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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1901
Page
9
Section reprints letters praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments with a Hampton Virginia testimonial. It also notes a five year old girl calling Baden-Powell rude for tapping a telegraph wire during the South Africa campaign.
Humorous exchange from old Philadelphia Record and Judge columns shows two hobos begging a lady for change then debating coffee in a saloon. One hobo cites coffee by the bar with clove and orange peel as social banter while another recalls sharing bread and promising to stretch it for a thrifty lady.
A Washington Star anecdote recalls an American soldier asking how a Filipino prisoner yielded quietly. The reply cites a ruse claiming a dinner menu as the lure. The exchange highlights wartime humor amid prisoner handling.
An old advertisement promotes Grain-O as a children friendly drink that tastes like coffee. It claims Grain-O is made from pure grains, provides health benefits, and costs 15c to 23c while all grocers carry it.
Helen Wallat terson Moody argues in Ladies' Home Journal that American and French women wore costly silk and lace while English women favored utility. She notes rising dress costs as fashion shifts drive Americans to chase trends despite no need, stressing excessive spending and emphasis on clothing in American life.
Velpin Indiana June 17 Wm Q B Sullivan a Pike County farmer and brother of ex Representative Sullivan of Pike and Dubois Counties suffered kidney trouble rheumatism and heart distress. After three boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills he is strong again declaring a miracle and can work a full day without pain.
A bustle scene shows a patient asking a doctor to cover a prescription, then a hurried correction that no nerve medicine is needed. The Tramps’ View and a New York Herald quote claim there is no leisure class, even among millionaires.
A humorous exchange between Mrs. and Mr. Crimsonbeak notes the Czar of Russia rarely reads newspapers while he avoids crowded cars where women stand. The Yonkers Statesman provides a punchline on modern public transit.
A farmer and his wife discuss Broadway in New York with light banter. Herbert asks about his father who is busy locating facts by playing hide and seek with the Encyclopaedia Britannica volumes.
An old advertisement snippet notes Hall's Catarrh Care taken internally at 75 cents and Piso's Cure for Consumption praised as an infallible cough medicine. The fragment also includes a sentimental quote about folly and repentance attributed to N W Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey dated February 1st 1900.
An enterprising Yankee in lower Broadway runs a basement business selling used trunks and traveling bags with foreign hotel labels. He targets returning travelers from Europe, buying their tagged baggage at modest prices and reselling it for double or more. Demand for decorated merchandise exceeds supply, creating low risk.
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt a poet, hired by magazine publishers, tells his wife he has rhymes fixed and will finish the poem in about half an hour as the boy calls about the requested verse.
A collage of 19th century ads shows Allen's Foot-Ease powder promising easy relief for new shoes and sore feet. A note on caffeine in beverages and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething is also listed with prices and sample offers.
In a court scene a lawyer asks the witness for his name. He explains he once bore the name John Wesley but grew tired of the resemblance and had it changed to Ballygroo Ballygoogie.
Promote Grain-O as a pure grain drink that avoids coffee jitters and stomach upset. Claims it tastes like finest coffee, offers nourishment for children and adults, and costs around 4 1 2 cents to claim via grocer.
Parkville voices discuss forming a milk trust as a consolidating idea surfaces. Rockaway counters by betting that such a move would be watered down or blocked.
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