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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1900
Page
2
A neighbor visits Mrs Hapless to counsel conjugal harmony. The tale recalls a restless marriage plagued by jealousy, leading to a transformative home life. The story ends with Hapless embracing domestic steadiness as John stays home.
An uptown chiropodist praises Chinese footwear noting the health of men who work long hours on their feet in laundry work. He cites straw woven indoor sandals sewn with horsehide, breathable uppers of seaweed, and loose weaving that cools the foot. He contrasts with leather shoes and ancient Greek sandals, calling the Chinese straw sandal superior for indoor comfort and health. The article references Washington Star as source.
Stromboli, part of the Lipari Islands, has long served as a natural lighthouse. Its conical summit reaches about 3,000 feet, with daytime vapor emissions and nocturnal red flares visible for over 100 miles. Ancient writers called it the great Pharos of the Western Mediterranean, guiding traffic through the Gulfs of Genoa and Lyona via the Straits of Messina, though no separate lighthouse is erected on Stromboli.
A fragmentary column mixes gossip on a 24 year old wedding, noting “it runs in the blood” as parents’ marriage is cited. It shifts to insomnia remedies advising readers to picture themselves as another person asleep, and ends with a quip about kin often called “Mother's guest.”
A French inventor links phonograph and telephone to record spoken messages on a wax register for delivery when the recipient is absent. Paris experiments test electric fore-wagons attached to horse carriages, removable and driver controlled. Also noted are Permian fossils with spiral enamelled fin-like weapons and cloud studies by Prof Bigelow redefining cyclone depth and atmospheric circulation along with a planned north pole observation network.
A reader outlines the probable origins of starboard and larboard from Italian questa borda and quella borda. The terms evolved through English forms stearboard stereboard and starboard, with starboard denoting the side for the helmsman. The piece traces early sailing methods and the shift to port in common usage.
A Virginia maiden born in the early eighteenth century gains prominence as the mother of Washington. She marries Augustine Washington, noted for his age gap, and nurses him back to health after a carriage accident. The piece blends romance with social context and recounted anecdotes from letters and legends.
A discussion in Woman's Home Companion notes independence as a trait in Americans but argues for recognizing equal worth in others. It questions the idea that everyone should see themselves as superior and invites a view of mutual equality beyond self-reliance.
In Berlin firemen wear double skinned water jackets that can be filled from hoses. An overfilled space between layers releases water through a top helmet valve. A thousand proposals arise after such incidents.
Louisville convention of Confederate veterans accepts $100000 from Charles Broadway Rouse of New York to erect a memorial in Richmond. The Memorial Association reports pledges of $124,437.35 with hopes of reaching $300,000 total. General Underwood outlines plans for a rotunda mausoleum, relic rooms, a portrait gallery, and statues of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, J. E. B. Stuart, and N. B. Forrest.
Berlin's sewage system annually transports between 60 000 and 70 000 tons of sewage for distribution over about 20 000 acres from seven to fifteen miles beyond the city limits. The drainage costs roughly 225 million dollars each year, yet greatly enhances land fertility and is the city's most sanitary disposal method.
A girl defies a neighbor’s rule about food and returns home hungry. She explains she only looked at Mrs. G and asked, Can’t you see how hungry I am? The piece notes stale tales and recurring chitchat among men who celebrate trivial things daily.
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