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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1902
Page
2
Jo-EPu Hiut promotes elastic roof paint claiming lasting quality and offers to save money on iron wheels wagons and wagon scales. The informal note invites readers in to purchase first class work at pleasing prices.
Mrs Anse McDonnell a pioneer of Jubiles township since 1859 died at her home two miles east of town last Saturday December 25 Funeral services were held Tuesday with interment in Kickapoo cemetery She was held in high esteem by friends and neighbors An extended notice will appear in the next issue of this paper
Charles Sutton, longtime Jubilee township resident, died Saturday evening. Born in England he would have been 85 on March 20. Funeral services were held at his home and he was buried in Brimfield cemetery. A life sketch will be published next week.
A C Sutherland a prominent Princeville businessman and former teacher died Friday after an appendicitis operation at about 12:00. He was 44 and left a wife and four children. He had lived with James and Helen Sutherland in his youth, taught in county schools, farmed, ran a grain and meat business, and bought livestock. Funeral at Princeville Presbyterian Church Sunday at 2 oclock, conducted by his pastor. He was a member of Princeville Camp M W A.
Hazel Ann Gailing died January 24 1902 at nine months three weeks old. Born April 1 in Igul she was bright and beloved by family and friends. The funeral at Baptist church was led by Rev J O Slyter and she was buried in Brimfield cemetery with many attending mourners.
We extend heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and at our daughter's burial. Mr and Mrs Ferrz Galrine.
A. M. Marewa and children express gratitude for the many acts of kindness extended during the time of our late bereavement.
E J Hammon family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for the support during the illness and death of our beloved wife and mother.
A DeWitt’s Little Early Risers advertisement touts relief from long standing costiveness. J. O. Greene of Depauw Indiana reports nine years of constipation resolved by the remedy. The message emphasizes natural bowel movement and stress-free action.
The article extols Nebraska and northern Kansas for abundant sunshine, cheap lands, strong soil, and prolific crops. It highlights alfalfa and corn yields, favorable school funding from land revenues, and high farmer returns from land and rental income. It contrasts Nebraska with Iowa Illinois and eastern states, noting favorable conditions and substantial pastures.
An Indiana resident, E Demick of Somsville, reports seven years of stomach trouble and bed confinement. After spending about $1000 with no relief, he credits Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for restoring health, saying the product digests food and ends starvation from poor digestion.
A Virginia man from Amherat credits Chamberlain's Pain Balm with complete relief from a year long lumbago condition after other remedies failed. The note appears alongside local ads and shop hours for Wm. Robinson & Co Brimfield.
D S Tahomas announces lease of the old post office building and a new tin shop opening September 1. The shop will handle tin, steel, and iron roofing, metal work, repairs, and all tin or iron crafts with prompt service and invites old customers and friends as well as new patrons.
The undersigned commit to closing their places of business at 8 p.m. each day except Saturday until further notice. Brimfield, December 9, 1901.
A fragmentary note questions best investment between farming options in Nebraska and urges consulting a son over one year old. It argues that opportunities in the West favor risk taking, contrasts rent costs with farm values, and recalls farmers in history who took chances to build wealth and homes free of debt. Additional scattered references include Emigration, railroad lines, and place names Farrington and Winget.
A dialogue features McLean and Cormack debating the difference between a mistake and a blunder. Cormack defines a blunder as taking a new umbrella and returning an old one, while a mistake is misplacing an umbrella's replacement. The exchange highlights their playful dispute with a final concession.
English cartoonist F Carruthers Gould explains his method of work at Westminster He arrives at the house of commons between 3:30 and 4 pm often stays in the gallery or lobby to observe Then at about 7 pm he leaves with notes and rough outlines to the National Liberal Club to prepare drawings An ordinary sketch costs about twenty minutes
The New York Times notes a map who listened to a spell binder during three weeks of the municipal campaign. He recalls that campaign orators depend on audience insight for expressions like driving home. The origin tale: a white man offers turkey or crow, an Indian asks why you no talk turkey.
The London Chronicle notes that both Winston Churchills were born in November 1871 and mark ages around thirty in this era. It contrasts his flexible party alignment with typical Tory rigidity and mentions a 1921 meeting in New York where the two Churchills praised each other’s name.
The Pennsylvania Railroad ordered Mora wood sleepers from South America for use around Philadelphia. Priced at about $1.50 each in Philadelphia, the sleepers are said to last many years. Seven years ago the company laid some at Frankford station on the New York division, and they remain in good condition.
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