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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1899
Page
14
The Brimfield Telephone Company completed line construction and connected subscribers to the central office. For a week the system has operated, delighting users and providing nineteen live phones with expected further expansion and improved exchange convenience.
Central office at Robinson & Co stores connects distant cities via long distance wires. Non subscribers pay five cents at depot toll station. Stockholders list includes Dr. A A Knapp and C L Dungan among others. meeting next Tuesday evening to discuss shares and holdings.
Fragments show an agriculture sale offer listing land with good soil. Items include livery stock and work horses. Location noted as Ads 208 s.3 edeiok ave Peoria.
A French writer imagines the United States expanding its power through territorial acquisitions and a canal for rapid intercoastal naval communication. He predicts the absorption of Central American republics and the potential loss of northern Indian possessions as the United States consolidates dominance.
The article notes London’s immense transport system with 190 000 daily riders and 11 500 cabs, 4 500 buses, and 3 000 000 daily journeys. It highlights narrow streets handling massive traffic and the 300 000 horses in the metropolis alongside 60 000 horses for passengers.
A humorous glossary of playful, contrived terms with ironical meanings. Entries twist common words into witty, often biting definitions reflecting language play and social commentary.
An old advertisement fragment lists Elvis Abittie’s Early Risers pills by Wm Robinson & Co. Claiming parity and blood cleansing benefits, the brief touts liver treatment and system invigorating effects. The text reads as an OCR snippet with product pitches and sponsor names.
An unsigned railway notice advertises excursion rates on the Burlington route. It lists travel within a two hundred mile radius and specifies tickets priced at eight, twenty four, twenty five, eighty, eighty one dollars with a date range through January 1 1900 and a return by January 2 1900. Agent R Murphy signs the notice.
Mr J E Lilly of Hannibal Missouri recounts typhoid leading to pneumonia and lung weakness then credits Dr King s New Discovery with rapid relief and recovery He praises the medicine as the surest cure for lung troubles with regular sizes 0 . and 1 00 and trial bottles free at Wm Robinson Co drug store guaranteed for every bottle
For a limited time only we will make six beautiful little photos for 25c These are not cheap photographs but the best of everything used Men telo cards and up to date picture Cabinet photographs .81 50 and $2.00 per dozen Cloudy weather good as sunshine Open two days each week Fridays Saturdays rain or shine Conx and Son Brimfield Illinois
The Burlington Route promotes exclusive Personally Conducted Excursions via Denver to Colorado Springs Salt Lake Ogden Sacramento San Francisco Stockton Merced Fresno Bakersfield and Los Angeles at low rates. Pullman Tourist Sleeping car travel through without change. Leaves Chicago every Wednesday. Contact Excursion Manager T A Grady 212 Clark St Chicago.
A vintage ad extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a universal healer for eruptions, fevers, sores, ulcers, boils, felons, corns, warts, cuts, burns, scalds, chapped hands, chilblains and piles. It claims quick relief, cures guaranteed, and lists Wm. Robinson & Co as the druggist dealer at 25 cents per box.
Notice from J. B. Porter warns all hunters not to hunt or trespass on his premises under penalty of law.
Manager Martin of Pierson drug store reports strong sales of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy amid la grippe season. Bottles are sold widely with high satisfaction and quick relief for cough sore throat and lung irritation. Sold by Wm Robinson & Co.
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