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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1900
Page
4
A jumble of local notes recalls births, old-home visits in Brimfield, and moves of families between Illinois towns. It also cites sales ads for salt and health tonics, frontier anecdotes about a horse deal, and a Chicago Record note on ostrich hunting in Patagonia with colorful colonial-era backlash stories.
Marion Stuart, a leading druggist from Muncie Indiana, recounts Mrs Rena Ss's dramatic recovery after using Dr King’s New Discovery. From 90 pounds she gained 37 pounds and was cured, with the ad promising cures for throat chest and lung diseases and offering bottles free at Wm Robinson and Co's drug store.
All About Nebraska an illustrated pamphlet recently published by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy R. A. gives complete information about the farm lands of Nebraska. Copies may be had without charge upon application to P. S. Eustis General Passenger Agent Chicago Ill.
The advertisement claims scientists found methods to digest natural digestions and align with substances that build digestive organs to form Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It asserts the compound digests what you eat and allows dyspeptics to eat nourishing food while curing stomach troubles through its medicinal ingredients. It is described as pleasant to take and providing quick relief. Wm. Robinson & Co.
An odd cultural note on hat tipping to ladies from the June Ladies' Home Journal contrasts with a warning about counterfeit DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. The ad urges buyers to insist on the genuine product from Wm. Robinson & Co, warning that fake dealers risk safety for profit.
A monument marks the site near Philadelphia where William Penn met with Indian chiefs and brokered a treaty noted as the only one made without an oath and never broken, once standing under the famous tree in the environs.
An advertisement parodies Burns blessing to tout Kodol Dyspepsia cure. It claims the product will digest what you regularly eat and rapidly cure indigestion and all stomach disorders. William Robinson & Co.
London Tit-Bits recalls that affluent English owners preferred servants who could sport. Golf, yachting, and cricket prowess were valued, with many households seeking indoor staff who could reef, steer, or bowl at a high level, a trend noted among nobles and cricketers alike.
A strange ecclesiastical suit from a city near Boston questions churchmanship standards. An Episcopal church faces a suit over ritual adequacy when a donor’s funds required high church services. The minister aims for high ritual, while parishioners claim they have absorbed as much as they can, prompting a secular court to weigh the issue.
John Skellom Williams is thirty five and head of the Seaboard Air Line railway with about 3000 miles of tracks. He began working young, with rapid promotion due to his integrity and exceptional work capacity.
A description of the sjambok a long whip made from rhinoceros hide used by Boers on animals natives and criminals. It is polished to amberlike shine and its crack is likened to a pistol shot in South African dispatches.
Chicago Chronicle notes a claims dispute: Drs F Tidswell and J A Dick argue the 1141 BCE epidemic described in I Samuel was bubonic plague. They cite Ashdod illness, emerods, and mice tied to plague, suggesting a 3,000-year-old outbreak predates accepted history.
A frail woman in a tattered shawl pays a penny and asks for two and one half pounds of Sunday newspapers. The proprietor notes this scant supply would feed a family of fourteen, highlighting poverty and hardship in Detroit.
A traveler from Siberia reports on prison conditions. Prisoners dine with guards and receive a $6 monthly pension for their families. After completing their sentence, they may return home to Siberia with government aid including a home and tools to work.
The stick presented to Queen Victoria by a Worcester citizen is carved from oak and tied to the famous Boscobel tree memory. It bears a gold Utta hasen and an Indian Idol from Seringapatam, forming its grip. The staff, favored by the queen, never leaves her side according to the Boston Herald.
The Indianaphile News notes the bureau has persistently forecast rain and may soon be correct. The column praises its nerve and ongoing effort to deliver accurate weather predictions.
Report from Scotland notes Andrew Carnegie uses vast Pittsburgh steel for additions at Skibo Castle. Locals dub the site Iron Castle after its imposing structure. A mason mistook Carnegie for a poor visitor and later apologized, advising finer attire to reveal identity. The Taylor newspaper mocks the attire in its academy clothing critique, calling the coat’s seams aged and poorly made.
Fridtjof Nansen outlines a non polar voyage for the coming summer aimed at an exact physical and biological survey of the Norwegian Sea. The route covers waters between Norway, Iceland, Jan Mayen, and Spitzbergen with study of temperature and water density. A new steamer has been built for the expedition.
The Virginia general assembly passed a bill to appropriate enough funds to purchase the Marshall homestead in Richmond. The house, now owned and occupied by two granddaughters of Chief Justice Marshall, remains largely unchanged from its 1790s construction and will be preserved as a memorial.
A runaway horse incident in Syracuse New York left a man severely injured after a horse jumped into a wagon. The other horse in the wagon bolted with the first, dragging the second wagon in the event.
A brief note asserts shoes wear down two inches annually and argues boots meant to last a lifetime would need soles eight to three feet thick, illustrating exaggerated durability claims.
An ingenious mechanical device pastes paper labels on 1003000 cans in ten hours as a ceaseless procession moves down a chute room and each can picks up a label as it passes.
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