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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
2
Poetic tribute celebrating wheat as a bannered triumph of nature and labor. The speaker links harvest abundance to sun rain and human homes, declaring the wheat’s story and glory in universal praise.
A fragmented tale follows YoriMashe and Tama in Osaka as their child Monotete Peach Darlings watches a paper carp. The Osaka division marches past the little house under a moonlit bayonet, prompting a quiet, fatal awareness of war’s cost in a mother’s heart.
The passage recalls Japanese forces advancing to seize Nanshan hill and beat Russians north of Kinchan, with Yorimasa cited for bravery. It follows Tama and Momo in Osaka hearing of the war’s progress, the dreamlike vision of a fallen husband, and the belief that the fourth division would soon return home.
In a moonlit garden Tama greets Yorimasa in uniform and joy turns to shock as the phantom trumpet ushers a final parting. Momo, at a pine, cries out with a violent shout as Yorimasa fades into the night leaving Tama collapsed.
A miscellany tracing yeast biology and bread making from yeast cultures to sugar and gluten chemistry, then shifting to the history of gloves from ancient references to noble rites and anecdotes about composers and a Detroit anecdote. The piece blends science notes with curious social lore and quotations.
A collage of dates and events traces U S history from 1782 to 1833, noting parliamentary moves, national reorganizations, territorial changes, notable births and deaths, and landmark incidents. It includes the British war ending, U S Congress sessions, capital shifts, territorial arrivals, and Molly Pitcher’s commemorated heroism.
A collection of curiosities and statistics from various fields. It notes Germany’s 21 universities with 27 000 students and 2000 professors, dragonflies outpacing swallows, bird flight limits, and dragonfly wing vibrations. It also mentions sawdust bricks, petrels crossing oceans, gold and silver production shifts, and humorous anecdotes about domestic life and marriage.
A reader from Columbus Ohio praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female troubles including displacement inflammation and irregularities. She claims it cured pain dizziness and nervous prostration and invites others to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
The Lawtons move to Willow Park and attend dinners with new neighbors while on a diet. Mrs. Lawton worries about appearing rude yet notes the bills are full of dishes they can enjoy. A spilling confidant hints at a shared maid schedule among neighbors, revealing social entanglements.
In New York a fluent Frenchman tells a lawyer his troubles. He insists that his friend Lecomte helped him search for the stolen purse and believes Lecomte did not steal it, noting he might have recovered it himself if aided.
A Michigan student reports severe nervousness hindered daily practice until switching from coffee to Postum. She notes improved stamina, resumed routine, and reduced jitters by November. Her father, a physician, endorses Postum’s health value and urges its use for musicians. “There’s a Reason” is the Postum tagline. Read The Road to Wellville in the packages.
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