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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1901
Page
8
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a sovereign cure for uterine and ovarian troubles. It cites Grace Stansbury of Kansas and Garnicer B. Stansbury of Herington who credit relief from ulceration, backache, and nervous debility after using multiple bottles.
Health authorities report widespread mild smallpox across many states with thousands of cases in Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Illinois and Ohio. Quarantines and vaccination campaigns are underway as fatalities remain low and officials monitor outbreaks in cities including Detroit Mankato St Paul Des Moines Cleveland and Kansas City.
A humorous exchange centers on marriage and reluctance with a playful back and forth about getting wed. The dialogue highlights contrasting attitudes toward romance and commitment in witty banter.
Physicians recommend Kemp's Balsam for grip throat and lung relief and urge stocking a bottle for early use to prevent coughing and inflammation. Grain-O is promoted as a coffee substitute for children, sold by grocers at 25c, described as nutritious and inexpensive. An unrelated note describes a hairless greyhoundlike Chinese dog for sale.
Advertisement urges readers to try Kemp's Balsam to stop coughing. Offers a free sample bottle from their druggist and notes bottles sell for 25 and 30 cents. Warns that delay is dangerous and quotes Thackeray about snobbery.
An 19th century style ad proclaims Lane's Family Medicine as daily bowel regularity, liver and kidney aid, headache cure with prices 25 and 50 cents. It mixes moralizing snippets and odd phrases about Putnam face dye and a jab at standing committees.
Rail lines east of Colorado and Wyoming adopt a one fare plus 2 dollars round trip to Washington with special conditions for gateway cities such as Chicago Peoria and St Louis. Tickets go on sale Feb 27 to Mar 3 with travel to Washington allowed through Mar 8. Illinois plans for G A R encampment rates Peoria in May. Colorado considers criminalizing tipping in sleeping cars. Rock Island buys ten modern passenger coaches. Wabash payrolls for December peak with high shop employment. Canadian Pacific adds a fast New York to Puget Sound train in eighty hours. Mobile and Ohio faces ticket scalping charges from Illinois Central.
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