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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
8
An account notes the operation of removing the appendix by a surgeon as a dangerous procedure. The text also promotes Dr King's New Life Pillage, advertised as a cure for constipation headaches and malaria, sold quietly at Robinson's drug store.
Sussell Sage left a vast estate after dying on July 22, 1908. Mrs. Sage announced plans to distribute most of the estate to charity. Her notable gift includes 10 million dollars to establish the Sage foundation, with additional gifts totaling several million and ongoing charitable giving.
70 quarters of farm land in the Great Artisan Basin with deep black soil and yellow clay subsoil raw land priced from 815 to 825 per acre improved farms from 825 to 35 per acre loans available from 81,500 to 2,000 at 6 percent. Enquire of H Lucas Brimfield Liots.
Brimfield area items include visits by Ollia Curran to Galva and various residents to Peoria Wyoming and Elmwood. ads mention Memler Bros neckwear, a public sale by Drs Knapp & Farnum January 12, and auctions led by Col Doug McDonnell. Notables include deaths of Thomas Hayes, Elwood Austin and a hunt trip by local workers. crop data from Secretary Wilson cited.
The Progress Club plans a gathering with Mrs. Dr Knapp at 2:30 on Saturday. The program mentions stories by Mre Lack land and Mre Chichester with quotations from writers noted in Bog Lake Country.
Walter Pulitzer ponders irony in romance and social status. The excerpt notes that misperceptions about love, wealth, and duty persist across classes. It suggests a cycle of heartache before resilience and questions the lure of material security in marriage.
An old Houston Post item notes Patd. Count Zeppelin’s airship exploded with smoke and flame and roar. He later collected cash enough to fund a three wore project.
A garbled passage contrasts the Hlaitian antler valued at nine cents with other currencies and phrases about ducks, eagles, and fate. The disjointed text mentions a “rociane,” a wild duck, and a stray reference to Houston, ending mid-sentence.
An ad extols sleep as restoration for brain and body, warns against sleep loss, and promotes Dr Miles Nervine as a non opiate remedy to ease irritated nerves. It offers a money back return on the first bottle and cites Miles Medical Co of Elkhart Indiana.
The excerpt cites the Suez Canal cost at 120 million 750 thousand dollars, notes 25 000 flint vessels over fifty tons, and lists global trade standings with Germany Britain and the United States in cotton manufacturing. It mentions asparagus grower Boos B Hoops earning 25 dollars, a typhoid survey in Pittsburgh funded by Stussell Sggo, and a French method for preserving eyes with lard. It covers diplomats Woodford and Bellamy Storer, Rev. Angus Bethune, shoe laces tying tips, and general demographic claims about Chile Argentina and Rio de Janeiro.
A garbled report notes Uruguay as the smallest republic in South America with Quito mentioned as capital, a railway crossing the Andes at a high altitude, and distances between Santiago and Buenos Aires stated as 16 days travel. The piece references the Amazon valley width and river fall measurements amid unclear phrasing.
Pennsylvania state zoologist calls snakes allies to farmers and notes a copperhead with a stomach full of locusts. The report also surveys 1900s coke output, land loss near Britain, Russian exploration funded by a Moscow merchant, a phonograph record surge, and new heat indicating paint and chemical developments.
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