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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
3
A veteran sportsman extols Western Canada for plentiful game and comfortable farming life. He highlights mallards, sage grouse, snipe, deer, wapiti, moose, and wildfowl habitats near lakes and prairies, with settlers, butter, eggs, and accessible land through Canadian Government agents.
Waters the milk dealer condemns Peters for sharing trade secrets in chalk talks. Ascum boasts about Peters becoming an artist and betraying the trade, while Waters expresses shame and calls it treachery in a Catholic Standard and Times excerpt.
A Philadelphia Press item recalls a conversation about luck and superstition. The speaker claims luck today after picking up a pip with a diamond in it, while the other person questions belief in luck and superstition.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century column extols Mrs. Pinkham as the trusted adviser for women's health issues. It argues men cannot fully grasp female distress, that family physicians lack full information, and praises Mrs. Pinkham for offering free, confidential guidance based on long experience. The piece mentions a case in Grant Park and implies successful treatment of ovarian inflammation.
The report details drought severe in Missouri and lower Mississippi valleys worsening winter wheat and oat prospects while eastern districts face excessive rain. It notes cool, wet weather retarding planting in the Middle Atlantic and New England, with varied crop conditions across Iowa Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Minnesota and other states, including slower corn growth and apples facing drop.
A long account from Sumpter details Mrs Flanigan's fifteen year struggle with dropsy and her recovery after using six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills on a doctor's recommendation from Carm druggist Mr J Dale. The testimonial credits her cure to the pills and praises the remedy and dealer.
A passerby in a motorcar narrowly misses a horse and jokes that the vehicle may outpace the animal. The horse retorts in a comical exchange, asserting resilience and humor in the unlikely collision scene.
Fragmentary exchange cites Professor Koch and Eve in a chaotic New York City setting. Mentions two years since meeting, a bonnet, and wear. Tidbits column notes Dick and Fannie’s marriage and a proposed peace commission, amid quirky asides and overheard remarks.
A fragment notes Halt e Catarrh Core offered as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. The snippet also mentions a person’s wife dying yesterday, with garbled lines about a Boston Herald reference and a butcher comment.
A nostalgic verse recalls the old band led by Schneider, praising its music in contrast to modern bands. Characters Turner Pete Jerome Jones’ boys Jake Ira Sand Hank Smith Jim and Mike Brown are named among players, while remarks note the drum and bass horn’s prominence. The piece contrasts past music with today’s sound.
Letters from readers including Clem G. Moore and Captain Percy W. Moss praise Peruna as a cure for systemic catarrh, claiming rapid improvement after using one to two bottles. Judge Wm. T. Zenor also endorses it as a remedy and tonic with offers of free medical advice from Dr. Hartman of Columbus, Ohio.
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