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Brimfield News

Location

Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1902

Page

3

Breathing Relief Promises From Dr Koenig Tea and St Jacobs Oil

Classic medical advert from an era touts Dr August Koenig Hamburg Breast Tea and St Jacobs Oil as a powerful duo for bronchitis asthma croup whooping cough and throat congestion. The text claims combined external and internal action clears adhesions eases expectoration and speeds recovery, urging households to keep both remedies ready for early use.

August Koenig Hamburg St. Jacobs Bt. Jacobs Qi R. August Koenig Jacobs August Wheeley

Between Friends Circleville Proposal Recalled

In Circleville Ohio Helena Young Softleigh proposed to me last night I refused him. Mattie asserts he likely knew I would say no. The old town name Circleville stems from a circular Indian mound feature once centered by a native settlement.

Helena Softleigh Mattie

He Has Twelve Toes Twenty Four Digits In One Man

Luke Luke of Portland Oregon born with twenty four digits six on each hand and six toes per foot. Enlisted in Company F Seventh United States infantry stationed at Vancouver Washington. Surgeons removed two toes from each foot to fit regulation shoes.

John Luke Portland Ore Company F Seventh United States Infantry Vancouver Columbia River Washington Philadelphia Ledger

On the Verge of Brights Disease A Quick Cure That Lasted

Case 80 611 recounts C E Botes grain dealer of Axton Ohio crediting Dean’s Kidney Pills with curing kidney pain and alleged Bright’s disease after a week treatment at Lamparter Co. drugstore. A free trial offer and Buffalo address follow, with a note of sale for 50 cents per box.

Bright C. E. Botes South Water Street Axton Dean Lamparter & Co Boles Akron United States Milburn Go Buffalo

Ely's Liquid Dream Balm and other quaint ads

An assortment of 19th century notices and product pitches fill a page with Ely's Liquid Dream Balm for nasal catarrh 75 cents, Dean's Ointment 50 cents, Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil praised for cures, and trivia noting New York city origins and Berlin population figures.

ELY Ely Bros Warren Street New York

Hoall's Catarrh Cure and Other Ads

A compact ad digest notes Hoall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. It mentions the British Parliament costing over $35,000 last year and promotes Mrs Ayagtin's Pancake Flour and St Johns Skin Tonic with brief selling lines.

House of Parliament

Notable Missouri political firebrand and world-traveling activist

Joseph W. Folk, hailed as a man of the hour in St. Louis, battles long-time robbers and hints at a larger mission beyond retirement. His world tour included London and St Petersburg as negotiations for a new treaty unfold.

Joseph JV Folk St. Louis Clement Im Bt London St. Petersburg Japan

Absent minded professor claims storm nightshirt

A Swedish visitor posts a humorous tale about a professor who, warned by a colleague that the storm is fierce, chooses to stay at the college. He later returns with a bundle and explains he went home for his nightshirt, sparking playful speculation about his mind.

Hie New York Times

Impromptu wit and news in a scattered column

An extract shows Edward Young in Welwyn and a caustic wit at a garden gate, plus brief humorous exchanges. A Gainesville Texas item touts Dodd's Kidney Pills with testimonials from Mrs Burton and family, then a short comic dialogue about suffrage club fashions and a line on Burdock Bitters and Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children.

Adam Acai Gainesville Texas L. E. Burton Eureka Kan Gladstone Street Margots Kansas Dodd Abs. Burton

Peruna touted by Governor and nation in catarrh remedy

A letter from Governor W M Lord of Oregon endorses Pe-ru-na as a universal catarrh remedy. The advertisement claims letters praising the tonic pour in from all states, urging households to keep Pe-ru-na for colds, grippe, and climatic illnesses, with Dr Hartman offering a free book "Winter Catarrh."

Capitol Building Atlantic Pacific Hartman Statesman Perona Oregon Salem Ortes Derareuben Teperwan Medicine Co Columbus W. M. Lord United States

Through Sleeping Car Chicago to Washington Route

The Big Four Chesapeake and Ohio Route now runs through sleeper service from Chicago to Washington leaving Chicago at 1 p m and arriving next day at 8 39 p m with dining car service and smooth roadbed. Reservations at Big Four Ticket Office 234 Clark Street Chicago.

Chicago Washington D. C Virginia Hot Springs Chesapeake and Ohio Big Four Ticket Office Clark Street

Free 1903 Youth's Companion Calendar Offer

The Youth's Companion publishers offer a free 1903 calendar lithographed in twelve colors with gold embossing to new subscribers. It accompanies the remaining 1902 issues and covers a full year to January, with the calendar priced fifty cents for non-subscribers.

Youth's Companion Companion Youth’s Companion Berkeley Street Boston Mass

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