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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1900
Page
3
Blanche and May discuss tensions over devotion and motive in Terma as Blanche vows to confront him tonight. The exchange hints at strained relations and a looming confrontation.
Advertises Grain-O as a coffee substitute suitable for children and adults. Claims rich mocha like color, made from pure grain, gentle on delicate stomachs, priced 15 and 25 cents per package, available at grocers. Ends with a moral jab about fame and competitors.
At the Chicago Prohibition national convention the party organized a new leadership, adopted a single issue platform endorsing women’s suffrage and opposing legalized liquor, and nominated John G. Woolley for president on the first ballot while Silas C. Swallow was briefly considered for vice president before withdrawing. Delegates from 37 states attended amid heat, with strong female participation in committee work and debates over suffrage and policy.
A mixed set of brief items notes Derby winner in Chicago and general news. Mentions of Sidney Lucas story, Spain finance minister resigns, English bleaching firm cartel formed, wheat crop prospects in Russia, Union Labor Lyceum in Chicago, Socialist Labor party gubernatorial nomination in New York, Stephen Crane burial in Newark, New York clubmen summer quarters, Methodist conference protest on charitable bequests, and 42 000 horses sent to South Africa for the English army during the war arc.
A tale recalls John Bright and philanthropist paying boatmen after fishing in an Irish stream. Bright asks the toll, a policeman quotes seven shillings and sixpence with others tipping ten. Peabody lacks change and pays three half crowns. The boatman mocks Paybody, calling him Paynobody.
An assortment of vintage ad snippets notes Lane’s Family Medicine promises daily bowel movements and gentle liver and kidney action, Mall’s Catarrh Cure as an omptitational remedy, and Piso’s Cure for Consumption touted by N W Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey. Also includes Hetty Green fortune proximity to New York City Hall and a brick absorption claim.
A deserter tone recounts two men from Massachusetts during a civil war era halt. One longs for a Joppa clam scent, the other rejects it, preferring tar. The dialogue contrasts places Newburyport Fitchburg and daily toil with wartime misery and home comforts.
The Supreme Court in Buffalo sustains a restraining order and costs against manufacturers selling Dr. Clathy’s Feet and related powders alleged as imitations of Feet-Ease. The ruling targets pushing fake foot powders nationwide and warns of further lawsuits against others infringing on Feet-Ease trademark rights.
A derk scene shows a fiancée accused of flirting with an army man. The fiancée asks how to explain and pacify a jealous fiancé who worships her, noting the need to identify which soldier was seen with her. The exchange ends with practical advice to craft a plausible explanation.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad offers Homeseekers Excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of June July and August to Alabama Arkansas Georgia Kentucky Kansas Missouri North and South Carolina Tennessee Texas at one fare plus 2 00 round trip Tickets valid eighteen days from sale and twenty one days to return with stopover in Homeseekers Territory New wide train service promoted by C E I officials
An advertisement offers free postpaid copies of Know Thyself and The Science of Life to male readers mentioning the paper. It promotes a 370 page medical book with engravings and prescriptions, priced 2 cents otherwise, and directs readers to The Peabody Medical Institute in Boston for library edition gilt bound copies and health guidance.
A courtroom moment unfolds as a prisoner and judge clash over standing. The prisoner protests being forced to stand repeatedly at the bar, claiming exhaustion from frequent interruptions and requests.
A morning rainbow signals expected rain later in the day. Forecasters note clouds and showers likely as the day progresses. Local observers report the omen of rain amid unsettled skies.
A fragmentary page recounts Jefferson's Ten Rules on thrift and effort, lists King Salt Mine history from Wieliczka Poland with dates from 1044 to 1638, notes shafts 207 to 9835 feet deep, 345000 feet of open levels and 115500 feet of tram lines, and cites 1187 pounds of powder per ton of salt.
An estimate places bicycle production at about two billion units across Europe and America. The figure highlights the vast scale of early 20th century bicycle manufacturing and regional contributions to the industry.
Willie Werk complains of heat as perspiration soaks him while Ragson Tattern urges him to improve their reputations, stressing they must perfect their public image.
Fragment references a striking incident near a wife leaving her speechless for thirty minutes. No clear names, place, date, or organization is readable to anchor a full item.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure all for ailments from headaches to cancer. It claims the product cleanses the bowels without gripe or pain and promises easy natural movements. Each tablet bears C. C. C. and is sold for 10 cents with warnings about imitators.
Mr. Gazzam laments the lack of proper facilities for exercise among gold miners while Mrs. Gazxam notes a decal of claim jumping is common, reflecting tension in mining communities over resources and rights.
Fragmentary ad copy discusses coffee pricing at grocers and a tense engagement reveal among friends. It also promotes Allen's Foot Ease powder for feet with a free sample offer.
A father explains to his small son that the fish plate holds cod fish balls while the armor plate holds cannon balls, clarifying the contrast between the two terms in a simple dialogue.
Mrs Annie Xmoursox of South Hot Springs Arkansas recounts suffering womb inflammation weakness and severe menstrual pain for ten years. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetables Compound with restoring health weight appetite and ability to do housework after taking five bottles and Sanative Wash. She recommends the medicine to all women.
In a William Stokes biography, during the great famine he is sent to Dublin to demonstrate soup making. A starving beggar asks why she does not take the free soup. She replies that what is distributed is not soup but boiled water reduced to two pints.
The Afro-American contingent represents about 12 percent of the total population of this country, indicating a sizable minority within the national demographic.
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