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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
1
A jumble of small notices and ads reports Billy Bushnell offers pumps at Cook's and a house with lot for sale. Local items include Grey Peoria Ice Cream, various soft drinks, and a Brimfield picnic set for August 15. Patches of family news cover relatives visiting Nickerson Kansas, Okla towns, and local farm notes with corn yields and field reports.
Pan Am Exposition in Buffalo from May 1 to November 1 1901 offers round trip tickets from Brimfield at set rates. 30 day tickets cost 27.10 with sale May 15 to 31 final limit 30 days 15 day tickets cost 22.40 sale May 1 to 31 final limit 15 days. 5 day tickets 17.80 on sale May 7 14 21 28 final limit Saturday after sale. Also low rates to St Paul for M W A meeting June 10-15 and Epworth League in San Francisco July 18-21 with 48.00 round trip, plus cheap Colorado Utah and Home Seekers tickets monthly on the first and third Tuesday.
Advertisement offers elastic roof paint praised for lasting quality and promises savings on iron wheels wagons and wagon scales at affordable prices. Written by Joseph Hill inviting readers to see him for needed supplies and services.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a cure for a cold in one day with a no cure, no pay guarantee. It lists a price of 25 cents and emphasizes stopping the cough and reducing cold symptoms.
Mrs W E Stanseury of Brimfield announces readiness to undertake all kinds of carpet weaving on short notice and in the best possible manner with a full supply of warp materials on hand.
Hunter warning against trespass on Joun Rusk property under penalty of prosecution. Notice emphasizes restricted access and legal action for unauthorized hunting or entry.
The Village of Brimfield Illinois passes an ordinance levying taxes for the current fiscal year to cover streets and sidewalks police and street commissioner salaries and miscellaneous needs. The total appropriation is 600 dollars, with allocations for Streets and Sidewalks 3175.00 Police and Street Com 175.00 Fees and Salaries 2 175.00 and Miscellaneous 75.00. The clerk is directed to file a certified copy with Peoria County.
An advertisement extols Nebraska as fertile and affordable, urging readers to request two complimentary publications The Corn Belt and The West Nebraska Grazing Country. It promotes cheap, thrice monthly rail excursions on the first and third Tuesdays to visit Nebraska, inviting readers to ask their ticket agents for details.
Editor S Brown of Bennettsville writes of his wife suffering from dyspepsia and stomach distress. After four bottles of Eletric Bitters she fully recovered and could eat again. The tonic is praised for gentle laxative effects and torpid liver relief, offered at 50 cents by Wm Robinson & Co.
The notice highlights T. Gill offering Enamel Roof Paint for shingles or tin roofs. It advertises guaranteed work at low prices and invites potential customers to see him for roofing needs.
A shop owner promotes Lug gles and carriages from a best known line claiming savings on anything. Shoppers are invited to call in and view samples at the store run by G. H. Cour.
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