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Brimfield News

Location

Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1903

Page

3

Bjornson Birthday Tale: Windows Splitters Sing

The Norwegian poet Bjornson recalled his seventieth birthday with a tale of a conservative delegation smashing his windows. After the assault they began to sing the song of the land, and the poet felt a paradoxical pleasure from being celebrated despite the attack.

Bjornstjerne Bjornson Argonaut Storthing Parliament

Backache Cured by Dean's Kidney Pills, Farmer Testifies

A. A. Boyce of Trenton Missouri suffered a severe kidney cold and back ache. After trying many remedies to no avail he used Dean's Kidney Pills from Charles A. Foster's drug store. He reports the backache gradually disappeared and urges readers to request a free trial offer from Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo New York. Pills sold for 60 cents at druggists.

A. A. Boyce Trenton

Secret Betrayed in Celestial Empire Deal

A fragmentary exchange unfolds as a deciphered deal is threatened by a promoter's absent mindedness. The text hints at a planned venture tied to ancient references and a character named Chin-Nong introducing rice into the Celestial Empire about 2800 years ago.

Celestial Empire Cnpair Chin-Nong

Frances Stafford Testimony Supports Pinkham Remedies

Mrs Frances Stafford of 243 East Tidth Street New York City adds her testimony to the hundreds of thousands on Mrs Pinkhams files. Skeptics faded as year after year the group of cured women grew into a vast army. Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound and other medicines are credited with aiding women across America.

Frances Stafford E. Tidth St N.Y Gty Lydia E. Pinkham America

Peter Chosen King in Serbia After Alexander Killing

The skupshtina and senate swift chose Prince Peter Karageorgevitch as king within minutes, amid praise and questions about civilization's stance on assassination. Britain warned to limit diplomatic ties if conspirators gain power, while Serbia’s new rulers push secrecy over their roles and rewards.

Alexander Peter Karageorgevitch Serbia Tresson Great Britain Ing Chicago Servia

Rambling World News Snippets and Piquant Observations

A collage of foreign and domestic notes touches on Balkan royalty, a Kansas City opening, red tape in relief efforts, Erie police strike, cyclone threats, a hypothetical dynasty agenda, panama hat fashion, Bulgarians’ prison releases, and a ransom kidnaping of an American. Variations in diction reveal chatter about global affairs, fashion trends, and ongoing public concerns.

Karageorgevitch Kansas City War Department Erie Aeigen Fargr Reese Souri Queen Draga Panama Abdul Hamid Abi Mies Stone

Conscience Behind Counterfeiters Says Hazen

William P. Hazen former head of the U S secret service argues to a Baltimore Herald correspondent that perfect counterfeit money or bonds is impossible due to a mysterious conscience that sabotages the criminals work. He notes even expert engravers fail to achieve perfection and that suspicion often arises from an indefinable feel of the bill or coin leading to detection.

Wiliam P. Hazen United States Secret Service Washington Baltimore Herald Treasury

The Way She Identified Them on Nantucket

One of the island’s most eccentric figures, Eliza Ann McCleave, ran a small museum and lectured visitors. She pointed to two figures and joked that one was Caesar and the other Brutus, asking Mary Lizzie to identify who was slain.

Nantucket Eliza Ann McCleave Caesar Brutus Mary Lizzie

Dodd's Kidney Pills Save Child in Sedgwick Ark

Sedgwick Ark June 22 W H Taylor says the pills saved his child’s life after severe swelling left him a helpless invalid in his mother’s arms. Before using Dodd's Kidney Pills he was near death, and observers believe the cure was decisive.

Sedgwick Ark Taylor Tors Dodd

Fragmentary 19th century notices and advertisements

A garbled collage of dialogue quotes, hymn references, and product lines. It mentions Miss Primleigh likeness to her mother, Jesus Accept the Praise by Charles Wesley, and hymns used at Methodist conferences. Also cites Piso's Cure for Consumption and Winslow's Soorarms Sundor for Children with price 55 cents for two bottles.

Jesus Charles Weslés Methodists

Light peeks through cracks in famed preacher tale

Two Dumfries men hearing Edward Irving in Scotland debate his depth. One mocks the preacher as cracked, the other reassures with the line that light often peeks through a crack. Also notices June to July rail fares for Boston round trip via Lake Shore Michigan Southern with specific sale and return dates and stopovers.

Edward Irving Scotland Dumfries Willie Will Bostom Lake Shore Michigan Niagara Falls Chautauqua New York City Ticket Office Clark C. F. Daly A. G. P. A. Chicago

Reasoned Out and Love in Blindness

A brief, reflective line from Chicago Past on perception and affection. It contrasts the idea that beauty proves love with the counterpoint that blindness accompanies true feeling. The quotation suggests love’s irrational clarity beyond sight.

Chicago

Longest Diamond Service Holder Jim O Rourke

Jim O Rourke of Bridgeport Connecticut holds the record for the longest continuous service on the baseball diamond. He debuted in 1872 with the Mansfield nine of Middletown and has played without long breaks ever since.

Jim O'Rourke Bridgeport Conn Mansfield Nine Middletown

Complete External and Internal Treatment For Skin Diseases

Advertisement touts Complete External and Internal Treatment for torturing skin and blood humours including scrofula and hair loss. Claims Catienra products and Cuticura remedies cure obstinate constitutional humours, infantile eruptions, eczema, and itching when other remedies fail, with many homes using these products.

Catiura Monsen

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