Local Notes From Brimfield and Surroundings
Brimfield items report farm work and crops at Johnsons and McClellans, visits by residents to Peoria and Canton, Harvest Home at Yates City, and breezy notes on weather, insurance, and local commerce. Several residents travel to Chicago, Missouri, and Kansas for visits, while a harsh wind storm damages buildings near Brimfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teo H Church
Wy- On
Myrtle
Lulu Hamilton
Frank Taylor
Bethel
Kittie Fisher Hunt
Galesburg
Carrie Whitten
Missouri
Kansas
Geo Longden
Chicago
John R. McCoy
Chanute
Kansa
Tom
Oak Hill
John P Johnson
Mineral
Elmer Hamilton
Curtis Cady
Canton
Wm. Kelly
Buda
Greeley Handwriting Leads to Amusing Misreadings
A humorous anecdote from People’s Magazine recounts Horace Greeley’s scribbled reply to a Sandwich Illinois lecture invitation. The deciphered text misrepresents his age and travel plans, prompting a witty correction from editors and a note on his legible future engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
People’s Magazine
Greeley
Nice
Sandwich
Bir
New York
A Parisian Thief Known for Bold Cab Heist
A Paris thief Louis Bourgard earned notoriety for rifling a moving cab. He ripped cushion cushions and tied horsehair into a parcel, sold it during the ride, then used the proceeds to pay the cab fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Bourgard
Paris
Excess of Power on Suffrage Debate Quote
Washington Star quotes a remark on women’s suffrage noting the view that granting voting rights to married women doubles influence by giving each married woman two votes one for herself and one for her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Fragmentary verse question from a historic text
A scraped line asks about long spoken of happiness and mentions Greek and Italian phrasing. The fragment references wisdom, virtue and a poetic inquiry with odd spellings and incomplete syntax.
Nighttime lights transform interior into fairy landscape
A vivid description notes thousands of scent electric globes lighting the night and a interior decorated with extraordinary magnificence, creating a fairy like effect.
Wars and Costs in Historic Conflicts Across Europe
The text discusses massive war casualties and expenditures in Caesar Napoleon and 19th century and 20th century conflicts. It notes millions dead over nine years and millions in defense costs, with Europe devoting large portions of wealth to armed forces and debt. It mentions Fort Sumter and the Boer War with large troop figures and vast spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caesar
Napoleon
France
Fort Sumter
Bangets
Europe
England
The Raes Not Always To The Swift
A terse proverb notes that speed does not guarantee success as the phrase suggests many fast individuals learn timing and precision trump raw haste in challenging efforts. The observation implies patience and technique can overcome sheer quickness.
Various World Notes from the Era
A collection of brief items mentions the German Empress breakfast routine with the Emperor, Colorado’s forest reserves near 7 million acres, Alfonso XIII as a skilled marksman, a Portland wedding cake from forty years ago, a ceremonial aboriginal drink assine, Paris laundries disinfecting orders, a Paris cook finding a gold ring, Justice Brewster on Japan’s Liberty image, and public mood being calmed by a quoted phrase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Union
Alfonso XIII
Spain
Portland
Minister of Commerce
Paris
Justice Brewster
United States Supreme Court
Japan
Goddess of Liberty
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the Brimfield News
Brimfield
Illinois
Addison Pacey
Telephone
Market Report
Johnson’s
Catton
McClellan's
Mias Belle Maxwell
Bada
Eva Jones
Princeville
Mra J H Snyder
Reliable Phenix
Brooklyn
M. B. Clark
Herman Bryson
Ottumwa
Iowa
Will
Will Lamb
Earlville
Brower
Wm Patton
Young's Siding
Harry Rose
Kewanee
Dahinda
Carrie Kely
Mow
Hi Tao Chirac
HooNe
Fon
Wuphter Fiaren
Meoar
Joa
Hareth
Josey Harter
Wee
Aenond
Fimwood
Arnerd
Arnold Sp
Quincy
Henry Arnold
Fureha Mutea Farmers Insurance
Ty van Kelty
Caen
G H Farnum
Tatess Breese
Cando
North Dakota
Farnum
Mat McDonnell
Chillicothe
Chas. Gauwitz
Sand Point
Henry Tally
Phoebe Pursell
Girard
Elizabeth
Margaret Winne
Peoria
M. BR. Clark
Della Kneer
I. Bragg
Missea Ethel
Clara Lindly
Nebraska
Chas Cooling
Joseph Blundy
Mies Anna Thomas
Laura
Miea Myrtle Arnold
Mel Alyea
Ezra Tucker
Earlvile
William Hawkes
Minonk
A. J. Hawkes
Lawrence
James
Nora O’brien
Mra J IL Maher
Elmwood
John Callings
Knapp
Fred Murnan
St. Francia Hospital
Mr. Murnan
Frank P. Slattery
Lyons
Kaneas
W RB. Weeks
Mr. Blattery
Weeke
Herriott
St Fiernett
Bloomington
Shoop
Shoemaker
Brimfeld
Winois
Congregational
Tld
Richland
Wisconsin
Rastis
Wm. Stanabury
Vermont
Adair
Geo. Reed
Washington
Chas. Dunning
Dundeg
Charles Coulter
Chas. Hall and Children
Misa Ada Wheatcroft
Farmington
Edith and
Jeasia Tryner
Margaret Lackland
Earl
Florence
Ross Fisher
Hallee Brode
G C. Babcock
Chas. McMullen
Newark
N. J
M. R. Clark
Scholes
Mamie Kinney
J. L. Maher
Ed C. McEliece
Dwight
Rushville
California
Albert McCoy
K_ P's
Murdoch Bros
Lewis
McClellan’s
Chal Claypool
W. G. Huey
Gibson City
Assaila
Marion Harland
Martha
Illinois State Electric Association
Illinow Nver
LaSale
Deer Park
McKinley
Starved Rock
E I
Edwin Brown
Elmwood Electric Taught Co
Brown
Slayton Lyceum Bureau
Slayton Tennesseeans
John B Rato
Transcontinental Trio
Buster Browl
C. W. Winne
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Aetna Life Insurance ‘Company of
Hartford, Conn
Carl B. Moore
Brimfield, Il
Horacd
H. B. Castle
Ecrawiy
William
Bennett
New York Postoffice
Manhattan
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Kentucky
Grest
Wisiom
P Sida
Goldsmith
Happese
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