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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
1
Local ad promotes kerosene oil at ten cents per week, wallpaper double roll, county clothing line, garden boxes, Diamond Axle Grease, shoes and work gloves at various prices. Shoppers offered Green Trading Stamps as incentive with purchases.
Millet seed at Marshall's for sale. A good mare road wagon and harness offered by Wm. George. L. L. Guyer and D. R. Strain attended a Sunday School convention at Laura. report a pleasant meeting. An eight position adjustable chair aims to seat a boy in church. Baptist ladies served ice cream and cake at the old post office building. well patronized. W. E. Phelps estate of 1714 acres near Elmwood to be auctioned May 29 at 1:30 a.m. at Elmwood Coal Co. Mr. W. J. Baxter of North Brook, NC recounts long pile troubles with remedies. claims DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured him. Milwaukee railroad serves notice of one fare to St. Paul for Head Camp Modern Woodmen meeting June 10–15. Geo. H. Cobb to handle Racine buggy line car company backing top quality goods. George Simons and Frank visit. Frank returns from Honolulu after three years in Code Sam's army. he is reported fine. A L. Spafford of Chester, Mich credits One Minute Cough Care for curing a child’s croup. Joseph Ellis to care for Brimfield cemetery for 31.00 per lot. nonresidents may address Brimfield for arrangements. Dennis Doran of Denver and Miss Margaret Welch wed in Peoria. plan Denver home with groom’s railroad work. Royal Neighbors of Brimfield display master works of art by living artists at the hall Wednesday evening May 22. a candidate to be initiated, meetings noted.
Charles Humason invites farmers to inspect a brand new polishing and sharpening outfit for plows, shovels, disks and more. A complete emery wheel setup with first class workmanship is guaranteed. Please call to view.
Mrs W E Stanespury Brimfield offers versatile carpet weaving services with all warp colors on hand ready for quick completion.
A persistent cough signals serious diseases like consumption or bronchitis and early treatment can cure. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised for curing coughs causing these illnesses and carries a money back guarantee if not beneficial. Sold by Wm. Robinson & Co.
Civil war veteran M M Austin of Winchester Indiana recalls his wife’s long illness and credits Dr King’s New Life Pills with her cure. He urges others to try them and notes they cost 25 cents at Wm Robinson & Co’s drug store.
Notice to patients that Dr. Weatherwax will skip usual Brimfield trips in May and part of June due to Dr. Whalen’s absence for postgraduate study. He will resume visits on the third Monday in June.
The draft stallion Confusion No. 5746 will stand this season on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays at P Maher’s with the balance of the week at home. He is praised for style and bone and is promoted as a superior breeding prospect. Terms: $10 to insure a colt 9 days old and $8 to insure in foal.
Wenona Bourbon, a six year old Percheron stallion, head of Robert Burgess & Sons stables at Wenona Illinois, stands the 1901 season at E M Maher’s barn three and a half miles southwest of Brimfield. Described as one of the best bred horses in the state and a grand individual. See him before breeding for terms and extended pedigree bills.
To Horsemen. Do you want to raise road horses of size and value. Young Redwood offers large roaders with style and action. See his colts and yearlings, and compare prices. He will be at Brimfield on Tuesdays Elmwood Saturdays and other days at home north of Elmwood two miles. J. E. Hin.
Ninety acres of good pasture with running water available for monthly stock leasing. An additional seventy acres to be turned in after hay-cutting, with stock to be rotated on it. Limited number of tenants accepted. Inquiries to J. M. Clusky.
If people knew what we know about Kodol Dyspepsia Cure it would be used in nearly every household. It claims to digest food without stomach aid and relieve fullness belching flatulence sour stomach or indigestion. William Robinson & Co.
Mrs C W Roberts of North Creek Arkansas testifies that after two decades of stomach distress she found relief from dyspepsia by using one bottle of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. She praises the product and credits improved health to the remedy from Wm. Robinson & Co.
An advertisement extols Nebraska as a land of plenty with fertile grain and fruit, cheap land on easy terms, and strong farming profits. It invites readers to request The Corn Belt monthly and The West Nebraska Grazing Country booklet, and notes cheap excursion tickets on select Tuesdays for tours to Nebraska through year end.
J T Hill advertises Enamel Roof Paint for shingles or tin with guaranteed work and low prices, inviting customers to see him for the best roof coating.
Doug Mei ONeill advertises loans at five percent with privilege to prepay before maturity in amounts of one hundred dollars or multiples. Loans are for good improved farms. Inquiries directed to F. B. Pristeler, Elwood, Illinois, office over the post office.
A dealer advertises a line of bug gies and carriages from a renowned factory, claiming savings on any item in the line. The seller invites customers to visit the shop to view samples and make purchases.
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