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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
5
Campaign style ad claims American Lice Destroyer eliminates mites and vermin within 24 hours in poultry coops. It touts safety, affordability, and a money back guarantee, promising profits rise as vermin are eradicated. Sold by American Miz Co Terre Haute, urging farmers to buy a 500 box if local druggists do not stock it.
A half dozen New York clubs are now quartered on the top floor of skyscrapers. Dining rooms high above the city roofs prove highly attractive, especially in summer, and the elevated locations offer notable advantages for members and guests.
A new mousetrap design uses a plain bowl balanced by two pins set apart with horizontal rods on top. The rods touch and hold the bowl in a raised position until the bait is disturbed, releasing the edge to trap the mouse.
An improved pew hat hanger grips hats of any size with a rear bracketed bar under the seat and a front coiled spring that pulls out to insert the hat brim. The device holds hats rigidly in place, easing churchward hat storage.
Furniture Wade from Grass describes a new industry making furniture from grass, noted as increasingly extensive in many Northwestern states and highlighted in the Patent Record as a recently developed important proportion of manufacturing.
The Emperor of Germany seeks a battlefield motor car and offers 20,060 for the best invention. The prize targets a new vehicle suitable for military use and patrols on the field of battle.
The Japanese government consents to postpone for one year the start of new regulations that would deprive Japanese subjects of fishing privileges in Saghalien and Siberia waters. The action delays anticipated restrictions and keeps existing fishing rights intact for the coming year.
A recently returned French engineer officer who volunteered in the Stitch service in South Africa claims the Boers have never had more than 35,000 or 40,000 men under arms.
A garbled excerpt weighs on court etiquette among rulers and cousins, then shifts to local social life. Invitations announce a Mrs Cady gathering next Saturday, Union Temperance at Presbyterians, a Woman's Foreign Missionary Society quarterly meeting at Mrs Mary Brook’s, and a report praising the Eporth League devotional with memory-based singing and readings.
A New York man introduces mechanical lamps that burn kerosene with no chimneys. Air is forced into the flame to produce a clear white light rivaling twenty candles. Buyers include rulers and dignitaries in Siam Morocco Damascus Bagdad.
The piece states the Austrian emperor boasts the largest array of noble titles and territorial ranks in Europe. It lists imperial titles, nine regalian forms, grand duke status twice, grand prince once, and various counts or lords as part of his formal designations.
W Van Kirk filed a lawsuit yesterday against attorney Robert E Cantwell after the charge of barratry. Cantwell advertised to handle bankruptcy cases free of charge for any city employee owing money to lenders, a claim noted by the Chicago Journal.
The 1898 Mineral Wealth Returns indicate the British Empire produced about one third of world gold, over a quarter of salt, one ninth of silver, and seven elevenths of tin. Coal output reached 220 million metric tons, with roughly one fifteenth from outside the United Kingdom mines.
Diamond polishing is a lengthy process with workmen seated at long tables, backs to the light. They use iron wheels revolving 1500 times a minute. Diamonds are dipped in oil and dust, soldered to a handle, and pressed against the wheel to shape many facets.
Views surveyed the Miller and Pancake orchards near Rodney West Virginia for exhibition at the Paris exposition. Claimed as the world’s largest orchards with 250000 peach and plum trees. Owners planted 181000 trees last year and cleared 1735 acres of timber land. In the first bearing season they shipped 100 carloads of peaches and plums.
Six women and four men were fined the costs by Justice Martin for patronizing a bucket-shop in the Rialto building. Maria Jones attempted to leave without paying. Detective Wooldridge pursued her to the door and had her jailed until the costs were paid.
Receipts from shipping tolls at the Soca canal show 36 746 000 in the early 1900 period, 96 425 600 in 1899, and 95 705 000 in 1898, indicating year to year fluctuation in toll income during the decades around 1898 to 1900.
The article notes growing attendance at services last Sunday and announces patriotic services next Sunday at 11 o'clock with singing and an appropriate sermon by the pastor. Mrs Etta Hamilton will lead B Y P U Sunday evening at 7 at the Baptist church with a study topic listed as 26 1 11.
A limestone cave near Shelby township south of Oregon Indiana, within a mile of the Ripley Circuit court site from 1818, was rediscovered by Benjamin Harrell, John Titus, and B F Sands. They explored three miles, finding chambers with beautiful specimens, a vast room, and a roaring water seep. A petrified snake was retrieved, solid enough to serve as a walking stick.
Violence crimes rise in Berlin and nearby areas. The Prussian interior ministry orders immediate reporting of all violent deaths to a special bureau. The bureau will decide whether local or Berlin police take the case and may assign its own detectives in certain instances.
An Atlantic City dispatch reports a 12 foot Moray sea serpent with brown hair and red lips washed ashore and was killed with a club. Prof. ya XN. Stone of Ohio, a noted scientist visiting, identifies it as Moray from Azores waters outlining it as a seasonal curiosity.
Chicago Journals report Englewood incident where John McHugh and Carle Heafford were involved in attempts to light a pipe at a public lamp on Parnell Avenue and Sixth Street. A policeman intervened and justice allowed the man to go home after giving him matches. Also notes a physician who returned to Kansas after a petition secured a yearly bonus to lure him back to service.
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