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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1902
Page
1
Notice to all who are indebted to me pay promptly. BR A Cook signs. Warning to remove brush and grass in streets. those who have done so are asked to clear obstructions at once by order of the Village Board.
Notice to coal dealers. Bids for furnishing coal to the Brim field school will be received at the Exchange Bank up to Sept 20 at noon. Right reserved to reject any and all bids. By Order Directors.
Notes from Jubilee and surrounding areas report Freeman's specials on Nickle and Tinware, local visits from residents to Canton and Springfield, a post office lapse in Jubilee, hay yields and a new Peoria grocery venture, Brimfield fire company meetings, and a humorous backwoods travel anecdote.
An old classified style notice promotes own make lard and various sausages with fish game and vegetables in season. Encourages both town and rural orders by phone with prompt delivery and a respectful appeal for patronage. Phone number listed as 26.
Advertisement notes elastic roof paint with lasting qualities and claims savings on iron wheels wagons and a set of scales. The writer, Jostry Him, invites customers to inquire for first class work and money saving prices.
W P White of Kennedy Tex reports distressing pains in head back and stomach and loss of appetite improved after using Dr Kings New Life Pills. The pills are praised for stomach and liver relief and sold for 25 cents at Wm Robinson Co druggist.
In Ashaway Rev. C J Budlong declares Electric Bitters cured his long standing jaundice and fever troubles. He hails the medicine as a genuine all around cure excelling previous remedies. The tonic aids liver kidney and stomach issues and is sold for 60 cents with satisfaction guaranteed by Wm Robinson & Co.
A pitch touts Nebraska as a land of plenty with cheap, easy terms for sale. It urges readers to request The Corn Belt and The West Nebraska Grazing Country booklets and to travel on cheap excursion tickets on the railroad on the first and third Tuesdays of each month to inspect Nebraska firsthand.
William E. Curtis, famed Chicago Record Herald correspondent, rose from Chicago reporter in 1872 to managing editor, then secretary of the South American commission. He helped organize the bureau of American republics and led Latin American work at the World’s Columbian Exhibition. His letters from the Holy Land and travels across the globe are widely read in the Chicago Record-Herald.
A brief notice from The Hawks Nursery Company of Milwaukee Wisconsin offers nursery stock for sale. The ad emphasizes steady stock quality and secure, good conditions for fall and winter, inviting customers to the Milwaukee address.
Tal mage family endorses the book written by Rev Fraxx Dewart Tal MaGE and Chris Herald editors. Huge commission for quick active agents. Outfit ten cents. Send for details to Clark & Co. 2228 4th St Philadelphia Pa. Mention this paper.
Dr J C Bizthop of says I have used Foley's Hope Honey and Tar in three very severe cases of pneumonia with good results in every case Refuse Substitutes Wm Robinson & Co
An OCR fragment markets roof paint branded Fnamel Roof Paint, touting guaranteed work at low prices for quick results, urging readers to hire “Billip” or a similar contact on deck. The text is garbled but leans toward a local advertising pitch for roofing products and services.
A red heifer calf about six months old is missing. A suitable reward will be paid for information leading to its recovery. Notify J. W. Cullen at Laura, TIL.
W A Peffer former Kansas senator stays active in Washington writing reviews of American history and plans a work on the labor and capital question. He keeps thirty large scrapbooks filled with caricatures of himself and his ideals.
A claim that water power will shed limits on long distance energy transmission. The text asserts water holds the key to limitless energy, avoiding coal and smoke nuisances, delivering heat light and motion silently through a single wire to every shop door.
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