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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1901
Page
1
Local dealer touts best kerosene oil at 10c per gallon and splendid wallpaper at 3c per double roll. Promises the county’s best work clothing and double size garden seeds three for 10c. Diamond Axle Grease six boxes for 25c. Shoes, work gloves, and green trading stamps offered with purchase.
Local notes recount visits among Peoria and Mend, farm prices from Murdock Bros, and sales ads for soft drinks, gasoline, and coal. Brimfield and Brimfield Plygh Scheel prepare for Independence Day events while gardeners harvest early potato crops. DeWitt products and Rocky Mountain Tea promoted. Republican county convention details referenced.
Mrs. W. E. Stansnuny of Brimfield announces Tom is prepared to do all kinds of carpet weaving on short notice with warp fabrics of every color on hand.
Draft stallion Confusion No 5746 to appear on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays at P Mahers while balance of the week is at home. Described for style bone and size, the horse asserts superiority. Prospective breeders urged to inspect this stallion and his colts before breeding with terms of 10 dollars to insure colt and 5 dollars to insure in foal.
Wenona Bourbon, a six year old Percheron, has stood at Robert Burgess A Sons stables in Wenona Illinois for three years. He will stand the season at Elm Maher Farm three miles southwest of Brimfield. He is described as a well bred horse with strong breeding potential and extended pedigree details available through Billy.
To horsemen seeking sturdy roadsters, J E Hitt promotes Young Redwood and his large, stylish colts and yearlings. He will display at Brimfield Tuesdays, Elmwood Saturdays, and otherwise at his home two miles north of Elmwood.
Advertisement extols Nebraska as fertile land with easy terms for buying, highlighting grain and fruit potential, cattle and hog markets, healthful climate, churches and schools. It invites readers to request The Corn Belt and The West Nebraska Grazing Country booklets and to use cheap excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays to visit Nebraska.
Pan Am Exposition at Buffalo 1901 offers round trip Brimfield tickets with 30 day 27.10, 15 day 22.40, and 5 day 17.80 sale windows in May. Also low rates to St Paul for M W A Head Camp June 10 15, Epworth League in San Francisco July 18 21 48.00, plus Home Seekers tickets on 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month. agent R R Murphy.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming to stop a cough and cure a cold in one day with no cure no pay, priced at 25 cents.
O W Wakefield of Columbus Ga lauds Chamberlains Casi Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as unmatched for stomach and bowel troubles. He recounts curing two severe cholera morbus cases in his family and selling hundreds of bottles. Sold by Wm Robinson Co.
An individual offers roof painting claiming first class work and lasting quality. He also advertises savings on iron wheels and wagons with low down prices and wagon scales, inviting contact for those needing the listed items.
Paint ad notes OT Hill on deck offering Enamel Roof Paint for shingles or tin with guaranteed work. Promotes best roof paint at low prices and directs to see him for service.
A shop owner promotes a new line of bug gies and carriages from a renowned factory. The vendor invites customers to view samples at the shop and promises savings on items in the Ubia line Cah ip.
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