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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1927
Page
8
In a tense scene, Professor Bradney admits theft of lab funds and names a chain of corruption led by Paul Raxon. The party discusses how a mysterious donor and a damaged career entangle sculptor Floyd Malet, while Milman explains the broader web behind the building trades scandal.
Peter Milman, a retired American gentleman, is driven into poverty by his friend Hazen Brewer’s suicide. He hires a French butler Achille Lutry to replace his longtime servant Sneed and writes to three failed former high‑status men, Freming Bradney Floyd Malet and Neeland Barnes, who visit him after dinner to recount how their careers collapsed.
Pathfinder Magazine notes eider ducks once prized for pillow and quilt down face severe protections as pot hunting declined profits. Sea birds nest on cliffs and are hunted with nets long poles and decoy traps. Some divers descend cliffs to collect inaccessible eggs while rookeries fill with birds and create a thunderous, overlapping chorus.
Quaint forms of philanthropy appear throughout China with funds for transporting deceased residents to their native province, coffers for workers' children, and societies setting up drinking fountains of tea or water for thirsty coolies in the labor scale.
Old birds in a country tale grumble at the fireworks and crowded day. A song sparrow urges appreciation for free air and kids’ patriotism, guiding the others to a peaceful concert in the woods with the noise transformed into music.
A collection of quick questions and answers about everyday objects and puns. Topics include a demure flower the pram rose a moving problem a comb’s teeth a pine tree and its willow, a tradesman above his shop a disappearing reflection an acorn and the letter s turning words into swords and laughter into slaughter.
Thirteen year old Elmer discusses the girl problem with his friend Joe. He has walked her to school and carried her books and bought ice cream sodas twice. Joe advises that he has done enough and need not kiss her.
William Shakespeare moved from poverty to relative wealth near the end of the 16th century largely from shares in the Globe and Blackfriars theatres rather than his plays alone. His earnings, about 1400 dollars a year, plus court performances and actor fees, funded some success but not New Place. Tax arrears in 1598 show ongoing financial strain for him and his wife, with debt and borrowings preceding 1596 and 1601 respectively.
Farm homes in the wonderful dairy section of Minnesota. Wheat and stock ranches in the fertile Red River Valley and North Dakota. Full information furnished on request. Land Buyers' Service Bureau Plymouth Building, Minneapolis, Minn Adv.
A brief look at historic clocks, including Fremantel’s 1622 pendulum clock and a tiny Henry VIII gift clock, with references to Parliament clocks built after Pitt taxed watches. Buckingham Palace houses Lapine’s clock in a negress head form with hours in one eye and minutes in the other.
Collie named Jack owned by Mr and Mrs Russell Smith of Lincoln Nebraska began attending church as a puppy and continues to go every Sunday. He arrives at service time and serves on the reception committee from the outside refusing entry. After services end he waits on the stoop until inside rulings declare the service over before returning home.
The Anti-Divorce league led by Mrs. Margaret L. Wood cites a Topeka address. She argues married couples should strive to please each other, echoing a bricklayer's wife's court-room remark about a husband grooming routines signaling trouble.
An old report notes that ice forming on airplane wings creates weight and shape changes in cold mist. The text warns ice can rapidly sink a flying craft in minutes, hindering early transatlantic flight ambitions and echoing perils faced by seafaring vessels.
The United States has coined only two gold pieces in recent years, namely the double eagle worth $20 and the quarter eagle valued at $2.50.
Mrs Lawren Weaver of East Smithfield Street Mt Pleasant Pa says she suffered weak health and after three to four weeks on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she slept better and grew stronger. She urges other women to try the product and notes ongoing improvements across generations.
Maud preferred marriage to becoming a stenographer. The remark suggests she found running a husband easier than mastering a typewriter, implying she avoided formal lessons.
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