Local notices and sales from community paper
Multiple small items report sales offers and house for sale notices plus personal mentions. Chas Simons advertises cheap cash sale. Mrs J S Harker visits relatives. Fraternal Reserva life association to meet. License granted Claude Stone and Genevieve Francis. Cough remedy touted by local editor. Concert benefit announced. Brimfield Telephone Co. expansion discussed. Confusing anecdote about a Rome Illinois fishing club and a slab house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Simons
Rome
Illinois
Brimfield
Gulf of Mexico
Our own make Lard and all kinds Sausage.
Local maker advertises in season products including lard and various sausages. Also offers fish, game and vegetables in season, emphasizing home production and pantry staples.
Executor's Notice for Thomas O'Hara Estate Peoria County
The Executor of the Thomas O Hara estate in Peoria County Illinois announces a June 16 court term at the Peoria Court House for all claimants to present and have claims adjusted. E D McCabe is the named Executor. Peoria IL April 29th 1902.
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Thomas O’hara
Peoria County
Illinois
Court House
Peoria
E. D. McCabe
Plants for Sale by Jas H Pemble
Jas H Pemble offers seasonal cabbage tomato pepper celery cauliflower and sweet potato plants for sale. Includes early and late cabbage three tomato varieties cayenne and mango peppers.
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Jas. H. Pemble
Otterville man backs Foley's Honey and Tar remedy
Daniel Bante of Otterville Iowa reports long standing asthma relief after trying many cough cures and physician treatments in New York and elsewhere. He says Foley's Honey and Tar gave immediate relief and vows to keep it in his home. Wm Robinson & Co.
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Foley
Wm Robinson & Co
Wm. Robinson & Co
Daniel Bante
Otterville
Iowa
New York
Virulent Cancer Cured by Electric Bitters and Salve
Elizabeth West Virginia druggist G. W. Roberts reports an elderly patient deemed incurable by doctors was cured of cancer using Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The advert claims these products expel poisons and heal blood diseases skin eruptions ulcers and sores. Available from Wm. Robinson & Co. at 50c and 25c.
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G. W. Roberts
Elizabeth
W. Va
Wm. Robinson & Co
Nebraska the Land of Plenty promotional notice
A promotional plea extols Nebraska calling it the land of plenty with grain fruit cattle and affordable land. It urges readers to request The Corn Belt and The West Nebraska Grazing Country booklets and mentions cheap excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays each month for tours to Nebraska.
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Nebraska
Corn Belt
West
Hawks Nursery Company Seeks Buyer for Choice Stock
To sell a Choice line of Nursery Stock steady work and extra inducements to the right person. All stock guaranteed. Work now for terms and secure a good situation for the fall and winter. Address Hawks Nursery Company Milwaukee Wis.
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THE
Hawks Nursery Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Agents Wanted Life of T. Dewitt Talmage Ad
Advertising copy seeking agents for a Tal mage family endorsed biography. Emphasizes large profits for quick action. Outfit priced at ten cents. Respond to Clark & Co. Philadelphia address and mention this paper.
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T. Dewitt Talmage
Franx Dewart Talmage
Chris Herald
Talmage
Outfit
Clark & CO
Phila
Wanted Reliable Man for Branch Office Manager
A. T. Morris Wholesale House of Cincinnati Ohio seeks a reliable man to manage a branch office to be opened in the vicinity. Providing good references with application. Illustrated catalogue and stamps offered.
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A. T. Morris Wholesale House
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kidney Cure Patient Testimonial from Salem
Robert R. Watts of Salem Missouri writes of five year kidney disease suffering. After trying various doctors and remedies he used Foley's Kidney Cure and says he was completely cured in under two bottles, now sound and well.
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Robert R. Watts
Salem
Foley
Wm. Robinson & Co
Hill Roof Paint Ad Promises Best Enamel Finish
A compact ad touts Ts Hill as on deck with the Enamel Roof Paint for shingles or tin. It promises guaranteed work at low prices and urges readers to see him for roofing needs.
Prompt man seeks better deeds not foolish chances
If the average man seized his first opportunity to do good as readily as he takes his best chance to make a fool of himself, the world would see many more brilliant successes.
First Lucifer Match Inventor John Walker of Durham
An old book records John Walker a English chemist from Durham as the first inventor of the lucifer match. In 1827 he sold the first box for 18 pence, marking a milestone in chemical lighting.
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John Walker
Durham
England
Many Senators to Be Elected in Several States
Senate terms expire in March 1903 and many states plan elections this year and next. Names appearing include Billy Mason, Platt of New York, Jones of Arkansas, Teller of Colorado, Orville H. Platt of Connecticut, Fairbanks of Indiana, Allison of Iowa, Gallinger of New Hampshire, Penrose of Pennsylvania, McLaurin of South Carolina, and Spooner of Wisconsin.
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Billy” Mason
Platt
New York
Jones
Arkansas
Teller
Colorado
Orville H. Platt
Connecticut
Fairbanks
Indiana
Allison
Iowa
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Penrose
Pennsylvania
McLaurin
South Carolina
Spooner
Wisconsin
Increase in Cancer Cases Reported by Imperial Council
The German imperial council of health issued tables showing a material rise in cancer cases since 1892, with rates outpacing population growth. The average subject age is younger, women are more affected than men but die less often from cancer.
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Imperial Council of Health
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R. Hindle
Zoo
W. R. Weeks
Brimfield, Il
Sherman & Hired Concert Co
Opera House
Fred Sherman
Cr. L. Dungan
A. A. Knapp
Monica
Brimfield Telephone Co
Chamberlain
H. A. Simickradeer
World Herald
Fair Haven
Wash
Ask
Washington Life
Queen Victoria
Sir John Tenniel
London
Nutshell Publishing Company
Third Ave
J. J. Ifiller
Elayn Davts
Prinr Ixroganxer
Accident InsuraNcer
Canary Life Ocean
Noraky
W. L. Wiley
C. L. Duncan
C. Carson
Chas. C. DutCh
Y. M.C. A. Bldg
W. Reed & Co
Peoria, Ill
Woolner
DR. Co. P. Burt
Dr. Knapp
Elmwood
Iinois
Land OF
W. W. Martin
City Express
B.D McCabe
Atty
Old Post Office Building
Whalen & Weatherwax
Cor. Adams & Fulton Sts
Ottenheimers Clothing
Peoria, Ills
N. B
Dr. Weatherwax
Dr. Emiller
Knoxville Ave
Congregational Church
C. A Reed
Will Oy
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Chicago Burlington & Quincy A. RB
Eustis
Chicago
Peoriaco
J. L. Robertson
Ward
Burlington
St. Louia
Lincoln
Neb
Custer
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Deadwood
Newcastle
Wyoming
C.C. Carson
Cnt
Phoenix
National Fire
Cient
Exchange Bank
Doug McLonnell
Brimfield, Ml
C.b.&q
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Rushville
Merchant Tailors
Canton, Ill
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