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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1902
Page
4
Local items record births to John King and James McDonough families on July 3 and 5, several visits, repairs, and sales notices, plus community events, a railroad survey, and a July 4 celebration. Names include Archer, Wm Georges, Miss Mabel Corst on, and many Brimfield residents. notes on business ads, building work, and a bridge incident with Luther Green.
Fifty Herriott family members met at Glen Oak Park Peoria on July 4 for a large reunion with a bountiful picnic meal. Officers were elected for next year’s event and an executive committee appointed to arrange details. Acknowledgments were given to key organizers, with plans to reconvene mid September and bring more relatives together. Local attendees listed from Brimfield Elmwood Oak Hill Peoria Mahomet Gibson City and surrounding areas. A village ordinance appropriated funds for streets police salaries and misc expenses for the new fiscal year.
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A. H Davie of Mt. Sterling Illinois reports two years of kidney trouble ending in a permanent cure after using Foley's Kidney Cure. Wm. Robizegon & Co.
Wenona Bourbon a Black Percheron with star on forehead weighs 2100 pounds and is praised as a splendid horse. See the horse and colts for yourself. Colt terms are 12.50. Breeding described as best, verifiable by examination. Sale location: Maher barn three and a half miles southwest of Brimfield during the season. Maher Murpeay HI and Callister listed.
Those interested in raising draft horses are invited to view the stallion Confusion 5746 during 1902 at P Maher's three days a week or at Brimfield area other days. Described as having exceptional disposition energy and action he is a premier breeder with foal prospects. See colts this spring and consider brood mares before breeding. Colt price listed at 810 nine days old. Tog F MADER.
Young Redwood a 164 hand 1230 pound rooking horse with a kind disposition stands at YWaye's farm four miles west of Brinsfield during the 1902 season. Terms 3 percent for live colt. James McDonocgitt.
Burlington Route advertises round trip excursion fares including one and one third fare for July and August dates to Chautauqua Peoria Denver and Colorado plus $25 rail excursion rate. Highlights annual and biennial conventions Quincy Mt. Carmel Lenox Mt. Sterling plus low Colorado Utah and Black Hills travel deals and a free Colorado handbook.
Mrs. Minerva Smith of Danville Illinois reports twenty years of bronchitis relief after using Foley's Honey and Tar. The testimonial claims a sure cure and credits William Robinson & Co. with supplying the remedy.
Multiple organizations hold regular meetings at various halls. Brighfield Firs Company No 1 meets third Monday. John V Brown Camp No 56 meets alternate Mondays. A Brimmineto Camp No 847 meets alternate Wednesdays. Roya Neigapors Arnholt Camp No 203 meets alternate Wednesdays. MW M W A hall hosts meetings. The WF&F MW 3 of the Methodist church meets first Thursday afternoon.
Happy Town narrative from Old Town Virginia touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as wholly curing a daughter of a bad head card with many readers praising its use for cuts corns burns bruises boils ulcers eruptions and pilea with a 25 cent price at Wm Robinson & Co. drug store.
Mars W E Stanasoury of Brimfield announces readiness to undertake all kinds of carpet weaving on short notice with every color warp on hand. He signs respectfully.
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