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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
5
Premium lists for the Sinois State Fair at Springfield run Sep 35 to Oct 6 1901 with totals of 40000 in premiums. Improvements include a 40000 seat Coliseum under construction and a 175 by 225 foot show ring. Machinery Hall extension adds 60000 square feet and promises machinery, implements and vehicles surpassing any U. S. fair except 1893’s World's Fair.
Rev. C. T. Cady to preach next Sabbath evening and spend days at the camp meeting with his family. W. F. M. 8. ice cream social at Hibbs home Friday August 9 to raise funds for missionary work. Peoria District Camp Meeting begins August 15 on the association grounds, ten days, cottages nearly full, tents expected to host more than usual, strong daily program, overlapping with Old Settler’s picnic guiding attendees.
Officials announce the post office will close from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on August 15 for the Old Settlers Picnic. Davin R B Strain, P. M.
Stand privileges for Old Settlers Day will be sold on the grounds at 2 o clock Saturday August 10 1901. Committee members A S Herbert C W Wixye and W E Capy are listed.
The National Land List is a nationwide real estate paper offering land and property bargains. Single copies by mail cost 10 cents, with circulation across all states.
Help wanted advertisement seeks miners for Etherley area. Good pay and steady employment offered. For information contact A. R. Cline Etherly or Etherly Coal Coroom 21 Holmes Building Galesburg Illinois.
The town of Sadieville Kentucky learns the cause of Mrs S P Whitaker’s long chronic bronchial distress. Her husband credits Dr King’s New Discovery with completely curing her and the family’s granddaughter as well. It treats coughs colds lagrippe bronchitis throat and lung troubles. Guaranteed bottles 50 cents and 1 dollar. Trial bottles free at Wm Robinson & Co’s drug store.
Free life size crayon portraits offered for a few days with cabinet photos. J C Cone and Son Brimfield and P T Thomas Sumterville Alabama list viewing hours from 9 am to 4 pm each Saturday featuring farms horses and cattle. Also an advertisement for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure claiming complete digestive restoration and digestion of any food.
A historical note traces the expression skeleton in the closet from medieval European storytelling. It describes a French noblewoman revealing a hidden deathly skeleton in a secret chamber to illustrate the private secrets marriages conceal behind outward happiness.
An infant in Washington amuses a newspaper reader by methodically plucking feathers from a sticky mess on his hands. The mother explains Algernon stays busy and quiet as guests arrive, a tactic praised and gently critiqued as a clever but sly parenting ploy.
Fashion notes describe pale rose cloaks in pale rose flannel and cloth with tailored air. Three quarter length capes fall from the shoulders with tiny tucks, ecru guipure scarf closures, and wide lace under sleeves, unlined and adorned with gold-buttoned straps.
The article describes automobile glasses designed for drivers, worn mainly in the country at speeds of forty to fifty miles per hour. They feature large shell-shaped lenses and a mask projecting above the glasses to cover the forehead and extend along the sides for full eye protection.
In Lepanto province near Mount Data, Igorrotes have long worked copper deposits. Described as heathen barbarians living in squalor, they exhibit remarkable industriousness and skill in metal extraction. They forge copper kettles over three feet in diameter and craft various tools and ornaments from copper.
Miss Mary Philbrok, New Jersey's first woman lawyer, appeared before the New Jersey court of errors and appeals to argue a client's case. It marked the first time a woman sat at the bar in the court's history.
A calculation shows beard hair grows at one and a half lines per week, yielding about six and a half inches yearly. By age eighty, as much as twenty seven feet of beard would have fallen before the razor.
A notable remark from the late Bishop Mandell Creighton, asked in Cambridge to define the difference between an Oxford man and a Cambridge man. He answered that an Oxford man looks as if the world belongs to him while a Cambridge man seems not to care to whom the world belongs.
London tailors send coats trimmed with braid to New York markets as English makers once again influence fashion. After years of plain frock and morning coats, braid detailing reappears, marking a revived old style in this season's dress.
A 14 year old boy is suspended from a West Hoboken grammar school for refusing to sit behind a girl whose hair was not done. Scientists claim clean air in cities peaks about 25 feet above ground, making third floor apartments the healthiest.
N J Morrison president of Fairmount College Wichita Kansas visited Franklin Falls New Hampshire to obtain elm sprouts planted there by Daniel Webster. The sprouts will be planted on the Fairmount College campus.
The article extols lemons as a cheap, versatile domestic aid. It notes lemon juice bleaches skin, whiten teeth with brushing after use, and freshens wash water when added to rinses. It emphasizes lemon as a simple “little yellow doctor” for home care.
Athenian Academus, a wealthy figure, owned a grove where youths gathered to learn from sages like Plato and Socrates. This gathering evolved into a school tradition and the term academy, used for modern schools, derives from Academus. The word academy is described as a cradle for boys.
Connecticut Senator admits probable distant kinship to New York Senator Platt while noting limited family history. He traces the Platt surname to two brothers who settled on eastern Long Island and remarks they are perhaps cousins sixteen or eighteen times removed.
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