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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
8
An ad note promotes Rocky Mountain Tea as a lifestyle enhancer while a Burcklin’s Arvica Salve claims quick pain relief for cyclists injuries. It mentions a wedding gift scene with lamps and advises readers to ask their druggist. Sold by Wm Robinson & Co. druggists.
The young women at Butler College Indiana take up golf as a new sport. An earlier effort to start a golf club failed due to low interest, but Miss J Anna Carpenter, a skilled amateur, revived the idea and a club with over fifty members has been organized.
Mrs I B Hunt of Lime Ridge Wisconsin suffered from stomach trouble and yellow jaundice with gall stones as doctors failed. She began using Electric Bitters and experienced a complete recovery. Promoted as a stomach liver and kidney remedy, it claims to cure dyspepsia loss of appetite and more. Sold by Wm Robinson Co Grange.
The draft measure, championed by Congressman Graff, seeks to amend sections two and three of a 19th century pension act. It proposes monthly pensions from six to twelve dollars for veterans with disabilities and widows or eligible children, with details on eligibility, duration, and coverage, plus provisions for existing pensioners and survivors.
The census begins June 1 nationwide and ends two weeks later in cities, with the rest of the country finishing before month end. While counting residents where they live, many will be away from home in June, risking undercounting and misrepresentation of local areas.
W H Jordan reports on the Triennial Convention at the Chicago Theological Seminary. He contests press sensationalism about Prof Gilbert and outlines the liberal versus conservative theology debate, noting Gilbert’s undefined Christology and the church’s intent to review his position before any firm action.
A reader from Dorr West Virginia touts Cham berlain's Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a timely cure after severe flux. After a few doses the writer says the remedy effected a cure and recommends it to others suffering from the dreadful disease, sold by Wm. Robinson & Co.
Republican voters in Hindis district urged to support Judge John P. Hand of Henry County for the Supreme Court seat. Nomination announced at Peoria convention on April 25, 1900 with a poll day set for June 4, 1900. Chairman PERCIVAL G. REN NICK and secretary Tromat NOWEMK endorse strong party turnout. A second notice promotes Minute Cough Cure as instant relief for croup and respiratory ailments from Wm Robieson & Co.
The article recounts a legend that shaving chins triggered a war between Venice and Turkey. When a Venetian ambassador refused to swear a beard oath, claiming Venetians wear no beards, the Turks asserted the beards oath. The disagreement allegedly led to a long bloody conflict costing over 150,000 lives.
W R Wilkinson of Albany Tennessee reports lasting relief after twenty years of stomach trouble from Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. The product digests what you eat and has greatly improved his condition. William Robinson & Co. distributes the remedy.
Kansas City sits on the border where State Line Street runs along both states. Missouri prohibits gambling while Kansas enforces prohibition. On the Kansas side lottery gambling resorts line the street’s north, whereas Missouri’s side features many saloons.
Rev Lawrence Sinclair of Gore Bay Ont questions if fraternal and benevolent groups would raise 1000000 in ten years without cooperation. He notes that fraternal cooperative societies in the United States and Canada paid out over 88000000 during the past year.
During last winter's whooping cough epidemic, Joan E. Curriero of Norwood New York reports her children contracted the disease with severe coughing spells. Using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for croup previously, she found it relieved the cough and effected a complete cure. Remedy sold by Wm. Robinson & Co.
A Spruce Street physician and dietician labeled a crank urges patients to avoid celery. He claims soil in celery beds harbors enteric fever germs and washing cannot remove all contamination. He warns consuming any part could introduce typhoid germs into the body, prompting patient concern about future guidance.
A fragment hints that life germ in an African seed led to sweet peas grown from seed taken from a tomb in Egypt. A mummy buried 2,000 years ago was recently exhibited at a London flower show, linking antiquity to horticultural spectacle.
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