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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
5
Galveston athlete Les Wall delivers a standout performance in a high altitude event, with officials noting exceptional endurance and speed. The mark sets a new personal best and positions Wall among top competitors in the regional meet held in the city.
The text reports a hail storm near Acho in Yellow Medicine County damaging about a third of Frank Rewerts Sr. crop. Theodore Plack, newly arrived in Minnesota, is shocking grain for George Koch's neighbor. Frank Reverts Jr. rushed to a doctor after illness. A heavy rain last Friday caused further crop damage. John Reywerts visited home near Eadio. George Koch Jr. and Theodore Plack visited Henry Smith Sr. last Sunday.
The Wings of the Morning by Louis Tracy is highlighted as a popular serial. The article praises its timely discovery, the paper's keen judgment in fiction, and its ability to deliver the best novels before general publication. It also compares Sunday Magazine of Tar Recosp-Exnato to leading illustrated weeklies.
The Illinois state fair opens in Springfield on September 28 with cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, poultry, farm products, implements and vehicles on display. Sousa's Band headlines nightly concerts and a vast entertainment lineup aims to draw up to 400000 visitors with one fare round trips across Illinois.
The Baptist Church Estes invites attendance with Sunday School at 10 am and services at 11 am and 7 30 pm. Topics include Quce a Child of God Always a Child of God and The Eternal Punishment of The Wicked. Sunday School attendance has risen eighty percent in eight Sundays, followed by a red and blue badge campaign and a concluding entertainment.
Mrs Frieda Murphy records receipt of 2000 for the benefit certificate of the late Lewis V Hamilton in Brimfield District Court of Honor and commends prompt settlement and faithful fulfillment. Thanks Zerlyk Lodge K of P for kindness and prompt payment of benefit claim. Mas Exrzanern Hammon.
For Sale. snd groves. One of the best corn and stock farms on the prairies. This farm is a money maker for the right man. For particulars inquire of
The Kansas City Journal notes three brothers, William Bill and Will, sons of Blue Fore man from Tahlequah, as potential history makers whose actions would raise national stature. A curious aside mentions a Saxon goddess Est and a meal compromise reflecting linguistic distortions from ancient worship.
British Columbia hatcheries have secured a full supply of salmon spawn and fish ladders have opened a large district long cut off from salmon. The number of young salmon this year will exceed all prior years, promising a very large run in 1907.
A tall man with carrot whiskers says the Chinese are getting wiser. The short man in green suspenders agrees, and a garbled exchange follows mentioning a laundryman and pyrography with nonsensical wording.
The account describes elderly obedience rituals in Abyssinia where a son orders his father to climb a tree and jump. if he lands unsuccessfully, the son kills him. It also notes tribes sewing skins and a barbaric method of dealing with strangers by binding and rolling them over a cliff.
A garbled London News fragment notes a housemaid Mary and church linoleum over the aisle with insects burned at both services. A Chicago Tribune quip warns against billboard claims of new alcohol formulas and calls out deceptive wording.
One of the largest S hands constructs a vast artificial lake at Rajpotent called the great tank of Dhebar. It is described as the largest reservoir in the world, used for irrigation and covering about 21 square miles.
The author contemplates a familiar spirit named Oetzmr as a guide for practical tasks. He imagines a spirit that would assist moving a piano, arranging drawers, and locating a lost collar stud, providing reliable help on demand.
The Osage Indians are described as inveterate gamblers devoted to poker with a non draw game. Ret Millard, the Osage Indian agent, notes their variant uses nine or ten dollar stakes, five cards to each, and betting on the hand. Bets can rise to hundreds after a payment.
A fragment notes Risbons with Flower in the ribbon 25 an index to the countenary of the bez, suggesting a ceremonial or decorative item tied to a commemorative list. The sparse text references a ribbon tied feature and a numbered index.
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