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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
6
A jumble of humorous vignettes and social asides from a Philadelphia era column. References to Bacon, MacVeagh, tipping, summer signs, and quirky anecdotes about coins, hair dye, and a logomotive sparks incident paint a lively snapshot of the period’s tone and concerns.
A Paris fashion report finds the harem skirt failing to gain traction in Europe. Critics blame bad imitations and poor reception at races and public events, while insiders note it survives only as indoor or formal wear for a select few. The hoop sleeve emerges as the latest oddity in Paris couture.
Maiden lane opticians deny reports undermining spectacles and eyeglasses worn by the public. Professors and oculists have claimed many lenses are wrongly ground and harmful. Critics say trial cases are unreliable while defenders cite American lens quality and favorable independent tests from Kew England.
James R Dunn, U S Immigration Inspector, condemns the padrone practice for forcing boys to long shoe shining hours to pay their fathers debts in America. He says boys are indoctrinated from arrival and kept under control while working.
The noted French senate member Aron d Estournelle de Con stance travels U S cities urging universal peace and is hosted by many societies and leaders. The speaker describes the harsh reality of deportation cases in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma. He notes youths brought here under labor and age misrepresentations and warns most return to crime or low social standing, with few finding honest work.
Chicago news reports Charles Kittrick sold his body and soul to seven nurses at the National Maternity hospital. He died there while being cared for and his body will be used for clinical study per a bill of sale. The sale was recorded with the county recorder.
Rev. George W. Cutter urged Unitarian ministers in Boston to kill all degenerates in Massachusetts institutions with an anesthetic. The remark was delivered during a monthly conference of city ministers.
Six car loads of raw silk and silk goods arrived in New York on a record 17 day voyage from Yokohama aboard the Empress of China. The journey began April 1, left Vancouver April 28, and completed the cross continent in under six days. The shipment, valued at about 600000 dollars, set new silk transport records.
Sealing fleet from St. John’s Newfoundland reports 305000 seals valued at 493000 captured by eighteen vessels this season. Last year the fleet logged 222000 seals valued at 612000.
John A. Pool of Santa Monica grows a two year old cabbage plant that towers nearly nine and a half feet with a trunk of 11 inches and has produced over a bushel of small heads along the stalk. He trims the upper sprouts to protect the trunk and keeps the plant tied to a stake as it remains perennial promising possible future fame as a California tourist curiosity.
A garbled OCR fragment lists headaches forehead pain and back aches with vague references to weakness eyes skin and bowels. No clear subjects or events are identifiable.
A marble statue will mark the site of Fort Defiance in Estherville Iowa The monument will stand 80 feet high and be built entirely of marble A large marble cannon ball with an American eagle on top and a name plate at the base are planned to accompany the shaft
A quirky dialogue features Iva and Miss Gottrox discussing evolution and a cocoanut tree, with a playful misdirection about showing a family tree. The banter hinges on a pun that blends science with comic confusion.
Historian George Bancroft recalled by Percy H. Epler in Master Minds of the Commonwealths Heart a joke from a Massachusetts country road. Levi Lincoln, nearly blind, rode as geese gobbled along Lincoln street. One nobleman leaned from a carriage and tossed coins saying 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 saw a train of corn and was struck speechless for three hours. The father hid the farm away and feared a lasting impact from the experience.
An active young businesswoman recalls recovery from nervous prostration and stomach trouble after adopting Grape Nuts. She credits improved health and energy to the cereal, noting relief from dyspepsia and fatigue while endorsing its dietary role.
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