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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1900
Page
1
Readers receive letters from farmers about western lands with pictures of homes barns and stock. The article notes interesting and instructive content and invites a subscription by sending 25 cents in postage stamps for the year to Tae Corn Best at 208 Adams Street Chicago.
A Cincinnati Enquirer tale recalls a Minnesota lake outing where a three pound bass leapt to snatch a red tin horse toy from a boy’s lap. The fish’s bold strike shocks the family as the child trembles yet spanks the fish back into the lake, ending the encounter.
A jumble of postings includes shop notices from H L Fishers and Jaywards selling shirts Delft ware and tobacco. Also features a long anecdote about a brave major in the Tennessee campaign contrasting battlefield courage with tavern debauchery and the regiment’s fortunes.
Morris Gibbe notes thousands observe a curious hovering habit of a two winged fly species. Groups of twenty to one hundred assemble in sheltered spots and perform a hours long dance, rising and falling every few seconds over one to four feet. Disturbed, they regroup rather than disperse, a trait shared by many hovering insects.
Miss Lulu Auguire of Muskegon once in Chicago dreamed of wealth and soon learned from relatives in California that an uncle, John Marti of San Jose, left $150,000 to two sisters. She, an orphan who has picked berries to live for two years, will share equally with her sister.
A rattlesnake escaped from a crate at the United States Express office in Orange New Jersey during carnival preparations. Richard Holmes planned to exhibit 50 snakes, but one slipped from a box and hid among pallets until he retrieved it by grabbing the snake by the neck and returning it to its crate.
John Smith of Grahamville Sullivan county aged 81 hunted near Gladies when seven large black snakes attacked. Using a walking stick he toppled rock ledges to kill two and drive others away. The largest reptile measured about nine feet and the smallest over seven feet, with injuries reported to several others.
C c Carson promotes fire insurance for Phoenix and National Fire Insurance Companies. Advertises best rates and reliable service at the Exchange Bank location.
Selling agent Miss L Terry of Charles A Stevens and Brothers Chicago showcases an elegant line of ladies suits cloaks and waists with ready samples. Measurements taken and suits made to order. Call and inspect.
Auctioneer Doug McLonnell announces sales across Illinois with satisfaction guaranteed and reasonable terms. Car or address listed at Brimfield with statewide service and cry of sales.
FP B PuLser advertises mortgage help at the Gazette Office Elmwood every Saturday claiming to lower payments and save money. He invites readers to let him explain how a loan can be paid off earlier or reduced now.
Local shop owner G. H. Copr promotes a line of bug gies and carriages from a reputed factory promising savings on the full line. Visitors are invited to view samples at the store and discuss options.
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