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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
7
A fragmented verse depicts pigs of lead and tools personified in a grim workshop. The speaker wrestles with mechanical hardship and refuses to weight down further, finally turning away from the smelting shed to reclaim a sense of control. Abonymous presents a cryptic meditation on labor, machinery, and restraint.
A 1905 testimonial extols Cuticura Remedies for skin eruptions with Emma E. Wilson of Liscomb Iowa recounting relief after repeated outbreaks. The piece also shares a Western senator’s son misidentifying President Roosevelt in a magazine caption, prompting a humorous exchange about fame and praise.
Directions describe using galvanized iron wire bent into half inch loops spaced six inches apart and stretched between long screw eyes to screen a piazza. Vine is fastened with circular wire pieces and can be reshaped seasonally without disturbing the plant. The text also includes a clipped dramatic scene about two sisters and a servant in a dining room.
In Ohio a renowned eccentric lawyer habitually rubbed hands and paced before speaking. A younger attorney mimicked the motions, then spoke and sat. The elder remarked that the young man acts like a good lawyer but talks like a fool, illustrating courtroom theater.
A Washington family reports ten days on Postum Food Coffee cleared stomach troubles and sallow complexions caused by years of tea and coffee. They experienced better digestion, clearer tongues, and steadier nerves after switching, with all members noting improved health and appetite.
The annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Minneapolis drew a solemn and proud crowd. Veterans marched between flags, with Den ver band, drill corps of twenty two women, and a grand escort led by Commander in Chief Tanner.
John P. O'Brien, a laborer in St Louis wrecking work, found jewels worth 50000 hidden in a wall crack after a servant to the Devonshire couple confessed aboard India voyage. The jewels were stolen from Mr and Mrs P Henry Clayton during a Louisiana Purchase Exposition visit two years before.
Prof James H Breasted of the University of Chicago returns from the Upper Nile with a discovery pushing the calendar back to 4241 B C The article in the Biblical World explains that the calendar began then and shows revolutions aligning seasons and star rises during 140 143 A D and 1320 B C The oldest fixed date in history is 4241 B C
Prof Gregory of Yale geology warns that the San Francisco quake will recur with universal disastrous results. Dr Albert E Jenks joins Minnesota as sociology assistant professor while Dr Walter Volz to head a Liberian hinterland expedition. Baltimore’s new agricultural school, headed by Henry D Perky, opens training 600 British teachers plan U S and Canada visit.
A survey of historic chairs and furniture shows vast prices from Louis XIV pieces to a Shah of Persia treasure chair valued at 500000. Tales recount Gladstone seats in Parliament a Duchess tale in Dellys and a Dewitt mystery where a Spanish stevedore allegedly inherits twenty thousand hidden by a widow’s chairs.
Mrs A Taylor of Wharton New Jersey describes severe kidney pain backache dizziness feverish headaches and bearing down pains. After eight boxes of Deans Kidney Pills her symptoms vanished and her strength and health improved, with the product sold for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Sicilian shellfish called puina spins a fine silk thread from a tube at its tongue end. The byssus forms a durable, glossy fabric but remains rare and costly, gathered by Sicilian fishermen. Snow in Antarctica occurs only during southern winds in summer, occasionally in other seasons with strong south winds raising temperatures dramatically.
An assortment of faded items includes an Allen's Foot-Ease 4 powder advertisement claiming foot relief for corns bunions and sweaty feet with a mailed sample offer. It also mentions miscellaneous quotes about reserved Millie and a Lewis' Straight 5c cigar. The text notes Formosa's Japanese population at 50 000 of a larger total.
Miss Leopold of Menasha Wisconsin writes that three years of a severe skin condition left her in constant concern. After trying Peruna she reports marked improvement and eventual restoration of health and strength. Mrs Hettle Green of Lake, IM also praises Peruna for easing catarrh, reducing pain, improving appetite and flesh gain.
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