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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
8
The Chicago Record Herald features a high grade serial story in every issue along with a short illustrated humorous tale on the editorial page. Readers can depend on pleasant entertainment from noted fiction in its columns daily.
An old advertisement claims DeWitt's Little Early Risers will relieve irregular bowel action and prevent serious complications. It asserts the tablets are safe pleasant and effective and endorsed by William Robinson & Co.
The National Land List is a nationwide real estate paper published in America. It promises parties opportunities to buy sell or exchange land merchandise or other property and highlights special bargains and exchange offers. Single copies by mail cost 10 cents from The National Land List Publishing Co. Green Ridge Missouri.
A notice directing readers to contact A. R. Cline from Etherly or the Etherly Coal Co for work and steady employment. Inquiries are to be directed to room 21% Holmes Building, Galesburg, Illinois.
An advertisement extols DeWitt’s Little Early Risers and Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as cures for constipation and infant diarrhoea. A Verming Indiana mother reports her eleven month old’s feverish teething runny bowels improved after four drops in water. Sold by Wm Robinson & Co.
Brimfield Post Office hours listed from 7 am to 11 pm with afternoon shift 1 pm to 8 pm. Mails close at 8 20 am and later in the day. Signed by D. R. Strain. PM.
Public notice from Peoria County Probate Court states Edward J. Brooks as administrator seeks order to sell part of Margaret E. Brooks estate to pay debts. Property includes Lots 3 and 4 in Block 14 Brimfield, Peoria County. Defendants Oscar Brooks Blanch Gerbrich Jessie Brooks must appear October 1901 or face decree.
A pamphlet extols Nebraska and northern Kansas farming advantages. It praises climate, cheap land, soil, alfalfa yields, and a strong school fund supported by land lease income. Comparisons show higher corn yields and rental returns versus Illinois. It urges settlers, renters, and even a child’s choice favoring western farming, then ends with an unrelated ad for Rocky Mountain Tea.
If that mirror shows a wretched sallow complexion and a jaun diced look with blotches on the skin Dr King s New Life Pills regulate the liver purify the blood and give clear skin rosy cheeks and rich complexion Only 25c at Wm Robinson Co's drug store
The City of Cebu has a small population spread across native huts. Residents survive largely on rice and corn with limited hunting. Thousands of tiny fish under six inches are caught and dried for local consumption.
T Jenkins Haines, a sea tale author and former merchantman captain, owns a yacht that serves as his home most of the time. He is described as an expert sailor with deep maritime experience.
An advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a solution for indigestion promising permanent relief by enabling the stomach to rest and digesting what you eat. The copy emphasizes natural nourishment and continued use for lasting benefit.
A vintage guide explains making a lettuce juice facial wash from boiled lettuce pulp and oil of almonds with white wax and spermaceti. The resulting green liquor soothes sunburns and blends into a cream for cooling the complexion, with cucumber cream for whitening after sun exposure.
An instrument called the gradometer allows occupants of any vehicle to see at a glance every slope or grade of the ground ahead. It can be attached to the side of a seat or the top tube of a bicycle and shows ascent or descent instantly. The device uses a curved glass tube filled with spirit and a bubble, functioning as a spirit level in a nickel plated housing.
The museum beetle is a small dust colored pest that feeds on exhibits. It lives in museums and damages wool furs bric a brac wood pictures and chemicals. Caretakers know it well and stay vigilant yet it thrives and multiplies, likely pests many museums nationwide.
Up to about 1830 quill pen making was a genteel craft taught to youth as part of education. Writing masters were esteemed as pupils copied ornate flourishes in copy books and the era popularized grotesque pen and ink designs for love letters.
A reflective meditation on how the body reveals inner life and character. The text compares people to Geneva watches with crystal faces, suggesting each movement and appearance signals concealed moods, pleasures, and truths about the person.
An early promotional note for The Toledo Blade extols its wide reach with 178000 yearly subscribers and full coverage of topics for busy readers. It invites requests for free specimens and highlights the paper’s broad departments and family friendly content.
In Washington DC a probate filing quotes the will stating the net sum of 186000 represents the result of long industry and economy and should be used for good purposes by the recipients, or else it is too much.
Dr. George W. Heatley a wealthy retired dentist of Brooklyn placed a large sign on his South Elliott Place residence offering $500 to any real estate agent who will sell the place to negroes only. Neighbors refused to sell or to buy. The street is among Brooklyn's most exclusive areas.
Queen of Helland is scientific and diligently studies natural history. During a London visit in her minority she and Queen Emma visited the Natural History Museum at South Kensington to study minerals, and her majesty is a keen reader of science literature.
The yakamik, a crane species in Venezuela, is described as highly intelligent. Native herders use it as a guard and shepherd for sheep, capable of tracking wandering flocks and returning home at night with the animals under its care.
The text discusses a common law claim granting a servant or municipal employee a right to a reasonably safe place to work. It cites Rhobidas v Concord NH 51 LRA 381 and notes the municipality's duty to provide safe conditions does not require public performance of duties by the whole community.
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