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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1902
Page
5
A testimonial from Mrs Phebe Cherley of Peterson Iowa praises Electric Bitters for curing years of kidney trouble and back pain. She states the remedy enabled her to dress herself again and perform housework at age 73. The tonic is said to overcome constipation and improve appetite. Sold for 50 cents at Wm Robinson & Co's drug store.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to stop the cough and work off the cold in a day. Advertises a 25 cent price and asserts cure with no side effects.
A Brimfield area obituary notices the death of Mrs. Albert Marshall at the family home south of town. It recalls her life as a devoted mother, Baptist church member, and neighbor, with funeral services at the Baptist church conducted by Rev. J. O. Slyter. Burial followed at Brimfield cemetery.
Epworth League social planned at L L Guyer's home for tomorrow evening. Junior and Intermediate Leagues to hold a joint social at Cady's hall Friday night with a program and box supper to follow.
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for aid and sympathy during our daughter's illness and passing. We also thank the Ladies Aid Society and the Knights of Pythias for the floral offerings. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Stansbury.
Water-haulers hunters and others are warned not to trespass on our premises. The notice reserves land and asserts ownership by McDonnell Bros.
The undersigned agree to close their places of business at 8 p.m. daily except Saturdays until further notice. Brimfield. December 9, 1801.
A garbled notice describes thousands driven from homes seeking relief in harsher climates. It warns that the journey costs are high and success not guaranteed, citing traders like Robinsda' & Co and King'a New Discovery as references amid sickness and hardship.
Warns hunters to stay off Mrs Monday east of Brimfield and on several others premises. Prosecutions implied for trespassers including damage claims and fence breaches. Signatories include J L Murdock A R Moore and Gruenewald property mentions.
A mother credits Chamberlain s Cough Remedy with saving her child's life. She details giving the medicine every ten minutes during a severe spell, pulling thick phlegm from the mouth and fearing suffocation before improvement. She purchased the bottle from A E Steere of Goodwin D D and notes the relief.
Denver reports on Navajo prairie dog hunting methods. A mirror lures dogs from burrows and an arrow ends the hunt. the rain hunt floods burrows to drown many, yielding large catches for feasts in Navajo huts.
An American company shipped a complete steam laundry out fit to Vladivostock Siberia. It is the first of its kind in that region and will handle 4 000 pieces of linen dry with washers centrifugal wringers and a large mangle.
A reported pearl necklace described as the Empress of Germany’s finest is valued at about 520000 dollars. The gems are noted for perfect shape and color, and the entire piece is presented as exceptionally fine.
Fragmentary text mentions Tipaxa and the number 92790060 near a cart and the word moca with 232555. No clear event, person, or organization identified.
A Detroit Free Press recounts a playful feud between two men aboard a crowded car. One narrator describes exchanging sarcastic jabs over a stained winter coat and swapped trousers, ending with both slipping away to avoid further confrontation. The tale highlights sly repartee over pride and misfortune.
An advertisement extols Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the world’s best healer for sores, boils, ulcers, felons, and skin eruptions. It claims it cures cuts and injuries, touting a 250m box sold at Win. Robinson & Co's.
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