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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1900
Page
13
Browy and Grant advertise a feed mill ready to grind corn and oats or exchange them for feed. They promise on demand grinding and a constant on hand supply of feed at the Brimfield mill for callers.
The Burlington Route advertises an Oregon Colorado Springs to California rail excursion network with stops including Denver Colorado Springs Sacramento Bay San Francisco Stockton Merced BakersfieldLos Angeles. Pullman tourist sleeping cars available and weekly departures on Wednesdays. Contact excursion manager T A Grady at 212 Clark St Chicago.
The Executor of the estate of Mary Hydeed, late of Peoria County Illinois, will appear before the Peoria County Probate Court at the August Term on August 20 to hear and adjust all claims against the estate. Fritz J. Fink is the executor, with attorney C A Wernera, Peoria Illinois, July 5 1900.
An old advertisement claims De King s New Life Pills cure sick and nervous headaches. It promises pure blood and better health with money back if not cured, attributed to William Robinson and Co. agents.
The Illinois State Fair at Springfield runs September 24 to 29 with a $40,000 cash premium aggregate. The secretary’s office distributes new premium lists, revamps classifications, and seeks top standards through liberal exhibitor offerings and active ground preparations.
George D. Williams of Manchester Michigan testifies that his wife, bedridden for five years, was restored to self care after two bottles of Electric Bitters. The ad claims quick relief from female diseases, nervousness, sleeplessness, and more with a 50 cent price and guarantee from Wm. Robinson & Co.
A Philadelphia hotel charged a delegate to the Republic convention for sleeping on a billiard table. The bill itemized use of the billiard table at 40 cents per hour, totaling 2.90. The fragment cites location, names, and dates from the historical report.
Advertisement lists rail excursion offers including National encampment in Chicago with round trip fare and several Brimfield Illinois events. It notes summer excursions to Colorado Utah Black Hills with specific sale dates and final limits, plus California Oregon Pacific coast trips. Colorado Utah Salt Lake City Ogden tickets allow stopovers and half fare plus two dollars on certain dates.
An old warning urges taking only DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve to treat piles and skin diseases. It notes counterfeiters disguise poor salves in fake wrappers to rival the genuine product from Wm. Robinson & Co.
The word compound means an inclosure. In China and Japan it is common to build high brick walls around factories, business houses, banks and residences for protection, and these are called compounds.
Two University professors celebrated their twenty fifth jubilee. Both left the city to escape ceremonies and congratulations.
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