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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1906
Page
1
W L Haywarp calls on all debtors to settle accounts promptly at theatore. He signs as the creditor and urges immediate payment to clear balances.
Henry Apaus announces a first class blacksmith ready for plow work, horse shoeing, and diverse metal jobs at his Stretchit shop. Daily feed grinding offered, all work on short notice, call for needs in the line.
Sale of privileges for Old Settlers day will be on the grounds Saturday afternoon at 2 o clock. Organizers include L G Capy from Ang and Hi A Buuspy.
Wyoming fairs schedule and local notices appear alongside farm sales and visits. Ray Clark and L H Clark departed for Minnesota, Dr Corcoran from Peoria visited relatives, and Agnes McLaughlin from Peoria vacationed in Brimfield. Alice literary and music program hosted at M E parsonage with refreshments.
Batesville Indiana resident A J Nagbaum reports lasting three months of summer cold symptoms that disrupted work. A doctor's remedy failed and other medicines aggravated his condition before Fo ley's Honey and Tar rapidly cured him. His wife later saw the same relief.
The report notes the gold premium in Hayth now fluctuates from four hundred to six hundred percent, reflecting a volatile market with wide price gaps for refined gold.
The Chinese board of education has issued an order to stop the practice of binding women's feet by prohibiting the sale of small shoes. The action aims to curb the outdated custom and protect women's health and rights.
A quotation by Alice Wellington Rollins on the test of a woman's powers and a brief note on a Russian peasant practice and prairie folklore, mentioning a goblet of miffinéd and buffalo blood as a legendary drink.
A historical note reports lightning flashes often last about one forty thousandth of a second, with fifty parts of a second cited as an extreme duration. The measurement effort highlights the astonishing brevity of most flashes and the challenge in timing them.
Danjuro is the idol of the Japanese stage with consistent crowds. Theaters stay open year round, but the session runs three weeks monthly and is strongest in spring. He earns 5000 dollars for a twenty day season and has received larger sums on special occasions.
Two weary mortals retire at midnight as a rail whistle interrupts the scene. One asks if the top note will drop while the other urges calm, noting the whistle is from the railway in the background.
Report mentions a British firm sending a stern wheel paddle steamer to Tierra del Fuego to dredge for gold. Authorities say sand and river beds hold gold in great quantities and predict the area will become a world famous gold producing center within a year.
Claude U Stone office hours are 8 to 3 daily with superintendent days Mondays and the Grat Saturday monthly from September 1 to June 1 and June 1 to September 1 daily. Regular teacher certification exams at the courthouse on the third Friday and Saturday after October January April and July starting at 8 a m. Exams follow a fixed schedule with Arithmetical History Grammar Reading Penmanship Civics Friday and Geography Pedagogy Saturday Physiology Orthography History of Illinois Botany Zoology Physics on Saturday. State Normal school grades accepted in lieu of exams. circulars sent on request. Office 3rd floor courthouse room 85 Peoria Ill.
Farmers on rural routes invited to choose a farm name and have one hundred envelopes printed for fifty cents. Each envelope includes a return card and place name, promising affordability and easy return of lost letters.
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