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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
13
A collage of quirky tidbits covers diverse topics from weather and fruit outlook to social behavior and fashion. It cheekily riffs on Burns era topics with references to Philadelphia Inquirer chatter, tourism, science, and odd anecdotes about hats, tips, and a green dyed hair lawsuit.
A Paris fashion report questions the fate of the harem skirt as it fails to appear at races and public events. Designers blame cheap imitations and poor taste, while some say it may revive in two years for aristocratic or indoor wear. The era of the hoop sleeve as the latest craze is noted.
New York wholesale opticians defend spectacles from widespread criticism led by ophthalmologists. They deny glasses are poorly ground and harmful, citing trials from Columbia professor Algernon Tassin and a London lab endorsement. Critics claim a biased minority exaggerates risks to public health.
James R Dunn, a United States Immigration Inspector, condemns the padrone system for exploiting boys who work long hours shining shoes to pay their fathers debts in America. He says the boys are taught loyalty and submission from the moment they arrive, shaping their lives during and after work.
A famous French peace envoy tours U S cities promoting universal peace and abolition of warfare. He is hosted by societies and citizens while his long career and parentage are discussed in contrast with harsh deportation cases of underage workers in Missouri Iowa Kansas and Oklahoma.
Charles Kittrick sold his body and soul to seven nurses at the National Maternity hospital. He died there while under care for locomotor ataxia. By the bill of sale the body will be used for clinical study. The sale was recorded with the county recorder.
Rev. George W. Cutter told Unitarian ministers in Boston that all degenerates in Massachusetts institutions should be killed with an anesthetic, a suggestion he made during their monthly conference.
Six car loads of raw silk arrived after a record 17 day voyage from Yokohama aboard the Empress of China of the Canadian Pacific fleet. The cargo left Yokohama April 16, reached Vancouver April 27, and, after a cross continent leg of under six days, arrived in New York in 17 days total. The shipment is valued at about $600,000.
In St. John s Newfoundland three hundred five thousand seals valued at four hundred ninety three thousand dollars were taken by the eighteen vessels of the Newfoundland sealing fleet this season. Last year the fleet caught 222000 seals valued at six hundred twelve thousand dollars.
Abnormal horticultural oddity describes John A. Pool’s two year old cabbage plant at 1302 Eleventh Street Santa Monica. The nine foot tall stalk bears many small cabbage heads along the trunk while top branches are pruned to prevent breakage. Pool expects the perennial plant may continue growing indefinitely and attract tourists.
A jagged line lists vague complaints including forehead pain back aches eye blur yellow skin and bowel issues with unclear authorship. The text resembles a medical memory or draft noting physical distress and possible illness symptoms.
Estherville plans a marble monument to mark the site of Fort Defiance where the city stands. The shaft will reach 80 feet with a marble cannon ball topped by a carved American eagle and bearing a name plate at its base.
A playful dialogue features Gross Count de Bree and Missa Gottroxz discussing lineage. Iva interjects with a light joke about a coconut tree as they explore genealogical notions and humorous skepticism.
Percy H. Epler recalls a Bancroft tale about Levi Lincoln nearly blind being teased by geese along a Massachusetts road. As the flock blocked the way, Lincoln dipped from his carriage and tossed pennies shouting God bless you, my children.
A Wisconsin farmer took his twelve year old son to a village for the first time in February. The boy was so astonished by the sight of a train of corn that he lost the power of speech for three days. His father fears the boy may be struck dumb at any circus or sociological garden and suggests the farm be hidden away.
An active young woman recalls nervous prostration from brain strain and grief. She credits Grape Nuts with rapid relief and improved digestion after years of failed diets. She notes benefits to office girls and the habit of carrying a package for meals.
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