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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1902
Page
1
A catalog of affordable tools and wares including an 11 inch screwdriver, 3 and 4 quart sauce pans, a 13 inch retinned wash basin, a 2 quart suds dipper, a long handle fire shovel, a patent sour sifter, an 8 inch steel fry pan, a 19 inch stove poker, a full size hatchet, tube cake pans, curry combs, boys' two blade packet knife, boys' suspenders, and men’s suspenders.
A compilation of small town items including visits to relatives in Peoria and Knoxville, births, gas and stove repair notes, farm and banking references, and local business promotions. Notable mentions include Lawrence Simon Penn born March 12 1902 and J C Reed as a leading cattle feeder. Subscriptions and delivery issues are noted with call to report missing papers.
Prices for slaughter house services given with rates per head and processing steps. Hogs 50 cents per head for delivery and killing, cutting up, rend ering lard. cattle 60 cents to one dollar per head. Killing day Thursdays. A choice meat stock is promised and patronage solicited.
Republican and Democratic voters of Brimfield township are urged to caucus at the village hall on Saturday March 15 with Republi cans meeting at 2 p m to nominate township candidates and select delegates for the county convention on March 26 while Democratic voters meet at 4 p m for the same election day. A separate note reports Jubilee Republicans meeting at the town house on March 15 at 2 p m to nominate township officers and pick delegates to the county convention.
A Alexandria resident reports near nightly coughing and severe consumption symptoms but three bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery cured her and she gained 58 pounds. The medicine, guaranteed to treat coughs colds la grippe bronchitis and throat and lung troubles, is sold at Win Robinson & Co. for 50 cents or 1.00 for trial bottles.
A Washington Star snippet notes that a couple’s local move prompts curiosity. The man’s return in rain without being asked to wipe his feet hints the honeymoon continues, through casual daily behavior rather than explicit detail.
An advertisement extols Nebraska as a land of plenty offering cheap excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month to visit the state. It promises rich grain and fruit potential, profitable cattle and hog farming, healthful climate, and abundant churches and schools, urging readers to request promotional literature and maps.
"T was troubled for several years with chronic indigestion and nervous debility," writes F J Green of Lancaster NH. "No remedy helped me until I began using Electric Biters, which did me more good than all the medicines I ever used." They have kept my wife in excellent health for years and she says Electric Bitters are splendid for female troubles and a grand tonic for weak run down women. Try them. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed by Wm Robinson & Co.
Help needed to sell a Choice line of nursery stock. Steady work and extra inducements for the right person. All stock guaranteed. Write now for rates and secure a good situation for the fall and winter. Address The Hawks Nursery Company Milwaukee Wisconsin.
A health notice touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a safe preventive and quick cure for colds and la grippe. It claims no pneumonia cases have occurred among thousands who used the remedy and urges purchase through Wm. Robinson & Co.
The Burlington Route from Chicago via Peoria and St. Louis now operates daily through Lincoln Nebraska and Custer South Dakota to Deadwood and Newcastle Wyoming with sleeping cars to Deadwood. 5 T Hill offers Enamel Roof Paint for shingles or timbers with guaranteed work at low prices.
The article notes Chinese beliefs that milk restores youth and sustains the elderly in winter. It suggests using pictures and characters to illustrate this value, and claims baby food benefits could boost American milk sales in China as a tonal appeal.
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