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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1908
Page
6
A lyrical fragment speaks of love guiding the speaker through seasons and hardships. If love leads, they will avoid asking directions and endure thorn and night until day. The poem contrasts thorn and blossom and night and morning as symbolic journey motifs.
A crowd gathers at a park booth where a big man disputes with the proprietor over a dime. The booth features grotesque dolls and a ventriloquist act by Tommy Carter and a boy named Col Temple. The scene shifts as Tommy earns a late- evening crowd while Col Temple is revealed, and Colonel Temple forgives both men for drawing away customers.
A London cable dispatch reports a woman aboard the eastbound Lucania scattered an urn of ashes in mid ocean and received a captain’s certificate confirming the act The ashes are claimed by a New York business man’s family as his remains, the vessel favored by him for disposal
A Rural New Yorker contributor recalls boyhood farm chores from the past, milking at age seven, dawn fieldwork, corn husking and apple paring by lamplight, and the rugged routines that shaped country youth sixty to seventy years ago.
Blanche Ring shares how popular songs succeed with witty words and strong emotion. She stresses action by the singer and clear enunciation, noting clever phrases and universal appeal as key. Ring recalls her rise with "In the Good Old Summer Time" and warns that many composers overrate their craft.
A compact timeline lists notable historical milestones from 1665 to 1907 including the establishment of the appropriation act, British actions in North America, the U S Post Office, Surinam and Dutch gains, Robert Morris and the American Revolution, York evacuations, Oswego capture, early statehood for Minnesota, the Wilderness battle, and other events such as the Geneva refinery arrival, Delhi mutiny, and Japanese actions in 1908 and 1907 figures.
The article portrays Argentina as a wheat powerhouse and compares it to a vast land akin to Minnesota, with Australia contributing $2,000,000 annually to an International Company. It notes a yearly global harvest cycle with countries like upper Egypt Mexico China Spain Canada Sweden Norway South Africa and Barmah sequentially in focus, illustrating worldwide agricultural trade and its social commentary.
Roseben suffers a severe defeat at Aqueduct in his season debut. A four oared Cornell shell collides on the river ousting both crews. Ames farmers push in weight events as they eye Chicago conference. Baseball leaders list 1910 AL averages for infielders. Tennessee anti-pool law faces repeal efforts next winter amid ongoing track restrictions.
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