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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1900
Page
7
Fragmentary notice discusses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and women’s health advice. It mentions Lynn Mass and free guidance, with several garbled phrases about remedies and accessibility.
A Baltimore Herald summary praises Sir Thomas Lipton and the Prince of Wales backing affordable London dining rooms for the poor, noting potential 3 percent profit once expanded. The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway announces new Fox Lake country passenger service starting May 27 with multiple daily departures from Chicago and return trips from Nippersink, plus a special Saturday train and parlor cars. The item also includes brief anecdotes on Germ Theory and a joke about Miss Quickstep’s supposed engagement health boost via a “love microbe.”
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a nutritious alternative to tea or coffee for children. It claims Grain-O is made from pure grains, tastes like coffee when prepared properly, and costs about a quarter as much. Available from grocers at 25 cents.
Maude questions marriage to a man not loved Clara declines then considers love if he has money. Maude notes work and welfare affect a man’s prospects. Clara answers with conditional affection tied to employment status and income.
A Kansas weather burst reports fourteen tornadoes in one day across prairie counties. Despite widespread damage to crops and livestock, only two deaths and twenty injuries occurred as storms spilt early, weakening by at least 30 percent. The first twister formed near Ellinwood and Great Bend area, then near Pawnee Rock and Claflin, with rain and hail crippling local harvests.
Messrs. Vischer Wessels and Wolma, three Boer envoys now in the United States, visited the White House Tuesday morning by prior arrangement to pay their respects to the President. No official statement was released.
The Methodist Episcopal Church elected David H. Moore and J. W. Hamilton as bishops on the seventeenth ballot at the Chicago conference. Moore, editor of the Western Christian Advocate, and Hamilton of Cincinnati also served as corresponding secretaries. The conference also abolished the five year pastoral time limit, allowing ministers to stay in charges longer if reassigned by bishops.
A census enumerator may show a silver badge as proof of authority. The census aims to obtain exact returns from every gin and press in the South, including the number of cotton bales handled this season. The effort hinges on cooperation from Southern residents to ensure accurate data collection.
The artist proclaims painting as a means to fend off poverty while the critic jokes about displaying the work outside. The exchange captures a tense dynamic between creation and necessity.
An old advertisement urges readers to try Grain-O as a coffee substitute. It claims Grain-O mimics mocha or java color, is made from pure grains, safe for children, and easy on delicate stomachs. Packages sell for 15 or 25 cents, available at all grocers.
A dialogue notes a clash over women entering theater with one speaker condemning and the other defending the push to pursue opportunities despite social expectations.
Notice invites readers to request pamphlets and accurate guidance on homesteads in Western Canada and British Columbia. Address for copies: J. Francis Lee, General Agent, Pass. Dept., Canadian Pacific Railway, 2288 Clark Street, Chicago.
A Detroit Free Press humor item notes a club debate over using a Latin title in its publication. One woman jokes the title will modify other women more than herself, reflecting social attitudes of the period.
An old newspaper fragment promotes Lane’s Family Medicine with bold claims about bowel health liver and kidney support and curing headaches. It lists prices and odd product phrases, then references other vivid ads for rheumatism cures and dropsy treatment by Dr H A Green’s Sons. The page also notes timber harvest estimates by Georgia lumbermen and a census-like British Empire comparison to Germany and France.
Fragmented, ad like lines include pricing and brash claims for ink, tonics, teething pills, and novelty statements. Mentions Dr Kline’s tonics, Carter’s ink, and Mrs Baslover teething pills, with admonitions about letters and singing. A stray truth amid noisy product pitches.
En route to Washington Kruger and other Boers meet with President and Secretary Cortelyou in the blue parlor. They note Secretary Hay's remarks and US noninterference in the South African conflict. The visit includes a porch overlook of the Washington Monument and Potomac. A separate church conference vote shifts "lay man" to "lay member," allowing women to participate.
The crew of the warship Texas mutinied on the final voyage ending at Brooklyn navy yard. The commanding officer was assaulted, guards and officers defending the mutineers were attacked, and one petty officer died. Court-martial orders have been issued for the involved sailors.
A fragmented report mentions peace envoys from the South African Republic and a US presidential note that no further action could be taken. It also covers an old bank scandal in Chicago, a New York ice trust charity price move, a Paris Expo Arctic installation, a mutiny aboard a US vessel, and US meat export figures exceeding 200 million dollars tied to corn and Indian crops.
The June census aims to count every cotton bale from ginneries to ensure accurate totals, with the Chinese minister Wu urged to cooperate. It marks a historic live stock enumeration in cities, counting carriage and saddle horses and other livestock, plus a case from Wilkes-Barre where John Luts is to hang for killing his wife.
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