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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
8
An advertisement from Josery Am invites customers to paint roofs at affordable prices with lasting elastic roof paint. It also promotes savings on iron wheels wagons low down wagons and wagon scales, claiming high quality at pleasing prices. Contact details not provided.
A testimonial from K E Everly of Moundsville West Virginia praises DeWitts Little Early Risers for torpid liver and inactive bowels every spring. The pills are described as non gripe and effective in stimulating the liver cleansing the system of impurities. Wm Robinson & Co is noted as the seller.
A reader reports a disappointing trip to the South with few people around and no one at their lodging, contrasting expectations of hospitality with emptiness. The note appears in Brooklyn Life as a brief social observation.
A water spout at the sea surface was estimated to rotate at 354 miles per hour by Prof Bigelow, nearly six miles a minute, indicating rapid atmospheric phenomenon observations.
W T Sturdevant of Merry Oaks North Carolina says fifteen years of dyspepsia and indigestion ended after trying Kodol. He reports immediate relief and now can eat almost anything. He warns against dieting to cure stomach trouble and credits Kodol with enabling digestion without stomach aid.
Mrs F H Camp visits sister Mrs John A Clute in Peoria while Miss Moran from Wyoming stays with Mamie Clusky. Miller & Son meat market advert updates for telephone orders. Johnson promotes refrigerators. Memorial day events planned by The Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors on June 15 1902. A severe wind and rain storm tears through the area, damaging trees fences chimneys and telegraph lines with flooded creeks and collapsed bridges across Jubilee township.
A Congression al Fishing club scene recalls Senator Frye catching a duck with a minnow cast from a moving canoe. The reel sang as the line ran out, the duck flying above the water, prompting laughter. The senator recommended quitting and fishing from the porch rain barrel with Uncle Joe Cannon and Dave Henderson.
A slick commercial traveler visits a hot town. He rooms up, sleeps well, and reveals he fenced with the hotel’s files by placing honey for them to settle on a sample box, hiring them to avoid sleepers. The land lord marvels at the traveler’s brisk spirits and cunning deception.
Maaeterlinck has yet to settle on a title for his forthcoming essays volume. Robert Barr, after selecting a promising name for a work about James V of Scotland, must revise it. The book will bear the title A Prince of Good Fellows.
A 19th century critique notes English princesses lean toward Victoria's faction in appearance, condemning general lack of beauty while praising Queen Alexandra as attractive in youth and still good looking. Princess Victoria, Edward VII’s unmarried daughter, is said to remain unwed and may spend her days in spinsterhood.
A New York paper describes a multimillionaire's daughter kept under guard during every morning stroll. She is flanked by two maids and followed by two armed men, all to prevent possible kidnapping. The report emphasizes parental fear and the extent of security for a privileged child.
The Library of Congress now holds George Washingtons 1775 map of lands along the Great Kanawha River in West Virginia granted to him by the British government in 1763 for Braddock expedition service. The two by five foot manuscript is entirely in his handwriting.
A physician notes the strict dental standard for fireman applicants, arguing the job may require rescuing several children from a burning room. He explains a fireman might have to carry a child by the teeth when overwhelmed by others.
A condemned Black man in North Carolina sold his body for $10 and bought ginger cakes with the money. He finished the cakes the night before the scheduled hanging. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment the next day. Two men reflected that they wished they had waited or stretched the cakes longer.
While visiting Goslar in the Hartz mountains the crown prince of Germany was mobbed by women and school children. He distributed sweets to his young admirers as he departed, after a snowy reception.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s News Liver Pills as a cure to constipation with claims of lively livers and good digestion. It markets a 25 cent bottle at Wm Robinson & Co’s drug store, using provocative language about temple filth to sell the product.
Missouri Congressman Champ Clark astonished the house by entering in a dove colored frock suit reminiscent of stage fashions. Asked why he wore it he quipped that he must wear something and this was as good as any. The outfit proved a failure and was soon discarded.
5 R Meredith of Willow Grove Delaware reports using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for piles and finding it a certain cure. The ad claims it cures skin diseases and wounds, warns against counterfeits, and lists Wm Robinson & Co as the seller.
King Edward VII rejects kissing all peers at the coronation. Only archbishops will receive the ceremonial greeting in person. Other peers will be represented by three senior peers from British, Scotch, and Irish orders.
George Schaab of New Lebanon Ohio recounts how Chamberlains Pain Balm relieved his wife’s eight week back pain after a few days of use. He reports she regained strength and could resume chores. The liniment is sold by Wm Robinson & Co.
Archdeacon Wilberforce provides each workman with an ounce of tobacco daily as Westminster Abbey is prepared for the coronation. He allows smoking in the buldice as the preparations continue.
The Chilean government orders two battleships of 12 000 tons each. One contract goes to Messrs Armstrong and for the other to Messrs Vickers Sons and Maxim. Vessels cost a little over 5 million dollars each and must be delivered within eighteen months.
A society once claimed Charles Lamb praised Shakespeare universally. Lamb retorts a fop could produce plays equal to Shakespeare if he had the mind. Lamb notes the key factor is the mind, not the merit.
Brimfield Post Office opens at 7 30 a m and closes at 8 p m with mail dispatch times at 12 n and 8 p m Mails close at 8 20 a m and 1 p m D R Stra P M
R A Gray of Oskville Indiana recounts ten years of bedridden kidney disease. Despite top medical care he found no relief until Foley's Kidney Cure was recommended, which he credits as a godsend. The testimonial is published by Wm Robinson & Co.
A New York press critique laments Parisian postoffices as dirty poorly ventilated and understaffed. It condemns clerks’ indifference and suggests buying stamps at tobacco shops with nearby post boxes for letters and errands.
D Scott Currin of Logantown Pa hails One Minute Cough Cure as the best remedy for coughs colds croup and throat and lung troubles. Mothers swear by its quick action and safety noting croup often yields immediately. The product is described as pleasant to take with children favoring it and as a sure cure for grip bronchitis and coughs. Wm Robinson & Co.
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