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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1910
Page
8
A mosaic of population stats, agricultural yields, financial totals, and technological notes. Mentions Greenland, Holland, Naples rents, the Rio Grande, hunger deaths in London, silkworms from eggs, and silvery gems in the lapidary. Notes on electricity in Central Park, education spending in 1906, and various global economics and innovations.
Edmund J. Hamilton died Tuesday morning at seven at his daughter Mrs. B. O. Backus residence after several days illness. Born near Cincinnati Ohio on September 14 1824 he was 85 and a longtime county settler. Funeral services scheduled for 10 30 this morning at the residence.
Card of Thanks from New London Iowa dated January 1 1910 extends gratitude to friends for kind birthday wishes. Mr Pacey and Pear air thank readers for their support with a large card collection tally noting Mrs Wyman 96 cards and Mr Wyman 100. Wishing a Happy New Year from Mr and Mrs H J Wyman.
Murray W Ayete of Transit Bridge New York was dangerously ill with liver trouble and severe weakness. He says he nearly died with yellow skin sunken eyes and 40 pounds lost but electric bitters cured him restoring his weight and health. For stomach liver and kidney troubles they are supreme. 50c at William Robinson & Co.
On January 7 progress club notes host Mrs Roberts and history chair Mrs Tate with magazine editor Mrs Chichester. A fine will be imposed on all members not answering roll call or contributing to the scrap book.
L Turley Curd of Wilmore Kentucky narrates a 1902 case of dropsy cured by Dr Miles Heart Remedy. He credits family doctors and relatives with giving up, notes swelling and heart fluid as he regained strength to work on his farm. The ad promotes Miles Heart Remedy as beneficial for heart nerves and muscles with a money back guarantee.
A wild blizzard warning yields mention of grip and its dangers with symptoms like stuffed nose chills fever and throat coughing. Dr King s New Discovery is touted as life saving with a testimonial from A L Dunn and claims of curing grip in one bottle. The ad highlights sore lungs hemorrhages and asthma and lists prices 60c and 100 guaranteed by Wm Robinson Co.
Wohichester at his residence 24 miles south of Bromfield sets a January 8 sale featuring 7 head of horses head of cattle farming implements wagons harness bay straw 30 tons of timothy. Col D McDonnell and B W Hernett auctioneers. Brunfeld on January 11 sale lists 14 head of horses and cattle 130 bred ones 10 cows and heifers farm implements harness tools etc. Col Nick Piares and Col J Bian dia auctioneers. Lawrence Morrissey to sell at his farm 2 miles SW of Monica January 18 including 15 head horses 12 head cattle Poland China hogs and assorted goods plus 3500 feet lumber 30 bushels potatoes straw and stock. Col D McDonnell auctioneer Chas Auten clerk Yerby lunch counter. See bilia.
The millinery store will close after January 1 for winter vacation. Customers are urged to buy in advance at bargain prices before closing. Accounts will be left with Miss Clara McFarran at the News office for settlement. contact Miss Lala Shane if needed.
Foreton railway notes that non travelers face platform access limits in England and on the continent. The piece mentions small stations restricting entry from waiting rooms to platforms. It reports Britain weighing platform tickets with Germany's system where tickets cost about 2 tamts from an automatic machine and notes the proposal has gained favor in England.
Fragmentary dialogue about conscience and judgment. It references a civil engineer, a grouch on the road, and a storekeeper discussing seeds and a beet. The readable text is garbled and lacks a clear event or outcome.
An account describes Fieschi's murderous device designed to kill Louis Philippe, a platform with twenty gun barrels firing as one. Thirteen or more lives were lost, nineteen killed and twenty four wounded, including the king who escaped. The device inspired the concept behind rapid fire weapons and emerged during Fieschi's army service and later ties to a secret society.
A fragmentary historical piece recounts an Indian legend of a colossal elephant leading a Maharatta army to victory, its loyalty lasting after the hunt, and a tribute to Bahadur as the “Noble One” amid a world of ancient giants and enduring myths. The text shifts to a note on cottonseed’s rising industrial value, noting the growth of mills, investments, and output transforming it into a key economic factor.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a tense courtroom atmosphere where a defendant and a girl discuss a matter. A lawyer and a contract loom as questions arise about intentions and receipts, with family concern and procedural ambiguity threading through the scene.
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