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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
8
A royal girl in eastern countries undergoes a grand hair cutting at age ten or twelve with a ceremony. Her hair is cut in small portions by family members and priests, gifts of jewels and gold are presented, and a feast and fireworks mark the occasion.
Perry Iowa visitors and Princeville residents visiting relatives in town headline a local notes section. A car party travels to Galesburg for a Lincoln Douglas debate while a flying squadron of Republican candidates tours Brimfield with speeches by Graeff and Daily. An ad on the store page touts fall stock and a baking contest promises prizes. A long humorous piece on marriage and roles closes the note.
By buying early shoppers secure the best prints and shades at prices far below normal. Side band prints and calicoes sell for 6 to 10 cents per yard, fancy ginghams from 8 to 15 cents, French and silk ginghams up to 50 cents, fleece lined and worsted dress goods from 10 to 20 cents, and broadcloth 54 inches wide at 1.35 per yard, a value for tailored suits.
Large selection of lace braids velvets silks rib bons buttons and linings offered. Genuine Heatherbloom for drop skirts sold at 40 cents per yard with wide range of dress trim colors and materials emphasized.
Selz offers the Liberty Bell line of school shoes famed for fit and service. Free with every pair is a six page noiseless slate book, a child friendly article deemed essential for every student.
L A Bartlet of Rarai 1 Guilford Maine praises Dr Kings New Life Pills for three years of good health. The product cleanses and tones the system and costs 25 cents at Hobinsons drug store.
Vaughn Mississippi hotel owner says months of severe cough and consumption threat ended after using Dr King’s New Discovery. Three bottles cured her completely. Fame of this cough and cold remedy noted worldwide. Sold at Robinsons Drug Store Co and others. Trial bottle free.
The record notes preparing a winter wood supply in 4 f60d time. It references laying in timber and estimating costs for heating needs, highlighting the planned duration and expected expense.
The Law and Order League of Brimfield township announces a 2500 reward for evidence leading to conviction for violations of intoxicating liqueur laws. The notice directs action by authorities and names Brimfield township as the jurisdiction.
The administrator of late Peoria County estate gives notice for the November term at the Court House Peoria City. All creditors must present claims for settlement and all debts should be paid to the administrator. Attorney E D McCabe represents the administrator and the notice is dated September 4, 1908.
Farmers along rural routes are invited to name their farm for a printed set of one hundred envelopes at fifty cents each with a return card. The ad promises durable, handy envelopes and reliable mail, claiming letters never get lost.
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