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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
5
A fragmented feature recalls A W Dimock In Outing describing his engagement as a professional wildlife disturbance photographer. He details handling rattlesnakes alligators and crocodiles for dramatic shots and a near drowning to supply human interest. The anecdote includes gear risks and the photographer’s claim of painting the picture.
An art student copying Abbott Thayer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is approached by a plainclothes man who offers blunt critique. The student resents the comments, brushes off the praise, and grows visibly angry as the critic persists with exacting observations.
A judge's library note describes a man with bed typhoid fever as a walking skeleton while his wife battles illness and reports a dramatic forty pound weight reduction from a new anti-fat remedy. The excerpt highlights health struggles and experimental treatments observed in the period.
A gym tale recalls Tom O Rourke and Joe Wolcott testing a large walnut colored challenger who sought to fight, Wolcott delivering a crushing right that left the man bouncing three times before recovering. The scene ended with a wry, hopeful remark from the defeated stranger.
A collection of items on Wall Street tipsters and market chatter from the New York Globe and Chicago fare, with snippets on prices and broker advice. Also includes humorous vignettes about temperaments, a cartoonish family exchange, and a boardinghouse quip from Detroit seems. The pieces mix financial culture with light social humor from urban press snippets.
A Philadelphia Record item notes remarks about the Gentist giving up poker. The comic exchange mentions the man Siebte and a quip about it being easier to deal with Glintooth than a hand, reflecting amused street chatter.
A fragment notes a returning festive gentleman. The line hints at the old adage there is no place like home and the accompanying mock Loagon Optaioca quotation adds local flavor to the piece. The text reads as a playful, period voice typical of a newspaper note column.
A playful dialogue contrasts a modern woman with tradition as a heroine questions the typical role. A witty exchange frames aspirations of wealth and status in a light, era-tinged tone.
English artist Phil May fled to Paris delaying a Christmas pole design for an illustrated weekly. Publishers hired six sandwich men to march outside May's Margate hotel with boards asking for the cover. The ruse prompted May to return and deliver a brilliant colored design.
A small English seaport theatre staggers when a third tier actress playing Juliet demands limelight. A ship light becomes a fuse for a smoky scene as a mistaken rocket sets the balcony ablaze and the crowd stampedes while a mosquito note and a bank job quip echo.
A teacher asks for illustrations of press power and a previously unremarkable pupil responds with "Older, courtship and politics" cited by Judge's Library. The remark highlights the influence of the press on society and public life.
A new congressman criticizes coverage of his remarks saying reporters added laughter and applause while minimizing gestures. The Pittsburgh Post notes mixed reactions to the reporting style.
A muddled OCR passage shows Blane and Gottlieb debating a gold brick. The text suggests a pause in dialogue and a remark that some misperceive value, implying envy and misunderstanding over a “gold brick” and what was actually produced.
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