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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
8
A damaged OCR fragment mentions Dr. Shoop and night care, industry claims, and large works in England. It cites Nile floods July to October, Abyssinian rainfall, Chinese population totals, and mineral and mining data. It references Vermont granite, stone production, miner death rates, and power plant capacities.
The Bontoc Igorrotes from the Philippines travel to Springfield for the Minois State Fair. Visitors can study their primitive agriculture and culture, including war dances, songs, spear throwing, and mock battles. The exhibit is endorsed by the press and officials as an educational display.
Rural Zanesville resident Mary Lee credits Dr King's New Discovery for James Lee's recovery from severe illness. The letter describes early choking and coughing relief, noting the product as a throat and lung remedy. Sold at Wm Robinson & Co. drug store with 50 cent and one dollar trial bottles and a guarantee.
The village ordinances levy 1859 dollars and 20 cents for the current fiscal year beginning May first 1908 to cover electric lights police and street commissioners walks and streets. The village clerk is directed to file a certified copy with Peoria County clerk. ordinance passed and approved August 3 1908.
Mrs Chas E Smith of West Frankfort Maine endorses Dr King’s Life Pill as a painless laxative. The product praised for easy action without fuss and sold at Wm Robinson & Co drug store for 25 cents.
Reliable quality is praised by smokers of the Lewis Single Binder cigars. The ad touts annual sales surpassing nine million and claims the product uses rich mellow tobacco with a long standing reputation.
In Lucerne 12 000 stamps on view from many nations. An Egyptian report cites native families paying about 460 per acre in tax or 28.5 percent of crops. Other items note San Francisco rebuilding funds after the quake and Turner’s estate valued at five million with hundreds of works.
A jumble of folk beliefs about black cats curing ailments and bringing luck. It cites remedies using cat skins and hairs, cat sacrifices in ancient Egypt, and local superstitions about misfortune if cats are killed. The text moves to miscellaneous sayings about dogs, wind, and a few odd anecdotes about neighbors and schemes.
A compilation of aphorisms and maxims attributed to ancient authors and poets. The excerpts cover themes of deceit courage prudence fate and virtue with brief reflective lines linked to authors such as Shakespeare Aeschylus Aristophanes and Plato.
Historic notice reports Luther Burbank’s cactus plant as a potential jumbo source of forage and fruit. It details a model nursery in California’s Balton Sea district with 1,200 plants thriving and claims acre yields far surpass alfalfa. It notes possible global use of 8,000,000 acres of barren soil, diverse product uses, and high human food value.
German scholar Lange studied European and American health data to conclude married men live longer and suffer fewer illnesses. He cites statistics from Hamburg Liverpool Chicago Rome and other cities during epidemics to support his view.
The Illinois State Fair begins September 25 and runs eight days through October 2. Applications for space stalls and pens pour in as organizers expect the grandest exhibition of live stock farm products and machinery ever on the fair grounds. Premiums total 865 000 and favorable weather and low railroad rates promise a record crowd.
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