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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1903
Page
3
A social dinner last week featured a couple whose marriage was announced during the meal. A pretty debutante wore purple violets while her companion, a member of the Bachelors' Cotillon Club, appeared with crushed violets on his vest. He later sent white violets as a follow up.
A curious incident at a New Jersey military academy precedes a coal famine. The principal secretly stored coal a year earlier, which began to disappear as fuel prices rose. A janitor later found the old well cover broken and five tons of coal had settled into the opening, providing a handy cache during scarcity.
A fragmentary piece presents a child asking what an Average man is. The mother answers that an average man will make a chump of himself if given the opportunity. The text references a trade mark on stoves and a quotation about divine nature and human glory.
A reader testimonial from West Virginia praises Doan's Kidney Pills for long lasting grippe effects on kidneys. They claim relief from back pain swelling, urine issues, and dropsy signs, with improved sleep and overall vigor after two boxes. The note mentions a fireman husband and a free trial reference.
A cyclone struck Gainesville Georgia and surrounding New Holland and White Sulphur on Monday afternoon, killing eighty five and fatally injuring forty more, with property losses around 300000. The Gainesville and Pacolet cotton mills suffered the heaviest damage as cottages and outbuildings were leveled, bodies mangled beyond recognition, and debris scattered for miles.
The General Assembly in Los Angeles approved the 1901 committee draft of creed revision with unanimous vote. Protests from Lehigh and St Cloud presbyteries were dismissed, and changes include explicit statements on infant salvation among other doctrinal refinements.
The training ship Alliance has arrived at Hampton Roads from Kingston Jamaica. A fire in Max Meadows Virginia destroyed fifteen buildings causing 8 losses of $50,000. Eleven French monks arrived at Notre Dame Indiana from Paris. They previously ran Catholic schools in France. The Federal grand jury in Duluth Minnesota indicted several prominent land attorneys for subornation of perjury. C P McGinnis has been arrested. Henry Phipps arrived in San Francisco en route to New York with his son and daughter after a world pleasure tour.
A Washington letter quotes Register Judson W Lyons endorsing Peruna as an excellent remedy for catarrhal troubles in spring and summer. The report highlights Lyons's public recognition, cites patient testimonials from Camilla Chartier and others, and invites readers to seek Dr Hartman’s free advice at the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
An insured Irishman, angered by paying four dollars for an accident policy for his wife, rushed the agent brandishing a stout cane. The agent’s friend restrained the assailant as the man cried to confront the “spalpeen” over the ticket, which his wife had just broken her leg for.
In a terse exchange, Green challenges Blank about claimed knowledge, Brown deflects with a quip that his yellow dog knows as little as Green, exposing a playful misstatement and mutual evasiveness.
A text quotes a man seeking free information about a sound investment and a successful speculator recommending Piso's Cure for Consumption. It notes a cotton mill planned for Quito Ecuador must be transported over the Andes by mule caravans reaching 16,000 feet in altitude.
The church reports 1,600 to 2,000 missionaries worldwide with 700 in this country and similar numbers in Northern Europe, the Pacific, and Orient. Scandinavian areas and Hawaii show strong converts, Mexico hosts a new mission, and youth education includes 129,123 learners. Utah remains dominant with 158,000 members, plus diverse state totals across Ohio Iowa Arizona Missouri Colorado California Wyoming.
The coroner questions the principal witness about a woman's sudden death after an automobile strike. The witness confirms she was knocked senseless and never spoke again, prompting the coroner to remark on the tragic nature of the incident.
A dialogue reflects on mortality and fate with a mourner and a student of human nature. The exchanges touch on risk, deception, and the irony of those who rock boats escaping. The piece notes time’s changes and a Brazilian proverb about rubber and lives lost, plus a statistic on cremations in Germany.
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