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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1906
Page
2
A lyrical excerpt from Smart Set recalls spring sowing and grain harvest as a lover’s growth. The speaker praises promise, growth, and harvest, aligning affection with agricultural stages and gratitude for shared joy.
On the three masted Arrow bound from Singapore to Liverpool a tiger ships in a strong cage while passenger Miss Sandford and two men, Captain Hoskins and the nervous Mr Hay, attract attention. The crew worry about the tiger and a drifting romance tests bravado as Habits of fear and vanity collide aboard a voyage with potential danger.
On board a ship bound for England a tiger loose in the rigging tests Captain Hoskins and Professor Hayfe, who tame the beast with a broom. A romance with the girl follows as she chooses a brave husband over hesitation, proving courage is a matter of custom. The voyage home ends with calm seas and Hoskins lacking a real chance to shine.
Paris eye specialist Dr Bull endorses Dr Daubby with a high altitude balloon plan to lift theater and gallery passengers to 2000 feet. Proponent claims headache relief and lasting eye strain cures, while noting social reveries about waking others and railroad responsibilities.
President Palma of Cuba, via a Havana correspondent, urges closer Cuba United States commercial ties. He notes Cuba's prosperity, ample money in treasury, and desire for railroads, factories, and industries. The piece highlights American tourism, investment, real estate, extensive rail networks, and growing American influence across the island.
A college educated Blackstone disciple tours a Southwest town seeking a practice site. He samples the hotel, then asks the clerk about local business and litigation. The clerk notes healthy business but warns of chills fevers and the grip.
An amusing exchange between two cabbies unfolds as one jokes about the other’s donkey in the shafts, while a separate note confirms Dr Francis P Kintlcut of New York has been elected president of the Association of American Physicians.
A New York tailor recalls an extreme overcoat priced at 15,000 dollars with Russian sable lining and a lambs wool shell. He notes high priced ready made goods reflect wealth fashion, yet such garments are not built for hard wear and the affluent keep their clothes in pristine condition for all occasions.
Consul General Bray reports from Melbourne on a novel rabbit trap system used with success in Australia. The device measures 18 by 12 by 66 inches, features a balanced moving floor and doors at both ends, and resets itself after each capture. It works with small trap yards near green fodder to lure rabbits toward exit, with ranchers certifying catches such as 630 rabbits in a single night using multiple traps.
University of Missouri lecturer T. E. Orr outlines practical mite control using a carbolic acid and carbonate mixture for spray and suggests deterring chicken hawks with bright tin strips hung on trees and poles to flash in sunlight, appealing to Missouri housewives.
The Richmond Times-Despatch notes that France has more small proprietors than any other European country of comparable size and that these men support the government.
Sanitary Inspector Hedrick of Chicago refutes sensational charges against canned and potted meat packers. The investigation finds no preservatives or artificial coloring used, outlines vacuum sealing and cooking steps, and notes clean floors and ventilation at Libby plant.
Iceland sees growing dramatic activity as London Globe notes. Reykjavik hosts the island’s first theater since 1897, now a firm fixture with an October to April season open about three evenings weekly. Bjornson and Ibsen are favored, locals debut poetry, and both city government and the Diet subsidize 500 crowns.
Elizabeth Maxwell of 415 West Fourth Street Olympia Waxahachie says she suffered over three years from dropsy due to kidney trouble. Backache swelling in feet ankles and hands breathing difficulty and heart palpitations improved after using four boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Philadelphia visitor, shown Carnegie Art Institute and Homestead by Pittsburg friends, expresses gratitude and jokes about returning hospitality. The Pittsburg reply recalls spending years in Philadelphia in one afternoon, per the Pittsburg Gazette.
Mrs. W. S. Griess of Clay Center Neb reports decades ago using Cuticura Soap and Ointment to cure a diseased scalp with constant hair loss. After weekly shampooing and twice weekly ointment applications, her hair recovered to a long French twist, with no dandruff or itching five years later. Germany’s population growth is noted as rising by 800,000 annually.
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