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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
3
A reader guide offers simple handmade items from sleeveless sweaters and aprons to hand carved nib sights and decorative caps. Tips include using wool for warmth, tasselled belts, and quick sewing ideas such as knitted marines gifts, paper patterns, and fabric globe motifs for practical yet stylish home crafts.
A nostalgic guide offers affordable handmade gift ideas for Christmas. Suggestions include crocheted baby accessories, a cashmere cap and jacket, hand embroidered kerchiefs, painted hanger gifts, and personalized monogrammed handkerchiefs, all crafted with simple materials to suit modest budgets.
In a lawyer's city office John Gaines a gambler and Norma Winston stage a dramatic ruse to support a widow and his aging mother. Gaines hires Norma as his pretend wife for a day to comfort his mother and to spare the woman from ruin, then reveals a new life of charity and reunion.
A correspondent reports three century old Endicott pear tree from Danvers Mass planted by Gov John Endicott over 300 years ago in New Salem bears fruit yearly. Pears from the tree, preserved as an heirloom, are sent in a basket 300 years old to the royal palace in London, highlighting a link to pre revolutionary colonial history.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a widow challenging a clever man. The speaker questions his mercy and threat, while another character suggests the threat may be impossible to meet. The scene hints at tension and wit without full context.
A clothing ad promoting Cuticura products claims a single hot bath with Cuticura Soap and gentle Cuticura Ointment will cure distressing eczemas itchings and burns. It offers free samples by mail with a Book and address postcard to Cuticura Dept. L Boston and notes sales everywhere.
Readers are urged to avoid talking about themselves to gain popularity while noting the German currency crisis and efforts to understand a mysterious entry point into a trap.
Figures from a competent authority show the United States, already the world’s largest sugar consumer, becoming the world’s largest exporter of refined sugar during the war period. From 100,000,000 pounds in 1913 exports rose to 1,500,000,000 pounds in 1916, with earlier leading exporters Germany Austria Hungary Russia and France fading.
A fragment from Everybody's Magazine in Toledo Ohio shows a humorous remark about McTavish and learning the grime. It includes a sworn statement by Frank J Cheney of F J Cheney & Co. in Toledo asserting a large catarrh medicine claim and a notary public witness dated December 6. The text ends with a quip about strong opinions.
A concise aphorism hints that domestic quarrels strip away the bonds of marriage, comparing conflicts to coupons ripped from the union and leaving a strained relationship in their wake.
A testimonial extols Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets, claiming the tonic purges poisons from blood and restores vitality. The speaker, Govuveley, describes severe prior weakness and nervousness, credits the remedies with renewed health, and endorses continued use.
A terse dialogue fragment shows a governess named Dorothy declining a request for her apple, invoking Eve's fall and ongoing criticism. The exchange ends with a brief judge remark, capturing a moral or social judgment tone.
An advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as superior to ordinary cough remedies for coughs bronchitis and lung troubles. It promises restful nights and easy morning expectoration aiding recovery and notes bottles sold for 80 and 90 cents. The piece also references fumigation men and a contrast between wisdom and brute passion in a scattered closing line.
The piece argues that talent focused on appearing pleasant in an easy office chair rarely propels a man forward. It stresses practical skills, drive, and real achievements over surface impressions in professional advancement.
Thousands of women with kidney and bladder trouble may ignore symptoms. Kidney issues cause back pain headaches nervousness and fatigue. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root promises relief with a sample offer and drugstore availability.
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