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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1902
Page
8
A compact sales note promoting elastic roof paint claimed to be unbeatable for lasting qualities. The offer promises savings on iron wheels low down wagons and wagon scales with a friendly closing from Joseph Hii, inviting readers to inquire for pricing and service.
R Holly of Macomb ILL, a real estate and loan agent, reports his wife found perfect relief from a chronic stomach trouble after using several bottles of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. He notes prior diets and many remedies failed and claims the product digests what you eat so you can enjoy any good meal without overload. Wm Robinson & Co
Engineers share cautions about misreading signals and bright electric headlamps. A careful veteran recalls mistaking a red shirt for a red flag and stopping a train, while another recounts a near jump when a bright headlight seemed to approach. Salt Lake Herald.
London readers are urged to take up crystal gazing following Andrew Lang’s article in the Monthly Review. Lang advises purchasing crystal balls from the Psychical Research Society, gazing for five minutes, alone in a dark room, and reporting the visions. The secretary notes rising orders for crystals, priced from four shillings each, not half a crown.
A brief note urges staying home and taking Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as directed for a quick recovery. It claims the remedy counters grip complications and pneumonia, noting tens of thousands used it with complete recoveries, sold by Wm Robinson & Co.
The St Louis Mirror is a twenty eight page weekly review edited by William Marion Reedy. It features literary and artistic criticism, fiction and poetry, reviews of books plays and music, and coverage of current topics for professionals and home readers. A ten week subscription for ten cents is offered.
During March and April low one way fares apply to Minnesota North Dakota and westward including Tacoma Seattle Portland San Francisco Los Angeles and Pacific coast points. Tickets used with our tourist sleeping car leaving Galesburg on Tue Wed and Fri offer cheap travel. Home Seekers Excursion every first and third Tuesday year round at one fare plus $2 round trip. On March 7 and 15 round trip to Peoria $1.35 limit 2 days for Pure Food Show. For more information contact R R Murphy agent.
Advertises fresh and salt meats with on hand stock and butchering services for farmers. Includes closing note of a salutation and a jumble of unrelated lines about orders and post office hours.
A Nebraska and northern Kansas traveler extols the climate, cheap lands, and strong crops. He cites alfalfa, corn yields, and school funding from land revenues, arguing Nebraska offers higher opportunities than Illinois or Iowa. He claims 640 acres can yield large incomes and urges settlers to choose westward farming, noting past settlers’ gains.
From Pablo Beach Florida Maes F A Waaxner invites readers to request sea shells collected on the local shore coral reefs and West India Islands. She offers a dozen different shells no two alike and a dozen scarlet sea peas to any sender who pays postage with a stamped envelope. She has ample shells for all and welcomes inquiries.
An old article asserts pneumonia can be prevented by timely use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It states the remedy, heavily used during la grippe epidemics, prevented pneumonia in all reported cases and led to full recovery, implying strong protective value.
The article notes that Chinese belief holds milk restores youth and serves as winter nourishment for the elderly. It suggests using pictures and characters to promote milk for baby food and increase American milk sales in China, per one consul’s proposal.
The Carcaco Record Herald announces its daily news service, Sundays included, unmatched in range and completeness. It combines facilities of both papers with full New York Herald and Associated Press coverage plus popular features from its sister papers, claiming a unique position among U.S. newspapers.
In 1898 1899 F L Hewett of Winfield Indiana suffered a severe La Grippe attack. He credits two bottles of Chamberlains Cough Remedy with breaking up the cold and stopping the cough and notes he has had no trouble since. The remedy is praised as reliable for colds and potential pneumonia and is sold by Wm Robinson & Co.
Late life portrait by Dante Gabriel Rossetti shows a reclusive habit as he rarely left home. An overzealous visitor with a letter of introduction arrived, and the painter leaned over the banister to tell the man he was not at home in a firm mellifluous voice.
The coat shows a reversed crown topped by a liberty cap and features a weaver's shuttle and a shoemaker's knife on the shield. Scotch and American flags stand as supporters, with the motto Death to Privilege below.
Advertiser touts One Minute Cough Cure as a safe remedy for coughs colds croup grip and bronchitis claiming it softens liquefies mucous reduces inflammation and provides instant action. Endorsed by Justice of the Peace J Q Hood Crosby Mississippi and by Wm Robinson & Co. expressing family benefit after first dose.
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