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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1906
Page
8
In Salem Missouri Robert R Watte recounts five years of kidney illness and multiple physicians before Foley's Kidney Cure, taken for under two bottles, fully restoring health. The ad notes summer kidney irregularities from excess drinking or heat and urges prompt kidney care with Foley's remedy.
Tammany predicted police commissioner Gen. Bingham would botch the job within a week but he has now served nearly a month and steadily gains public confidence. The outsider appointee, unafraid of district leaders, has disappointed Wigwam expectations as bureau chiefs aligned with McClellan begin showing effectiveness.
A crowded local recap notes Archer's sale of mowers, visitors from Dunlap and Wyoming, a four year old breaking an arm, baking powder premiums, horse clipping, blacksmith work, a Jubilee Rivals win, upcoming games, theater quips, athletic meet meals, cemetery supper planning, long Philippines railroad project with Vanderbilt backers, a near-wreck at Neikirk & Co, and a stove incident with a fallen gasoline stove. many civic and social items from Brimfield, Elmwood, Knoxville and surrounding areas.
A Missouri writer from Livonia now in Graysville recounts three customers cured of consumption by Dr Kings New Discovery. He describes one man who reconsidered selling property and moving to Arizona after using the medicine. Wm Robinson & Co offers 50¢ and $1 bottles with a trial bottle free.
An old folio recounts Dr William Bulleynes remedy used by Queen Elizabeth for colds. The recipe lists herbs and spices like mutmeg, dornike, sage, lavender, and spices to distill into aqua vitae, claiming it cures cold and melancholic heaviness of mind.
Mrs Lucia Wilke of Caroline Wisconsin found happiness in a 26c box of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve which completely healed a tan ning sore on her leg after 23 years of torture. Wm Robinson Co’s Drugstore advertises the salve as a greatest antiseptic dealer for piles wounds and sores priced 25c.
An inebriated stranger at Ayer Junction proposes a scheme to Mr B a zealous prohibitionist to swap identities on the Fitchburg train. The plan aims to conceal the drinker's disgrace from his relatives by having Mr B pose as him in public, a ruse rejected as troubling and unsafe.
An old advertisement touts Onino Lexative Fruit Syrup as mild and pleasant tasting for women and children. It claims gentle action without irritation, improves liver and bowels, and warns to remember the name Onino while avoiding substitutes from Robirson & Co.
Foley & Co of Chicago promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar as the genuine remedy for colds and throat issues. The advertisement warns that many imitators with similar sounding names offer inferior substitutes, urging customers to choose the original product from Wm. Robinson & Co.
During a heated eleo ten contest Sir Ellis Ashmeld-Bartlett faced a persistent heckler who challenged his Liberal government remarks. The MP warned he would reveal shocking truths, prompting the man to thrust his head forward, removing his cap and declaring with a belief that nothing could be done.
Nations strive to curb the white plague as Foley's Honey and Tar is promoted as a safe cure for coughs colds and consumption. The advertisement urges readers to request Foley's Honey and Tar from Wm. Robinson & Co. and avoid unknown remedies.
A brief exchange from New York Weekly shows Mr Slimpurse and Noa discussing a nonfunctional kitchen clock and a key. Mrs Stuckup appears among pearl buyers, and the scene shifts to a long wait for cleaning a diamond necklace, with misdirected politeness and a remark about circumstantial access.
The postmaster at River ton is reported murdered and robbed of all comfort per his letter. It references a chronic bladder disorder and a tonic sold by Robinson & Co. Drug Store for 50 cents. An odd, fragmented note accompanies the report.
Grimfield directory lists Church Bay entries with Baptist and St Joseph parishes, Mass times, Sunday School, choir practice, and confessions. It notes Fraternal groups including G A E Fort Post, K of P lodge 479, M W A, and Woodmen hall meetings, with monthly, alternate, and seasonal schedules.
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