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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1902
Page
8
A damaged advertisement offers Elasti roof paint claiming lasting quality and savings on iron wheels wagons and wagon scales. The note invites Josmpit Hin to engage for painting and related services with a courteous closing.
The Deer Park New York merchant Me oF Welle endorses Chamberlain Pain Balm as the best liniment for strains noting a winter use for a refrence jamenera and quick relief. Revival of oaths popular in London society due to golf and ping pong. items sold by Win Robimson & Co.
After three years of rheumatism doctoring without relief, a Polar Wisconsin resident tried Foley's Kidney Cure and reports it cured him. The testimonial from Wm. Robinson & Co notes the remedy eliminates uric acid from the blood and helps kidney function.
A playful Springfield Republican item notes a series of experiments by an activist suggesting bees are less intelligent in repartee than houseflies. The quip compares insect cleverness with humorous tone.
A vintage advertisement proclaims quick relief from coughs colds croup throat and lung troubles. It claims acts immediately and guarantees a sure cure with emphasis on summer colds being hard to manage after exercise.
Leadville Colorado writes of a grand snow storm with large flakes and snow covered mountains. Mentions Mt Massive, plans for an excursion, 4th of July carnival, and local prices on eggs versus 1 per dozen in Leadville, with travel companions and a casual update to dear home folks.
When other medicines have failed Take Foley's Kidney Cure. It has cured when everything else has disappointed, according to Wa, Robinson and Co.
The editor of the Bunker Hills News circulated questions to many married men asking why they married. Responses reveal motives ranging from love and companionship to avoiding breach of promise suits, saving money, laziness, fatigue from courtship, loneliness, and curiosity about the opposite sex.
A Morgantown Indiana resident named Bass suffered severe backache and kidney pains, waking ten or twelve times at night. He reports being cured by Foley's Kidney Cure, according to William Rob.
A retired poet in the Rockies writes to a friend about sunrise and mountains, calling the scenery a beauty message from God. He recalls a horseback trip where a companion, Jim, jokes about taking the hillside for a goat ranch, a line the poet notes but does not shoot.
Max O Rell suggests wives rule by appearing to please their husbands while maintaining beauty and amiability. Sensitivity of incubators is noted as vibrations from trains, doors, or thunder could ruin hatching eggs unless incubators are protected. The Philadelphia Record cites these ideas as humorous and cautionary observations.
The piece notes President Roosevelt shortening his signature from the full first name to Roosevelt to save time. It highlights the labor of signing for a thousand times daily and mentions N Chew, deputy auditor, whose five-letter signature aids efficiency as he signs for eight hours daily.
A western representative recalls the Senate chaplain Milburn, beloved for his personality and blindness, noting past efforts to deny him reelection when he was chaplain of the House. He cites conflict between Milburn’s eloquence and people tired of him reportedly “dictating to the Lord” daily.
Gov Van Sant sought a Roosevelt meeting but misread a farewell gesture. He was later found in a swell restaurant facing steamed oysters, delaying departure. Li Hung Chang’s successor Li Ching-hsu dies in Pe kin from kidney disease at age 16, with the title passing to the youth after occult influences halted studies.
Vacation time brings children outdoors and safety becomes key. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve and Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy are touted as effective cures for wounds and gastrointestinal issues, with notices from vendors and readers endorsing their efficacy. A railway freight cost comparison and a Henderson North Carolina citizen’s testimonial accompany the ad-like clippings.
Edward Lauterbach, a candidate for lieutenant governor of New York, is described by a friend as having two sons who boast of him with frequent biblical phrasing. The sons are portrayed as reciting a continuous prayer, often starting sentences with our father, highlighting the family’s pride and religious sentiment.
A Verona reader from Spalding reports his mother suffered long distressing pain and indigestion until trying Kodol. Now at seventy six she eats anything and keeps a bottle handy. The ad promotes Kodol as a natural tonic aiding digestion and strengthening the body.
Albert W. Paine of Bangor Maine has practiced law continuously for sixty seven years since admission to the Penobscot county bar on May twenty eighth eighteen twenty five making him the oldest lawyer in New England by length of service.
A historical notice reports that cats spread scarlet fever and diphtheria, and chickens may carry diphtheria after outbreaks of roup a fatal chicken disease in North Wales England. The observations link human diphtheria cases to prior poultry illness.
Japan's coal export value reaches 10 344 715 dollars with a large portion shipped to China the British Indies Hong Kong and the rest to other eastern sea nations.
The Russianizing of the Chinese at Port Arthur has begun with Chinese dealers and merchants adding Russian terminations to family names and adopting Russian dress and manners.
Baltimore officials weigh changing the street name North Avenue to Schley Avenue to honor Rear Admiral Schley. The move reflects city growth beyond the current northern boundary and aims to keep the naming appropriate with the expanded area.
The item recalls that before Pitt died early last century more than $15,000 was pledged by admirers to erect a statue in his honor. A later joke claimed he was bound over by that amount for his good behavior during the remainder of his life.
Paul Lindau writes in a magazine that the most profound impression from his travels in both new and old worlds was the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona.
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