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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
8
A vintage advertisement touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills as a quick fix for constipation. It promises liver stimulation and improved digestion, claiming toxins will be cleared and health restored. Sold for 25 cents at George Howard’s.
Illinois faces building a state highway network funded over time. The plan calls for 14 to 16 foot wide concrete main roads at $39,000 to $160,000 per mile and a total main-road cost around $160,000,000. Funding would come from state and county shares, with bonds possible for ten years and a per-acre farm tax to raise capital. Road construction would expand from main routes to township connectors as a contagious program.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a reliable cough remedy used for forty three years with over three million bottles sold last year. It guarantees a refund if the cough is not cleared and cites testimonials from J J Owens of Allendale Carolina and others.
Barnegat Postmaster RG Collins recalls a severe La Grippe cough that exhausted him and left weak resistance, noting Foley's Honey and Tar Compound quickly stopped the coughing spell and was described as unbeatable by Geo. Howard.
A suffering woman endures backache headache and nervousness with poor sleep as kidney and bladder troubles loom. Foley Kidney Pills promise quick relief from pain and misery and a prompt return to health and strength. Geo Howard endorses the remedy for women.
A testimonial from Charles B. Allen of Bylvania Ga claims rheumatism stemmed from stomach liver and kidney troubles and that four bottles of Electric Bitters cured him completely. The ad urges readers with digestive and kidney issues to try the remedy with two price points cited as 50 cents and 1 dollar and notes general endorsement by Ge Howard.
Brimfield directory lists denominations with pastors and service times. Includes Sunday school supervision, young people meetings, and Thursday prayers. Also notes several fraternal orders with meeting nights and officers, plus local fire company and auxiliary group schedules.
McCabe and Birkett attorneys present executor's flotloe notice for the estate of a late Illinois resident. The executor Richard Pacey invites creditors and interested parties to attend a hearing on April dates. Peoria Illinois, February 10, 1913.
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