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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1900
Page
1
For sale in central Kansas four acres of land on the Union Pacific line near the county seat. Land features fish black soil, wheat production potential, 175 cultivated acres, priced at 15 per acre with 1000 cash and balance financed. Advertised by R Hindle urging settlement and prospect of a great time at the picnic.
Local notes list 25 cent doll soap at Memler Bros and Cummins window bargains. New style buggy at H L Fishers, screen doors priced. Myrttle and Loreweed visiting Wyoming. Castleton’s Mr Gleason visiting half brother C L Bolt. Shoes for feet and purse at Memler Bros. Upcoming novelties in Cummins window Saturday. Haywards summer shirts nearly sold out. Neue Delft Enameled ware promoted by Archer. J L Maher seeks livestock turnout on Strain farm. C L Diligan buys rubber tired survey and horse. turnouts praised. James Maher of Buffalo visiting Patrick Maher. past livery ties. Allie McDonnell to host grand ball August 16 with Marino’s Italian band. tickets 100 cents, supper extra. Wyoming Fair Aug 28–31 promises big crowds and attractions. expectations include balloon, ferris wheel, excursions, premiums paid. Piles note for Tabler’s Buckeye Pile Ointment price 50 cents, tubes 75. Modern Woodmen Degree team receives aluminum boxes and Chief Forester’s sword. uniforms awaited. Rose Brown returns from Vinton visit. mentions Mrs Tickham and Brimfield friends. Des Moines and Des Moines region visits cited. pleasantries exchanged.
A Lincoln Nebraska News note mocks the laureate's poetry for overusing the word lawn, joking that between poems he pushes the family lawn mower in a lighthearted aside about the writer's recurring lawn imagery.
The Quebec Chronicle notes the Zonsunesinge reef in Canada runs about fifty miles long and seven miles wide while western Canada’s Lake of the Woods gold district spans about 250 by 150 miles. It also describes Chinese pirates infesting imperial waterways, plundering merchant ships and retreating to mountain fastnesses, with local officials turning a blind eye for profit.
An advertisement promotes The Corn Belt monthly paper with farm land information, letters from farmers, and pictures of homes barns and stock. Subscriptions cost 25 cents for a year sent to Tax Coin Bank at 300 Adams Street Chicago.
Burlington route sale notice lists May 1 and 15 June 5 19 July 3 17 and Rognet 7 and £1. Rates start at lowest first class plus 2 dollars for rough trip. Final ticket limit 21 days. Tickets to all points West Southwest North Northwest and South and Southeast. R R Morony, Agent.
About three miles from San Francisco Cal an interesting old Spanish mission and church founded by Jesuit missionaries over 109 years ago has been partly enclosed with wood to preserve it.
The record shows monthly immigration in the United States surpassing all previous years, with May totals reaching 56,812 and the present month expected to rise further, signaling a broad upward trend in arrivals.
Professor Fiker of Strasbourg reports discovery of Luther autograph manuscripts in the Vatican library. Two commentaries on Romans and Hebrews are dated 1516 and 1317, written just before Luther posted the ninety five theses at Wittenberg.
Modern warfare draws large audiences as people from wealth and leisure travel to military operations. General Otin's task in the Philippines is to keep engineers from visiting Manila while a wave of tourists from South Africa adds pressure to military sites.
A Greenland publication from Godthaab appears as a single sheet printed in three Esquimo columns. Subscriptions use animal skins as payment: two ducks for three months or a sable skin for a year. Single copies cost one fowl each.
London notes reveal a year of growing net debt across local bodies led by the county council up £1,468,245. The school board adds £560,843 while the asylums board increases £130,590 and guardians vestries and other authorities £725,743. Police show a decrease of £13,024.
In Was, George Doersam, a neighbor described as a blacksmith, makes merry music while shoeing a troublesome horse. On one side NR Haefly and Betaburee? deax, on the other Doersam pounds an anvil, with Postmaster KI singing a Methodist hymn in the alley, providing amusement after setting type.
A Brooklyn office clerk named William E. Farren earns 75 dollars monthly and has served thirteen weeks. His father requests his discharge claiming the youth wastes his money, drinks heavily, and roams Bath with no savings, risking his health and reputation.
The late Caesar, a 9 year old, 3 foot tall allay dog owned by Mrs. T B M Cardeza of Germantown Pa, will be honored with a monument costing 200. The dog was buried in a fine silk lined coffin with silver handles. The monument will bear the inscription Erected to an old and faithful friend.
The states of Texas Mississippi and Georgia have ended convict leasing and now use convicts on farms especially cotton. The shift defeats free labor injury and yields best returns. Mississippi and Texas report profits and cite reduced hardships and cruelties tied to leasing.
An extraordinary lightning strike during a heavy thunder storm in Coventry hit a watchmaker’s chimney stack, splitting it to the basement and magnetizing tools and watches. All steel items were charged, and experts doubt the smaller parts can be demagnetized while longer tools may be permanently affected.
The Indianapolis Press notes the 20th century opens with international clashes, citing global death tolls reaching tens of thousands in Africa and the Philippines since January, predictions of further upheaval in Turkey, and a Pekin scholar warning of trouble for kingdoms mid-year according to Chinese almanacs.
Rich Find ty an Ash Barrel tells how William H Knight a Jersey farmer bought six barrels of wood ashes from a deceased miser for one dollar. The ashes yielded three hundred dollars in coins hidden at the bottom of one barrel, proving the man’s shrewdness and surprising neighbors.
An advertisement lists agents for Phoenix and other fire insurance firms offering reliable service and best rates at the Exchange Bank. The notice promotes selecting trusted insurers through the bank’s office.
Persuasive note from B PoistenEr offering lower mortgage rates. He invites readers to visit the Gazette Office in Elmwood every Saturday to learn how they may save money on current or upcoming loans and potential payoff options.
The consignor advertises a new line from a leading factory offering savings on all items in the bag and carriage line. Customers are invited to visit the shop to view samples and compare prices.
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