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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
8
A compact sales notice by Joseph Him offering roof painting with lasting quality paint and savings on iron wheels, wagons, and wagon scales. The message promises lower costs and invites readers to inquire for the mentioned goods and services.
Testimonial from J R Holly of Macomb Illinois praising Kodol Dyspepsia Care for permanent relief from a severe stomach trouble. He states his wife could not eat a normal meal before use and is now cured after trying several physicians and remedies had failed. The ad claims the product digests food without dieting.
Republicans in Brimfield township held caucuses naming candidates for town clerk assessor collector and highways commissioner with C C Carson W R Weeks H A Griggs H A Bloody and H C Tucker elected. Democrats in Jubilee and Millbrook townships also selected slates including supervisors clerks and trustees.
Wu noted a motto for the Senior class. Stella Marshall is absent due to sickness. Charlie Porter and Fred Murnan have been absent the past week. There will be no school Friday because of the teachers institute. Senior class members plan to refine their commencement themes. Junior girls learn a new song awaiting its debut. Edna Johnson is very sick but hoped to return soon. An exchange satirically describes Telephomania with a recipe of common sense manners and mind your own business.
In a London anecdote told by W A Cooper about Powelson, the American photographer reportedly refused to pay for unused hotel candles, pocketed them, and then tipped a porter with a candle, joking that he would cash it in the hotel office. The tale, sourced from the New York Times, frames Powelson as a humorous pioneer in American business photography.
The Rev Dr Cuyler of Brooklyn relays a tale about Dr Bethune a longtime Brooklyn Dutch Reformed pastor. After refusing a rich New York church bid he remains in Brooklyn pleasing his parishioners. On a morning East River ferry a drunk passenger signals him to seat, boasting of Brooklyn loyalty though jumbled by liquor.
An Oklahoma farmer, wanting a treat, bought a ticket for the opera Forty Thieves with a $5 gold piece. He received a dollar in change and started to leave, but the ticket seller reminded him to take his ticket. He replied, Keep it, dern yet, I don't care to see the other thirty nine.
Mr. Carnegie has erected a salmon and trout hatchery within Skibo castle grounds in Scotland, housing 150,000 eggs in well-appointed boxes. He owns extensive salmon fisheries in Dornoch Firth and along the Kyle of Sutherland, and maintains lakes across his estates stocked with trout.
Crews of several large oil tankers at Point Breeze appeal to their consuls for help to install electric heating on ships. They threaten to desert unless conditions improve. No fire is allowed on board and most vessels have electric lighting plants, with sailors arguing heating could be added cheaply.
In Norway the people wish every creature joy during Christmas and honor birds with a wheat sheaf on farms. The dear little children act as Santa’s helpers, aiding in bringing Christmas to the birds.
Rev Dr P S Henson was met by a friend in a large department store during holiday shopping. He replied that all the days of his appointed time he would wait till his change comes, echoing Job xiv 14 from the New York Times.
A wartime era health note claims pneumonia stems from cold or grip and that Chamberlains Cough Remedy, used during la grippe epidemics, prevented pneumonia with every recovered case. Sold by Wm Robinson and Co.
A Washington Star excerpt shows a couple's private moment, noting the husband returned home in rain while the wife did not require him to wipe his feet at the door. The exchange hints at neighbors observing marital dynamics without explicit details.
The article advises staying indoors and taking Chamberlain's remedy as directed to hasten recovery from the grip. It notes the remedy counters the illness’s tendency to develop pneumonia, the serious danger, with further details cut off in readable text.
London quotations govern the Alaskan fur market with prices fixed twice yearly by a board of principal dealers in London. The scale governs prices worldwide except Russia, determining value for fur transactions across regions.
A high Straits Settlements official in Peking recalls a Chinese Christian servant who, when legations were breached, rode out in a mule cart to fetch provisions. He sought armed Sikh protection, and the two returned with a splendid, priceless rig. The man said a countryman persuaded him to exchange it. Such tales echo as Covent Garden markets show natives in generous impulse.
Thousands have used it for the grip and every case reported recovered. For sale by Wm Robinson and Co.
P L Hewett of Winfield Indiana, a druggist, reports a severe 1898 1899 La Grippe attack cured by two bottles of Chamberlains Cough Remedy. He credits it with breaking the cold and stopping coughing and claims no Grippe since. The ad endorses the remedy as reliable for colds and pneumonia prevention, sold by Wm Robinson & Co.
Habitual gamblers are among the most superstitious people, carrying tiny mascots in pockets. They refuse to gamble without these charms such as lumps of lead coins snake rattles locks of hair cauls and hairpins.
Frank Price of Chicago preserves a vast trove of sixteen scrap books filled with newspaper clippings. The collection chronicles Chicago and nearby states from Fort Dearborn days to early city history, offering a rich panorama of regional events and personalities.
Claims rapid cure for coughing illnesses including croup and bronchitis. Believes it softens mucous and removes the disease cause. Endorsed by J. Q. Hood of Crosby Mississippi and Wm Robinson & Co. for safety and effectiveness.
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