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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
6
The poem recalls a humble home scene with elms cedar and honeysuckle, and the mulberry tree on the lawn. It contrasts simple domestic joy with wealth, noting peace health and family warmth through seasons and memories shared by children and a wife.
The narrator recalls a visit to Marshall’s Corners where Mrs. Perry, beloved yet initially disliked, entertains with song and warmth. A later rainy confession reveals a personal grievance about leaving city life for rural illness, with tension over Alfred and the strained household.
A narrator recalls a nightmarish dream revealing the husband Alfred's decline under a gloomy home atmosphere. The vision shows the narrator bearing her own epitaph My Lady Disdain, prompting a realization that her fault-finding mood worsened Alfred’s condition and he is urged to change.
A collage of reminiscences and rural proverbs recounts health rhymes and apples as symbol and sustenance. The piece notes Dorset dialect verses linked to harvest customs, cider toasts, and a cheer for the apple tree while reflecting on country life and aging.
An English grandmother objects to odd nicknames and the American practice of formal full names. Annabel, 16, resents being called Hannah as a result of her grandmother’s insistence that names sound too fancy for daily use. A maid’s introduction of Hannabel to the household creates further confusion and tension.
A 19th century piece asserts scientists can cure lovesickness using hypnotic treatment and mind erasure of undesirable lovers. It discusses how heartache could be treated like a disease, with experts claiming tests and machines measure the strength of affairs and guide relief. The piece notes risks to authors and dramatists if such cures become common.
The memorandum notes a Navy Yard program led by Rear Admiral Endicott proposing millions for docks and public works. It covers yards lighting pavement and heating plants, plus new decks for Boston and Puget Sound. The goal is faster dock construction to expand ship capacity and meet growing naval needs.
A garbled passage describes Jones involved in a confusing incident with his wife and a Shia employer. The account mentions being detained in an office on business, with Harper's cited and a reference to a 72 year old figure. The text remains unclear but centers on a tense personal dispute and workplace disruption.
Corrected engineering data of the complete surveys of the Western Pacific railroad are available. Plans are under way to shorten the route of the Baltimore and Ohio between Chicago and Baltimore. Estimates place next year's improvements at about 35 billion dollars. Preparations are being made by Illinois railroads for a 12 percent reduction in official freight rates to oppose an order deemed unjust to railroads. A Pine Island Farmers Elevator Company case against the Chicago Great Western for grain freight discrimination will be heard in St Paul. A solid through Chicago to Los Angeles train is now in service via Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern, electric lighted, with sixty-eight hour schedule. Major new locomotives are being received for Chicago–St Paul, Chicago–Omaha, and Chicago New Orleans lines. passenger engines are Pacific type and balanced for service.
A garbled OCR passage mentions fire violence and a sick headache. It references a map, a kidney note, back pain, and a mix of stray phrases about bills, boxes, and warlike terms, with unclear attributions and no coherent event.
The article cites U S figures like Upham returning from a weeks long European trip and remarking that American news, especially insurance scandals, dominates London and Paris papers. It notes Roosevelt’s name is barely known in Europe and questions his private life status.
The readable text mentions coughs and illnesses tied to a local area with scattered references to medical terms and remedies. It also includes stray fragments about weather, stages, and a possible public health alert, all hinting at a periodical column mixing health observations with local happenings.
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