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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
8
An old advertisement touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a soothing cough remedy. It lists ingredients such as pine tar and ipecac and claims quick relief, with ready made bottles sold by druggists and a demand to insist the formula be listed on the package.
The street committee notes many people dump lawn welldings and refuse in open ditches and culverts near the property. They demand the practice stop immediately as it harms drainage and creates extra work for crews. Also promotes King's New Safe Pills as a spring medicine for a healthy complexion and regular bowels.
Prayer meeting tonight at 7 30. All church services as usual next Sunday. The ladies missionary society event was postponed. Flo Bowman and Dean Johnson elected delegates to the state Sunday school convention in Springfield June 6 7 and 8. A splendid program awaits at the convention with a profitable time expected. Children’s Day committee urges school members to attend. The meeting occurs one week from Sunday June 11. The church business meeting adopted the constitution. Henry Member named delegate to the National Anti Labor convention in Indianapolis June 26 29.
A South African Journal of Science article by Dr J de Fenton surveys ancient and medieval anesthetic knowledge. It cites nepenthe and hemp vapors used by Herodotus and Scythians, a third century B C Chinese preparation, and mandragora wine as the most noted agent, plus early methods like arterial compression and hypnotism. It notes an Assyrian lethargic state from carotid compression before circumcision.
Ascension Island, eight by six miles in the Atlantic, governed by a captain, hosts about 450 people all sailors. There is no private land ownership, no taxes, no money, and meat vegetables and catches are issued as rations or by the guardroom.
A New York divine officiates at a baptism in a small Massachusetts fishing village. The embarrassed father holds his newborn daughter oddly, with feet toward the font. An old seaman shouts from the back, Make her heed into the wind, Tom, and the crowd laughs as the confusion peaks.
Church services and meetings listed for National Church and Brimfield churches with pastor names and service times. Includes Young People's meetings, prayer gatherings, and Holy Mass schedule. Fire company, lodge, camp, and lodge meetings noted with officers and meeting times. Fraternal orders welcome visiting members and specify meeting dates and locations.
Spring winds bring colds and grippe that may turn into a chronic summer cough. Dr King’s New Discovery soothes coughs and thins phlegm, reducing grippe symptoms. Reliable for over 40 years, ask your druggist for a bottle.
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