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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
8
A reader reports annual sales near nine million and lauds Lewis' Smze Hinder straight cigars for rich flavor and quality. Skeptics note imitators but many smokers prefer the famed brand and seek its well-regarded taste and construction.
Negotiations to bring Cornell Yale and Harvard rowing crews to Seattle for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Monthly regattas on Lake Washington, a big purse to attract eastern crews, and races planned with California Stanford and the University of Washington. Track meets, Army and Navy title games, Pacific Coast championships, and international balloon races will also feature. The Pacific fleet will be stationed in Seattle harbor, boosting attendance.
The editor is praised for protecting the country with a strong pen. He champions patriotism and local town advancement, opposing foreign tyranny. The poem notes he accepts various gifts in gratitude, including produce and cash.
George Kelson aged 19 from Henderson Knox County powered 223 bushels 30 pounds in 10 hours 4 minutes on a 60 bushel per acre field. He worked for Wing Davidson one mile north of Henderson and beat the previous record of 205 bushels. Official timers were Wm Shepherd and Wm Goff.
A $25 reward is offered for information leading to a conviction under liquor laws. The notice is issued by the Law and Order League of Brimfield township, calling for help to enforce temperance statutes.
A wide-ranging collection notes London workhouses birth rates, Bergen’s paper church seating 1060, UK child insurance, rapid plant growth rates, Formosan sugar mill machinery purchases, Henry VI at eight months old, opium shop counts in Shanghai, medical underwear advice, cholera belts, Washington’s census figure 839 403, Rangoon sanitary service plan, California coal land near Monterey, coal vein quality, and Fitzpatrick on US fire losses vs new building costs and insurance.
An Echison Globe snippet surveys social values moral worth and audience appeal. It notes the need to thank delivery workers and the elusive praise of a good lecturer while contrasting genuine virtue with showy behavior. It ends with an ad for Dr Milews Anti Pain Pills offering 25 doses for 25 cents.
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as fast relief for headaches. It cites a testimonial from Mrs Louise Lewellyn of Powell South Dakota and notes 45 000 druggists sell the product with a 25 cent first package refund offer.
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