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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
3
A Washington diplomat recalls Ethan Allen Hitchcock remarking on a new warship design modeled on a duck. The inventor explains it does not fly but moves over water like a duck and dives when attacked, prompting Hitchcock’s wry responses about similarity to existing craft.
A guest explains to a land lord that he walks in his sleep to stay alert from a thirty year practice of being awakened at night. The dialogue shifts to a joke about inventors with a student guessing Pat Pending as the greatest inventor.
The Empire on Broadway at Sixty third street highlights its up to date rooms and full service, including a La dies Restaurant, Matines Luncheon, Dinner, and an a la carte option. An orchestra plays during meals and after theater, with the Gentlemen's Cafe serving business menus idling near Automobile Row. The hotel remains managed by Mr. W Johnson Quinn and sits near Central Park, transit, and premier shops.
The article notes the Capitol dome statue "Armed Liberty" by Thomas Crawford, once planned with a liberty cap and rods but redesigned after Davis objected to emblems. Completed in 1863, the nine foot six inch sculpture weighs 14,985 pounds and features an eagle, sword, olive branch, shield, and the inscription E Pluribus Unum.
The Senate and House debated income and corporation tax plans, free-list status for cotton and Egyptian cotton, and duties on iron and steel. Aldrich defended the corporation tax as revenue and possibly temporary. Tillman lost a tea duty vote. Borah and Cummins criticized the tax approach amid adjournment.
In Tokyo, Viscount Ara suke Sone is named resident general of Korea for Japan while Prince Ito becomes president of the privy council. In New York City, all school children will receive official numbers next October to aid police truancy enforcement. A New York man finds $4867 in a Bible gifted by a spinster sister. Thomas Noonan, a consumptive, hides in a car shipment to California but is caught by a chauffeur inspector. A rug for President Taft is woven by Georgia Tech students. James Mills dies at Bellevue Hospital after weighing 510 pounds. Harlem floods as hydrants are opened and perch spill into streets as five men clear hydrants.
A Boston man reports intense itching and burning followed by scaly hands and deep cracks. After three months of misery a month of Cuticura Remedies cured him, aiding sleep and allowing normal water touch again. Wal ter H. Cox, 16 Somerset st. Boston, Sept. 25, 1908. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. sole props of Cuticura Remedies, Boston.
A small dog tugs at a woman's skirt hem to help her cross a street in the rain, drawing mixed reactions from bystanders who find it cute or call it cruel. The piece contrasts pet dog usefulness with disdain for small trained carriers. The second item notes Americans’ reverence for foreign antiquity and cites a Roman church anecdote about aged smells.
Mrs Matilda Uiedemann of Chicago recounts chronic kidney related illness including back pain dizziness and nervousness. After using Deans Kidney Pills her health improved with restored appetite weight and energy. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
A political exchange contrasts the presumption of innocence with skepticism about juries. The speaker dismisses imitators and urges vigilance, ending with a slogan urging readers to tell the dealer you want Lewis' Single Binder cigar.
The article notes that 9251 different books were published in the United States during 1908, showing a decrease of 366 from the previous year. It also includes unrelated quotations about a peach of an oration and a herbal remedy claim, reflecting miscellaneous items in the page.
The city of Vienna purchased Franz Schubert's birthplace, a one story house from 1797, for 22000 dollars. The home sits on a steep hillside with a small court, wooden galleries, and a garden, drawing music lovers and pilgrims to the site.
In a quirky exchange at Pleasant Run and Swampburst the pair debate travel time to the station. Sububi mocks a walking question while a local shoe salesman proposes a size solution to a customer insisting on a narrower fit.
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