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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1910
Page
8
An advertisement asserts Dr Miles' Anti Pain Pills relieve rheumatic pains headaches neuralgia and other pains caused by nerve strain. It claims universal use with guaranteed money back if the first package fails and notes availability from druggists nationwide.
A mosaic of 19th century interests cites coal briquettes, a 1805 Amesbury schooner sunk as a privateer, lithographic stone in Greece, vast Turkish and Russian exhibitions, and U S exports of turpentine. Reports note Nova Scotia coal refuse powering mines, Brazil sending mechanics to US locomotive factories, Mars signaling theory, German army neurasthenia trends, and China expanding popular education.
A collage of brief notes covers tech items and trivia from 1900s topics. It mentions electric cables with hemp cores, street railways in Britain, diamond values in German South Africa, a Portland bequest for a Reed Institute, apple prices in New York, and a Canadian fish catch figure for 1908. It also notes street accidents in New York and opium licenses in China, plus assorted quips and jokes from the era.
The report notes global asset value at five billion dollars from twelve principal crops. Ecuador exports halt. Germany uses glass water pipes with asphalt. Madras belts use snakeskin tanning. Canada sent most foreign students to U.S. colleges. Guatemala supervises electrical enterprises. George Reucker dies in Germany after building a Brooklyn hotel fortune. Colombia’s sole iron foundry is La Paradera in Bogota.
A compendium of short, picaresque quips touches on law, gambling, matrimony, dogs, and aging, interwoven with statistics about population, postal receipts, and resource areas. The piece weaves jokes and observations, including a rural anecdote about Lem Harkins and Possum Tract, ending with a garbled tale fragment.
A new American enterprise called the American Roller Rink Company is established in Frankfort. Bids fail to reach the success of similar ventures in European cities. The note compares European railways with centralized control and fixed tariffs, stating no competition in freight rates.
A collage of sayings from Sophocles Hunt Byron Browning Kingsley He ber Heber Lowell Aeschylus Webster and a humorous photo studio exchange about wealth and an egg sandwich. The collection links truth growth and civic virtue with light social satire.
Fragmentary lines reference a 1831 spring, a debate about naming a debutante voyage, and a lampoon attributed to The Universal Press. The text evokes satirical exchanges and cartoons with scattered names and phrases.
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