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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1900
Page
1
Local notes share varied items from Brimfield area including illness recovery, a vacation, local visitors from Wallace Bros show in Peoria, and a church college contact. Mentions ads for Delft ware, eye care, and remedies. Early 1900s tone notes encampment planning, local committee tasks, and hospitality arrangements with Veterans.
Saturday August 4 marks the store’s final Brimfield day with half price on all photograph sizes, guaranteed best value, and up-to-date camera backgrounds. Proofs shown, first class work promised, and quick completion offered as the business ends.
Lloyd M Bingham husband of actress Amelia Bingham drove a horse into a open manhole at Fortieth street and sixth avenue. A wire splicer named Michael Murphy working for New York Telephone Company was struck by the horse and threw head injuries. He was hospitalized at Flower Hospital with possible skull fracture and later said the injuries were from his own neglect. Murphy resided at 12 East One Hundred Fifteenth Street.
An 1890s style notice invites readers to subscribe to The Corn Belt monthly for 25 cents a year, promising exact and truthful farm land information. It touts illustrations of farms, homes, barns, and stock and provides address 209 Adams Street Chicago for postage stamp submissions.
Clark Brown announces a new corn shelter and ground feeds for sale. The mill will grind on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays offering all kinds of ground feed and fresh corn meal. Respectfully, Clark Brown.
For sale a house and three splendid lots on Knoxville Avenue and two good lots in the southeast part of town. Inquire of W. R. Weeks, Brimfield.
The Burlington Route runs Personally Conducted excursions via Denver to Colorado Springs Salt Lake Ogden Sacramento San Francisco Stockton Merced Fresno Bakersfield and Los Angeles at the lowest rates. Pullman tourist sleeping car through without change. Leaves Chicago every Wednesday. Write or call on T A Grad Excursion Manager, Ark 8t Chicago.
Rail excursion sale announced with multiple sale dates May 1 and 15 June 5 10 July 3 17 August 7 21. Round trip fare equals lowest first class rate plus 2 dollars. Tickets valid up to 21 days to all western southern and southeastern destinations. Agent Mureay listed.
Charles Holzhauer of Newark says Chamberlain’s cough remedy offers the best relief among many sold. It is described as safe and reliable for coughs colds and hoarseness, available from Wm. Robingson & Co.
A moral reflection on aging and companionship arguing that children bring vitality to old age. The essay warns bachelors that independence cannot replace family bonds and the happiness children provide in later years. It contrasts human warmth with the emptiness of bachelor freedom and calls for matrimony.
The relic mansion in Yonkers N C features wide halls and antique wainscoting. Portions date back to 1682 with later additions in 1745, reflecting its storied association with Mary Philipse, noted as Washington’s first love.
The Crawfordville Georgia Democrat notes two African American boys hoeing corn last week who ended a row by sitting or falling. The item reflects a local observation about the rising generation and work habits in the field.
The piece notes that books for the blind are expensive since pages must be thick and type large, making even short stories bulky. It states embossed editions require many volumes, with the full Bible needing about sixty volumes at high cost per volume.
A fragmentary note questions a husband named Jake Smith and mentions Mrs Brown Stone, hinting at a domestic issue. The language is tangled but implies worry over a partner's behavior amid a lingering suspicion. Further readable context is needed for clarity.
Fragmentary note references an English bachelor, St James, Brest, and Long Island farmers, discussing settling, a model club, and cultivating fruit and garden produce on scientific principles. The text is garbled with mispunctuation and incomplete phrases.
A brief ad notes trusted options from Preenix and National Fire Insurance Companies. It promotes the exchange bank as the place to secure best coverage and favorable rates for policyholders.
DOUG MechONNELL Auctioneer offers to sell all parts of the state with satisfaction guaranteed and reasonable terms. Cal or address at Brimfield appears in the ad as contact.
An ad announces lower interest rates for mortgage loans with promises of potential savings. It invites overdue or upcoming payments and offers a chance to learn what Team can do, noting weekly Saturdays at the Gazette Office in Elmwood.
A brief clipped advertisement noting a new mice line of bug and carriages from a Bret factory. The seller promises money savings on items in the line and invites customers to visit the shop for samples.
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