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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
3
Fragmentary notice page lists multiple ads including cheap stamps from NAVY RECORD, CAR-BO-DEEN carbon remover, suspender and brace combo, and a Tupelo Realty Co real estate inquiry. Reads like a rough collage of early 20th century classified pitches with offers and addresses in New York Los Angeles St Louis and Tupelo.
A commercial report notes Siam shows a larger untapped field for piano manufacturers than phonographs while preferring traditional instruments. Western instruments are scarce and mostly ornamental. the phonograph remains popular and common in households able to afford it.
Thousands of women endure kidney or bladder issues without realizing the cause. The ad claims Swamp Root restores kidney health and relieves related symptoms such as back pain headaches and low energy. Send ten cents for a sample to Dr Kilmer Co and buy larger bottles at drug stores.
A small boy, burdened with two long bundles, battles a Broadway gale. His hat blows off and rolls away as a passerby intercepts it at the curb and places it back on the boy’s head without any contact from the child.
A narrator quotes remarks about a man's planity and his dull child while noting that pointing out faults can feel like a true friendship yet provoke resentment. The text blends humor and social critique through casual conversation about honesty and family.
Illinois senate moves a waterway project bill with a 60000 enforcement appropriation and faces a house hurdle. A separate measure restricts teaching in schools to English while preserving foreign language courses. Other actions include contempt of court and jury trial bills, zoning changes, tax rate adjustments, and a blue sky law signing. The piece also covers canal squatters, canal-rights enforcement, and a monorail oversight order. Major figures include Secretary of State Frank L. Polk, Governor Lowden, Carrie Chapman Catt, Grace Wilbur Trout, and Senator Boehm.
The senate, on Buck’s motion, adopted a joint resolution to name a governor appointed commission to investigate farm tenancy proposals affecting Scully lands in Grundy, Livingston and Logan counties. The body also passed the F A McCarthy bill, aligned with the Kessinger bill from earlier, as labor unrest grows from large coal contracts in the South. Frank Farrington cites a serious coal-labor situation urging federal and state action. Investigations by New York and Illinois officials prompt aid for blue sky law enforcement. Smallpox spreads in Illinois with 140 cases in the north and scattered cases of diphtheria across multiple counties and cities.
A boy with roses asked a man to buy. The woman said he wouldn’t buy because he is her husband. The moment ends the sales talk. Indianapolis News notes a reflection on pride in friends by Stevens on a quiet street scene.
The New York Evening Telegraph laments a killing after Moses Cohen whistled in a cinema. It calls for the killer to be caught while urging civility, warning against whistling in theaters, trams, streets, shops, and offices.
A witty exchange defends split infinitives and singular verbs with two nouns as reform measures. The speakers joke about spelling reform easing education and argue that grammar reform is overdue. The line about finding an engine over an engineer underscores the lighter note.
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