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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1901
Page
4
A writer extols Nebraska and northern Kansas farming noting superior climate, cheap lands, strong soil, and alfalfa yields. It highlights an excellent school fund from land rents, high corn yields, and favorable investment in Nebraska farms versus Illinois, urging readers to move west.
A fragment discusses the idea that Chinese soldiers are not naturally brave, then shifts to a returned traveler’s tale about religious practice, followed by a wedding anniversary note and historical hotel lore. It mentions Regensburg's Golden Cross as the oldest hotel, with emperors and notable figures visiting over centuries, and notes the Seven Stars inn in Manchester with a 540 year licensing history.
Stop the cough and fight the cold with Lexatuve Bromo Quinine Tablets. Cures a cold in one day and offers no cure, no pay. Price 25 cents.
Having purchased Harry Pacey's oil wagon I will make regular trips into the country and, by handling only the finest grades of oil, I hope to win a fair share of your patronage. WS. OvEREn.
Trustees offer Brimfield Presbyterian church building and lot for 500 cash. Sale subject to approval by Peoria Presbytery official J. J. Pursell or other board member.
The Homestead Law opens settlement for about 20 000 farms of 160 acres each in a fair Oklahoma prairie region. The reservation lies in a rich, level prairie area and awaits home seekers who will soon be able to file for land. Attorney L C Cox represents the opening.
The $5,000,000 estate of Dr. Thomas W. Evans the Paris based dentist has been settled. Contested heirs receive $800,000 while $250,000 goes to relatives and the rest to the Thomas Evans Museum and Institute in Philadelphia.
Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema told British art students that no finished picture leaves his studio without his approval yet he admits fatigue from seeking perfection. He says he is glad to see work taken away and notes the struggle to capture the exact vision.
Report says every ship loading mules or horses under British contracts for South Africa is carefully watched to prevent the placing of infernal machines or other destructive devices aboard, with the coast subjected to strict scrutiny.
The report shows Chicago as the foremost port on the Great Lakes with Cin. listed as the greatest lake port. Through December 11 the harbor recorded 7 099 exports. Buffalo, Cleveland, and Milwaukee trailed with 3 684, 2 43, and 3 067 respectively.
The population at end of December last was 287 288, calculated by adding net immigration 1 143 to the 1898 end figure and subtracting net deaths 77. The estimate follows Sir D P Ross's report cited by Adolphus Daniel in the Chicago Record.
The sponge surface bears larger top pores with a mass of channels inside. Water flows through these channels by hairlike appendages, drawing in food carried by the current. The polyps agitate the water to aid feeding.
Lieutenant J Evans of the First Royal Enniskillen Fusiliers was shot at Pieters Hill in South Africa and survived. After recovery he returned to Africa to rejoin his regiment for duty and continues wartime service.
Dan Rice, famed circus clown from Maine to California, was arrested in Cincinnati after drinking. He offered no defense and was sentenced by the police justice to three months in the work house to provide for him during the coming winter. He is about seventy years old.
A German engineer has devised a system allowing visitors to use a phonograph instead of a human guide. Attendants insert a roller describing each exhibit into the phonograph for visitors to hear the description.
A private garden surrounds the tea supply for the Chinese Emperor. Pickers must wear gloves and bathe three times daily, and they must abstain from eating fish to prevent tainted breath from tainting the tea aroma.
An unnamed source states the 4 cent Pan American series stamp issued to honor the Buffalo Pan American Exposition will depict a motor vehicle as the central image, illustrating the era’s latest transportation form and its commemorative purpose.
An ad notes that One Minute Cough Cure relieves throat and lung troubles instantly and claims it prevents consumption. It also mentions Nails Grow After Dismemberment and reports counterfeit DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve with warnings about blood poisoning.
An advertisement extols Nebraska as a land of easy farming and rising profits. It promises cheap land, healthful climate, and abundant churches and schools, urging readers to visit via discounted excursion tickets and request information on The Corn Belt and West Nebraska Grazing Country.
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