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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1902
Page
1
Notice from RB. A. Cooper requests debtors to call and settle at once. Village Board orders all residents not to throw or pile brush and grass in the streets and to remove existing obstructions immediately.
Rev J O Slater conducts a series of revival meetings at Kickapoo. Other notes cover visits between Brimfield and Farmington, Peoria guests in Brimfield, and local social events including a 76th birthday celebration at W D Snyder’s home.
A listed ad seeks customers for lard sausage fish game and vegetables in season with special attention to town and rural phone orders. It notes prompt delivery and politely asks for patronage. Phone 22.
Josepa Amu advertises elastic roof paint praised for lasting quality and money savings on iron wheels wagons and wagon scales. The note invites readers in need of painting and related wagon goods to visit for affordable pricing and first class work.
A red heifer calf about six months old has strayed. A suitable reward will be paid for information leading to its recovery. Address J. W. Cullen Laura Illinois.
An early 20th century advertisement promotes DeWitts Little Early Risers as a cleanser to prevent fever, billiousness and liver disorders. It claims gentle, copious bowel movements and tonic properties that strengthen glands, attributed to Wm. Bobineon & Co.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured C Haney of piles after forty years of suffering in Geneva Ohio. The remedy also claims to heal cuts burns wounds and skin diseases. Beware of counterfeits. Wm. Robinson & Co.
Benton Ferry West Virginia resident Qwen Dunn reports years of kidney and bladder trouble forcing frequent nightly rise. After using Foley's Kidney Cure, two bottles led to a complete recovery. Wm Robinson & Co.
An advertisement invites readers to request a book about Nebraska farming, highlighting affordable land for sale and a path to wealth for renters or struggling owners. It promotes half-rate round trips to Nebraska and other western points on October 7 and 21, plus a $2 surcharge, via C B & Q lines and P S Eustis in Chicago.
A boastful pitch urges workers to consider Nebraska as a land of grain fruit and cattle with cheap land and easy terms. It promotes The Corn Belt monthly and The West Nebraska Grazing Country booklet, and announces cheap excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays to view Nebraska, asking readers to inquire with ticket agents.
WANTED SALESMEN To sell a Choice line of Nursery Stock. Steady work, and EXTRA INDUCEMENTS to the right person. All stock guaranteed. Warre Now For Ttems and secure & good situation for the Fall and Win ter. Addrega, THE HAWKS NURSERY COMPANY, Milwaukee, Wis.
Promoters sought for a life of T DeWitt Talmage told by his son Rev Frank DeWitt Talmage and Chris Herald editors. Endorsed by the family, promising large profits for quick agents. Outfit ten cents. Write Clark & Co Philadelphia. Mention this paper.
An exhortation against seeking questionable remedies for coughs or colds. It recommends Fo ley's Honey and Tar as a trusted throat and lung remedy, claiming it cures coughs and colds quickly and citing Wm Robinson & Co as a supplier.
A. H. Davis of Mt. Sterling Iowa states he was troubled with kidney complaint for about two years, but two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure effected a permanent cure, as reported by Wm. Robizeon & Co.
The Chicago Burlington & Quincy R. A. recently published an illustrated pamphlet with complete information about Nebraska farm lands. Copies are available at no charge from P.8 Eustis, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, IL.
The Burlington Route from Chicago to Peoria and St. Louis is now completed and daily passenger trains run through Lincoln Nebraska to Deadwood South Dakota and Newcastle Wyoming. Sleeping cars to Deadwood.
J T Hill promotes Enamel Roof Paint for shingles or tin with guaranteed work at low prices. Ready to provide durable roof coatings at affordable rates.
Joseph Bamford of Paterson New Jersey a wealthy silk manufacturer was fined fifty dollars for employing child labor in his factory He later drove his car at a speed exceeding the legal limit through Montclair and was fined twenty dollars by a strict policeman The episode contrasts his outraged feelings with a punitive daytime speeding fine.
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