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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
3
An article extols Peruna as a restorative tonic to revitalize women and families. It urges women to uphold graceful duties at home, boost strength for care and education of children, and balance domestic life amid a weary world.
The advertisement claims Pe-ru-na is the one medicine women can rely on. It asserts Pe-ru-na benefits all by curing catarrh in any mucous membrane organ and treats congestion as catarrh, offering cures where other remedies fail.
New York markets show dullness and subdued trading as midsummer inactivity dominates and merchants anticipate a firmer fall. Chicago wheat prices rise modestly on European weather and heavy buying, with crop damage in the Dakotas and Minnesota confirmed by the agricultural bureau report. Kansas wheat deliveries remain strong, while heat and drought threaten corn prospects.
A Yangtsun dispatch reports a fatal misfire during the Yangtesun battle where Russians and English units fired on the Fourteenth United States Infantry. Americans misidentified as Chinese in darkness, resulting in ten killed and fifty five wounded. British and Russian casualties also mounted, with an estimated Chinese force of twenty thousand along a three mile Chinese line. The engagement lasted four hours with Russians, British, Americans, and Chinese involved.
Ferrell shot Express Messenger Charles Lane near Milford Center Ohio to fund an upcoming wedding with Miss Lillian Costello. He admitted the theft of the safe money after leaving Cincinnati and reaching Columbus, where police arrested him with Costello. Lane lay dead in the car as the Pennsylvania Express rolled into Columbus, while Ferrell claimed lack of work and imminent marriage as motive. A second note mentions Africa and the Umbali Railway risking depletion of antelope as districts await action.
A Seattle-bound woman once rich from Michigan, La Belle Brooks-Vincent, endured repeated marriages, divorces, and costly gambles from Michigan to Alaska. After misfortune and lawsuits, she fled to Seattle with only $200, facing creditors and a jail stint before returning home penniless.
The article discusses treacherous Chinese rivers during freshets changing courses up to 100 miles, burying lands under sand and causing poverty. It notes canals fail to fix the problem, Pei Ho is erratic due to northern drought, and steamers once reached Taku and Tianjin, highlighting navigation challenges.
Mrs Gates from Johns P O Miss recounts illness after childbirth and credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound after a persuasive letter from Pinkham. She reports regained strength and returning to health following the treatment. Also cited: a Miss Craka Gates letter praising the remedy. Shipyards in Germany fact notes 39 yards employing ~50,000 men and building 528 vessels last year for navy, merchant marine, and river traffic, with five yards for naval vessels and capacity to build large ships, torpedo destroyers, and torpedo boats.
Several enterprising French citizens are extensively engaged in making mummies and shipping them worldwide. The products closely resemble genuine dried cadavers, suggesting even top antiquarians may be duped into accepting them as descendants of ancient kings, nobles, and citizens as claimed by the sellers.
Try Grain-O the new food drink that serves as a coffee substitute for all ages. It comes in rich seal brown color from pure grains and is gentle on delicate stomachs. Available at 15¢ and 25¢ per package, sold by all grocers.
Bavaria operates twenty eight pencil factories employing about 10 000 workers including men women and children. Weekly output reaches over 4 million black pencils and 300 000 colored pencils. Last year total production hit 230 million pencils while cedar usage totaled 1 800 acres.
Advertises Homeseekers excursions on Tuesdays in June July August via Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad to Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Indian Territory Kentucky Louisiana Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Texas. Fare one way plus two dollars round trip with fifteen day outward limit and twenty one day return limit. Mentions new wide vestibibulated train Chicago to Waco and Fort Worth with through sleeping cars and reclining chair cars.
A collage of brief humorous lines and ads from old papers. It includes a quip about brevity from a Chicago Evening Post excerpt, Grain-O beverage ads promoting a coffee substitute, a joke about disguising as a census taker, a Foot-Ease foot powder promo, and a rural dialogue exchange.
In a Somerville Journal item, the theater manager asks if all is ready for the upcoming society play. The property man realizes he was mistaken after the rehearsal and plans to acquire two barrels of disinfectant for the theater tomorrow.
An old ad touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a universal remedy from headache to cancer, promising easy natural movements and quick health recovery. It claims genuine tablets with C. C. C. stamp and warns to beware of imitations, priced at 10 cents to start.
A physician extols stair climbing as the best health practice when done correctly. An ad cites Piso’s Cure as a top throat and lung medicine. Other notes mention Japanese word origins, Hall’s Catarrh Cure, and Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething.
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