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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1902
Page
16
A letter from Mrs. Phebe Cherley of Peterson Iowa describes relief from kidney trouble and a lame back after using Electric Bitters. The advertisement claims relief for backache headache nervousness sleeplessness melancholy fainting spells and more and promotes improved digestion and appetite. Sold by Wm Robinson & Co for 50 cents.
An old patent medicine ad touts Laxatave Bromo Quinine Tablets to stop coughs and relieve a cold in one day. It promises a cure or no fee and lists a price of 25 cents.
Obituaries from Brimfield and Peoria County announce the deaths of Mrs. Albert Marshall Daniel Belcher and infant Marjorie Norine Stansbury. Services were held at the Baptist church and Tiskilwa, with interments in Brimfield and Tiskilwa cemeteries.
Epworth League social planned for tomorrow evening at L. L. Guyer’s. The week of prayer saw light attendance due to sickness of 60 residents in town. Rev J. E. Mercer attended the Wyoming funeral of Mrs. Wm. Wooley, widow of our pastor, in Millford Indiana. Mrs. Wooley spent winters in California and was brought home for burial. Junior and Intermediate Leagues to hold a joint social at Cady’s hall Friday evening with a program and box supper.
Mr and Mrs J E Stansbury express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for aid and sympathy during their daughter's illness and death. They also thank the Ladies Aid Society and the Knights of Pythias for floral offerings.
Water-haulers hunters and others are warned not to trespass on our premises. notice from McDonnell Bros.
The undersigned agree to close their places of business at 8 p.m. daily except Saturday until further notice. Brimfield, December 9, 1801.
A scrambled notice urges poor sufferers to seek a different climate, noting the costly voyage and uncertain relief. It references a dubious remedy and mentions a trial linked to a local firm, Robinsda' & Co, amid distress and illness.
Hunters are warned to keep off the farms of Mrs. Monday east of Brimfield and other properties. Trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Notices from J. L. Murdock A. R. Moore and Robert Bore demand no trespassing or crossing fences and warn of damages from past seasons.
A parent credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with saving a child's life. After purchasing from A E Steere in Goodwin 8 D the baby struggled to breathe and expelled phlegm after doses given every ten minutes. The writer asserts the medicine prevented the child’s death and praises its effectiveness.
Denver reports on Navajo hunting methods for prairie dogs on the western plains. Techniques include mirror traps at burrow entrances and rain hunts using trenches to flood burrows, prompting the drowning of many prairie dogs and a multi day feast in Navajo huts.
An American company shipped a complete steam laundry outfit to Vladivostok Siberia. It is the first of its kind in that part of the world and will handle 4000 pieces of linen dry with washers centrifugal wringers and a large mangle.
The Empress of Germany’s pearl necklace, touted as the finest in the world, features perfect shape and color. Valued at about 520000 dollars, the gems are described as flawless by collectors and merchants.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Tipaxa in, the moon orbits, and distant inlies from the earth. The garbled text mentions 92790060 and 232555 as stray numbers amid celestial hints, offering a hazy snapshot of a science themed snippet.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls a brief car confrontation between rivals. A young man with a large shirt collar recalls hatching a revenge plan over a stained overcoat and exchanged trousers. The pair ends with each slipping away through opposite doors and saying nothing.
An old advertisement extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the world’s best healer for sores boils ulcers felons and skin eruptions. The 250m box is sold at Win Robinson & Co.
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