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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1925
Page
2
A Detroit Free Press quotation praises General Sherman's logistics and railway repair prowess. It recalls a banquet toast by Judge Gary praising Sherman as an efficient overseer able to redeploy trains quickly, with a humorous note about duplicate tunnels and Confederate threats.
The government of France has decided that women are eligible for top posts in the postal and telegraph service. Women may become office chiefs managers inspectors and participate in promotions within one of the country’s major government ministries.
The Maharajah of Gwalior who died in Paris left gifts including forty ambun lances a fleet of cars to England and a three months supply of cigarettes for all Indian troops in France.
Quotations from the Detroit Free Press highlight a wife's penchant for the last word in fashion items. The exchange wittily contrasts domestic banter with shopping for hats gowns and hosiery.
The line offers a stark take on wit and its limits, asserting that short, terse speech can magnify a speaker's flaws and theatrics. It contrasts the charm of concision with the danger of overreaching, hinting at the costs of ostentation in communication.
At a 4 merry party in Carter Blake's studio apartment Jerry Harmer meets Duane Allerton. He admires her. she likes him. Allerton becomes exhilarated, with unfortunate results. Jerry leaves the party and the tale shifts to her Des Moines childhood. At twenty she seeks to study art in New York.
In a divided household, Jerry plans to study art in New York with Rhoda La Faye arranging rooming in Greenwich Village. Jerrold frets that a daughter should stay home, Prudence hides tears, and both parents grapple with letting go as Jerry prepares to depart with funds and support for the journey.
Rhoda surprises Jerry at Grand Central in a brisk, self assured mood. They leave for a taxi and explore New York with Rhoda planning her busy schedule. Theresa Brady is praised for helping Jerry settle at Mim Delaney’s while Rhoda juggles grounds for three pictures.
Jerry enters a dingy gaudy New York rooming house run by Mimi and Theresa. Miss Harmer meets her landlady and new companions, Rhoda’s absence and a rush order complicate her stay as she braces for a lonely, frugal, but promising start in the city.
A terse note describes Jerry entering an alien social scene and facing questions about fitting in. The piece hints at shifting social dynamics, with an emphasis on adaptation and personal perception within a new environment.
A burglar broke into a bank and read a red sign claiming the safe was unlocked. He tried the knob, triggering lights, an alarm, electric shock, and a bulldog. An hour later the man confessed his flaw, saying he trusted human nature too much.
An Oregon researcher investigates the myth that ancient longevity came from drinking tree sap. He notes humans may live seventy to eighty years while a California redwood seedling from 6525 BC could reach 2,500 years. Isolating a longevity substance could surpass youth restoration claims, Capper's Weekly reports.
The last federal census shows United States farm buildings valued at 11.49 billion with an average per farm of 1,781 dollars. Iowa leads with 22.75 million total and an average of 4,823 dollars, while the District of Columbia shows an average of 967 dollars and a total of 1,421,221 dollars, though figures appear misprinted.
United States aviators conducted trials dispersing fog by releasing electrified sand. The method reportedly produced small rain showers that broke up dense cloud masses, offering a potential fog clearing technique.
Donald B. MacMillan reports finding mosquitoes within 700 miles of the North Pole. The Duluth News Tribune warns vacationers to skip sheer silk hose and peek-a-boo waists if heading that way.
Marvelous. Who shan't I tel first Cornell Widow. The pride that goeth before a fall taketh a tumble to itself.
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