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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1903
Page
7
The readable segments reference prices and products from Foster M iburn Co Buffalo NY and Austin's Pancake flour, with stray phrases about cigars, clothing, and medical claims. The passage is fragmentary and lacks a coherent news item, mixing advertising and scattered terms.
Readers warned about cheap baking powders sold by peddlers containing alum sulphuric acid or lead salts. Authorities condemn alum in food and Congress bars its sale in DC. Yale experts call alum powders poisonous, urging use of reputable cream of tartar brands. Also a brief note on portraits revealing character in diagnosis.
Grover Cleveland states in a Princeton letter to St Uair McKelway that he will never accept the nomination for a third term. He says the determination is unalterable and conclusive and asks the Eagle to publish it for the public.
In a Philadelphia Press quip exchange Towne mocks Dumley’s fiancé for calling him versatile. Browne counters that he is indeed versatile, though Towne retorts he is a regular idiot, while Browne concedes many different kinds of andiot.
The fragment describes peace pipes, leather goods with India, birch baskets, quivers, mats, and beaded buckskin items. It notes most artifacts lack otter skins and rareHaidi work from Alaska’s Pacific coast.
Lon Manley recounts his illness and recovery after doctors declared Bright's Disease incurable. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with restoring his health, ending years of kidney stomach and liver troubles and enabling him to work again.
The annual sacred camel journey from Constantinople to Mercea, once entirely on foot, now partly transported from Scutari to Beirut. The start remains at Scutari with cannon salvos and officials riding guard mules bearing gifts, robes, and guards. At Beirut pilgrims join, swelling to thousands by Mecca, guarding the treasure laden animal amid hostile tribes.
A test of the Polish and Virng telegraph system achieved 40000 words per hour between Berlin and Frankfort Germany. The report notes the high speed and potential for rapid long distance messaging. A separate note advertises Mrs. Austins brown pancakes inviting readers to try them.
A jumble of items mentions Iowa Wesleyan scholarship free of debt, Bishop Webber’s grave discovery in Queensland, Pope Pius X’s French reading ability, Plymouth Church founder Whitney’s death at 90, a new carved oak pulpit for Whippingham church, Rev Dr B W Hutchinsop’s election as West Virginia State president, a New York City resident’s letter of complaint, and the death of Alida Hay, a prominent Baptist clergyman and Newton Theological Seminary president.
An advertisement asserts catarrh cannot be cured by local treatment and must be taken internally. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a top physician endorsed remedy and urges readers to send for a sample from J. Cerne & Co and family bills are the best.
Vague fragments show a ton rial artist menacing a restless man with a razor. A joke about keys and a wife pressing a button appears alongside odd product mentions and local place names. The readable text hints at humorous misadventure rather than a clear event.
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