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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
5
Brimfield directory lists churches with pastors and service times across Congregational Baptist and St. Joseph parishes. It notes Sunday schools, Young People groups, and weekly prayer meetings, plus fraternal orders including G A B posts, Knights of Pythias, M W A, and Woodmen chapters with meeting nights and officers.
Readable parts note serial sales over bind Illaon. Mention of Sean appears unclear amid damaged OCR. The fragment provides limited context and no distinct event or outcome to confirm.
O S Woolever of Le Raysville New York says he completed a twenty year health sentence cured by Bucklen’s Arvica Salve which he used to treat piles. The ad claims the salve heals sores boils burns wounds and cuts quickly and mentions a local drug store 26 St William Robinson & Co.
Prayer meeting tonight at 7 thirty. Sunday School at 10 morning. Preaching at 11. Y P S C E at 6 forty five with preaching at 7 thirty. Come with the young people and boys and girls to study the Word. You will be welcome. Yours truly.
Jesse P Marr of Shippers Va describes a near fatal pneumonia attack in 1900. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with rapid relief from cough and lung illness after two and a half bottles, calling it the best remedy worldwide. Sold with guarantees at Wm Robinson & Co drug store. 50c and 1.00 Trial bottle free.
The Progress Club outlines an April 28 program at 30 p m with hostess Mrs Yoakam leading Chapter 9 10 and 11 of United States and Mrs Ray Bart guiding The Making of the Northwest by Mra A Herriott.
Mr C Farthing of Mill Creek Indiana recalls a near end of life nine years ago. He credits Electrio Bitters with providing strength and relief after a medical low point. He details purchasing a bottle and getting the needed vitality.
Brimfield residents report various items including contacts for ice and millinery, sales of fresh cows and fine potatoes, and visits by Geo Mulvaney and Abingdon’s C Guyer. The Electric Light Co. proceeds with plant improvements and new poles. Funeral attendees from Toulon and Brimfield remember Miss Jessie Marvin, while A L Gibson is reappointed Jubilee township treasurer. A humorous correction relays a mistaken murder claim about Will Walliker and Jeff Camp, noting editorial prank and marketing impact.
An old advertisement claims stagnation of the liver and bowels causes trouble and pain. It promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as reliable purifiers that relieve headaches biliousness and jaundice without grinding or griping. Sold at Wm. Robinson & Co.'s drug store for 25 cents.
Public contributions received by Brimfield Cemetery Association total 300 dollars as of April 18 1908. At a directors meeting April 20 a resolution directs all payments through the secretary with receipts and treasurer return. Contributions from distant donors will have receipts mailed and statements published in Brimfield News. C L Dangan secretary.
The family of Jessie Marvin thank friends and neighbors for aid and sympathy during illness and death. They express gratitude to the ladies who decorated the church with flowers and say the kindness will never be forgotten. Mr and Mrs E L Marvin and family.
In a Brooklyn setting a New York policeman earns high praise from Commissioner Bingham for a calm, decisive capture after a murder in a saloon. The officer, a former army officer, faced a hostile crowd and a loaded pistol, describing his quick thinking and restraint. The narrator lauds police courage over military fame and recalls a similar Mercer Street case.
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