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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
11
The brief dialogue hints at relationship strains between Galey and Haley regarding marriage. The exchange mentions good health and a note about Garfield Tea as a remedy for constipation, suggesting a casual domestic topic with health as a side remark.
New York reports Dr Charles Folley in Paris claims serum cures both influenza and sleeping sickness by using influenza germ causes. Mount Sinai and Bellevue researchers pursue germ isolation and a globoid body as the possible cause. Folley cites 25,000,000 flu cases worldwide this year and about 90,000,000 globally, with widespread cures attributed to his serum. A Boston Leprosy case is also noted, Nicholas Brand sent to Penikese island.
In Brooklyn Supreme Court a three decade dispute over an estate spans New York Rhode Island Massachusetts and Australia. Mrs. Fannie S. Thurber filed 100 pages of affidavits opposing Wiltam H and Dexter Thurber who seek to restrain her from collecting an $883 annuity believed to belong to her husband Edmund Gibbs Thurber.
In Paris a landlord convicted of raising rents at an abusive rate was sentenced to one week in jail and fined 100 francs. He leased an apartment to two midinettes for 185 francs monthly and later increased the rent to 250 francs per month.
Proposals for an English firm to establish an airplane factory in Chile and set up a postal service between major cities receive favorable government consideration. Gen. Pedro Dartnell outlines economic and military benefits in a report citing John Thomas Aircraft Manufacturing. Eight South American nations push aviation for military, commercial and transport needs amid difficult terrain and slow traditional routes. Peru shows strong enthusiasm with pilots trained and more machines planned to ease mountain travel.
A brief commentary asserts that a woman's role centers on the home and that even newlywed brides accept this expectation. The note reflects social norms about marriage and domestic life.
An old classified style ad promotes genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross on tablets and packages. It lists uses from colds to neuralgia and pain, notes 12 tablets in a tin box, and references Druggists selling larger Bayer packages. Also contains terse ad copy for Garfield Tea and a note that aluminum was first discovered in 1827.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle laxative cathartic that works while you sleep. It claims they remove liver and bowel poisons, relieve head ache, biliousness, constipation, and sour stomach, urging readers to spend a few cents for a box.
A couple stands by an open door as cold wind intrudes on a dim hall lamp. They whisper declarations of love while a father from above orders Lucy to extinguish the light and go to bed.
In a witty dialogue, Mr. Peck remains silent before a lifelike portrait of his wife by Pimear the artist. The Wife declares it perfect, noting the portrait's precision and the Lack of a word from him. A playful exchange about truth and luck follows.
Two women discuss a Navy themed film they saw. They note scenes of sailors scrubbing decks and reveal plans to remind their husbands serving at sea about their duties. The item reflects wartime home front sentiment and public interest in military life.
Farmer Corntossel claims Josh knows how the place should be run and can give instructions faster than the hired man and he can follow. The dialogue underscores the tension between leadership and execution.
A buyer quips that he judges a motorcar by its engine while the seller Fixates on upholstery and trim. The buyer boasts the car’s finish is a brick wall or a ditch, signaling a sharp, humorous clash over quality expectations in the trade.
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