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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1902
Page
8
A local ad from Joseph Hill promises painting for roofs with lasting Elastic roof paint and offers savings on iron wheels and wagons. The note invites readers needing repairs or wagon equipment to contact Hill for favorable, first class work and prices.
The article contrasts Washington city life with a calm, leisure filled mood. It describes wide highways open spaces and triangular parklets inviting sunshine and air. Statues of national heroes line the avenues including Thomas McPherson Scott and the Washington monument near the river bend, symbolizing quiet dignity.
An advertisement claims DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cures sores burns and gunshot wounds with testimonials from users. It also promotes Lyon & Healy selling surplus Eastern piano stock at deep discounts with numerous makes and price tiers, urging immediate orders and return option if unsatisfied.
A Colombo, Ceylon watchmaker, Chas M Cramer, praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds in children. He states it quickly cures chest congestion and hoarseness, noting it often needs only one bottle for children. The City Dispensary first drew him to the medicine, and he urges others to try it. For sale by Wm Rotunson & Co.
A Philadelphia Record note presents a 1831 letter from Fenimore Cooper to his publishers. He argues Europe is a romance while America is mundane, cites earnings from nautical tales, and contrasts American and European literary reception. The piece frames Cooper’s view of national imagination versus European prejudice.
In Albany a prudent mother asks Bishop Doane for guidance on children’s literature. They discuss titles and verdicts until the Bishop names Robinson Crusoe as suitable humorously noting its Episcopal leanings and that Crusoe kept good Friday.
The queen regent of Spain is noted for her hobby of collecting playing cards. She owns many curious packs including an ivory set believed to have belonged to Prince Eugene. The collection also includes rare Feyptian Arabian cards and other historical pieces.
In Baltimore a thrifty barber befriends a daily visiting jurist. The judge loans law books and discusses cases with the barber. After months, friends reveal the barber’s legal opinions were fashioned by the judge and charged for his advice, prompting a sharp, final demand for payment.
The Kansas City Star argues the House committee should honor memory by naming the Indian Territory after Jefferson, but many fear this misses local flavor. It urges state names be local, beautiful, and distinctive, citing Tahlequah as an example of regionally musical names tied to history.
An Irishman visits a Maiden Lane jeweler asking to see eight day mantel clocks. The clerk explains the price and the clock’s eight day winding. The customer asks how long the clock would run if it were wound, seeking an answer for St Patrick.
Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Edwin L. Kee ler will serve as ringmaster at a charity circus. The event, an amateur entertainment, will take place at the Fourth Regiment Armory in Norwalk.
A jeweler notes many claimed new diamond cutting methods exist but few succeed. He explains that cutting diamonds has become an exact science with two main styles, brilliant and rose cuts. Brilliant cut uses a flat table top for maximum brilliance. rose cut lacks the top table, producing less sparkle but often larger stones. Rose diamonds are mainly used in incrusted jewelry.
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