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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
5
A Brimfield directory lists religious services for multiple churches with pastors and service times. It also notes meetings for local fraternal groups including G A R, K P, M W A, Royal Nectors, and W F M S with leaders and meeting nights.
A fragment suggests Belové promotes subscriptions and savings through magazine releases. The text hints at readers being urged to subscribe to multiple magazines to save money. No clear names or dates are legible.
Rev W H Jordan from Des Moines praises Iowa as enterprising and fiscally strong. He lauds education and religion as twin pillars with Illinois, noting Des Moines prosperity and civic loyalty. He honors Civil War soldiers, urges flag-waving on the Fourth and calls towns and Illinois to rally to the front.
A fragmentary report recalls a recent lightning strike at Frank residence leaving a broken house. The snippet notes a collapse and a cistern hole, with unclear surrounding details and a local witness named Leon Janpaal.
An inventor touts a back strapped motor device for swimming propulsion. The gadget includes a gasoline motor, tank, spark plug, and a protective screw propeller funnel. Marketed as both life saving and sport easing long-distance swims.
A compilation of misc items notes global topics from England to Japan. Topics include marriage divorce trends in England, Java Bantam chickens, railway counts in China, onyx finds near Redlands California, and a long list of curiosities from science to travel.
A list of historical milestones notes inventions and establishments from telescopes and printing to post offices, watches, and carriages. It mentions 1590 telescope invention, 1464 post offices, 1545 nyl something, 1472 printed notes, 1527 wood engraving, 1530 spinning wheel, 1559 knives in England, 1588 first newspaper in England, 1477 watches in Nuremberg, 1493 Copenhagen press, 1552 wheeled carriages in France, 1622 US printing press, 1562 religious liberty for Huguenots and Bartholomew massacre reference.
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