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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
3
In a May morning narrative from Judge, Eve asks about Adam's best fig leaf trousers. Adam recalls giving them to a tramp monkey, then heads to the fig patch to fashion a matching pattern for his coat and vest.
In a Philadelphia Record item two women recall a familiar face. One identifies the man as Jenks-Henry Jenks, remarking he was her first husband and that the moment was a stumble of memory.
Mr BD R Langendoefer of St Robert Missouri reports severe kidney trouble baffling local doctors. After two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills he says he was cured and has had no symptoms since, urging others with kidney issues to try the remedy. The ad notes Hindu families living on meager incomes and minimal clothing.
An old newspaper fragment touts Allen's Foot Ease powder for feet and new shoes, with sample offer and distributor address. It also includes scattered testimonials and a brief note on the first garment mentioned historically, plus miscellaneous lines about Piso’s Cure for consumption and a motivational quote.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. It also markets Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product claiming to whiten yellowed clothes with a 2 oz package for 5 cents and a larger 2 oz package for 5 cents, touting clear white clothes.
The Chicago archdiocese clergy urged John Lancaster Spalding Bishop of Peoria to succeed Archbishop Feehan. Born June 2 1840 in Lebanon Kentucky he studied in Rome and Belgium before returning to the United States at age 25 to shepherd a growing diocese famed for its 260 churches and strong schools and a Catholic population nearing 250 000.
General Jacob H Smith, court martialed over the kill and burn order in Manila, speaks for publication after returning from the Philippines. He defends his conduct as within military rules, says he faced an unwelcome retirement and Roosevelt reprimand, and condemns brutality claims as exaggerated while asserting his duty and readiness to settle quietly.
The column jugglesOpinion on trusts and prominent figures including Knox Roosevelt and Morgan with satirical asides about the coal and ice trusts. It touches on Lord Kitchener Milner and a Pickwickian sense warning while noting a Chicago man who shot his wife.
A massive clash between 5000 strikers and officials in Shenandoah Pennsylvania led to over a thousand shots. A deputy sheriff and at least twenty foreigners were shot along with four policemen. Troops from Harrisburg were ordered in as Mayor Brown urged peace.
Londoners in the Provision trade report food dearer than at any time in 25 years. Bacon prices jump a third to half, blamed on US hog scarcity. Retail bacon is unaffordable for many with wages fixed. Chickens up ninepence, pigeons up four to eightpence. Pork shortages force many shops to stop stocking it.
From Far and Near notes Edward Philbrook, a leading cattle baron in Eastern Montana, drowned in the Rosebud River near Forsythe Montana. A Madrid express derailment near Guarda Portugal left six dead and twenty seven injured. Secretary Moody ordered construction of a battleship at the New York navy yard following consultations.
Madrid reports detail King Alfonso's volatile behavior alarming the royal household. He berates the Queen mother, insults ministers, and taxes servants with abusive outbursts. Advisors urge restraint as the court braces for possible public fallout amid a power struggle at the palace.
Reports from Dun & Co correspondents indicate continued good corn progress and a potential banner yield. Winter wheat grades low yet yield strong. Nebraska spring wheat being cut with favorable conditions. Texas cotton damage minimal and Southwest expected large output. Atlantic coast and parts of Georgia Alabama need rain while hay harvest slows. New York potatoes up to early rot but good yields expected. Lynchburg tobacco clean of pests though drought limits progress. apples weak and New York hops progress unsatisfactory.
Dr. Damon reports tobacco smoke suppresses certain mouth cavity organisms. It appears to retard the growth of bacilli causing influenza diphtheria and consumption but has no effect on typhoid fever or tetanus.
Census bureau report on pens and pencils manufacture in the United States for 1990 shows 55 establishments reporting a total investment of 3,671,741 with product value of 4,222,149 and wages of 1,192,405. Material, mill supplies, freight and fuel totaled 1,477,852. Joseph L Balker, 45, of Central ity, killed by falling rock in a coal mine at Centralia Illinois.
Cabinet members will tour the fall campaign with President Roosevelt leading. Shaw Moody Hay Hoot Wilson Hitchcock Payne will speak in Maine Iowa Massachusetts Illinois and other states while the interior secretary and postmaster general skip speaking. The pattern shows a broad push to energize voters ahead of the December reciprocity treaty vote.
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