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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1907
Page
6
A nostalgic verse contrasts winter high rises with a summer in a shirt sleeve town. The speaker longs for carefree streets where leading citizens stroll coatless and casual in the heat, shedding conventions and scruples in public view. Chicago News.
A tale unfolds of Thomas Gordon, a mill weigher in a small town, who imagines a public library and a 600 seat hall. Robert Cameron, banker Henry Wickham, Judge Grayling, and Col. Ames back his plan, inviting support for a community reading project and a future library named after him.
Marie Corelli declares she opposes women voting claiming she can influence fifty male votes but would lose power if she held a vote herself. She attacks modern women’s images in fashion papers, calls ads degrading, and argues most women are not fit for the franchise.
A Boston Herald piece narrates the steamer basket craze as a beloved custom, filled with sweets, mints, ginger, and ribbons for departing passengers. A two month motor trip returnee recalls the basket sustaining the party, with playful mock shipwreck antics and finally a tiny ivory rabbit as the last prize.
Bishop Olmsted of Colorado speaks to Denver children urging hearty Christmas meals but warns against boasting of dainties. He recalls a Bala boy who wished for a cold so he could “feed a cold.” The Plain Dealer note adds a quip about mothers and music within a holiday frame.
An article describes an asbestos jacket for boiler insulation to keep water hotter in winter and ease kitchen heat in summer. It also highlights an automatic posthole digger shovel with a pivoting blade and a telescoping pipe wind guard, noting ease of use and labor savings.
A reflection on how pursuing a personal by-product of leisure, here local history and self education, enriches the mind and career. The text cites Wallace and Miller as examples, praising purposeful reading, self instruction, and the rotation of intellectual fields to sustain growth.
The article notes Persians decorate flowers with rings of paper or velvet, layering colors between petals to create bizarre, bouquet like blooms. It also briefly mentions social quips about Mrs Gadsby and Mrs Gabble in a conversational aside.
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