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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
4
Local notes record merchant ads for stoves and bulk oysters, lumber yard tanks, buggy sales, coal, blankets, photos, and notices of sales marked by dates and places. Community items include visits, a cattle strayed notice, a few medical ads, church institute plans, and local theater.
Brice Coulter will hold a public sale at his residence 24 miles east of Oak Hill starting at 10 o clock Thursday December 18. Items include 6 head of horses 7 milch cows 6 broad sows farm machinery straw and related goods. For details see bills Auctioneer Doug McDonnell.
Starting October the Brimfield post office will close at 7 30 p m on weekdays and at 8 p m Saturdays, continuing until March 1 1901. Postmaster D B Steamy notes the seasonal changes and keeps services available to residents.
Estate of the late James A. Gilbert offers four eighty acre farms in Brimfield township. Enquiries to Frank P. Gilbert Paxton Illinois Box 206 for details and purchase arrangements.
J G Gluck superintendent of the Pruntytown Reform School in West Virginia reports that after testing all advertised cough remedies Foley's Honey and Tar is chosen for exclusive use. He states it is most effective with no harm. Sold by Wm Robinsor & Co.
Parties from Kickapoo are opening a coal bank on the Mrs Munday farm east of the Lutheran church in Jubilee.
A Chicago physician promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy for obstinate coughs in children of all ages. She claims it non narcotic and easy to use, calling it a universal panacea and notes its availability through Wm. Robinson & Co.
Burlington Route announces summer travel deals from Chicago to Denver with tourist sleepers, double berth rates of 2.50, round trip from Chicago to Denver at 25, and special excursion rates to Colorado Utah Wyoming North and South Dakota Washington Oregon and Pacific coast points. Homeseekers excursions occur every 1st and 3rd Tuesday at one fair plus 2.00. Baggage checked to all points.
A brief item notes uncalled letters at the Brimfield post office including John Foster Miss Katie Maher Mrs J W McCormick Mrs J M Smith and Mr Rog ery Smith with P M Dav R Strain listed as postmaster.
The illness of his eldest son in St Petersburg forces Verestchagin to pause the historical work The Assault on San Juan Hill. He will travel to Russia and back, and completion is not expected for a year.
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