corner house to permit a new business block. Kronblad dislocates a shoulder from a fall. Voice culture lessons begin. Cooper organizes a class. New brick store planned by Rev Jenkinson on 48th Street. Herbert Parks and Miss Jennie Larson wed at the Norwegian Lutheran parsonage. surprise celebration at 144 North 48th Ave. Mina Yorke praises the Moreland school. teachers lauded for enthusiasm. Thielin and Bongartz ill. Barry guest in Jackson Park. Mrs. Gus Anderson recovering. A horse stuck in a ditch. rescued by rope to a streetcar. Fischer's hall hosts sewer talk. strong public support. Building boom with 3–6 new structures weekly. five new stores planned on 48th Ave. Mrs. Wilson from Cincinnati buys Barry stand but falls ill. Miss Katheryn Barry to study patterns at Edson Keith’s. Mr and Mrs Fred Belford to move to the city. Real estate man Fred Dreckman optimistic about a fall movement.

Moreland News Briefs Round Up Local Happenings

Central Park reports a gas stove flare but no damage at Max Kahane’s residence. Mrs. Frank Dysart returns from a three week visit to Franklin Grove Illinois. Mrs. Gorn of Rockford visits her sister Mrs Hatch on Park Avenue. Several illness and social notices follow including Mrs. Tewksbury ill, the Presbyterian church to host a literary event, and the N. P. C. club planning a dance at Kurtz Hall Hanson Park on September 28. Local crime mentions a shed burglary on Park Avenue, and community events, weddings, and anniversaries across Moreland.

Mra. Gorn Rockford Mra. IX. Hatch Park Avenue Dan Miller

Gas powered wagons and urban nuisances discussed

A newspaper page argues petroleum driven delivery wagons could replace horses in cities like New York, reducing noise and stables, while noting the health benefits of removing horses. It also covers Lavoisier memorials, Japanese migration, Midwestern city unions, Stanley’s Africa rule, Anglo rulers, opulent U.S. homes, and rumors about Cecil Rhodes’ death.

New York

Druggist Conradi Returns From Wisconsin Holiday

Brighton Park Druggist Charles Conradi came back from a lengthy Wisconsin trip with no bride, praising lakes and dells, hospitality, and fishing. Editor Ninman of the Sauk City Press accompanied him, while Ed Mullan of Brighton returned earlier. They built a boat at Sauk City, floated to Dubuque, and camped a month in the woods. Thomas Kelley, a Democratic candidate for Drainage Commissioner, resides at Brighton Park.

Charles Conradi Lakes Dells Wisconsin Ile Ninman Sauk City Press Mullan Brighton Mr. Conradi Sauk City Mississippi Dubuque

Various Brighton items reflect heat and local life

Brighton club activity, ward politics, and small-town news fill a warm week. Odd Fellows met in Larney's hall, John Noonan crowned Republican Committeeman for the Twenty-eighth ward, and Mrs Payette opens a candy store. Fires on Oakwood avenue, social dances, and a French Fair draw crowds. Local deaths include infant cholera cases and residents named Hellyard, Johnson, and others, with services led by Rev. McLaughlin.

John Noonan County Mnurt Sayle Brighton

Chicago Amusements at Frank Hall Casino Spotlight

Attendance last week at Frank Hall Casino topped Chicago theatres with a broad mix of novelty acts and new attractions. The Casino Opera Co will perform Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado alongside a large slate of variety stars. Cora Beckwith enters her fifth week of endurance swimming, while Prof. P J Flinn continues a daily distance walking milestone.

Frank Hall Chicago Casino Opera Co Cora Beckwith P. J. J. Flinn

Oak Park Road Race Winners Highlight Fast Time

The Oak Park Club and Oak Park Wheel Club held a semi monthly ten mile road race on a Washington boulevard Austin avenue course last Saturday at 5 pm. Five runners started Williams Johnston King Fairhead Lemke. Fairhead won the race and Williams the time prize finishing in 24 55. The Charox will run their road race again next Saturday to settle the disputed time between Spring and Allen.

Oak Park Charox Spring Allen

Thirteen Chicago Boys Arrested For Sunday Baseball

Thirteen youths aged sixteen to twenty from Sangamon Madison streets and Washington boulevard were arrested at Linden Park on a Sunday baseball violation. After questioning officials concluded they were innocent offenders and released them on promising good behavior.

Chicago Town Hall Sangamon Madison Streets Washington Boulevard Linden Park Lake Street

Fearless Schofield Retires After Long Army Career

The tale recalls Lieutenant General John M. Schofield in a southern Tennessee skirmish tale during the Civil War. Born in Chautauqua County in 1831, Schofield rose from manual labor to West Point, served with Sheridan, Sherman, and Hood as classmate and adversary, led the left wing at Atlanta, then became secretary of war and commander of the U S Army. He retires in September 1895 at age 64 after a storied career.

Tennessee John McAllister Schofield United States Army General Schofield Chautauqua County Youn Schofields John John M. Schofield Freeport Its Thomas J. Turner West Point Sheridan McPherson, Sill, Terrill R. Q O. Tyler Sherman Georgia Atlanta Franklin, Tenn Hood Johnson Cleveland Schofield Congress

John Bull's Fast Train Sets Long Distance Record

John Bull smiles at a new world speed feat by the Northwestern and Caledonian Express running 640 miles from Huston to Aberdeen in 638 minutes. Rival East Coast and West Coast trains chased the record, each maintaining near a mile a minute for about nine hours, without exceeding 75 mph.

John Bull Sam John Northwestern Caledonian Express Huston London Aberdeen Scotland New York Central Empire State Express New York Buffalo

Record speeds of English engines and U S trains

The piece compares engine speeds on level ground and hills, noting English engines slow on hills while English record breakers maintain speed by rapid engine changes. It highlights the Empire State express achieving about a mile every 86 seconds and describes a record run by the North Western and Caledonian express with multiple car types and a guards' van.

England United States Empire State Express Northwestern Caledonian Express

The Largest Peach Grower in Georgia

A single proprietor controls ten thousand acres of peach orchards in central Georgia and claims the world’s largest status for his operation.

Georgian

Millions For Atlantic Cables Across the Atlantic

The 11 cables now in operation across the Atlantic have cost upward of 70 million dollars. The project funded multiple nations and companies, reflecting a massive mid century effort to expand transatlantic communications and global connectivity.

Atlantic

Kerosene Used to Exterminate Mosquitoes on Campus

A Long Island man learned that pouring kerosene on stagnant ponds and water holes kills mosquitoes. This summer L O Howard, chief government entomologist in Washington, cleared the Cornell University campus of the insects by pouring kerosene into water-filled port holes. Kerosene is praised for its many useful purposes.

Long Island L. O. Howard Agricultural Department At Washington Cornell University

Also Mentioned on This Page

The Madison St Weekly Review Prophecy of Mark Twain Walter Scott Ho Stram Susan Anthony Hervell Parker Pillsbury Elizabeth Cady Stanton Miss Anthony Australis India South Africa Tom Sawyer Mark Dean Suel RB. Rothwell Minny Journal PSU Rothwell Yeu Ist Rocky Mountain Pacific Coast Boston Cincinmati Kansas Ingalls Dligalls Banner Liancaster St. Lawrence N. Y Lancaster Chester Massachusetts Worcester Pennsyyvania Bucks Union Colusa Cal Joe Patchen Great Pacer Robert J Col John G. Taylor St. Louis Moreland J. D. Mill Milwaukee Novem 48Th Avenue Thie Street James Tegardine Arkansac Fred Rehbeck Forty-eighth and Indiana Avenue Fortyeight Avenue Chas. Kronblad Cooper IE. Snider H. S. Jenkinson Forty Eighth Street Austin Avenue Herbert Parks Jennie Larson Norwegian Lutheran Church O. J. Norby North Forty-eighth Avenue Mina Yorke Moreland School Misa Gill Katheryn Barry Jackson Park Gus Anderson Ohio Street Bippus & McCoy's Fischer's Hall Forty-eighth Avenue Mrs. Wilson Cincinnati Barry Edson Keith Fred Belford Fred Dreckman Central Park Max Kahane Frank Dysart Franklin Grove Ilinoie Morelard Tough Amerson Cora Haskin Creighton Nebraska Rev S. C. Haskin Whce John McKenna Lhe Tewksbury Furon Street W. O. Parmalee Davis Lodi G. A. Harner Carroll Avenue Lottie Smith Brother Lee Courtland Elizbeth Ryder Mr. Ryder Forest Iome F. W. Ward Austin Moreland Friends Kurtz’ Hall Hanson Park Levi Lanpbear Forty-ninth Huron Streets Misa Bessie Moe Waterford Wis Geo. Moe Monroe Forty-second Atrete Presbyterian Church Harry B. Smith Kinzie Street Gimrel Ridgeway Avenue Fianersl Forest Hone Flora Gus Lockman Potter Ff. Thulin Minneapolis Mre. Thulin I Will” Society Mias Ida Nela Grimmer Forty-first Street Moreland Bicycling Club Warren Avenues Maud Miller E. A. Onfroy West Madison Street H. E. Kingsland Johanna Griffin Mammie Stuck Fortieth Street Addie Levett W. B. Panehas Schmitz Am. Holth Ehoe Bert Ontario Street Ontario Chicago Avenue Fifty-second Streets Institute of France Lavoisier Revolutionary Tribunal St. Paul Minnepoul Stanley Africa Republic Cecil Rhodes Brighton Park Thomas Kelley Odd Fellows Larney Mrna Payette Thirty-ninth Street Sackett Avenue Oakwood Avenue Lakeside HE. J. Ward Ireland Belfant Cicero Lake Mr. Wickham Kentucky St Joseph's Catholic Church Prof. Mortis Fountain Morris Wee Gees Prince Clever Alice Byrne Bo Peep Rose McLaughlin Dame Buatle Ella Skerry Lillin Alice Newbaker Flirta Lain Moran Boy Blue Lois Bray Dew Drop Queen of the Fairies Nelly Sidley Wiliam Walsh Peter Cunningham Rockwell Street Mount Olivet Helen Johnson Mount Greenwood McLaughlin Jane Hellyard Richard Frank Fred Robert George Hellyard Graceland Cemetery Hellyard Thirty- Sixth Street Rev. McLaughlin Lorge Chicago Amusements Suburban Sports Oak Park Club Fearless
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