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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1900
Page
8
A playful exchange from the New York Sun mentions Rocky Mountain Tea as a life enhancer. Tillie earns a dime each time she takes cod liver oil and saves until she has 50 cents, which her mother uses to buy more cod liver oil.
A stream of small notes covers farm visits in Farmington and Elmwood, relocation of residents to Peoria, and local business moves. It mentions Mrs Waller visiting Mrs A M Griggs, Pettett's sign near Elmwood, Adams Fussner, Rev Greenwalt, and Wm Robinson & Co. advertising remedies. News includes Judge Biglow's vaccination ruling, firewood and windmill updates, and Brimfield and Elmwood residents planning moves.
The yellowed sphere once central to Keelys hydro pneumatic pulsating vacuo engine sits outside his No 1422 North Twentieth Street shop in Philadelphia. Advertised boldly, the 7000 pound motor escaped destruction after explosions and unrest, yet vanished pieces and rumors of fraud followed the inventor until his death.
An old advertised salve promises quick relief for cuts sprains and general bicycle rider ailments. Arvica Salve is touted as the cyclist s friend curing chapping lips burns ulcers and piles with a guaranteed cure all for 25 cents from Wm. Robinson & Co. druggists.
An exchange from Tit-Bits features Miss Maison asking if she should call Dr Bones, and the irascible doctor dismissing titles saying any name suits him. The humor relies on blunt self-derision and social forms.
Mrs I B Hunt of Lime Ridge Wis faced a dire stomach trouble and jaundice as gall stones worsened her condition. A doctor warned there was only one chance to save her life. She then used Electric Bitters which wholly cured her stomach liver and kidney issues. Priced at 50c and guaranteed. For sale by Wm Robinson & Co druggists.
W R Wilkinson of Albany Tennessee reports twenty years of stomach trouble ended after using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. He calls it the savior of his life and credits digestion of what he eats to the remedy from Robinson & Co.
An unusually active man reportedly walked about 237 200 miles over 84 years, largely around his house and office. The estimate depicts extraordinary daily activity, highlighting his steady routine rather than a public achievement.
I state it as a duty to neighbors that the Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured my flux after a bad spell. A few days with the remedy brought a permanent cure and I recommend it to others sufferers. Sold by Wm Robinson Co.
An epidemic of coughing affected children in Norwood New York. Joan E Curriorn proprietOR of Norwood House reports Cham derlain's Cough Remedy relieved the cough and effected a complete cure for croup. The remedy is sold by Wm Robinson & Co.
In a remote St. Petersburg area, Poitinkosh, a rancher and reindeer farmer, suffered a thigh wound from a sleigh crash. Kamisky, a veteran surgeon, fashioned a five inch hollow tube from molten substances to bridge the damaged femoral artery. After meticulous suturing and clot control, the tube created an unbroken blood channel. Two months later the patient resumed daily work without pain or impediment.
Professor Norton of Harvard University recalls his intimate acquaintance with the late John Ruskin of England. Norton says Ruskin appointed him literary executor and that he will likely travel to England next summer to remain about a month for duties connected with the estate.
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