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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1902
Page
8
An advertisement invites customers to save money with elastic roof paint praised for lasting quality. It also offers iron wheels and low down wagons, and wagon scales at attractive prices. The notice is signed by Joseph Hill.
Spring fever signals torpid liver and inactive bowels, risking illness. DeWitt's Little Early Risers claim to cleanse the system, stimulate the liver, and open the bowels without griping. A user from Moundeville, WA vouches they work best each spring. Wm Robinson & Co.
Capt Fritz Honig, noted German writer on military affairs, has died. His best known works include History of Oliver Cromwell, Two Brigades, and War of Nations on the Loire.
The renowned poet known as the port of the Sierras plans a California park built exclusively for young children. The project emphasizes safe play areas and educational spaces, aiming to create a dedicated space for early childhood recreation and learning.
W T Bourdevant of Merry Oaks North Carolina claims fifteen years of dyspepsia and digestion trouble ended after using Kodol. He says it gave immediate relief allowing broad food tolerance and urges others not to diet to cure stomach issues. Endorsement from William Robinson & Co.
Local notes cover Memorial Day visits in Wyoming, painting in progress on a residence near Brimfield, and a trip to Keithsburg by Joseph Blundy. The Sherman & Hirsh concert company plans a hall concert next Tuesday, with a notice elsewhere. Principal C. A. Stone heads for vacation before returning to Brimfield. Advertising urges seeing Johnson for refrigerators with a large selection. Royal Neighbors vote to join Woodmen for M. W. A. Memorial Day on June 15. Wise, a local girl, is praised in a Rocky Mountain Tea promotion. Wm. Robinson & Co and Wilson Barnes relocate to Chicago at 965 Fourney Street, inviting Brimfield friends. Oak Hill gains a boom with a new creamery, new school bell tower and bell. Postmaster Nixon sports a fresh smile amid prosperity signs. The Western Horseman subscription sale offers a $1.00 trial for new subscribers through Jan 1, 1903. Prof Robertson, county superintendent, visited town to attend Paradise Chapel closing exercises led by Miss Josephine Harker. she plans to study at the state Normal and will not be available next year.
A 325 reward is offered for evidence leading to a conviction for breaching Ordinance No. 6 by selling liquors in Brimfield village without a license. By Order of Board of Trustees.
William E. Curtis, famed Chicago Record-Herald correspondent, rose from 1872 reporter to managing editor before government service with the South American commission. His world travels and prolific writing earned wide reader attention including reports from the Holy Land and letters in the Chicago Record-Herald.
In Kansas a man used a single word postal card scheme to taunt neighbor Bill Jones. The cards read Ridiculous old Bill Jones is the meanest cuss in town with punctuation arranged to imply two readings. The sender’s lawyer argued the later date and punctuation saved the client from slander, and the court agreed, though public sentiment favored the first reading.
Gen Schofield cited Von Moltke as the classic model of a military chief of staff. The illustration described how the crown prince sent reports, Moltke relayed them to the emperor, and the emperor issued orders that bore Moltke’s signature, though the commander in chief was the emperor.
Arthur Moore aged 14 and his brother Charlie aged 12 found a pond formed by high Ohio River waters at Beaver Falls Pennsylvania. They waded in to capture two large catfish, weighed forty two pounds and twenty three pounds, after a brave struggle.
A New York Herald Tribune item recalls a comically candid moment with a imposing Broadway policeman. The large officer explains that his size helps him push through crowds and assist pedestrians but laments the impracticality of ready made pants.
Ex judge Augustus Van Wyck spoke at a Georgia society dinner recounting Willis Jones, a Black janitor from the University of North Carolina who left for a Durham manufacturing post and later returned, saying literary life suits him better than commerce.
A Sunday school pupil amused the teacher with a humorous misquotation of a familiar verse. Assigned to memorize “It is I, be not afraid,” the girl recited the next Sunday “It’s me, don’t get scared at me,” sparking smiles from the class.
An old advertisement extols Dr Kings New Life Pills as cleansing aid for digestion and bowel health. It touts benefits like lively livers and active bowels and claims to relieve misery from constipation. Available for 25 cents at Wm Robinson & Co drug store.
A grandnephew of Brillat Savarin, famed epicure and author of a classic on cookery, runs in the French elections opposing minister Baudin’s bid for re election. Brillat Savarin was renowned as a lawyer and culinary expert, with a long line of lawyers in his family.
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve is advertised as a certain cure for piles by R Meredith of Willow Grove Delaware. The notice claims operations are unnecessary and that piles always yield to the salve, also asserting cures for skin diseases and wounds while warning against counterfeits from Wm Robinson & Co.
The aged Fontenelle brushed past his friend Mme Heveltius in a public street without a glance. She accused him of gallantry, and he replied that looking would have prevented his passing at all, delivering a sharp, famous quip.
George Schaub of New Lebanon Ohio, a reader of the Dayton Volkezeitung, bought Chamberlain's Pain Balm for his wife whose eight weeks of back pain vanished after a few days. He reports she could resume household duties and urges others with similar suffering to hear of the recovery. The liniment is sold by Wm. Robinson & Co.
Postal notice lists Brimfield office hours from 7 30 a m to 12 m and 1 p m to 8 p m with mail close at 8 20 a m and 5 p m P M Strais, P BM posted the information for local patrons.
R A Gray and J P Oakville describe a decade confined to bed by kidney disease. Despite consulting top physicians, relief eluded them until Foley's Kidney Cure was recommended, which they credit as a Godsend. William Robinson & Co. endorses the product.
A massive grapevine in the Carpioteria valley of Santa Barbara county California has a trunk eight feet three inches around and branches three feet in circumference. Its limbs span nearly a half acre and require a frame of sixty posts. The vine is trimmed annually to prevent it from spreading further.
The oldest woman in Scotland, Mrs. John Roe known as Jean Sharpe, died in Kirkpatrick Durham at age 108. She left a daughter in New York aged 85, forty two grandchildren, nearly 100 great grandchildren, and six great great grandchildren. She lived in the Stewartry all her life and kept her faculties to the end.
The region is rich in minerals including gold and is poised for a mining boom. Movements and exploration activity suggest discoveries could occur any time, attracting attention once proven.
D Scott Currin of Logantown Pa says One Minute Cough Cure beats all other medicines for coughs colds croup and throat and lung troubles. Mothers testify to its good results for children. Croup is sudden and the cure works at once. Pleasant to take and liked by kids. Robinson Co advertises the remedy.
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