Local Notes and Millinery Ad Brief
Mrs Ed Wyman is reported quite ill in local notes. Shane's offers a full millinery selection with hats and accessories for spring events.
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Ed Wyman
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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1909
Page
5
Fragments of 1900s notices and curiosities in Brimfield
A miscellany of local society notes, travel updates, and curious facts. Mentions Mrs Mary McMullen in Elmwood, Miss Sylva Snedaker leaving Hedding College, and various visits and improvements. Includes broad statements on animals, languages, weather, and world trivia of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylva Snedaker
Hedding College
Nell Culberteen
Master's Sale in Peoria County Brimfield Real Estate
State of Slavis in Peoria County will sell at public auction on May 22, 1909 at 11 am at Brimfield Post Office front door. Property includes Blocks 6 7 1 2 and 8 in Brimfield town. Ten percent cash down. balance upon court confirmation. John M. Niehaus Master in Chancery will conduct sale. Barnes Burke lawyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Slavis
County of
Peoria
Ss. Circuit Court
John Shambrook
Sarah Bear
Fannie J. Forney
Anna Shambrook
John M. Niehaus
Brimfield
John M. Mehaus
Chancery
Fire apparatus and social quips on money and manners
A humorous collection of sayings and witticisms about money hats and marriage. Lines reference a fire apparatus shovel and poker, generosity versus poverty, social behavior at church, and jokes about Roose velt and couples.
Dr Kings New Life Pills Promise Health Boost
An advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a superior laxative tonic that tones stomach liver and kidneys purifies blood strengthens nerves and treats constipation dyspepsia biliousness jaundice headaches chills and malaria. Available for 25c at Wm Robinsons & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
New Life
Wm. Robinson's & Co
Lessons on perception and Rockefeller work ethic
The piece discusses Sankara's blind man story to illustrate how limited observation affects generalization and notes Rockefeller Jr declaring business virtue lies in doing more than the contract demands. It emphasizes effort over salary and urges striving for excellence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saxe
Ike
Eense
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Princip
Umbrellas Ancient Use in East and Europe
The article traces umbrellas and parasols from ancient Eastern use centuries before Christ to their spread in Europe and America. It notes the first umbrella in London carried by James Hanway, social scorn early on, and the gradual adoption around 1800, with Spain Italy and France early domestication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Sally Waters
League
Europe
America
London
New York City
Chicago
Fairbanks
Alaska
Janes Hanway
Hackney
Spain
Italy
France
London Fog Crisis Confuses Banquet Attendee
Trudson Maxim at the British School Club banquet in Del Mainjco’s recalls a London fog that hid the city. He describes sulfur fumes and choking air as crowds collided on the Strand and a broad stairwell at the Savoy led to a comic misdirection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trudson Maxim
British School Club
Delmianjco's
London
Lame
Trafalgar Square
Savoy
Bella
Landseer
Hullo
San Francisco weighs Sierra water plant drain plan cost
San Francisco considers a municipal water project draining the Sierra Mountains at an estimated price around 42 million dollars. Tests show the navy torpedo net can withstand high speed attacks. October is noted as Chamounix’s pleasant month while tourists depart and hotels close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Sierra Mountains
Chamounix
Switzerland
Proverb Anecdotes From A Varied Atlas Of Sayings
A compact collection of maxims from Latin Italian French Danish German Portuguese and English sources. It contrasts fortune and wisdom with practical counsel and bites of humor about time fate and mastery. Notable lines emphasize bold action trust in experience and the limits of speculation.
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Keefer & Forney
Rea Whitten
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