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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
2
In 1895 Dr John Windom senses being watched from a distant home while a strange telescope owner Caleb Strong reveals a lens system that peers to Mars. The duo’s discovery proves a science breakthrough and tragedy as a roof collapses, ending the inventor’s project.
A West Point hotel anecdote recalls Albert Craney and Secretary of War Robert T. Lincoln amid cadet relatives. A rural visitor asks for the Epidemic building, prompting Lincoln to explain the Academic building across the plain and then retreat in laughter.
A remark notes that at celebrations sellers hawk high priced goods with signs reading Welcome Visitors. The saying adds that when a man is guilty his chatter on innocence exposes him and leads to discovery.
Thomas Dunn English remembered as the author of Ben Bolt dies at nearly 83. The piece reflects on his ballad's enduring charm and its place in American memory, comparing it with Home Sweet Home and other country poems. It also discusses how rural imagery binds youth to heritage and notes weed control as a farmer duty, focusing on Canada thistle as a manageable nuisance.
Farmers face Canada thistle as a major crop threat. Advice covers timing in June, repeated plowing, mowing, and crop rotations including potatoes and early cabbages, plus Hungarian grass to suppress regrowth. Emphasizes roadside control and cooperative neighbor efforts to eradicate the weed.
Counterfeit notes are spotted by tellers through instinctive gives on look and feel, aided by marks and poor quality. Genuine notes stand out due to superior engraving, printing, and special paper. Counterfeit production remains secret and relies on inferior resources and materials.
An “active and intelligent” Metropolitan officer helps a crying boy who says he is lost. He vows to locate the parents and plans to take the child to the station if needed. A sergeant later jokes that the boy is his own child, leaving the outcome unclear.
An impecunious constituent of Abraham Gruber asked for a loan of a dollar. Gruber gave a 2 dollar bill and instructed the man to buy a 15 cent cigar and return with the change. The visitor returned with 85 cents and asked who would keep the cigar. Gruber dismissed him.
An Arkansas man asked the price of a saw mill capable of all his cutting needs. Learning it would cost 1600 dollars, he quipped that if a man had 1600 dollars what would he want with a mill. Later, a busy day ends with a passerby who laments not being able to kill time.
The speaker urges releasing errors and avoiding stubborn persistence, arguing many believe they could have been great had they lived fifty years ago, reflecting on pride and the view of unrealized potential.
The article highlights Queen Alexandra's kindness toward animals and her practical measures in London. She arranged notices in omnibuses to ease horse strain by avoiding frequent stops and funded Copenhagen style light stands to hold horse feed bags, enabling cab horses to rest more comfortably.
Margaret E. Sangster argues in Success that cheerful, steady temperaments in spouses sustain home harmony. Health, diet, exercise, rest, and trust in God foster cheer, distinguishing steady equanimity from fleeting high spirits. A cheerful partner aids comfort, memory of yesterday’s hurt fades, and optimism improves daily life for the whole family.
A fashion note praises a simple summer turban for women with abundant hair. The design features white chiffon, black and white straw binding, and black velvet bows with jetting accents to enhance style without excess.
Guidance on starching stiff shirtwaists, drying thoroughly to the desired stiffness, and selecting irons. Cuffs are ironed first with careful heat and alternating sides, using box irons for cleanliness and heat retention, to avoid scorching and ridges.
The piece argues that increasing female freedom has altered parenting aims. Parents must balance progress with cautious guidance, avoiding both overindulgence and outdated strict chaperonage. It urges tactful supervision as girls enter society.
A practical screen system lets a sash be raised or lowered with either inside or outside shutters. Uses plain white netting at 50 cents per yard, double width, needs brass rods and hemming for taut lengthwise fabric. Also mentions egg shampoo and friction as hair care notes, with caution against assuming baldness from paternal history.
Heaviness and despondency vanish with fruit consumption while excess meat disrupts the system and stores uric acid. Sharp fruit pulps counteract acids for net benefit, and dry skin may respond to tab orandi lotion in deficient secretion cases. Currant juice aids digestion when gastric juice is low, while stewed currants help with the same. Koltting exercises are advised for rheumatism and insomnia, offering nerve benefits and a cheering activity in sanitariums.
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