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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1907
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR shows an advertisement style mention of bolster-like products for backs. Names and details are unclear but reference to pads or supports and a Buffalo based Foster-Aijiburn Co. appears. The legibility limits full attribution.
The city gossips discuss Prince rea tan't visiting Chicago while noting grocers stock our pie flavors lemon chocolate custard each ten cents makes two pies. The hummingbird incubation period is ten days and a Lon don to Teheran telegraph circuit spans 4000 miles in twelve sections.
An advertisement extols a well known laxative, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as a trusted health product endorsed by physicians and the Well Informed of the World. It urges consumers to buy the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. remedy through leading druggists.
The 1907 farm year shows record or near record values across crops. Cotton hay and wheat yield high values with total crop value around 2.878 billion dollars, dairy and poultry contributions rising, irrigation reaching 11 million acres, and exports noted as year end data.
The report notes leather remains in strong demand for shoe factories while hide supplies stay limited and absorb slowly despite price drops. Chicago district figures show trade shifts with utilities over five thousand dollars down slightly from last week and a year ago, reflecting broader Dun's Review of Trade observations.
Bradstreet's Commercial Report notes wider improvement in New York and national finance with stronger security markets and looser money conditions. Trade remains quiet and holiday effects curb purchasing while industrial activity stays constrained. Banking improves but lending remains restricted and failures rise modestly with US 250 and Canada 40 that week.
Price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee and Buffalo alongside grain futures and commodities. Notable figures include Chicago cattle $4.00 to $6.60 hogs $4.00 to $5.17 sheep $3.00 to $4.75 wheat No 2 8c to 95c oats 4c to 48c butter 24c to 27c eggs 22c to 27c and corn 59c to 60c.
The article extols Borax as a simple, economical disinfectant for homes. It claims Borax disinfects, softens water, cleanses clothes, clears skin, removes dandruff, and can be used safely on delicate fabrics and faces with hot water only, without prescription.
A reader notes the excessive reform zeal of ferry company signs. They point to the notice that warns against spitting on the floor while also reminding passengers life preservers are provided, questioning the logic and proportionality of the punishment.
A Piermont mother recalls her twenty two year old son once plagued by a severe eczema starting at four months. After trying many patent medicines she used Cuticura Remedies and reports improvement in two months and complete recovery in six months.
Dialogue reveals Verens claiming he did not hear the initial discussion with Mr. Ferguson while Mistress notes the last words matter more to her. The snippet shows tension over who heard what during a wrangle.
An advertisement asserts deafness results from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. It claims local applications fail and nine of ten cases stem from catarrh. It offers $100 for any deafness case caused by catarrh that cannot be cured and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Pills from Cheney Co. Toledo Ohio.
A clergyman asks the caller the hour of solemnization and learns the couple plan eight o'clock tomorrow evening. The caller, shy and twirling his hat, says he is the clown and she is the lady bareback rider, insisting no need for solemnity.
The British colonial government plans a 400 mile railway in Nigerie Africa to develop resources and stimulate cotton farming, aiming to connect key regions and improve trade and production.
Fragmented OCR preserves mentions of a taxidermist display a gorilla and a veteran parishioner doctor. The text references a Lat oe the and a Lewis' Factory with a ruined Vatation ending and asks when works will resume.
Advert says Pazo Ointment cures all cases of itchiness bleeding or other symptoms within 14 days or money back. Mentions Irish bogs and peatlands.
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