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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1899
Page
5
The Brimfield Telephone Company has completed construction and installed lines and instruments in houses offices and stores. Central office operations have been active all week with early excitement from subscribers and strong adoption by young users. Eighteen phones are now on the line with prospects of expanding service as business use grows.
Central office at Robinson & Co. drug store connects customers to Chicago and distant cities via long distance lines. A toll station at the depot charges five cents to non-subscribers. Officers are Dr A A Knapp president C L Duncan secretary and H O Cady treasurer. A stockholders meeting is next Tuesday evening. Subscriptions include Central Robinson & Co. store and multiple residences and businesses.
Advertisement fragment notes sale of unencumbered land and merchandise including horses and livestock. Mentions inspection by Borie and company in Peoria Illinois. Contact DOUBET CO. for details.
A fictional French observer imagines the United States expanding across the Caribbean and Central America. He envisions an immense interoceanic canal, absorption of Costa Rica Nicaragua Honduras and Guatemala, and eventual conquest of Jamaica Haiti and Canada alongside a large army. The scenario foresees increased U S power and potential conflict with Britain.
The article details London's heavy transit system noting 180000 commuters hourly and 3 to 8 million daily journeys via trains buses and cabs. It highlights $200000 daily travel costs, 700000 miles of daily vehicle travel, and street congestion with narrow avenues and extensive goods traffic alongside 300000 horses in the metropolis.
A playful list defines terms through ironic or whimsical contrasts. Each entry sketches a tongue in cheek, high contrast meaning for common words and new coinages. The tone satirically deconstructs language and social roles with brief, witty lines.
The article describes a near-incident where a missionary at a funeral almost witnessed a post mortem marriage ceremony. Relatives sought a bride for the dead bachelor of sixty to prevent his spirit from wandering, arranging the burial with a potential wife seven miles away before Christian rites concluded.
Tickets sold from this station to any point within 200 miles on the Burlington route for Dec 28 24 25 80 81 and Jan 1 1900. Rate is one and one third of standard first class fare. Valid up to Jan 2 1900. R R Morphy agent.
Hannibal Massachusetts resident J E B Lilly recounts a near fatal case of typhoid leading to pneumonia and lung failure. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with rapid relief after one bottle and full recovery after continued use. Trials are free at Wm Robinson & Co drugstore with each bottle guaranteed.
For a limited time only six small photos available at 25c each. Not cheap pictures but best materials and up to date. Cabinet photos priced at 1.60 and 2.00 per dozen. Open two days weekly, Fridays and Saturdays, rain or shine. Conx and Son Brimfield Illinois.
Going to California The Burlington Route offers Personally Conducted excursions via Denver to Colorado Springs Salt Lake Ogden Sacramento San Francisco Stockton Merced Freeno Bakersfield and Los Angeles at low rates. Pullman tourist sleeping car through without change. Leave Chicago every Wednesday. Write or call on T A Grady Excursion Manager Chicago.
Volcanic eruptions rebuke joy but arnica salve cures them along with fevers sores ulcers and boils. It claims relief for felons corns warts cuts burns and chapped hands. Sold by Wm Robinson Co druggists at 25 cents a box with a cure guaranteed.
Will Harding and J. B. Porter warn hunters not to trespass or hunt on their property under penalty of the law. The notice asserts trespass prohibition and legal consequences.
Manager Martin of Pierson drug store reports strong sales and great patient satisfaction with Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. The remedy is said to stop coughs and heal sore throats and lungs quickly, with many customers noting prompt relief during la grippe season. Available through Wm. Robinson & Co.
Texas reports invasion by bizarre insects described as angry creatures with bodies like patent smoothing irons and spikes of red hair along each segment. Stings have caused serious results. authorities have not determined whether the hair or feet deliver the sting.
A fragment shows a line about an aware winner and a post titled How's with wording indicating a roll or sequence. The readable items suggest a casual note rather than a full article.
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