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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1899
Page
2
John Marsden famed for wearing the Moma diamond is accosted by a masked footpad in a dark byway. A swift clash ends with the attacker sprawled in the ditch as Marsden escapes with his famed jewel and other precious signset jewelry.
Marsden helps an assaulted man on a dark road with a blown cover story. The stranger is a Brazilian thief who lost the Moma diamond in a card game on an ocean liner. Marsden shelters him, learns the diamond’s true origin, and later sends the cyclist home with a share of the stone.
Musicians deride Big Ben’s tone but all agree the clock in the House of Commons tower is an extraordinary timekeeper. The hammer mechanism uses weights about a ton and a half on a 174 foot shaft, delivering the strike within one second of Greenwich mean time after the chimes end.
Timothy Knockdown, an auctioneer, and his wife visit Margate for a seaside trip. On day two he longs to return home, lamenting that locals know his business and that forty boatmen remind him it is a nice day for a gale.
A dreaming plant labeled The Dewey Plant with blood red tassels hangs from glossy leaves near Broad and Chestnut. A duplicate was spotted six months earlier in another town site marked Admiral Dewey's favorite flower. It is described as a native of the Philippine Islands. Some people are willing to...
The piece recalls Senator Thurston of Nebraska grieving for his late wife after a Cuba visit, noting his new wife Miss Lola Furman. It also mentions the Senate’s line of presidential succession, President Frye, and details about Lt. Matthew F. Meiklejohn, Gen. Otis’ daughters, and Ensign Gherardi, highlighting naval and military service in the era.
Isaac Brock of McLennan County Texas aged 111 credits Peruna for his longevity. He says catarrh and related ailments are one disease and hails Dr Wartman and Hartman’s Peruna as the best remedy. A free catarrh book is offered by The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio.
A massive pyramidal rock in Tandil on the mountain slope stands 90 feet long 18 feet wide and 71 feet high with an estimated bulk of 5000 cubic feet and weight around 24 tons. Despite its size one person can rock it as wind from the southeast blows and the rock sways like the branches of a tree.
The John M Smyth Co of Chicago warns no agents represent the firm and urges the public to beware of impostors traveling the country selling goods for cash or notes in the firm’s name.
Stage manager instructs Mr Heavy to play Alonzo with confidence, promising the audience will be pleased despite the first act death. The exchange is delivered in a theatrical short story style, hinting at performance pressure and stage dynamics.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to use Cascarets to ease constipation rather than brute force. It touts gentle, natural relief, testimonials, and money back guarantees, listing prices, distribution by Sterling Remedy Co. and locations in Chicago Montreal and New York.
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