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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1902
Page
7
A brief ad from Josepy Hill promotes roof painting using elastic paint praised for lasting quality. It also offers financing on iron wheels and a low down wagon, plus wagon scales at pleasing prices. The seller invites readers to call on him for the above services.
An advertisement extols DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for sores burns bruises and wounds claiming it provides fast relief and heals piles. A testimonial from A S Fuller of Engheh Ind credits the product with curing a gunshot wound after other remedies failed. Counterfeit warnings accompany the appeal.
Fred Pemble stays home to work Herbert Davis is a new Grammar room pupil Hugh Bowman recently visited our room Harry Wyman returned to the Intermediate room The High school pupils plan an Arbor day program Grammar room pupils discuss corn and show one red ear Freshman girl asks how many bushels in a pound of beans Sbeck Hamilton and Catton of the Intermediate room are on the sick list Misses Marshall Martin and Mercer have visited the Grammar room
Statements from Chas M Cramer of Colombo praise Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for children and adults. He notes quick chest cold relief and hoarseness cure often with one bottle. Sold by Wm. Robinson & Co. 4.
By the census of 1900 only two states had more foreign born than native born male residents of voting age Minnesota and South Dakota.
The British government weighs establishing a royal bodyguard of native Indian cavalry to be quartered in London. A German physician warns against sleeping after eating, claiming it slows stomach movements and increases acidity. Athens is described as a marble city with notable public buildings and sidewalks paved in marble. Winter cold surpasses 1893 with 20 000 quail perishing in Schuylkill regions. Pittsburg jail, famed Biddle brothers escape, praised as the handsome prison designed by Richardson, famed Boston architect.
Emil Andres, a local oil retailer in Jeffersonville Indiana, challenged Standard Oil by shifting supplies from Rockefeller interests to an independent Louisville firm. Standard Oil cut prices below cost to ruin him, but locals supported Andres by paying higher prices, noting he charged 10 cents a gallon while Standard offered half that.
The piece notes women replacing animal headgear with vegetable motifs such as rosy red tomatoes and French bean blossoms. It then analyzes German immigration in two periods: 1815 to 1860 saw many political exiles from higher classes, especially 1830 to 1848, while since 1860 such exiles have become rare.
About twenty five years ago engineers began paving Pennsylvania Avenue with asphalt. Since then over 234,690,000 square feet of streets in the United States and Canada are surfaced with asphalt. This quantity would form a boulevard twenty six feet wide and extend 1,750 miles from New York to New Orleans with extra miles for side streets.
The biography by Sir Walter Besant is announced for publication in February and is expected to draw wide attention. Besant, though not a genius, had many admirers and was well connected, with an amiable personality making the life of interest.
Senor Romeo, recently shot as he left the chamber of deputies in Madrid, was detained in prison for failing to post 1000 security to prosecute his assailants. The two assailants were released on bail of 200 each. Romeo is described as a republican, a factor attributed to his treatment.
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