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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
2
Mrs Crantill of Troy I T recounts years of indigestion and dyspepsia improved by Kodol after four bottles restoring health. Wm Robinson Co promotes the remedy claiming it digests what you eat and aids red blood formation.
A. M. Hoppe of Rio Creek Wisconsin credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy with saving his nine year old son during a severe croup episode this winter. He says the child could not speak and began vomiting after taking the remedy, then recovered quickly. The product is sold by Wm Robinson & Co.
In St Petersburg a quirky anecdote shows the czar hedging on tough choices. A relative angrily calls him an idiot after the czar agrees with several opposing views during a reception. He calmly concedes, “You are perfectly right, my dear I quite agree with you.”
The text argues that rough cider, fully fermented and sugar free, is practically harmless for gout patients. It notes cider’s low alcohol content and acidity mainly from amalic acid, which converts to alkaline carbonates in the body and is excreted, unlike sugar-rich wines which aggravate gout.
In Tama county near Traer E. 8. Converse sold two farms totaling 640 acres for 53600 dollars. Oscar Casey of Dysart bought the 480 acre home place for 40000 dollars while Joe Beil purchased the 160 acre tract at 85 dollars per acre. Converse, now aged, says he is too old to continue farming.
In a Tammany leadership struggle, "Big Chief Bill" Devery is described as spending when profitable, shown during a campaign episode where an intoxicated loafer asked for a doctor. Devery replied that the man needed a snake charmer, not a doctor, illustrating his blunt political style.
Robert P. Carter born in Ireland in 1823 traveled widely in ivory trade, settled in Illinois in 1850 and 1866, died October 12, 1902 at his son Richard Carter’s home. He left a wife, seven children, and 580 acres. funeral October 14 at his residence followed by burial beside his wife in Brimfield cemetery.
The family thanks friends and neighbors for aid and sympathy extended during their recent bereavement.
Robert Thompson aged 102 died yesterday at 2 am at St. Joseph's Home. He was the oldest Civil War veteran and Grand Army of the Republic member. Born May 28 1800 in Parish Cladaugh Ireland he came to the U S fifty years ago settling at Southport Peoria County. He served as a private in the Seventy seventh Illinois and after the war lived on a farm before moving to the Home with his wife two years ago. His wife died two years ago. they had no children. He attended reunions of his old regiment, last unable to attend the recent gathering.
English physician Dr Abernethy warns kidney illness threatens life and endorses Foley's Kidney Cure from Wm Robison & Co as a remedy promising sound kidneys.
The Chicago RECORD-HERALD offers diverse content including William E Curtis and Walter Wellman letters New York dispatches extended foreign and AP cables market and financial intelligence sports and editorials Kiser's Alter nating Currents book reviews the daily fashion meals for a day and more aimed at discerning readers with world class facilities.
The youngest British cabinet member is Austen Chamberlain at 39, followed by the Earl of Salborne at 43 and Walter Long at 46. These ages mark remarkable youth for such exalted stations in the government.
A Irish physician Dr Ww W. C Ultachin advocates inhaling garlic juice vapor as a cure for consumption claiming remarkable cures have occurred.
Pension Commissioner Ware has improved bureau morale by enforcing sobriety among staff. Several removals and reductions in rank were needed to prove the commissioner’s earnest stance. The novelty of a sober bureau chief sets a precedent without parallel.
Henderson Grimett of this place was stricken with partial paralysis and lost use of one arm and side. After two bottles of Chamberlain's Pain Balm recommended by my wife, he is nearly cured. Other cures of partial paralysis are reported, and the liniment is also known for rheumatism sprains and bruises. Sold by Wm. Robinson & Co.
A travel tip warns of diarrhea from travel and diet changes and recommends always carrying Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to prevent illness and maintain comfort while away from home.
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