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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1902
Page
8
An advertisement touts elastic roof paint claiming lasting quality and money savings. It also offers wagon wheels, wagons, wagon scales at appealing prices and invites readers to inquire. Includes a sign-off from Joszrs Hi.
Spring fever is linked to a torpid liver and inactive bowels. The ad claims DeWitt's Little Early Risers stimulate the liver, open the bowels, and cleanse the system of impurities with no griping. Testimonial from EK M Everly of Moundsville, West Virginia endorses the pills.
Ottawa sources indicate a bill will be introduced this session to grant parliamentary representation to the Yukon in the Dominion parliament, signaling a major constitutional move.
A future Chinese language college will be established in London. Although not yet built, some professors have arrived and begun work ahead of the opening.
W T Stardevang of Merry Oaks North Carolina recounts fifteen years of dyspepsia and indigestion. After trying many doctors and medicines a friend suggested Kodal which gave immediate relief. He can eat most foods now and recommends Kodal, noting dieting weakens the system. William Robinson & Co.
Miss Helen Tucker visits relatives in Chicago and Miss Nettie Hibbs returns from Tri Voli. Implement dealers prepare for binder season as farmers harvest bay crop. Ice cream social to aid M E church hosted by C L Bolt. Miller and Son buy a new gasoline engine for the sausage department. Mrs Nellie Moran and babe and Mr Frank Kruckman of Wilmot Wis guests at Mrs Henry Memler’s. Refrigerator pitch by Johnson. Mrs J Hibbs returns from Ke wanee with daughter Stella Despaine visiting. Children’s Day observed by M E Sunday school with large attendance. An entertainment at Town House Ju bilee June 21 with refreshments. all invited. Rocky Mountain Tea advertised by Wise. Wm Robinson & Co notes storm damage to Philip Kellstadt residence and a Paul place barn minor damage. Daisy Briggs of Southport involved in a buggy accident but unharmed. The Western Horseman magazine offer for new subscribers at 1.00 through Jan 1 1903.
In British Columbia Buddhists outnumber Baptists Confucians exceed Congregationalists and pagans approach the count of Lutherans indicating a diverse religious landscape with growing minority faiths.
Ancient historians claim more than 1000 miles of the Nile’s lower stretch were guarded by man made embankments and engineering works. The text highlights vast effort and long term protection attributed to historical projects and methods.
A pearl measuring an inch and a quarter long was found in West Australia. It is described as graceful in shape with a fine luster. In the same oyster, two other small pearls were discovered.
The War Office has issued orders permitting officers and soldiers to wear glasses on and off duty in the British army, marking a change in military eyewear policy and comfort for service members.
The Women’s Protective Health Association of New York urges covering fruit sold on walks to guard against dust. They note that candy sales are already regulated to this standard.
A Milan clerk crafted a clock entirely from bread over three years. The bread sculpture, a curiosity, is of decent size and keeps good time, reflecting the maker's patient dedication and Indian heritage.
A Chicago lawyer recently gave a speech exceeding two hundred thousand words. The city takes pride in him, yet there is hope no attempt is made to match him against Congress in a public debate.
The Reichsanzeiger of Frankfort publishes a regulation effective July 1, 1902 restricting butter sales to a fat content between eighty and eighteen parts per hundred. It will be unlawful to sell or offer for sale butter that falls outside this fat proportion.
The New ark Press cites Holland as the leading tobacco nation with seven pounds per capita yearly. Germany and Austria follow as heavy smokers while Spain favors pipes and cigarettes. In Italy and the Western regions cigarettes dominate, and Mexican legislators reportedly smoke on the floor of the house.
In Paris a growing postal theft trade prompts authorities to install post boxes with sharp teeth to thwart intruders. The professional letter thieves use a wire hook to fish letters from street boxes, with 93,000 letters stolen last year. Beyond cash, stolen letters reveal information used for blackmail, forcing many Parisians to pay to recover incriminating correspondence.
In Budapest, two peasants quarreled during a card game and arranged a duel with bandaged eyes and pistols, resulting in one kill. The other, along with witnesses and seconds, were arrested, while claiming such fights are common in society. Nearby, two servant girls dueled with knives over marriage to a handsome soldier, wounding each other severely yet continuing the fight.
Michigan Representative Fordney recounts a district fable about an old root doctor who prepared two glasses for a man with ague. One glass aimed at fever, the other at chills, using the same bark but scraped differently to imply different effects. The doctor explains the method, and the wife accepts.
The Hongkong Maru and the Eureka dodged in a fogbank off San Francisco as the Hongkong Maru’s captain, waking to find the Eureka bearing down with a battleship whistle, tied down the whistle cord and scolded the smaller boat for its loud horn.
The veteran Royal Academician George F Watts remains in good health as he nears eighty five. He rises at 5 am to begin work in his Limnerslease studio, Guildford, content with the light at dawn. Among his latest portraits is one of Prof Flinders Petrie.
An old advertisement extols Dr. King's New Life Pills to cleanse the system and improve digestion. It claims the product purifies the body and prevents misery, offering lively liver function and active bowels. Sold for 28 cents at Wm Robinson & Co's drug store.
The scarcity of steeple climbers delays a Chicago post office project. Officials discover there are only fourteen human files to the United States related to the case and ongoing staffing challenges stall progress.
An old ad claims DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures piles and skin wounds with no need for operations. It promotes Sage and KR Meredith of Willow Grove Delaware as suppliers and warns to accept no counterfeit products from Wm. Robinson & Co.
In a playful exchange Miss Cayenne defends Mr Bawler's singing as preferable to his talking, describing singing as a safer choice between two evils. The comment suggests humor and light banter over performance versus conversation.
A clipped exchange hints at a potential engagement. Mercy questions whether Charles intends marriage or release, while a narrator notes uncertainty about his declaration of happiness. The dialogue captures a sharp, socially delicate moment from a Boston Transcript context.
George Schaub of New Lebanon Ohio endorses Chamberlain s Pain Balm after his wife suffered eight weeks with back pains Her relief came in days and she could resume household duties He notes the liniment is sold by Wm Robinson Co and hopes others will hear of its recovery claim.
Brimfield Post Office hours listed as 7 20 a m to 12 m and 1 p m to 8 p m with mail closing at 8 20 a m and 5 p m signed D R Stearn P M.
A bareheaded boy bursts into a Lancaster Pennsylvania drugstore with breathless urgency asking for medicine to treat a sick child. He explains the bottle is empty and the patient has the pip. The startled proprietor is stunned by the unusual request in this vivid scene from the Philadelphia Times.
Dr Dussand, a French physician, has invented a cinematograph for the blind. The invention embosses successive stages of a picture on tin sheets that rotate rapidly between the fingers of the visually impaired user.
A testimonial from Wm Robinson & Co about a patient confined to bed ten years with kidney disease. After consulting top physicians with no relief, Foley's Kidney Cure was recommended and described as a godsend, implying a successful outcome following its use.
Three Philadelphia men plotted a house robbery. One crept upstairs with muddy boots, a female occupant ordered him to remove them, and the intruder fled down the stairs. No further details provided.
D Scott Currin of Laegantown Pa touts One Minute Cough Cure as the best remedy for coughs croup and throat troubles claiming immediate action and safety. Mothers praise its gentle taste and quick relief for children while William Robinson & Co markets the product as a sure cure for coughs bronchitis and rip.
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