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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1899
Page
8
Samuel De Voe of Spotswood New Jersey removes cash from a local bank and keeps half of each bond at home and half in the bank. He tore in half all his bonds at the bank to guard against robbery.
One hundred dollar reward offered for a catarrh cure case not helped by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsements from West Truax and Walding Kinnan Marvin of Toledo. Cure taken internally. acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Emphasis on testimonials and free testimonial list. Price sixty six cents per bottle.
A Kirkwood girl questions the label charming widow phrase used for widows in Society. She notes a local young widow she calls charming while arguing many Kirkwood women are equally charming, yet rarely so described by men.
Promote buying a farm along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway in Marinette County Wisconsin. Highlights include rich crops ample work markets climate pure water cheap terms and long time to pay. Contact C E Rollins land agent 161 La Salle St Chicago IL.
A garbled collage of old notices and supposed testimonials ranges from religious figures in Hempstead England to affectionate homilies about fashion and secrecy. It includes drugstore slogans, patent medicines like Cascarets and Piso's Cure, and comic lines about health, wit, and lifestyle, with dates and places scattered through.
The future Duke of Montrose, Lord Graham, has joined the mercantile marine as a ship's mate. London papers hail his daring shift from nobility to seafaring, noting his illustrious lineage and hinting at a noble future. Nearby, the San Bernardino desert showcases lava plains and a yearly Hualapai ritual of raking lava into two mile long windows under canyon hills.
The article profiles the young Marquis of Graham a 21 year old naval aspirant with Sheridan lineage and a plan to qualify as a yachtmaster. It recounts his training from Eaton 1895 to service on H M S Volage Melpomene and Hesperus with voyages to India Australia and the Mediterranean. It notes Clark Russell praising his humane aims and mentions his book project on mercantile marine manning. The piece closes with Abdul Rahim Effendi the five year old son of the sick man of Europe entering Islam and a celebratory photograph.
W H Curtis reports from Flagstaff to the Chicago Record about a 1000 acre area on the California side of the Colorado River near The Needles where the Hualapals Indians rake up stones in a mysterious manner.
An old advertisement touts Red Cross laundry starch by J. C. Hubinger promising free gifts. Customers receive coupons to obtain two free starch packages along with Shakespeare pictures and a calendar, with grocers distributing ten large starch packages to early purchasers of the Endless Chain Starch Book.
A cautious guess puts Nebraska corn at 300 million bushels now frost free. Calculations show 60 bushels per load would require five million teams to haul to market, and 80,000 huskers over two months at 60 bushels daily.
Free personal treatment and abundant testimonials claim to cure heart disease and dropsy once deemed incurable. The notice lists numerous names and addresses and offers a free book and treatment from The Dr. Franklin Miles Assn in Chicago.
The John M Smyth Co at 150 to 166 West Madison StreetChicago is a mammoth institution trusted after thirty years in business. It has furnished over a half million homes locally and offers an immense illustrated catalogue with prices for every household article. A sample illustrated by the lady's ulster showcases extraordinary values among thousands of useful items described in the catalogue.
A defendant questions a witness about being in a public house during an alleged assault. The witness confirms presence and notes observing the barmaid while others acted similarly, though unsure of her name.
Agents wanted to sell The Economy, the only perfect gasoline gas lamp. It is pat ented and has stood the test of time with 50,000 in use. Oxidized or nickel finish. Address: 15T Lasalle Street, Chicago.
The Davenport Republic notes that many continental embassies and legations in Washington employ attaches who work without salaries to pursue American heiresses. The article claims these attaches often succeed and that young American men are fortunate to avoid such shallow social schemes.
In a quoted exchange from the Indianapolis Journal a dog named Bull explains his loss of temper after a man calls him “nice doggie” in a feminine voice, remarking he can usually control himself.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease a foot powder to be shaken into shoes for swollen smarting burning sweating feet bunions and coins sample offered free at druggists and shoe stores 25c address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York
Governor John R. Tanner states Illinois will lead every state except Missouri in backing the St. Louis 1908 exposition. In a letter to a St. Louis editor he promises full official and personal efforts to aid the fair’s success, noting Illinois ties to the Louisiana Purchase region.
The Baltimore and Ohio South Western railroad work from Parkersburg to East St. Louis speeds to completion. Seventeen thousand tons of 8 5 pound steel rails placed with 25,000 tons more due, ballast expanded to 125 miles and 200 more planned. Aim is a uniform one half percent grade from Cincinnati to St. Louis with reduced curvature and several bridges abandoned. The gift of silence is often more valuable than the gift of speech.
Readers are offered free trial packages of Zaegel's Swedish Essence of Life, a claimed blood purifier and health tonic. The ad asserts benefits for digestion liver kidneys and various ailments and invites readers to mail a letter to Zaeger & Co. Box 831 Sheboygan Wisconsin with a 2 cent stamp for postage.
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