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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
2
A lyric depicts a maiden and youth strolling along a fragrant path. He proclaims novel love, she questions the claim yet blushes, while Cupid’s wiles and fiction fuse as they share a shy kiss.
Two boys on a creekside farm torment a Norwegian neighbor over nationality. After a tense standoff they cut Olson’s hay and are confronted by his calm, sly wit. Olson’s warmth and a shared memory shift their prejudice and reveal the man’s deep ties to American life.
A London Sketch humor piece shows a little girl addressing Miss Janever about seeing her tongue asking why she has no end of a tongue. The exchange features Ma's warning and the child's sly mischief.
A rural squire questions church music as a quip about choir singing appears in The News. The exchange captures local humor and the town’s light atmosphere.
The piece notes Germany shifts from 36.1 percent urban population in 1871 to 54.8 percent in 1908, and Britain also crowds into cities. It argues economic gain and farm mechanization push people to cities, not city lure, with fewer farm workers needed and land costs delaying emigration.
The article surveys campaign finance issues, noting federal law bans corporate contributions to national campaigns and differences in state disclosure rules. It cites President Roosevelt’s push for public funding and past disputes, including Harriman and a contested half million donation by New York traction magnates in 1900.
The article argues that immigration revival is underway but warns not every arrival will prosper. It notes many migrants may return due to food shortages, praises assimilation of those who stay, and suggests future migration move to the South or West while the Northeast remains populated. It cites a Philadelphia Inquirer quotation.
A Des Moines News observation notes hotel guests shrinking in number as some avoid meals and sleep between journeys. It claims clubs once filled with seniors now host golf, with younger guests preferring country retreats where golf and drinks are easy to obtain, marking a societal shift toward outdoor leisure.
In New York a new bit brace with a rotating driver and angular bar promises to bore holes in any corner at any angle without contortions. Inventors tout it as a combined tool replacing many devices, revolutionizing corner work for carpenters.
Connecticut designer introduces a garment hanger that supports trousers as well as coat. Small inward curves form loops to clamp on trouser suspenders, keeping the pants extended and preventing crease or soil in crowded closets.
In Indolenceville the pale woman asks about the husband, who answers he has no steady work. He tried clock winding as a business but quit after a brief period, confessing he preferred an eight day clock. The Washington Star records this brief domestic exchange.
A North London burglar descending from a fourth floor with rope left behind a coil worth one sovereign after finding only a drawer item. Two thieves at St. Michael's Church, Lichfield, failed to profit as the safe was emptied elsewhere. Nottingham mansion thieves triggered an electric alarm and fled with junk iron and bottles instead of valuables.
An Oklahoma editor invites locals to submit personal items and happenings for publication. He urges sharing joys and sorrows, wedding and baby news, pranks, scars, and family events to fill the paper with community voices and heartfelt notices.
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