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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1908
Page
2
A wartime era verse by Walter Foss from Success Magazine celebrates gratitude for daily life and property, praising neighborly plenty and the enduring human spirit. The poem finds value in the near and familiar, from fields and orchards to shared land and hopeful futures.
Mrs Pettingill and friend Mary Ann Dawson discuss hard times and faith as they sew a bedspread in a front room. The conversation touches on money loss, rising illness, rent, and the hope that Providence will provide while they persevere through Thanksgiving preparations.
A humorous Thanksgiving vignette unfolds as a deacon hosts neighbors and kin including Miss Dawson and Leila Graham. Farm visits bring a leftover turkey and a pie, while talk of marriage to Farmer Gibson swirls with festive chatter. The scene shifts to a comic subplot about a newspaper editor and an aging humorist tempted by vows and mortality.
The Maryland agricultural station reports two long term experiments with stable manure. Fresh manure applied directly from the stable generally outperformed rotted manure, with top dressing after plowing and winter retention giving better results. Kainit addition helped each year, especially in dry seasons.
A humorous exchange centers on Mr Newbryde attempting to carve a turkey and discovering oysters stuffed inside. Mrs Newbryde calmly explains the filling as oysters in shells, prompting Mr Newbryde to complain of rocks before realizing the shells. The scene ends with a playful booing note.
Dairymen debate value of pumpkins as cow feed in irrigated eastern regions. Some call pumpkins injurious while others insist they serve as a full stock feed when combined with concentrated rations in proper quantities.
Trees along highways towns and groves purify the atmosphere by foliage that absorbs harmful gases, making air cleaner and healthier for nearby residents and ecosystems.
The article describes traction engines with eighteen horsepower costing about $1,000 and up to $16,000, capable of pulling six to ten plows and crossing rough ground. It notes their use in west fields, plowing, harrowing, and reaping, and highlights improved speed control and reliability.
A mixed clipping mentions Sylvanus Verrill of Milford Maine claiming recovery after kidney and paralysis issues using a kidney remedy sold for 50 cents a box by Footes Milburn Co Buffalo NY. It also recounts a boastful aspiring Chicago author wanting to write a livelier Les Misérables and notes Pazo toothpaste claims and generic news blurbs.
The Well Informed world demands a simple pleasant liquid laxative. The California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs with Elixir of Senna, marketed as safe wholesome and effective for family use. Bottles sell for fifty cents through leading druggists.
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