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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
6
A reflective poem by T. Hale in Chicago Record-Herald recalls returning home from labor on a summer farm. The scene blends clover, cherries, and a milking song as mother greets workers. It contrasts youthful toil with aging paths and hopes for peaceful rest after work ends.
Years pass as a boy becomes a man and the girl grows distant. The youth, once a tyrant, softens and woos with bravado and serenades, but she treats him as a friend while hinting at marriage later. Their paths diverge as he plans westward to seek fortune and love awaits his future decision.
A young man declares intent to marry a hesitant girl after a romantic confrontation on a moonlit midsummer night. He returns later for a farewell, faces a cold reception, and asks again, believing they are engaged as he prepares to depart west. The scene shifts to a ballad interlude about Barbara Allen and a brief Irish joke.
A Cherokee Institute tale from Tahlequah recounts JR Huertas OJ Owens as a young teacher suspected of masquerading. A Cuban heiress plot used a hidden birth sex to claim an estate, with deception lasting until authorities acted. Elsewhere a milk can dent joke highlights a rural inquiry.
A budget committee hearing reveals Japan plans limited development in Sakhalin after the Portsmouth prize. Officials say funds go to roads and offices as fisheries, mines, and agriculture are assessed. only coal deposits have partial concessions, while transport remains underdeveloped.
A Texas inventor patents a sunshade device worn over the shoulders for full upper body protection. The umbrella like frame extends to the hips with shoulder and underarm hangers, keeping hands free and allowing bending and stooping. Also includes miscellaneous editorial snippets from the issue.
The April Dun's Review of Trade notes a slow recovery in activity with future gains in construction outdoor work and finished areas. Demand remains healthy for building materials lumber sanitary supplies and leather trades with outputs staying satisfactory and bank figures showing historically low rates versus 1907 and early 1900s.
New York reports show crop conditions improving slightly with better wholesale tone in some lines and retail gains in areas with good weather. Overall business quiet with slack industry. best retail news in the Southwest and Northwest. Failures: US 284 last week May 21. Canada 89. notable auctions in New York Chicago and St Louis distributing large quantities.
Commodities pricing from Chicago to Toledo shows cattle trading mainly $3.00 to $7.00 and hogs $3.50 to $6.00 in markets like Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and more. Wheat and corn display wide ranges with No. 2 wheat around 89 cents to $1.02 and corn No. 2 about 63 to 74 cents.
Drouth across Texas hurts cattle. Illinois teachers to include agriculture in curriculum. Western states plan a national corn exposition in Omaha next December. Illinois businessmen buy a 623 acre Iowa ranch at 25 dollars per acre for stock farming. Southern Cotton Association and Farmers Union coordinate to stabilize cotton prices. A woman dies in Iowa after a greens meal from rhubarb tops. cause listed as acute gastritis.
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