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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1902
Page
8
Multitudes praise Kodol the new discovery that digests food and cleanses the stomach to improve blood quality, with testimonials from Mre Cranfill of Troy Indiana and Wm Robinson & Co urging use after meals for indigestion and dyspepsia relief.
Rich Creek resident A. M. Hoppe credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with saving his nine year old son's life during croup. He says the child was choked and unable to speak, and after giving the remedy freely the boy improved quickly, though he regurgitated. Marketed by Wm. Robinson & Co.
The Baltimore American criticizes hif0-worship as a perverted moral sentiment that fuels hero criminals like Tracy. It argues this mindset funds and sustains crime by treating others as mere tribute to the outlaw’s might and freedom.
Bay Villa trader QO Larson operates a typical South African store offering goods from needle to anchor. The valley location is nine miles from rail and about twenty five miles from the nearest town. Lawson claims farmers within a thirty mile radius rely on Chamberlain remedies and cites fourteen cures in the last year. For sale by Wm. Robinson & Co.
Ottawa Herald readers were jolted by a sharp critique of stereotypes as photographs showed Indian men carrying loads away from show cars while women, labeled squaws, walked by without burdens. The piece condemns romanticized images and laments the so called fall of the noble redskin.
Frank R Appleby and Miss Charlotte Carroll of Brimfield united in marriage at St Josephs church on Wednesday Oct 8 at 9 am. Rev A Mainville officiated. Susie Appleby was bridesmaid and Frank Carroll best man. A wedding dinner followed for relatives and friends. Both are highly regarded and start life together with bright prospects.
Elizabeth Root and William Barrie wed in a quiet Oct 2 ceremony at the bride’s mother’s home in Galesburg. Dr C A Vincent officiated. The couple, already honeymooning in the West, plan a month journey through Colorado before settling in Victor Colorado.
John I Worley Esq died at Blacksville at 3 AM Saturday. Born December 1 1823 on his Wayne township farm, he owned 600 acres and served as justice of the peace and bank director. A Republican, philanthropist and church supporter, he helped build a Blacksville church and left seven children from two marriages. Funeral was held September 24 with Rev A E Barnes and Rev J E Mercer officiating. Interment in family burying ground.
The passage lampoons lawyers as the most miserable witnesses, noting how a frightened angry and rattled attorney harming a possible plaintiff or defendant during cross examination can ruin a trial.
Excavators at Boscoreale uncover a well preserved bronze Hercules seated with his club on a rock. The statue, akin to the Farnese Hercules in Rome, is being supervised in transit by the Naples museum director.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes the shrinking world due to telegraph and cable links. It highlights its coverage through own foreign correspondents in major cities, plus the New York Herald foreign service and the Associated Press for reliable global news.
Marie Therese Dupuis is the last surviving witness of Waterloo living near Charleroi Chapellelez Herssimont. She celebrated her hundredth birthday and lives with her two sons. The trio’s ages total 264 years. Dupuis was born to farmer Roland.
Miss Ethel Smyth, composer of the opera Dey Wald, is said to be the first woman of her sex to have a work produced at Covent Garden.
Henderson Grimatt of this town suffered partial paralysis losing use of an arm and side. After two bottles of Chamberlain's Pain Balm, he nearly recovered following a physician’s trial and his wife’s recommendation. The liniment is praised for rheumatism, sprains, and bruises and offered by Wm. Robinson & Co.
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