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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1902
Page
8
Joseph Hill offers roof painting with Elasto roof paint touted for lasting quality and asks customers to compare prices. Also features wagons and wagon scales at low prices or discounts, inviting inquiries for services and products.
L G Cady supervisor of Brimfield reports the fiscal year ending March 24 1902 detailing funds on hand at outset sources of receipts amounts received from M P Reap J F Knapp Lucas Batts Geo Cobb and others, expenditures including publishing auditing and election costs, total receipts 626.04 total expenditures 215.44 with bonds outstanding totaling 3000.00 and various refunding bonds listed.
G Blaine and Mr Curtis organized the Bureau of American republics and led the Latin American departments at the World's Exposition. Curtis, a Chicago Recorp correspondent, traveled widely and published letters from Japan, China, England, Germany, France, Mexico, and South America. His letters appear in every issue of Tak Chicago Recorp Herald.
A collage of medical cures and odd facts from past notes mentions Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as cures for leg injuries, a plant inventory detailing European specimens by color and scent, a deaf mute’s high school honor, a rambling golf anecdote, tobacco related color blindness, and sponge harvesting methods in the Levant.
A celebrated newspaper figure, William B Curtis of the Washington press, described as a dean among national capital correspondents, began in Chicago in 1872, rose to managing editor, then served as secretary of a South American commission, traveling widely and authoring popular volumes.
Witness Chase Cramer of Colombo endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as quick and effective for heat colds and hoarseness especially in children. He praises its benefits after two years of use and urges others to try it. Available through Wm. Robinson & Co. Father Jette, a missionary near the polar circle, notes similarity between Nulato and Apache tongues.
An advertisement touts Backlep's Salve as a cure for piles described as terrible and annoying, claiming it has cured thousands. It is also marketed for injuries and bodily eruptions as the best salve in the world. Price is 25 cents per box, with a guarantee. Sold by Wm Robinson & Co.
A peculiar vegetable called the truffle grows beneath the earth in France where swine detect its fleshy scent. In England hunters use trained dogs to locate it based on the same odor.
Countless thousands report relief through Dr King s New Life Pills curing Constipation Sick Headache Dizziness Jaundice Malaria Fever and Ague and all Liver and Stomach troubles Purely vegetable never gripe or weaken priced at 25 cents at Wm Robinsons Co s drug store
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