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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
8
An old colored minister relates Pharoah and his party drowning while crossing the Red Sea. He cites ice, sun, and timing to explain the biblical event, contrasting simple truth with artificial explanations. Booker T. Washington referenced in World's Work.
A group of women discuss hats and self trims, recalling a friend who trims her hats herself. One woman recounts designing a striking hat with a feather and velvet, the price ticket visible only when worn, and ivory prices rising with potential substitutes. An amusing Life magazine rush at a newsstand ends with a clerk’s calm reply.
An advertisement claims Henry Courlen of Boonton New Jersey relies on Dr Miles' Anti Pain Pills for rheumatic pains headaches and pains in the side and back reporting perfect satisfaction. It describes pains from tortured nerves and notes nerves can cause pain in any head or body area.
An Elkhart Indiana drug company advertises pain remedies for neuralgia rheumatic and other pains with a money back offer if the first package fails. It urges readers to buy from druggists everywhere and emphasizes Miles Medical Co. as the source.
A fragment shows a man remarking on flying from ship to shore and the joke that when people can fly shore to ship, the man who always misses will face new challenges. The dialogue then pivots to a playful pun about those who miss asroplene.
At a Lawyers' Club dinner in New York Joseph H Choate denounced a lawyer for altering reference books during a promissory note case. The judge, reviewing the improvised citations, warned of faulty precedents and a string of unrelated cases from infanticide to a notorious breach of promise suit in western jurisprudence.
A German naturalist gathers data suggesting animals learn from experience and become wiser than their untrained parents. Game animals adapt to modern rifles, greyhounds ignore rabbits, and predators follow whaling ships or hunters after successful shots. Birds avoid wires and trains. sheep dogs show intelligent selection.
Sir E Durning Lawrence challenges the five signatures in the will as authentic noting peculiar letter shapes. He points to inconsistent W s and kk letters, suggesting a clerk may have drafted the will and varied letters to mimic autographs, a theory he argues is plausible given the handwriting differences.
Miss Merrill, a grade school teacher, discovers Johnnie’s sight problem after he struggles in class. A note to his mother causes distress. the mother’s reply reveals she punished him and cannot locate the cause, leaving the boy hiding his issue and crying.
Mr Rafling and Mrs Rafling discuss hosting an oyster supper next week by the Doron society to cover the deficit from the previous chicken and waffle supper. They aim to raise funds to pay off the shortfall and move forward.
A tall waiter boasts of a unique steak while a guest retorts that the dish is securely hidden under chips of potatoes, doubting the host’s claim. The exchange unfolds with terse humor and a tense, dismissive undertone.
A bachelor maid and successful author laments a flood of endorsements from cigars whiskies and codilver oil ships. She recalls agreeing to a social directory contract after early fame and now endures relentless advertising while recalling a former flame and a photo from May Mrs Sniggie frite whose seven children worry their mother.
The Mobile Register celebrates the sausage born in the tenth century and later spiced in Germany, noting a Swiss exhibit with over 1700 varieties. It recalls farm life, a wife's skill, and hints that farm-made sweet sausages beat modern shop offerings. The piece blends history with nostalgic rural reminiscence.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls manhood and a lover’s departure. The speaker voices a lump in the throat as memory surfaces of a past romance and a gate moment from years ago. The lines hint at tenderness, longing, and a haunting reflection on love’s passage.
A New Yorker buys a colonial Virginia house praised by a real estate agent and friends. After viewing the mansion with its great pillars and long hall, he returns to New York and names it Mostly Hall.
The prospective groom Mr Mokeby asks to wed at his own house with parson Black-Surtainty in attendance. The parson replies he has no objections and questions why Mokeby might doubt his conduct in performing the marriage gambit on Mokeby’s premises.
A fragment discusses pride among cavalry bands in world armies, noting grades of honor for riders and horsemen. It mentions the steadiest and most dignified riders and their roles in parades, highlighting the ceremonial importance of horse and rider in military display.
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