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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
7
The speaker recalls nightly visions of a feared phantom while battling longing and sleep. Dreams turn to torment as indulgence in pie triggers a haunting presence described as a horse with eighteen legs and wings. The verse evokes dread and desire within a dreamlike dead of night scene from Somerville Journal.
An old advertisement touts U s Catarrh Cure and Halls Family Pills claiming deafness relief if ear tube inflammation is removed. It also markets railway travel offers from Chicago to Pacific Coast cities, with tourist sleeping cars and maps from W B Kniskern, Chicago.
A humorous quip on marriage fortunes contrasts a poet, an artist, and a railroad magnate. The Chicago and Northwestern Railway advertises Life magazine’s price of 33 dollars to the West and 6 dollars berth in tourist cars for March and April. It notes personally conducted excursions from Chicago and New England with pamphlet details upon stamp submission to A. Hutchison, manager, 212 Clark Street, Chicago.
A remark contrasts ancestral honor with modern finance. The impressive person warns the youth that the honored name carries weight, while the titled youth concedes it matters little at a bank, illustrating a clash between heritage and practical worth.
A vintage advertisement lists Mother Gray as a nurse at a New York Children’s Home, promoting powders that supposedly break colds in 24 hours and soothe teething and stomach issues. It cites ten thousand testimonials and urges purchase at druggists for 25 cents with a sample offer by Auten 8 in Le Roy New York. A joke line features Mr Hardfiste and the Weary Walker about spending money on a new automobile.
An old warning promotes Kemp's Balsam claiming it stops coughing instantly and offers a free sample bottle at druggists. It notes bottles are sold in 50 cent sizes and urges immediate action, warning that delays are dangerous.
The item presents a brief quirky exchange about timing and confidence. It hints at a TV or stage moment where a bachelor contemplates status and readiness amid witty banter. No clear names, locations, or dates are provided in the readable text.
A diary of 18 000 volumes written by women is noted as left by Mme Kalisavov who died recently in St Petersburg. Lance s Family Medicine promotes daily bowels for health with gentle action on liver and kidneys and headache relief. Piso s Cure for Consumption praised for croppy children by Mrs Callahan of Parkersburg W Va April 16 1901.
A thaw after heavy snowfall caused freshets and floods disrupting manufacturing and transport. Labor tensions at coal mines and cloth mills caused unease while spring trade remains planned. Iron and steel remain weak as Pittsburg plants close and coke supplies falter. Prices hold, with premiums for spot material. Crop outlook in Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma is uncertain, with moisture effects and a record Kansas acreage. Livestock markets show mixed moves as cattle and hogs shift modestly. Wheat and other grains show lingering supply concerns.
A long listing shows cattle hogs and sheep quotes across markets in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and more. Also noted is a Colorado Legislature resolution favoring exclusion of Japanese and Chinese immigrants.
Ex Governor John P Altgeld of Illinois died within hours of collapsing on stage at a pro Boer gathering in Joliet. He had traveled from Chicago and appeared vigorous during his speech before fainting just off stage. Doctors failed to save him despite four physicians efforts and renewed consciousness earlier that night. Altgeld, born in Germany in 1847, served in the Union army, built a Chicago law career, and was known for pleas in the Haymarket case and the Pullman strike stance. He married Miss Ford in 1877 and left a legacy of reform and controversy in Illinois politics.
A bank safe at Bozeman and Waters in Poseyville Indiana was blown open by robbers. About $3500 was stolen before the thieves fled the scene. Police pursuit ongoing.
Congressman M. W. Howard of Fort Payne Alabama endorses Peruna as a reliable remedy after taking it for grippe and catarrh. The letter cites relief and suggests the product can provide lasting cure, while discussing catarrh as affecting the entire body and detailing a Rochester New York patient’s experience with long standing symptoms.
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