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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1902
Page
8
The article notes Germany produces more gloves than France with about 1,100 concerns and eighty-five factories focused on export. It also mentions a Barcelona petition urging exclusion of bullfighting from coronation festivities for Alfonso XIII.
The article notes that in 1890 the United States housed 106 button factories with capital of 4.219 million dollars and 3,000,000 dollars in annual material value. Factories grew to 149 and 238 as production advanced to a product valued at 7,095,000 dollars.
Turkish bath parlor attendant in Brooklyn marked the early career of inventor Michael, later associated with ocean telephony advances linked to Pupin or Columbia University. His humble start contrasted with later scientific prominence and notable contributions.
The census reports Belgium's population at 649351, doubling over sixty nine years and making the nation the most densely populated in Faro. This growth underscores rapid urbanization and shifting demographics across the country.
A fragmented report discusses censoring content in Germany and its impact on a figure referenced as Katsers. The text hints at tensions between American culture and German restrictions, noting disputes over image, censorship, and public response, with unclear scope and attribution.
A garbled excerpt references a suburban gentleman and a London Globe mention. It hints at a polite, thoroughgoing man who avoids frequent London trips and guards his shop, portraying a restrained, old fashioned persona.
A Bombay presidency report notes that a rat plague once devastating Gujarat infested hedges fields and even sown grain but has suddenly vanished in an unaccountable way, leaving officials puzzled by the swift change.
Siberian merchants loudly complain that Manchuria and Liveria ports are flooded with American German and Japanese goods, causing Russian trade to disappear. They demand energetic measures including a sufficient frontier guard to prevent smuggling.
An architect from New York states that using the modern steel frame a building can rise to seven and one half times its diameter. By this rule an ordinary city block could hold a 1,500 foot tall structure, 125 stories, costing about 30 million dollars, surpassing the height of the Eiffel Tower.
A famed rock crystal ball cut from a crystal found in 1876 was owned by Gen. Aries of Massachusetts and is now housed at the Boston Fine Arts Museum. The finished ball measures seven and a quarter inches, derived from an original crystal about eighteen inches high and twelve inches thick.
The Fruit Trust manages about 25,000,000 bunches of bananas and 220,000,000 coconuts annually along with ranges and other fruits.
The era saw a large emigration to Europe with steamers heavily loaded and officers abandoning quarters for reasons of discomfort. A tattooed man’s body carried a crucifix and other symbols. The King refused an offer from American papers to write about being crowned, while comic bits from Punch and Chicaguo News added local flavor.
A fragment lists an actor introduced as skilled in Macbeth and Hamlet with notes of other roles and stage prowess. It mentions irrigation canals in Texas and Louisiana flooding rice fields, and notes Royal coronation pages about Virtutta Alexander of Wales and the young Earl of Airlie as coronation participants. a miscellany of historical notes and royalty references.
Egypt moves to exploit coal fields with practical measures under way. The government has granted concessions to Edward Nicholls, an Englishman, to develop coal resources on the direct eastern route.
A Caldwell railway engineer issued a ten cent check for last month’s services, framed it, and keeps it as proof he wrote the smallest check by the company.
The German postal department will introduce the octuple transmitter on its line between Berlin Hamburg Frankfort and Cologne. Invented by the late Prof H A Rowland of Baltimore the device has a capacity of 300 to 350 words per minute.
Korea rejoices at the blossoming of fruit trees recently imported from an American nursery, marking a notable botanical exchange across the globe.
An Outing magazine scene depicts anglers gathering in a forest shade. Baskets lie under trees as a simple fire with flat stones cooks trout wrapped in bacon. Readers are urged to seek a brook for fresh trout and eat with bread butter and clover honey by a spring.
The Westminster Gazette notes English dominates newspaper publication, with about 100,000,000 speakers vs Chinese 400,000,000. German and Russian follow, while French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese have smaller base. US papers appear in 24 languages. Italian is common outside Italy in Egypt and America. Spanish usage declines but remains vital in commerce.
A woman on Euelid avenue overheard her cook and his steady in a parlor window. The suitor pleaded for a kiss before leaving. She rebuked him with wit, saying If you were a babe Id kiss you but if you were a man you wouldnt stop to ask. The bashful young man understood and departed.
In 1476 the Venetian senate funded extra shirts for a Tartary ambassador and his retinue, a humorous aid to hospitality. A separate note describes Indian geophysical discovery of a buried mountain range inferred from gravity deflection, and a brief on half-size pianos designed to protect children’s finger muscles.
A Coracas Herald note cites Field Marshal Lord Wolseley praising the American army as the best in the world. It also records a home remedy for scorpion bites using chica lote infusion to induce perspiration, claimed to be inexpensive, widely available, and effective once sweating stops.
In a Luxembourg district village in May after Sunday service, groups of lads form a human bridge at the church entrance. A girl exits with a lad by the shoulder and another by the heels, lifted high while a third passes beneath. Parents who wear the same rite witness the act.
The article traces John T. McCutcheon rising to prominence in newspapers since 1889 with the Chicago Record, his famed World’s Fair and Ade collaborations, and a pivotal role during the Spanish-American War. It notes his health setback after two tropical years, his return to the United States, and his resumed drawing now appearing daily and on Sundays in The Record Herald.
J A Kelly recalls a common neighborhood experience and credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for swift relief after a dysentery episode last summer. He endorses the product’s effectiveness, noting satisfactory control versus prior remedies. For sale by Wm Robinson & Co.
Brimfield timetable notes morning hours from 7 30 a m to noon and afternoon hours from 1 00 p m to 7 00 p m with a closing time around 5 20 a m and an unclear entry for DD R Sirain P M
An old Verona Missouri notice extols Kodol as a cure all for indigestion and general distress. It claims a seventy six year old user recovered quickly, able to eat freely, and keeps a bottle handy to prevent symptoms. The ad urges treating the cause, not symptoms, with Kodol.
The village of Brimfield Illinois adopts a special ordinance approving appropriations for the fiscal year beginning April, including sums for streets and sidewalks and police and street department, fees and salaries, and miscellaneous purposes totaling 1200 00. The ordinance was passed and approved on July 7, 102 with L. G. Capy presiding and Anderson Pacey as village clerk.
Mr F Wells of Deer Park Long Island endorses Chamberlains Pain Balm as the best liniment for strains. He cites swift relief and cure after a severe side lameness from a strain last winter. Sold by Wm Robinson &
Foley's Kidney Cure is advertised as a remedy that improves kidney and bladder health, claiming to fix related discomforts and restore proper function. The product emphasizes urinary and urinary tract relief through its restorative claims.
Vacation time invites children to play outdoors, with DeWitt's Witch Salve promoted as a quick remedy for cuts, burns, and wounds. A Texas user from Swift endorses its effectiveness, warning against counterfeits from Wm. Robinson & Co.
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